Moving on up...

to the Primary Class!

and just a cute pic from yesterday

Party Time

Pool Party! 

We had loads of fun, several friends showed up so Logan and Ronan had lots of friends to play with.  It was hard to pry them out of the pool to eat but when we said the magic word (cake) you never saw kids move so fast!

Here is Ronan with his bestie Parker

Logan with a good friend Alex

Playing with Victor and Elijah and Alex

Splashing Victor

Everyone eating

Presents!

He got lots of cool goodies. 

Tomorrow we are headed to the park to scooter.

5!

Logan is just about an hour away from being officially 5 years old. Wow

Morning sunshine!

Last night we baked cupcakes for his preschool

This morning he got his birthday present from us

I think he liked it

Cupcakes at school

Ronan and his "stalker"

His birthday keepsake signed by all the kids and teachers at school

Tomorrow is the big party.  I don't know what the deal is with people and RSVP'ing.  I have no idea if anyone is even going to show up other than family.  Humph!

Tomorrow

Logan will be 5.  5!  How can that be?  Wasn't it just yesterday we were induced and waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting some more for him to come out?  How it is possible my little (well ok 11 lbs is not so little) baby is 5!


I Hope You Know

© Rita Luna

To My Son,

I hope you know how much I love you so,

I might embarrass you from time to time

By giving lots of love and needless kisses,

But you need to know Mom loves you so,

Before you were born I didn't know just

how much I would love you so,

But when I looked into your eyes for

the first time,

I felt my heart grow and grow,

A Mothers love is hard to explain,

Not everyone will feel the same,

Now that you are getting older I felt

the need to tell you,

Just how much I love you so,

Time may pass day after day or year

after year,

But the love I have for you grows

nearer and dearer to my heart each

day and year,

To My Son I hope you know just how much

I love you so.

June 4 2005

June 4, 2006

June 4, 2007

June 4, 2008

June 4, 2009

I love you sweet boy.  I love watching you learn new things and dance and fight and play.  I love  seeing you get so excited over silly things.  I hope you are always so full of love and happiness.

Another First!

Saturday we went to the Festival of the Arts in the park after swim.  They had loads of cool things to do but of course the boys refused to do any of them.  Except Logan laid eyes on the face painting booth and decided he was ready.  He has so far refused to set foot anywhere NEAR one previously.  He waited patiently in line and when the boy and girl before him were getting painted he looked through the book and picked out what he wanted.

any guesses?

yep, his current favorite  Spiderman!

And of course it wouldn't be a post without Ronan doing something odd.... This is how he went to swim lessons:

Quite a fashion plate.

Here we go.....

Some pictures not previously uploaded.

Logan fell at school - add another bonk to the collection

Our new toy

Going up!

Coming out

Ready to rock

Inside



Trying a BIG marshmellow

Trying teatherball

Take that ball!

Low bar

Middle bar

High bar

Thankfully they put us right next to the playground!

A first and a been a long time so its almost a first

So we've been trying to get Ronan potty trained so he can move up to the big kid class as he's pretty much OVER the toddler class.  Its been rather hit and miss with good and bad days.

We get home yesterday and about 2 minutes after I ask him if he needed to pee he proceeds to pee his pants.  I grit my teeth, say several curses in my head and strip him off.  I decided to let him run naked hoping he would use it if he had to go again.

I told him "you better use the potty and don't go on the floor or I'm going to make YOU clean it up".  so we have dinner and he's bopping around.  A few times he runs in there to go but zip.  Then he says "I have to poop!"  So we haul buns in there and he sits down and after two seconds goes "nope, can't"  I told him to just sit there a second its not immediate and sure enough he sits and proceeds to do his business.  He IMMEDIATELY demanded Loudy Gordon and Loudy Spencer* so I hotfooted it up to the car and got them for him.  *(for those not in the know Loudy Gordan and Loudy Spencer are talking Thomas the Tank Engine trains we bought specifically for pooping on the potty).

So the first one is done, hopefully the trend will continue and we will be done with diapers!  Woot!

And for the 2nd almost first  Ronan slept through the night!  HA  I actually got to spend the entire night in my own bed!  amazing

Oh and we purchased a tent trailer.  I'll post pics soon.