Preschool Graduation

I cannot believe it!  Connor graduated from preschool this week! He is officially going to be in Kindergarten. He is so excited to start to school- he woke up the next morning after graduation and asked if he started Kindergarten that day. It will be very nice having him at my school but it is so hard to see him grow up so quickly.  
Connor just finished his soccer team and we are ready for some summer fun. We hope to make many, many visits to the zoo and aquarium. He is enjoying his three millipedes that were leftover from our science kits at school. Connor is also looking forward to the spray park too. 
We are also trying to plan a small family trip to Denver for some family vacation. I have a huge summer reading list that I am very excited to begin.  I am almost done with the Mortal Instrument series and Inferno Device series. I am very anxious for the movie release in August!  
Bradley is getting big too! He is learning new words all the time. He likes to omit beginning sounds of words. For Connor, Onnor. For bunny, unny. For Doggie, oggie.  His favorite thing at the moment is climbing on high furniture. We have a very high dining room table and it is one of his favorite things to climb on. He is a lot of work at the moment. You cannot leave him alone for a second! 

Preschool Graduation!!

 My Handsome Brad

I had to pull his binky out of his mouth so you could see him!  He is so attached to it!  Please send help!!

 Playing in the sandbox before graduation

 Bridging ceremony- "crossing over to Kindergarten"

 Cap and gown!!

 Cookies after graduation

 Mom and my kindergartner  

 Wish Brad was here! He was busy drinking juice- he NEVER gets juice. Grandma likes to spoil him.

Ready for a new adventure!

Wow! It's been a long time!

I cannot believe how long it has been since I have posted anything on my blog.  I have no excuse except for the fact that I have been busy and have not sat down to transfer pictures around and get them to my blog. The boys are doing great!  
Connor is finishing up preschool in May and will be a Kindergartner in August!  EEEEK!  I cannot believe he is going to be at my school with me.  He is really excited to start Kindergarten and be at my work with me.  He keeps thinking when he comes to first grade he will be in my class. HA!  Not going to happen. He is also enjoying soccer this spring.  Connor loves being a goalie, even though there is no goalie position in his division he still runs to the goal and protects it. He says that he is going to be a real goalie one day.  He also loves reading and drawing at the moment.  He is a really good artist- takes after his daddy, not me.  I  cannot even draw a straight line most of the time.  
Bradley keeps me on my toes all the time. There is never a dual moment with him.  He is always getting into something and always has a mission for destruction.  At the same time he has a heart of gold and loves his family and always is making us laugh at his silliness. Brad learns a new word or two every day. He sometimes makes up his own language and consistently uses those words in his every day vocabulary.  He is a character!  He loves music and dancing a lot and is actually very good at keeping a beat. Both the boys enjoy all different kind of music. Again, like dad.  Josh has a huge spectrum of music that he listens to and I only listen to one kind of music.  I have been branching a tiny bit, sometimes. 
Josh broke his ligaments in his shoulder a few weeks ago while mountain biking.  He is doing much better.  He thinks he will be back at work next week.  It has been nice having him home every day.  I love spending any extra time with my family that I can. He is even off during my spring break this week!  We went to the zoo today and we had a blast.  The boys were very happy to visit all the animals.  I will try to post more often.  I usually do better during the summer than the school year.  Hope everyone is doing well! Love you all!!

Bradley on Easter Sunday at Grandma's House 

Trying to open them and get the candy out. 

I found one!

Look at all those eggs!

Precious. 

Loves his doggies.  

My sweet boy! 

Had so much fun.

My brother's dog

Connor and dad

My handsome boy

Brad was not into this picture. 

I see one!

Back to School

I cannot believe we area already back at school.  Our summer flew by and before I knew it, I was back at work setting up my classroom for my first graders.  I have a wonderful group of students this year. They are so sweet, smart and work really, really well together.  I am one lucky teacher!  

