First Day of School

He wanted to ride his bike to school.

First day of School in 1st grade with little brothers

Nix entering his 1st grade class room with his new teach Ms. Davis

Rose Ceremony

First day of school was a cinch.  It was a half day.  The second day I'm a little concerned about.  7 hours.  I hope it's a good day for him.  7 hours seems too long for me.  :(

School

Rides his bike to school with mom and brothers.

Sushi for lunch after first day of school, very happy!

Here is the Report! He says, "It is so FUN!" I love it that he loves school, but he's so little, I wish I could hold onto him forever! I hope he makes good friends! On the first day they made stone soup, very fun, and today they found the gnome home and learned about fairy tales. He showed me how they make a spider with their fingers. I want to go to school with him so I can learn to be more imaginative and creative!

I miss you Nix!

Should it make me sad?

Whenever I scan through old pictures of my children it makes me sad to see how fast they grow. I know it's only going to get worse. I love this time in my life, and it seems to go by so fast! Brett wanted to go have a fire at the beach last Sunday, so we went to be together and enjoy being outside together, eat dinner, and play with fire. I had fun, even with a little sand in my food. These boys go crazy over a fire, hilarious! I love them!

This picture cracks me up! What's that face?

This little baby wears cloth diapers "Part Time." Want to know how I do it?

Here is my 3 boy update:

Corby walks now, a little unstable, slow going, and adorable. One of his feet turns in a little. He still has 4 teeth, and his favorite activity is picking the cilantro plant. He is babbling, and his favorite words are Da Da Da and Du Du Du. 10 months old now. His pediatrician said one of his eyes turns in a little, but only sometimes... so she gave me a prescription to take him to an eye doctor. Did I go? NO. I talked to Brett who said a lot of doctors make up stuff to help out their doctor connections (LIE) to keep everyone happy and drive insurance crazy??? Something like that. I also talked to my sister who has a little guy with glasses, and she said he is still really young, and his eyes are still developing. She said, wait until he's a little older. He wouldn't keep glasses on his face at this age anyways so we will wait and see.

Tino is still as sweet as ever, and my little cutie face! I was downstairs today cleaning out my car, and my neighbor came down with Tino, who apparently had misplaced is mommy. We was in his underwear, couldn't find me, so he walked over to the neighbors home looking for me, and eventually did find me, with some help. Another story: This morning we went on a walk and he was showing me a bunch of cars along the walk and told me how "cool" they are, I agreed with him for a while but eventually I was sick of it and said, "None of these cars are cool!" Nice mom! He was a little confused. Ok, then I said, "Daddy has a cool car, and he can take you to the car show and show you really cool cars, do you want to do that?" So Brett has agreed to take him to a car show in a couple weeks, I wish I could go to! Tino was pretty excited about that, which made me feel a little better about my honesty.

Nix never ceases to amaze me. He swung himself on a swing for the first time today without any parental guidance. He watched his friends doing it, and just mimicked them and did it. He learned to tie his shoes last week. He didn't want much help from me, just a few tips and he was off. He said he did a flip into the foam pit at gymnastics today, I believe it.

I think I'm the luckiest woman in the world to have these 4 amazing men in my life!! I need to remember this every morning, and feel joy as I jump out of bed to greet them, no matter how early it is (I'm usually such a grump)!

Monday a friend of mine chopped my hair off. Brett put a picture on facebook for you.

Update

A moustache morning!

Corbs red nose is from his big brother Tino picking him up and dropping him on his face. He is going to be a tough guy!

This is such a funny picture of Corbs, but it shows his two teeth...

The same two teeth that Nix is missing.

Look close and you can see his first big tooth emerging from his gums.

He is so tall and he is growing so fast!

Update:

Nix- Loves to draw camping pictures, he wants to go camping and hiking EVERY day. His favorite food? chocolate milk and macaroni and cheese (the boxed variety to my dismay). He has a couple toy bow and arrows, but wishes to have a real one. He doesn't want to play soccer anymore because it is a lot of work. He wants to do gymnastics. BMX is over, which I'm a little sad about. He does want a motor dirt bike but I'm not sold on his desire for that yet, if he's flighty I'm not investing in it.

Tino- He is a tough boy, a little deceptive because he is so sweet and cute so you would never expect his tough guy side. He still cries a lot, but he is learning to talk better, so the crying isn't as bad. He said his favorite food is chicken, but he likes oatmeal with raisins, pizza, and toast with honey butter. He likes to laugh, he calls Nix "Dindin." He jokes with Aunt Vanessa calling everyone "Gordon." He can ride a razor scooter pretty good now. He's not potty trained yet, he can put his crocks on the correct foot all by himself. He can count to ten. He sings "I love to see the temple," and "Twinkle twinkle little star." He loves his thumb and silky blankey still, not sure when that habit will quit.

Corbs- He is 7 months old and walking along everything he can hold on to stand. He climbs the stairs. He has his 2 teeth, he loves to eat food I blend or chew up for him. He likes to chew on sticks. Here is a list of what he has eaten, it's funny to me cuz I have no order to anything. And I have not bought baby food.

