August 2015

Whew!!! Look at what I've done!!
Now, on to August!
First up, I want to prove to you how giant our dog is... The first is in January and the second in August. She will be 1 year old in November.

 

yeah.....
August was hot and we went swimming a lot! The boys really enjoyed it. Until the pool broke! However, I found a new one, for free!! Nolan loved the car. As long a Grayson isn't in it and pushing him. Go figure!

  

 

Tyler got a new fish tank. Yeah, I don't have many thoughts about it. It's a 55 gallon and the goldfish are like 4-6 inches long. The boys do love it. 

    

Nolan started letting go while when I wasn't looking. Grayson loves the guitar and Nolan won't stop climbing things! 

  

I think that they are brothers. Maybe? 

   

They also learned the art of the selfie. I also think they love their daddy? Go figure!

Nolan WON'T LET THE DOG ALONE! But she seems to love it. 

   

Then it was the fair! The boys were finally big enough to enjoy the parade! We had lots of fun and got LOTS of candy. Grayson got banned to the stroller because he kept playing in other people's yards. 

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Can you guess what this next picture means? 

HE ESCAPED! And I had to get creative to keep him in! 

The end of August, meant the school started. We went on campus to get Tyler's books and the boys enjoyed the water feature! Tyler goes to school 4 days a week. On Tuesday's we only see him for 1 hour during his dinner break for work. The other days aren't too bad He does need prayers for calculus! It is really hard. ONE DAY, he will finish. We can't wait for that day! 

   

Tyler is licking the steering wheel because I had just deep cleaned the car and he purposely spilled food! Rude, I know! 

Then came one of the most dramatic days of my mommy life. Grayson went to his first day of school without me. The school is about 25 mins away from our home. Our school district is very large! Land wise. Population wise it is much smaller so children bus to schools farther from their homes than you would expect. They have two preschools for the district, but we are smack dab in the middle and the same difference from both. So Grayson has to-I mean gets to.... ride the bus. He has to, I mean gets to.. because it is too far away to drive him both ways and still afford food. Just kidding. We could afford anything our children need, but riding the bus is easier and a natural thing. So they tell me. Anyways, I drove him to school that first day. I wanted to take him to his classroom and help him adjust a bit before I left. They encourage routine and suggested I let him get used to the routine so I left as he broke down freaking out. I barely made it to the car without breaking down myself. I cried buckets of tears that day. I had abandoned my child and left him 25 mins away and had to just wait and hope the bus helped him home safely. I was upset. Upset that he had to go to school at all, upset that I couldn't take him to his classroom that day and upset that I was crying. It was a very hard day for me. He eventually came home and acted no worse for wear. The next session he rode the bus both ways. I cried again leaving him crying on a bus. I felt like he didn't understand that he was coming back and he would never see us again. Dramatic, I know. However, since that ride, he has excitedly got on the bus, waved to the driver and ridden with a smile. And I cried again! It's pathetic. It's a double edged sword people! He's adjusting and he's learning. I also hear they play lots of games with the bus aide, that probably helps. His teacher has since called and told us that he is adjusting and found his 2nd angel. We are looking forward to his progress this year! 

                                    

P.S. The red shirt is school picture day. I promised Tyler if they could get a good picture I would buy it, because I seriously didn't think they could do it! It is VERY hard to get him still and smiling! We are still waiting for the packets. We will see!