First Day of School

First day of school! The kids were excited and nervous. Owen started kindergarten today! I can't believe how fast my babies are growing up! This morning went off without a hitch....which was a nice, fresh start to a new year. The older two were really excited for Owen since he finally gets to go to school with them. It was cute. It is already eerily quiet at my house.

MeMe

So, we decided yesterday to go by the Humane Society and see if there was a dog/puppy that wanted to come live with us. As we are walking through the very loud kennel area, Kaysen stops, and points at a dog, "MeMe mom!"

Ok, for those of you that don't know. MeMe's is Kaysen's way of saying he wants to nurse and/or reference a specific body part of a mom.

He was pointing at a male dog.

No son, that is not a MeMe.

Play time

So, Jaxen and Ember have been home since Monday evening. Yesterday was Ember's birthday. I was willing to play My Little Pet Shop/Little Ponies with her. We use all the houses/accessories at our disposal, literally. So, my pets went over to her house for a party.

Her house has a bathroom.

I went up to use it...

 

 Someone forgot to flush! Eew! 

Ember starts laughing, and of course one of my pets blames one of the other pets. That pet refused to take responsibility. Ember kept talking about that for the rest of the night. Good times. Glad to see play time mirrors real life.

Shhh...

Shaunton and I will be going to a wedding out of town. Shaun's mom will be staying with the youngest two. I was telling Owen all about it.
He said, "I think Kaysen will be sad."
I said, "You are probably right. Can you help make him feel better?"
He looks at me seriously and replies, "I know one word that I will say to make him feel better."
"What word is that?" I ask.
"Shhhh" he replies with a sympathetic look.
"Owen, that is so thoughtful of you! I am glad you will be here to help take care of your brother."

Aww, they do love each other. :)

I do it!

So, Kaysen has taken the reins on the potty training and wants to get up on the potty himself. He likes to kick off his pants and undies and scoot way back on the seat. He likes to use his hand to aim. So, there he is aiming, and he is so interested in watching himself go that he ends up aiming high. It goes between the lid and bottom of toilet, hits my leg, and gets in his hair. (He had just gotten out of the shower and his hair was down.) Gross! It was funny, but gross.

On a more exciting note, he poo'ed in the bowl for the first time today! Yes! Let's hope watching that was enough to motivate him to do it again. That and the "poopy prize".

You know they are into something....

when it is quite. "I'm going to wash my hands" turns into "What are you thinking!".

This is nail polish people! I am convinced that Owen was the artist and Kaysen was the canvas. It started off innocently enough with the painted nails and then they got carried away....

Owen's quilt

I finally finished Owen's quilt! Thanks to a good friend letting me borrow her new and super cool machine. It gave me the final push to be able to want to finish it.
I made this quilt out of scraps. The majority are from Owen's diaper cover left over pieces. Additional pieces were taken from Ember and Jaxen's quilt scraps. The only things I bought for this quilt were the backing, the bunting, and the thread (I ran out of black thread toward the end).

He absolutely loves his quilt. He took it with him when we went to pick up his brother and sister from school. He likes to hide in it and chase his little brother around. He also likes to stop and investigate each of the squares with his brother. Looking for a certain ninja turtle, or Nemo. Best of all he can use it for a little bit longer before it gets too hot. He is a blanket kind of kid, and this one beats out the spider-man blanket that was his favorite.