Frustrated!

I'm frustated with blogging! I've been trying to update my blog and every time I try to add a picture I get the following error message...

Upload failed:

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I've had this happen before and I have continued to try and eventually after 7+ attempts it will eventually allow me to upload my one picture. Unfortanetely I don't have to the time to mess with this! If anyone of my blogger friends can help me out I'd appreciate it. Otherwise, I'm going to have to give up on blogging :(

Moving Out!

 Carson got upset about something the last time Brett was home and he informed us he was "moving out!" We laughed when we seen he had filled the wagon with his Legos, Collin's backpack, and his quilt off his bed. Not to mentioned it was quite funny when he camped out at one of the For Sale houses in our culdesac. He eventually asked if he could come home for lunch :)

After lunch he moved his fort to our front yard. You just can't get too far away from home! Love that kid to pieces!

Eager Beaver Days

 We walked/ran our first 5K on a chilly morning for Eager Beaver Days. I am so incredibly proud of Carson. He completed the 3 mile course 9 minutes faster than his grandpa and me!!! He told me later that his legs were so tired he just wanted to sit on the curb and wait for us but he kept going!

Watching the parade with Grandpa.

 Say Cheese!

The boys always love the parade and they got plenty of candy to fill their little tummies until Halloween.

Well, I had almost given up on the whole blog world because I have been trying to post these pictures for the past 3 weeks and I kept getting an error message. For some unknown reason....today they worked just fine!

 

Collin started Micro Soccer the end of August. It was incredibly HOT and each practice. In my opinion, a 1 hour 15 minute practice/game entirely too long for 4 year olds! Collin did great the first 45 minutes and then he was too wiped out to finish.

 

 HOT baby!!!

 This boy would have loved to jump in and play with his little brother.

Preschool

Check out this little man! Isn't he just adorable and beaming with happiness? He is so darn excited about going to preschool and meeting his teachers and seeing his playground. Open House was Wednesday night and it was a special moment for just him and mom to enjoy.

Collin's first day of preschool was August 23rd.

 I think he looks quite handsome but he told me that the girls didn't like his outfit. I let it go in one ear and out the other because this little stinker has been full of stories the last few days.

 Collin and Mrs. K on the first day of Preschool

Mrs. K told me that her and Mrs. B think his freckles are so cute. I have to agree!

He had a great first day and I know he is excited to spend every afternoon (Monday-Thursday) in his classroom. Wow, my babies are growing up way to fast!

A New Interest

In the last week or so Cash has developed a new interest in books. I am quite pleased with this interest! He loves to just sit and look at them in his room and I am thrilled that he actually stops running for a brief moment :) He is starting to say "meow" for kitty and "quack" for duck. I just love listening to him talk. It makes this mama very proud!

Master Bedroom & Bath

I am finally getting around to taking some pictures of our new house. Finding the time to take pictures when everything is clean seems almost impossible! I am honestly a clean person but when you have 3 rugrats boys around who haven't quite figured out the picking up part OR the listening to mom part.....well things just aren't the way I'd like them to be. I can't blame this all on them, because honeslty when I get home from work, make supper, give baths, and wrestle everyone into pjs, I'm too darn exhausted to care about the dishes that are in the sink or the toys that are on the bathroom floor. Anyhow....here are some pictures of our master bedroom and bathroom.

 Our bedroom was inspired by the HGTV 2012 Dream Home. Of course I had to go on a search to find similar items that we could afford. The paint color from Sherwin Williams was the only exact match.

More house posts coming soon....hopefully!

Monster Trucks

The boys heard the advertisment for the Monster Trucks on the radio and asked  begged me to buy tickets. I've never been to a show before and I thought this might be the perfect opportunity to do something fun with just Carson & Collin so I headed to the gas station and purchased advance tickets for the Friday night show.

 This monster truck was the first one to go around the track and it tipped and got stuck in this exact position. It was quite a way to start a show!

 Getting boys to look at a camera when there is trucks around is almost impossible!

Jumping over a van!

I have to say it was quite an experience. The boys loved the trucks and I enjoyed listening to their belly laughs at the clown. He was down right entertaining!



First Day of Second Grade

Wednesday night was the Meet & Greet night (as well as school pictures) at Carson's new school. He was nervous about meeting his teacher and being around classmates he's never met. I wasn't worried about him because I know he makes friends easily and is an all around good kid.

He really wasn't excited about me taking a picture of him with his new teacher but I wouldn't go without!

It was a cool morning so Carson's plans of wearing a t-shirt and shorts were changed to jeans and a jacket. His backpack was so full of school supplies that I think he's standing funny in this picture just to keep from falling over!

It's hard to believe I have a second grader, however, I'm looking forward to watching this great kid grow into a young man and I know he'll have a fabulous education at one of the best schools in town. It just so happens that I was a para educator at this elementary school for three years.



Another Cleanup

I spent the evening cleaning up the boys & patio from our paint with pudding night and several hours later I was repeating the same cleanup steps. The irrigation pipe that runs behind our house and will hopefully be burried/moved someday was leaking water everywhere. Gordon came over to make a path for the water to run into the street to drain. Of course the boys had to get in on the muddy action!

 This is fun mom!

 Dozer went through the water and mud too!

Gordon, Carson & Brett

Annual Paint with Pudding

This is our 3rd Annual "Back to School" Paint with Pudding. I'm not exactly sure why I started this or why it has become an annual event but the kids sure love it and it's one last summer hurrah before I start a new school year and they start school as well. I think I will let these pudding filled pictures speak for themselves!

Brett had to be honest and said it looks like sh*t!