Birthday Breakfast

I'm not usually a big fan of cake; so, for my birthday yesterday Jon surprised me with a giant birthday cinnamon roll. I have to admit I was very impressed and surprised to wake up to a giant colorful butterfly (two actually). Our Little Guy picked out the colors and mixed the frosting. The Pip-squeak ate and ate and ate! She's quite the helper!

We also took the kids to a place called Jump On It! According to our Little Guy it is the coolest place to go for birthday parties. Pretty much it's just a warehouse filled with trampolines all connected together. They have pads and mats connecting each trampoline and you can jump from one to the other. We all had a lot of fun. (I don't remember jumping on the trampoline being so tiring, but I was pretty spent at the end of our hour.) I brought my camera to take pictures but forgot to bring the battery! Go figure. Later that night Jon took me out to a movie while my sister watched our little kidlets. It was a fun day for everyone, and I don't even feel old yet!

Rub-a-Dub

It's not very often that both our Little Guy and the Pip-squeak bathe together. On the rare occasion that they do their bathroom looks more like a pipe burst than anything! (Seriously, think water dripping off the ceiling and down the walls.) The only difference is that everyone is laughing. The Pip-squeak loves to splash her brother relentlessly and he graciously accepts the waves of bath water as they splash in his face (usually). Bath time lasts until the water turns cold and their fingers and toes look more like prunes than anything else.



I know it's cliche, but they really do grow up so fast. So much faster than it feels on a day-to-day basis. I usually feel like bed time can't come quickly enough, and then when I look back on the month I think where did the time go? Parenthood can be bittersweet, so I'll take mine with an extra cookie and pretend it's fat-free!

Time for School

Our little guy had his first day of school on Monday. I, amazingly, made it through the entire ordeal without crying. (I would be lying if I didn't admit that I cried the night before.) It just seems so crazy that I have a little guy who valiantly trudges off to school each day just as if he was a real big boy. So far he seems to really like his teacher and LOVES riding the bus to and from school. His complaints include being bored, having a tiny playground with no swings, and not getting to stay for lunch. He has adjusted to school life very well. It will take me longer to get used to the whole idea, but I'm getting there.

Little Guy was feeling apprehensive when we first arrived, but a praying mantis on the door united all the new comers. They quickly became friends while discussing the insect's diet of flies, spiders, and "all mean bugs."

The Great Outdoors

August is such a great month. True it is both my anniversary and my birthday fall in the month of August, but besides that it is when summer is most pleasant. The excruciating heat subsides and is replaced by the warm breezes that waft through your open window and allow you to enjoy the sights, sounds, and feelings that only a long summer can entice. We spent Saturday in the canyon exploring and playing in the water both pip-squeak and the little guy love nature, or maybe they just love getting dirty. Either way, they had fun. We spent Saturday enjoying the sunshine in the canyon.