Connor also started preschool this year.  He is at Shining Stars Preschool and absolutely loves it.  He had a rocky first day. But since that day he has been an awesome student.  He really likes his teacher and is meeting a lot of new friends.  Connor is still enjoying golf!  He has been going every Saturday to his lessons and is actually doing very well.  His instructor says that he is very good for his age and that he listens and understands what to do very well.  I think he is going to be a natural athlete, like his daddy.  I am glad he didn't take after me- I am not good at any sports.  Connor is also starting soccer at the end of the month.  He has been asking to join soccer all summer and so we decided to enroll him in soccer instead of t-ball since he was very interested in playing.  

Bradley is almost a year!  I am starting to plan his birthday party.  I have been going back and forth on his theme for the party and we finally decided to do a 'little man' party.  It is all themed with suit-ties and mustaches.  It is really cute!  I got all my ideas from Pinterest, of course.  If you haven't seen the 'Little Man' theme, do a google search on it. Super adorable!  Bradley is also walking!!  I cannot believe he is already walking.  He has been taking steps for almost a month, but has been actually walking for a little over a week.  He is a very fast walker and is very determined to get where he wants to go.  Bradley is also the reason the reason they make baby-proof safety equipment.  He is constantly getting into things.  I don't think he spends a whole lot of time playing with actual baby toys.  He is always just looking for things he shouldn't be playing with.  He has also learned how to climb the stove- which is really scary.  He pulls out the drawer on the bottom, and uses it as a step, and them holds onto the oven door and tries to turn on the burners!  You cannot leave him alone for a second.  He is definitely a hand-full!  But he is also the most loving and sweetest boy in the world.  He is so cute when he blows his little kisses and repeats my name over and over again.              

 Just going for a walk in the neighborhood.

 Mommy snaps way too many photos!

 Look at all those teeth!  He has 8 teeth!

 First day of school!  Watch out Shining Stars!

 Love that smile!

 This was Connor's idea for a photo!

 Ready to learn!

 So serious!  It must be a very important picture.

Finally got a big boy bike!!  He is having so much fun riding it!

Where Does The Time Go??

I can't believe it is already June 18th! My summer is flying by so quickly. Sometimes I wish I could just slow down the time and savor every moment I have at home with my amazing family.  Not only do I get to spend some extra time with my precious boys, but I also get to spend so much extra time with Josh.  We are so lucky that he is off for four days in a row every week.  We finally narrowed down our family trip for the summer.  We are going to be heading to Denver in July with some friends and their kids.  We plan to go to the Denver Zoo which is a fantastic zoo to visit.  We also plan to go to the museum and butterfly pavilion.  I definitely am looking forward to our first family trip with Bradley. I am hoping his helmet is off by than, but we are not sure how much longer he has to wear it at this point.  Connor concluded swim lessons and t-ball, now he is starting golf lessons every Saturday morning at Sandia Casino.  He absolutely LOVES it!  He really enjoys the independence of the sport and is actually really good at hitting the ball. He is popping the ball and sending them over our back wall of our house.  Pictures to come soon!  I did take some new photos of Bradley in my bedroom the other day.  I need to start taking more photos!  I have been slacking in that department and I feel that I need to brush up on my photo skills.

Summer Break is Finally Here!

The school year has finally come to an end. I think it went by pretty fast.  I think it is just because I went on maternity leave this year so it flies by when you are gone that long in the school year. It was a good year but I am always excited when summer starts approaching.
I am really looking forward to this summer! Looking forward to slowing down my crazy life and just enjoying being with my family and friends. We are still hoping to go on a vacation this summer, but still haven't even decided where we should go.  I was thinking either Denver or Phoenix, somewhere close to take the boys to the zoo and go shopping. Next year we are definitely planning a big Disneyland trip since that is when Connor will be starting Kindergarten.  This summer since Brad is still little I thought a small getaway would be better than a long vacation but we will see.  We were hoping to convince a few friends to go with us on our vacation this year. 

Bradley is doing an amazing job with his helmet!  His head is starting to round out in the back and his sides are more symmetrical.  He does very well wearing all day. He never seems bothered by it and even does pretty well in the heat with it. He is crawling all over the place, which I am very happy about. I was actually very worried about him crawling because he can slide on his helmet across the floor very easily. He is still loving mommies homemade creations. I am still loving making his baby food and always excited to try a new recipe or introduce a new food to him.  His favorites are sweet potatoes and carrots. Just like his brother, except Brad hasn't turned orange. Brad also got his first tooth a few weeks ago and I think he is working on another one already. 

