PRESCHOOL IS COOL!

Just leaving daycare for our first official day of Preschool! I came to pick him up and he was waiting on his nap mat right at the bottom of the steps...so, so exciting for all of us!

We've arrived!

Daddy met us at Zion Lutheran Church where Children's Garden Preschool is at. (9-2-2010)

New Bud Light van..


Can I go inside already??


Wilson took a few photos of us on "his first day of school"...he was a very good sport (as was Daddy)!



Shaun Bentrup, the teacher, is the man in the center. Him and his wife each have a classroom at the school and also have three little kids of their own at home.

Owen Dosch is in Wilson's class. He was born just a few weeks before Wilson (8-31-2006) and have been buddies ever since.

Aaaaand, this is after we picked him up. His first day without a nap and he's kind of a wreck. Next stop, Jim Hill Middle School to hang out with Grandma Sandy until 4 pm...hang in there, Buddy!

Junior Preschool Open House!

We're about to enter Children's Garden Preschool for the first time....how did this happen? Wilson was such a big boy and greeted his teacher, Shaun, right away. Owen Dosch is going to be in his class and it was his 4th birthday last night so we went to Planet Pizza for his party after the Open House!

We'll post lots of photos tomorrow after the first "official" day of Junior Preschool!

And we're back.

I took a break from blogging because I was having trouble locating our camera battery charger, but I FOUND IT yesterday! Here are some highlights from the last couple of weeks:

- Wilson requested the Tom and Jerry movie that "makes his peepee hurt"...apparently that translates into "makes it wiggle when he laughs"...oh my, can I really handle raising two boys?

- Zen Brown, Matt Brunk, and Thomas Campbell came to our house for a week while they played in the Pro-Am Tournament at MCC. We enjoyed them so much and loved meeting the other golfers at our BBQ friday night. Matt and Keli's guest, Andrew, hit a ball from our house into the center of the concrete climber in the park! We even had a "60" cake for Judd to celebrate his record score!

- I had some carpets shampooed only to come home to a loose dog(Riley) running freely around the house and a giant bird flying around the garage while the door to the house was wide open...I was not in love with her that evening.

- Mandy, Larry and Parker came over for dinner and a playdate! We drank beer and wine on the patio while the kiddos went crazy...Mandy even found a pet snake in our yard:)

- Dusty and I took the boys to Rock the Leaves at Oak Park for some live music. Drew was bopping his legs the whole time and Wilson almost got away with peeing on a tree...thank God I caught him in time to pull up his shorts and get to the bathroom. We were standing in a big crowd right next to a police officer - we definitely need to keep working on "Appropriate places to pee outside:" vs. "Inappropriate places to pee outside:"!

- Drew started pulling himself into a standing position last week - he's getting way too big and has a personality to match it!

Here is the only photo I've taken recently...I took it as a reminder to always wash the boys' clothes first as they typically have food on them. Warning: this may make you sick! It is a fuzzy mound of mold...I really hope I'm not the only mother this has ever happened to!

Clean cars, sick baby!

Poor Drewbie...sick all weekend! Doesn't he look miserable? He has a sinus infection and two big top incisors coming down. We were up ALL night on Saturday.

It's hard to get a photo of a baby on the move...

He stopped to rest!!

Our little helper!

A rose in the front yard...

I haven't seen this trunk empty for a LONG time.

Or this one...

Gramma and Papa stopped by to hold Drew so that we could run to Target and buy Motrin for him. Wilson picked out a new game with a Buzz Lightyear gun, which we played several times before bed! Drew slept a little better on Sunday and Monday night, but we're still trying to catch up.

Zen Brown, our pro golfer friend, came on Monday night and will be here for a week while playing in the ProAm at MCC. He has two friends coming later in the week so Wilson will get lots of attention!

Is there a Harvard School of Engineering??

Wilson is constantly coming up with new ideas!

Strawberry Lake!

We went to celebrate Aunt Sheila's birthday on Saturday...we got to see Great Grandpa Ken, Uncle Ronnie, the Palczewski family, the Copeland family and Audrey and Caleb!

Wilson was quite the fisherman!

And Drewbie was kind of a ham!

He LOVED Karly's braces!

I think we trained him too well - Drew is "sooo big" several times a day!

And I think Grandpa David trained Wilson a little too well also!



Drew kept dipping his face into the water!

Nap time for two of us...directly in front of the fan...it was a very hot day!

Cousin Caleb!

Erica's kids: Tiana and Malachi

Note Wilson's squawking in the background;)


And he's done...time to head home!