He's mostly on breast milk... but has had

rice

oatmeal

barley

malto meal

couscous

carrots

green beans

bananas

apples

berries

butternut squash

sweet potatoes

chicken stock

onions

broccoli

chicken

grapes

pizza crust

Yogurt Land

homemade whole wheat bread

fresh strawberry ice cream milk shake, last night :)

My favorite

I love the Huntington Gardens! I think I like to be here even more than the kids, but they are so happy while we are here, and they run and play the WHOLE time. 6 hours~ So Fun!

PinkieBlue Boy

More Expressions

The chalk all over his face is a whole other story. Enjoy!

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Esus

My camera lens is broken, so all the current pictures I am posting are taken with Brett's iPhone. I don't get to take pictures constantly anymore. :) It's nice not to worry about the camera for a little bit. Just now, my little Tino looked at the calendar I have on the wall, pointed to it and said, "Esus." It's a picture of Jesus holding an African child in his arms. Oooohhh he is so sticken cute!

Growing fast

Yesterday Nix wrote his name all by himself on a Valentine card. Only once, he did it, then wanted to scribble it out, and I luckily got a picture of it. Then he wouldn't do it again, cuz he didn't think he did it very well. We went to the gym this morning and I was on the elliptical machine, when I looked over and saw Nix red faced, down turned lips, and tears welling up in his eyes. I jumped off the machine and ran to him and asked, "What's wrong?" He couldn't hardly speak and motioned to his private area, and then just began to quietly cry as I hugged him. I asked, "You hurt your private?" and he nodded in affirmation. He cracked his "business" for the first time. Oooooh!

Tino is 9 months old, he weighs roughly 18 lbs. He is sitting, crawling, standing, and splashing a whole lot in the tub now. He can balance on his feet for a few seconds before he lowers himself to the floor. He crawls very quickly. His favorite places to play are behind the toilets (in the toilet if I let him), in the fridge, at the dvd player, in the cupboard under the kitchen sink, and at the bath/shower edge. He loves to pull himself up toward things. He has 5 teeth (I've just finished a third session of soreness from nursing). We are good now. He doesn't like baby food. Today he ate a pureed soup I made (with chicken broth, onions, cabbage, garlic and carrots) heated up apple sauce, two animal crackers, baked potatoes, steamed zucchini, puffs and barley baby cereal. Yesterday I mashed a yam with soy milk, which I helped him eat! I'm feeding him everything but the strict no no's and nursing 5 times a day. He loves blueberries and raspberries. But sometimes he only wants 4 bites of something, then he wants to play in it and throw it around. He knows that if he cries next to or at Nix that his mommy will come to the rescue. He is very stubborn. If the front door is open he bolts toward it, and if it is shut before he reaches it he will yell at the door closer.

Growing up the best we know how...

Tino gets a little nervous laying next to Nixi.

But he really is a nice big brother!

Eating like a big boy?

He likes to chew on everything he can get his hands on. I've caught him eating paper and yarn. But for the life of me, he does not like food. I know there are a lot more things to offer him. But here is what he has refused so far. Rice cereal with water, rice cereal with breast milk, rice cereal with milk and apple sauce, and a banana. Brett has successfully helped him eat rice cereal two times in the 2 months we have been trying on and off. He isn't starving... but eventually he will be cut off, the next attempt will be oatmeal and butternut squash. We will see. I sure likes his high chair and spoon.

Our baby riding on 2 wheels

Nix's new bike for his 3rd birthday~ He received a Kawasaki bike (I found online, but Nana and Papa bought it for him), but one day he was riding down a hill, on the sidewalk, and suddenly crashed and fell into the grass. He stood up with a big smile on his face and said to me "See that crash Mommy?" I said "Yeah, your bike broke" Luckily he wasn't hurt, his training wheel broke off, irreparable and poorly made. So I put the bike in James and Amy's back yard, cuz we were closer to their house, and we walked to the store and walked home. So I mailed the bike back and a few days after the crash we went to a local bike shop and found this Haro, which Nana and Papa helped us buy. It is a great bike, built sturdy. He will have this one for a few years for sure, unless daddy keeps riding it.

Riding without training wheels

Nix riding with his Daddy~ I couldn't believe it when I saw it. I was at Brett's brother James and Amy's house with Ro. Brett called and told them that Nix was riding without training wheels. So I put Ro in the stroller and Amy leashed up CiCi and Toughy, James grabbed the Razor and we walked up to the school where Nix was riding around on his little bike without training wheels. The chain is connected to the peddles so if Nix stops peddling then he stops moving. So his little legs are moving when he is balancing on 2 wheels. I was so happy to see him learning to do a new thing. I hope I will always be there to watch and encourage him to learn and be involved in good activities. Brett definitely pushes Nix's limits, but he did a good job teaching and encouraging him to ride.