Connor is really enjoying his t-ball games. He enjoys seeing his friends that he plays with in t-ball and learning about the game. He says his favorite part is hitting the ball. Connor starts swim lessons next week (which I will miss the first week since I have to go to a training for work). He is very, very excited to start his lessons and learn how to swim. We are also planning to making many trips to the library the summer. Today Connor is going to sign up for the summer reading program at the library. He absolutely loves going to the library and looking at books. His favorite books so far are anything to do with animals, dinosaurs, and Mo Willems stories. He is beginning to read books very well on his own. He has his own bag of books that he can read them on his own. He is starting to read signs and menus on his own when we go out. It is really incredible how easily it comes to him. He also finished his first pre-k program this month. I was able to go to the end of the year celebration and it was so cute!  They sang songs and also had an award ceremony. Connor received the "Little Teacher" Award. Which he was very excited about. He does like to teach everyone about what he knows. He may be going to Shining Stars or continuing at Early Learning next year. It just depends if he gets accepted into Shining Stars or not which is completely a lottery system. I really tried to get him in kindergarten early but they would not let him start this year since his birthday barely misses the cut off. Which is too bad, I think he is really ready for Kindergarten.  

 Connor with his "Little Teacher" Award

Thanks for checking out my blog!  I plan to post more things since I am off this summer. I hope everyone is doing wonderful. We will talk to you soon!  Happy Summer!

T-Ball Time

First Day of T-Ball!!

Connor started t-ball today! He was so excited to go to his practice this morning. We had a few errands to run and he told everyone that he had t-ball today. He did a great job listening to his coaches and had a lot of fun! He is really looking forward to playing his first game. His team name is the Roadrunners...I guess they let the kids pick the name. I cannot wait to cheer him on at his first game.

Bradley with Daddy at the Aquarium

Bradley is doing great! He has been wearing his helmet for a week now and he has adjusted to it very well. Brad has to wear his helmet for 23 hours a day. He gets it off for an hour every day during bath time. But he sleeps and plays in it all day. I can already see a difference in his head shape. His flat spot already appears a little more round and his ear symmetry seems better- and that is in a week! His helmet is still plain white. We ordered some stickers to decorate it with. We had a really hard time deciding what theme to put on the helmet. Some of our favorites were: football, baseball, and evil knievil. We finally decided on an Isotopes baseball theme. It is going to have the Isotopes logo, pinstripes, his name on the front and the number 28 (the day he was born). I will post pictures as soon as he gets the stickers on it. They should arrive any day!

More Spring Break Fun!

He really enjoyed his homemade butternut squash!

YUM!

Connor's Catch of the Day

He went fishing yesterday with my mom and dad.

Connor's favorite treat

Can't believe it is already Friday! Time flies when you are having fun! It has been a great week hanging with my wonderful family. This weather has been absolutely perfect! I could not have asked for better weather for all of our outdoor fun.

Bradley started solid foods today! He has been getting rice cereal since he was four months old. I made him homemade butternut squash. I thought that would be a great first food for him to try. My goal is to make all his baby food myself. My friend Sarah made her own baby food for her little Audrey and has really inspired me to do the same. I tried making my own baby food with Connor but was very unhappy with the texture of the food. I gave up way too soon. I like knowing how fresh the produce is and how it was prepared. I also bought me a Blendtec Blender and I love, LOVE this thing. Yes- I know it is very expensive and you can buy a cheaper blender. But, it blends things like you would not believe. It is well worth the investment. It makes the smoothest smoothies. I feel like I have a Keva Juice at my house. Connor has a smoothie every morning with his breakfast. This blender makes the smoothest baby foods! It looks like the same texture that you get from the jar. It is great! Plus, the color of the baby food is so much brighter since it is fresh and actually looks good! Thank you Breanne for recommending the Blendtec! It is amazing!