Rexford's 50th Book

At the beginning of the summer Rexford started reading real books and we started keeping track with beads. Every time he reads me a book he picks a bead to put on a string. He ran out of room on the first string so we started a second one. Today he read his 50th book! I made cupcakes and put them in the shape of 50 (as best I could) and surprised him after he came home and read Morris the Moose. I am so proud of him!

Rexford's 50th book was Morris the Moose

Rexford was so excited he got to 50 and about the cupcakes :)

We celebrated by eating cupcakes with Ian and Jillian

50 beads!

Rexford's 1st Day of Kindergarten!

Today was Rexford's first day of Kindergarten! I think he will like it after he gets used to it but he was a little nervous this morning. He went into his class just fine and seemed happy enough. He wanted me to eat lunch with him so Austin and I came up for that. He was a little teary when I left after lunch :(. He was fine when I picked him up from school and said he liked it but that it was a little too long of a day. I think he will do great but Austin and I do miss him.

My big boy all ready for school

Ready to go

Rexford in front of his classroom

Eating lunch with us

Rexford's Pictures

I finally had Rexford's pictures taken for his birthday this week. I can't believe he's FIVE years old and about to start Kindergarten! He's so grown up but still my sweet Rexford. Here are some pictures from his session.

Austin: Sleepyhead and Superhero

Austin is such a cuddly little boy. Most nights he comes to our bed and I don't even notice but he loves to sleep with someone. It doesn't bother me but he usually cuddles close to Brian and kicks him out of his side of the bed :) The other morning I needed him to wake up for swim lessons. I opened the curtains, Brian was using the hair dryer, Rexford was watching tv - there was lots of noise. He wouldn't wake up! I rubbed his back and his hair and he still stayed asleep. After moving him around a bit he finally woke up :)

Austin loves to dress up in costumes lately. He likes to be a monkey, a fireman, a construction worker, but most of all Spiderman. The costume is really a power ranger one but it's red and black and he calls it Spiderman. The other day he asked me to put his cape on too and then he wanted his airplane mittens and hat from winter time. He put them on and his slippers and walked around for a long time being a superhero :)

Painting Buddies

Just a picture of some summer painting fun

No Training Wheels

We decided to take the training wheels off of Rexford's bike. We borrowed a slightly smaller bike from my dad's house (my old bike :) ) to teach him how to ride. Brian and Rexford were outside about 20 minutes and they called me outside to watch. He was riding all by himself! I couldn't believe he learned so quickly! Here's a video I took the first time I came out to watch him.

Trip to Visit Aly

We miss Aly, Todd, Matthew, and Jacob so I took the boys for a visit! We left Thursday morning after swim lessons and headed to Busch Gardens. We played there for a few hours and then went the rest of the way to Aly's place. The boys were so excited to see them and had so much fun there. We went to the beach, played toys, and Rexford got to play Lego Star Wars with Todd. They didn't want to leave and Rexford cried for a few minutes after we left. We can't wait to see them again in a few weeks when they come here!

Riding the carousel

Crazy drivers :)

Playing in the water because it was so hot!

So much fun!

Austin cooling off in the water

The boys enjoying some yummy ice cream and cookies

Austin dressed as a pirate pretty much the whole time we were there. He was sad to leave it behind when we left. He loves to dress up!

Super cute Jacob smiling at me

Rexford loves to hold Jacob

Playing on the beach

Rexford

Austin working on his "volcano mountain"

We made a big pool and a mountain

Matthew and Rexford

We're so glad we got to go visit them! We miss you guys :(

Summer Nights

The kids had been wanting to see a real fireworks show for awhile so one night we went to Sea World for the show. The kids had fun going on rides and watching the night Shamu show. Rexford loved that Daddy was there to take on all the fun rides. The fireworks were right before closing at 10pm and it was really good. They had fireworks and water and the kids loved it. I thought they might be scared of the noise but it really wasn't that bad and they were fine. It was a great night!

Austin watching Rexford and Dad on the roller coaster

Shamu Express

The fun crab ride that goes up and down

Rexford loves this ride that goes around and around and around

Watching fireworks