Tyce's First Day of Preschool!

 
 
 
 
 

Today was Tyce's first day of preschool!  He has been looking forward to this day for a long time now and he was so excited it was finally here!  First I'll start with pics from preschool orientation which was last week.

Tyce and his teacher, Mrs. Blue...

 Showing me the folder he decorated while Mrs. Blue talked to the parents...

 Listening very intently...

 Mommy and Tyce...

 Daddy and Tyce...

 

Now on to today, I purposely had Tyce wear the same outfit the twins wore on their first day of preschool, I even wanted him to stand in front of the same door but the preschool got a new door sometime in the last three years, oh darn!  Haha, anyways...look how cute they all are...

 

 

Waiting in car line to drop him off.  He  made it very clear he did NOT want me to walk him in!  He told me "don't be sad I'm leaving you mommy, guess what?  You can play with my batman setup, my weapons, the pretend kitchen, my guns, whatever you want to play with of my toys...you can!"  Hahaha, he said it so genuinely too...so sweet!

How did his first day go?  Well this was his reaction when I told him we had to go and he couldn't stay at preschool...

He obviously had a GREAT first day and did NOT want to go home!  Hahaha.  I'm pretty sure we'll have a good year at preschool.  :)

First Soccer Game!

On Saturday the boys all had their first soccer game.  They woke up super excited and were dressed in their uniforms and shin guards about four hours early.

 

Tyce's game was first... 

 

 

 That's his coach, Coach Caleb...

His game was hilarious, they lost by about 30 goals and Tyce even scored one for the wrong team!  Hahaha, he was so excited after he kicked it in that he turned to the sidelines and gave us a thumbs up!  We did not have the heart to tell him his mistake.  When the game first started all the kids started running to one end of the field and Tyce just stood there in center field.  When we yelled GO TYCE he looked at us, put his hands in the air, and said "go where?"  Hahaha, he was oblivious to the game for the first little bit but then he caught on.  In his defense, he is the youngest on either team because you had to be 4 by August 1st and he turned 4 on July 31st so, although he's tall, he is younger than most kids out there.  The good news is he had fun and didn't give up! 

 My cute little soccer boys...

 The twins game was next...

They have a really good team (they were all together last year and undefeated).  Jackson and Josh are the only ones that have never played before.  I was really impressed with the other kids but also impressed with how fast my boys were catching on, especially Josh.  I think being on such a good team will really push them to learn and improve fast.  Josh really seems to get the game and is coordinated and fast.  Jackson had lots of fun and tried hard.  After the game they were both really happy (especially because they won) and are already counting down the days until their next game!  Here's to a good season of soccer!!!

Update

While my parents were here we all went out to dinner to celebrate my birthday...

 

Sunday night Tyce and I headed to the hospital for his sleep study to see if his tonsils are causing sleep apnea and thus need to be taken out.  He was pretty excited to have a sleepover at the hospital with mommy...

He was an angel while they hooked him up, it took forever and he kept on getting more and more uncomfortable.  He only cried once when they put the nasal cannula and this other sensor thing up his nose.  We ended up taking it out until he fell asleep then putting it back in.  The technicians went on and on and on about how he's the best patient they've ever had, so cooperative and so happy.  I was so proud of him!

I was worried he'd have a hard time falling asleep but he was out in 5 minutes, slept till 5am, when he woke up to go potty.  Luckily they had enough data so we were able to go home!  Tyce went back to sleep and slept until 10am!  We should hear back in about two weeks the results of the sleep study. 

Monday was our last day at the pool with our awesome lifeguards from Slovakia.  In the four years we've lived here they were by far our best lifeguards.  When we were leaving they gave the boys their lifeguard gear, hats, fanny packs, and whistles.  The boys thought they were pretty cool...

This week soccer started!  We decided to try soccer this fall instead of football and we'll see how it goes!  Their first game is Saturday but here are some pics from their first practice...

Getting back into the school routine has been a little rough around here.  Tuesday and Wednesday they were tired and whiney.  Last night we talked about being happier in the mornings and Josh even prayed that they'd have a better morning.  This morning I woke up and came into their room to this...

Sweet boys had gotten up with their alarm, got dressed, and made their beds and were just sitting there waiting for me with big grins on their faces.  It was so cute how excited they were to make me happy.  I don't know if they'll keep it up but I could sure get used to it!!!

First Day of 2nd Grade!

Jackson and Josh are off to 2nd grade! 

 

Here are some pics I took at 2nd grade orientation where they met their new teachers...

 

Josh at his desk...

 Josh and his teacher, Mrs. Keener...

 Jackson and his teacher, Ms. Akins...

 Jackson at his desk...

 And the obligatory picture in front of the school sign...

 

This morning we took some pics before they headed off to school...

 Waiting at the bus stop with Alyssa...

After we dropped the twins off at the bus stop we went to the train station and dropped Parker off.  I asked Tyce if he was sad his brothers were gone and he said, "umm...not so much."  Hahaha.  He starts pre-school next week so this week we're going to enjoy some one on one time together!  Here's to a good school year!!!

BYU Game!

Saturday morning we headed down to Charlottesville for the Virginia/BYU football game!  We were super excited to be able to see our Cougars play in real life because they rarely play out east! 

 

Here we are before we left...

 At the game...

 

See how beautiful and sunny it is??  What you DON'T see is how we're all drenched in sweat.  It was super hot and super humid, for the 1st quarter anyway.  Halfway through the second quarter we had to evacuate the stadium due to impending weather.  We then waited for over two hours for the storm to pass.  It was a pretty intense storm complete with lightning, thunder, wind, and rain.  Once the game finally got started again we were able to watch about 20 minutes before the torrential rains started up again.  We spent most of the 3rd quarter under shelter watching the game on the tv screens they had by the concessions.  It finally quit a little into the 4th quarter and we were able to go back into the stadium and watch the remainder of the game.  Unfortunately we played terrible and LOST!  It was seriously such an ordeal of a day!  We're still glad we got to see BYU play, even though it wasn't the best game or weather. 

And I am SO glad we decided the night before that bringing Tyce would not be fun, for anyone.  We decided he was too young and would get bored really fast.  Luckily my awesome new neighbor, Lori, agreed to watch him all day and night and it sounds like he had a fantastic time and didn't miss us at all!

Here he is when we dropped him off...

 Lori sent me some pics, here's Adam reading to Tyce...

 Then they decided they needed popcorn (Tyce's favorite food in the world)...

Bedtime!  This was Tyce's first sleepover all by himself without his brothers, I didn't know how he would do but apparently he did great!

In other news, my mom taught me how to sew on buttons!  Yes yes yes, I'm 30 years old and am just now learning very basic sewing skills.  I have never had the desire to learn, sewing is something that has never interested me.  BUT I figured it's something I should learn sooner or later so...here's my first button I sewed on a napkin...

 And, as always, the time for my parents to leave came WAY too soon...

We dropped them off at the airport this afternoon and it was awful, as it always is.  Every time we drop someone off at the airport Parker and I have the same conversation...how we can get back West?  Where we should live, jobs, etc etc etc.  But in the end we stay here, it just makes the most sense for us right now...unfortunately.  I am SO lucky my parents come out so often, I would just not make it without seeing them every few months.  My boys adore them, my dad is constant entertainment and Tyce and Grandma are just best of friends.  LOVE YOU MOM AND DAD!  MISS YOU ALREADY!!

Tonight Tyce and I head to the hospital for his sleep study to find out if he needs his tonsils out or not.  Then...first day of school coming up!!!!