August Phone Dump

13 Years!

 Helping Grammy make Papa's birthday cake

                                                          Ice cream date

                                        Loves this tree over the toilet anyday

                                  Baltimore Zoo with our friend James

 We had A LOT of tears after this ride because we couldn't ride again, and again, and again...

 Happy Birthday to me! A fun school picnic followed by homemade twix bars!

                                    Dinner out with our friends the Kelly's

                         And the biggest peanut butter chocolate cake you have ever seen!

                                     Ryan won that war....

                                               Just a perfect little sleeping face.....

First Days of School 2015

Andrew started school on Monday, August 24th. This year though, they had a REALLY gradual entry though, so Ryan didn't start until September 1st. So we had two first days...sort of..

 During one of the gradual days, Ryan had to go for two hours. He DID NOT want to go in and I had to walk him in and leave the room. He stayed at the front in tears. I felt so bad for him. He was fine at pick-up, so fingers crossed and prayers welcome!

 They either love each other or hate each other....this was a good morning:)

                           
                                Such a big guy getting on with Andrew!

He has done really well so far, so hopefully it continues! I feel like I have survived the possible hardest five years of my life, but then I remember I have school mornings and homework for 15 more years.....

Schools a'coming....

To try to finish off summer, we decided to hit up a few of our favorite places. I had such high hopes of traveling this summer a bit more with the boys, but that just didn't happen. 

Ultimate Playzone-full of bounce houses

                                     Laser Tag. Ryan finally decided to use the gun!

 Date night! We got tickets for Jim Gaffigan a few weeks ago and got Grammy to babysit as we headed out to dinner beforehand. It was a great show.

2.5 and potty trained! New record in our house. There were definite pro's to the boys being older-such as we NEVER had to sit on a public seat unless it was #2. Julian sits for it all unless we are outside....and that gets really gross:) But we are all out of everything so that is AMAZING!

                                     Julian and his friend Max at the playground

                                     More Skyzone jumping

Ryan has really started to become interested in writing. These were cards for each of us. Cooking Mom, Paw Patrol Ryan, Harry Potter Andrew

                                               Another HOT day at Annie's playground

                                                  Ice cream at Prigel Creamery

 Bowling at Stoneleigh Lanes with our friends James and Henry. This was my boys first experience with duckpin bowling!

 Down to one week left! This summer has flown by, but I am definitely ready for some sort of routine.