This and That

Life as usual has been flying by the past couple of weeks and we have had some normal days and some exciting days thrown in there, too. Last week we went to tour the elementary school in our neighborhood. We are trying to get Arden into Jr. Kindergarten for the fall, so we went to check out the school and ask questions, etc. I am so not prepared to send a child to school, especially a public school (more on that later)! We had decided to wait to send Arden to kindergarten until next year because of his summer birthday, and so that each of our boys would only be 2 grades apart in school. I was completely mentally prepared to have him home another year. However, we recently discovered this Jr. K and think that it would be really good for him socially - read: give him something to do everyday so that I don't have to constantly entertain him with a new baby in tow. Now I might have to switch gears in my mind and prepare for him to not be home all the time and for him to have a part of his life that I am not a part of every minute! I'm not ready for him to grow up!! I told William that I am not emotionally stable enough as a pregnant mom to handle sending my first child to school! Anyway, I will survive and I think Arden will love it. We really liked the school and the principal. Now we are just waiting to see if he gets in - we find out early March.

Other than that, throughout the weeks we have been doing a lot of the same routines. We go to our Bible study on Monday nights where we have dinner together and fellowship before the study. The boys are getting better at staying calm and playing without needing parent intervention, which is nice. I have also been trading off with a couple of friends keeping the kids one day a week so that the moms get a break. We enjoy when our friends are over to play and I enjoy some time off when it's someone else's turn to watch them! We have been going to GKids at Grace Brethren Church every other Thursday for a fun time of playing in their gym on slides and a bouncy house and ball pit and other things to climb on. We walk or ride our bikes to the park at least once a week. We enjoy running/racing in our backyard or playing with our neighbor friends several days a week. We read lots of books and play in the play room a lot. And that about sums up the goings on around here lately. Of course, it always seems like there is "Lotts" going on! I'll end with some pictures of various other activities!

 We snuggle with Mommy on the couch and watch movies. I am just worn out this pregnancy and get really fatigued really easily, so we've been doing a lot of this. 

 We play in the backyard a lot!

 Which always ends up in some sort of wrestling or running competition.

 We wrestle and play with Daddy.

 We show off our BIG muscles! 

 So strong!

 We have Nerf wars and shoot each other and everything else around the house. 

 Told you we did this a lot....again... on the couch...

 We made homemade Gak which was so easy to make and was and continues to be a lot of entertainment! 

 We celebrated Valentine's day with balloons and chocolate and cards. William and I actually got to go on a lunch date while the boys were at a friend's house, which of course was wonderful and pleasant to spend time alone together. 

We ended the night with a bubble bath for the boys and a family movie night.....

like father, like son.