My tooth is loose!

Josh was brushing his teeth this morning when he realized his tooth was loose! This will be his first "lost" tooth, so it is big news in the day of a 6 year old. He spent much of the morning wiggling it in hopes that it would come out. I didn't have the heart to crush his excitement and tell him that it will likely be quite awhile before the tooth fairy pays him a visit. Nate's first tooth was loose for months before it finally came out!

'Cause so

For awhile now, Zach will use this phrase as a response to "why" questions that people ask him. I often wondered where he came up with " 'cause so". Then today, the boys asked me why they couldn't do something and I responded with "because I said so". Oh, it became clear that my "because I said so" became Zach's " 'cause so".

Another Zach phrase that many people do not get is "last morning". Anytime Zach is talking about the past, whether is be earlier in the day, yesterday or last week, he will always say "last morning". So, "last morning he went to McDonald's for lunch" or "last morning he played football with Nate". Not sure where this phrase came from either....maybe I will figure it out one day too!

Zach also uses "remember this". Sometimes he will use it in the correct context...in that he will say remember this & repeat a line from a cartoon or movie but sometimes he says "remember this" and comes up with something off the wall that it not something I remember from anything.

We got Jim without too much trouble this morning! All the boys were up a good 1.5 hours earlier than normal so I am a bit fearful as to how this afternoon will go. Of course it is a packed afternoon with soccer practice for Josh & soccer pictures for Nate and Josh....wish me luck!

Ask Jim and Nate....

what happens when you leave a WET soccer jersey, wadded up in the backseat of Jim's truck for 5 days! Can you see me rolling my eyes?

When Jim and Nate came home on Saturday, we were in a rush to head out the door. I should have taken more thought as to what happened to Nate's jersey but my mind was on getting lunch, getting things ready to go & getting everyone out the door.

In the haste, Nate's jersey was left in Jim's truck. I received a reminder yesterday about Nate's soccer pictures & realized that I had not washed his jersey since the game. I asked Nate to find the jersey & he said that he left it in Jim's truck. This morning Jim brought it in & set it on the kitchen table...it was still wadded up in a ball. I picked it up & headed back to toss it in the laundry to wash for pictures.....well, to my surprise, disgust, horror....when I opened the shirt up, the front had changed from the original gold color to a moldy black color! I did not think I would ever get rid of all the mold without ruining the shirt. After an all day battle with soaking, washing, spraying and a handfull of cleaning & detergents, I think I have won the battle & Nate may actually still have a soccer jersey!

The boys visited the dentist today. It was Zach's first time & he did great...no problems, no fears, no concerns...just hoped right up on the chair & was ready! He will be the first to tell you that he is "A Big Boy" & he certainly showed it today & did great. I was also pretty proud of myself for managing the dentist's office with all 4 boys & we didn't break anything or disrupt anyone!

Nate has a small filling in one of his baby teeth & it is cracked, so we have to go back in about a week for a new filling.

It's raining, it's pouring....

...and both boys are playing soccer!

Jim and I took turns today standing in the rain watching the boys play soccer. I went first to Josh's game. It started with just a sprinkle but by the end of the game it was pouring! Luckily the temps were warm & it was not too horrible. Right after Josh's game, I jumped in the car to meet Jim at Nate's game so we could transfer the younger boys. It poured the entire time for Nate's game!

Luckily the temps were warm, so no one was freezing but boy were they WET!

NOTE: take a look on 9/17 for a follow-up to our wet soccer day!

18 month check-up for Ethan

We were in for Ethan's 18 month well visit today. He is doing everything that he is suppose to be doing as a healthy, active 18 month old boy.

He weighed just over 26 pounds & was 33 inches tall/long. He compares to Zach at the same age, Nate was much taller & Josh shorter.

We are going to take him to see a dermatologist to see if there is anything else we can do for his skin....it is an ongoing battle that we seem to be losing!

School started today & the boys seemed excited to go. Drop off went without a hitch. It was only a half day so the school day was over quick. Here are some first day pictures.

You will notice that there are no new first day of school clothes... they are boys...need I say more?? The boys did get new backpacks & lunch boxes for school.

Nate wore one of his Michigan shirts because he found out (from an email from his teacher) that his teacher is a state fan & he decided to show his blue and maize colors!

Summer is over!

Today is the last official day of summer. Hard to believe that the older boys are heading back tomorrow! It has been a very nice summer. We stayed busy but not too busy. I am actually pretty sad that the boys are headed back & will miss them!