7/25/13

I haven't updated in a loooooong time - I apologize, but it's been such a crazy busy and fun summer!!!  I am SO not ready to go back to work!!!  The boys and I have had a blast.  We have been to several movies, had tons of play dates, gone to the Botanic Gardens, the sprinkler park, the Pink Palace (where they saw an IMAX movie about sharks and loved it), and been to Kids Play more times than I can count!  We've done tons of fun stuff as a family like the Redbirds game, the Zoo (where they pet the sting rays), the Children's Museum, the pool, the lake, and much more!!!  We've also done several things on a weekly basis such as Little Gym on Mondays, $2 movies on Tuesdays, and Farmer's Market on Thursdays.  They've been going with me to get my allergy shot every Thursday where they get tons of attention and yummy candy from the nurses.  They have had some quality time with Kit and Pops, Nonna and Poppa, Grandma and Deeda, and even got to go to Nashville and hit the water park with Mark and Cara.  This has definitely been the best summer ever.  I am dreading going back to work, but I know I must make it through another school year in order to have another super fun summer with my boys.  I have the BEST job a working mom could have.  I treasure every summer but this summer has been so special.  The boys are at a great age and even on their bad days it's better than working! :) 
An update on the boys:
We're doing everything we should be doing developmentally.  In my opinion, they talk better than most 4-year olds.  It seemed like they lacked a little confidence when it came to gross motor skills but Little Gym has definitely helped with that.  We've played hockey, baseball, basketball, soccer, football, and tennis.  They have made so much progress with the balance beams and low bars and being comfortable taking little risks physically.  Landon loves jumping off the balance beam at the end of it because he feels like Spiderman jumping off the building.  And P has become very fond of a little boy in his class, Collin, so that has helped.  Collin wears a mask and has some type of disability but P probably just thinks he's a hero in disguise.
Peyton is now wearing underwear to bed every night and hasn't had any accidents in weeks.  Landon was at the point where he was having one accident every single night no matter what we did, so we decided to continue pull-ups at night for a few more months with him.  He drinks WAY more than Peyton during the day and even when I tried limiting his liquid intake he still had an accident every night.  He sleeps like a rock and even though he knows exactly what to do, he just wasn't waking up when he needed to go in the middle of the night.  We'll revisit it around fall or Christmas break.
School starts Monday for me but not until Sep. 3rd for the boys.  We still don't know their teacher's name - should get a letter from CPDS soon.
Night time has been rough around here.  The boys know they're going to bed before the sun goes down, so they are not exactly tired and have been acting pretty silly at night.  They get out of their beds about a million times and ask a question or tell us something pointless just to be able to come into the living room.  We started letting them watch a little bit of a movie in their room to help them settle down, but I don't know that it's really helping.  Honestly, two 4-year olds in the same room trying to go to sleep is probably the main issue, but I'm not ABOUT to separate them.  They've been together their whole life and it would break my heart to make them sleep alone.  Even if it means putting up with these silly boys every night.....I'll deal.