First Day of School Photo Overload

 

Today the big boys went back to school - Sawyer started 1st grade, and Sutton started kindergarten. They were both a little bummed to learn that they would be in different classrooms (their classes are both K/1 combo classrooms), but I think it will be good for them to learn to do things independently...it will, however, be a bigger pain in the butt for me when it comes time for field trips, class volunteering and dividing my time ;)

 



They chose to wear identical uniform outfits today even though they have a choice of two different colored bottoms and four different tops. They're silly like that. They said that they looked "really super cool when we match." I wonder how long they'll try to keep it up.

Sutton checked out his classroom and was happy to see that a few of his old friends from Morningstar are in his class.

Testing out the playground...their school playground rivals some of the best parks in the area! Sutton was SO excited to finally get a chance to play on everything!

He bonded with a new friend over their slimy handfuls of stinky hand sanitizer. They thought it was hysterical for some reason!

Time for a first day of school story, and then Mommy said goodbye. We have minimum days all week long, so I'll be going back to pick him up in just awhile. Hope they both had a fantastic first day!

The Happiest 5k on the Planet!

This morning I participated in The Color Run in downtown Sacramento, and all my guys came along to cheer me on. It was SO much fun! Sawyer especially got into it, showering passing runners with healthy doses of green and purple color. I've promised him that next year he can actually run the race with me, and he's beyond excited!

If you missed out this year, Kearsten and I are going to be forming up a big team to go next year, so let me know if you want to come along!

Lots and lots and lots of people...the race originally sold out quickly at 15,000 participants, and I heard this morning that they had opened up another 5,000 spots in the past few days too. That's a TON of colorful people!

Self portrait right as I got shot in the forehead with a yellow color blast!

Me & Kearsten among the giant color cloud at the finish line

Jackie & I at the finish line

This is what happens when you wear Crocs!

Sawyer told me to "never wash your hair again! It looks so cool and arty-ish!"

See you in 2013, Color Run!

The Great Escape Artist

Houdini here managed to escape from his crib at naptime yesterday, and he chipped his front tooth in the process. Mitch took the front off of the crib, and at first Simon was a little apprehensive about the fact that the side had gone missing. Bedtime was a long and drawn out process, but after playing in his room for awhile he eventually climbed back into bed and fell asleep. He woke up at the crack of dawn this morning and started playing in his room again. Naptime today was a total success with no struggle at all (thank goodness! Knock on wood!), and he fell right asleep. Hopefully bedtime tonight will be just as easy (fingers crossed!).

Now his sharp little teeth are even pointier with that jagged front tooth!

Makeover Time

This kid has been defined by his unruly curls since he was just a few months old. I feel like his entire personality can be summed up in that head of hair - soft and sweet, but wildly independent (and occasionally crazy and unmanageable!). 

I love his curls. LOVE them. But it's Summer, and all that in-and-out of the pool, playing with bubbles and dirt, and just general being-a-boy-ness was really starting to make a matted mess of his hair. No matter how much time we wasted with the brush and detangler, it would end up looking like this after a few hours. So when I took the big boys to a pool party on Sunday, I gave Mitch the task of taking Simon to the kids hair salon...I just couldn't bear to do it myself (but seriously, look at that rats nest up there!). 

TaDa - a todler makeover! Mitch said it was a breeze and that Simon didn't mind having it cut at all. Kind of surprising since he screamed his head off during his first haircut. When Mitch texted us a picture, Sutton's first reaction was, "Who is that?" and then followed by "Is that for real?" when we told him it was Simon LOL!

Sawyer can't stop telling him how cool he looks with his new hair. 

I say he looks like a little troublemaker now ;)

We Love Lucy!

The boys got a new kitten! Her name is Lucy, and she was adopted from one of the local animal rescue groups last weekend. Our older cats have never been too keen on the kids (they were already about 7 years old when Sawyer was born), so the boys are SUPER excited to have a pet of their very own who will love them just as much as they love her. 

...and they most certainly do love her a lot. Luckily she's a very playful kitten, so she can actually give these rambunctious boys a run for their money. She's happy to play with them all day long, but she loves to sit down and cuddle too (which makes her perfect, in my opinion!).

♥

Happy 4th of July!

Snuggled Up in Mom's Bed

All wiped out after swim lessons last week. What I wouldn't give to have lashes like that!

Welcome, River!

Meet our new cousin!

River Thomas Costello

born Sunday, June 24 @ 1:13 am

8 lbs 8 oz, 20.5 inches

The boy are SO excited for him to get big so that they can play with him, but in the meantime, I can't wait to snuggle that sweet little face! Love you lots and lots! XOXO

Garden Fresh Carrots

Simon can't seem to keep his hands out of the garden despite a chest-high fence that his Dad installed specifically for that reason. He's discovered that if he stretches as far as those little arms can possibly reach he can manage to pluck a carrot or two from their bed. (He snagged the orange garden marker there too!)

Yum! Nothing like fresh carrots from your own garden! This one was tiny since it was from the second planting, but we've been working our way through a ton of full-sized ones as well. Sawyer picks several each day because he says we have "the BEST carrots EVER!" :)

Happy Father's Day!

These guys got to stay up super late last night doing their favorite things - working on projects (in this instance, painting a personalized skateboard!) and building Legos with their Daddy!

They all look pretty happy to be spending all that special time with Dad (and excited to still be awake at nearly 10:00 at night!)!

This little one has taken to saying "Cheeeeeeeeese" whenever he sees the camera now. I much prefer it when he flashes his little vampire fangs for the camera instead of being so serious on film all the time!

I have loads of photos from this weekend's pool and water play fun, so hopefully I can find time to go through them and get them posted in a day or two!

Crazy Hair Day!

The last school spirit day of the year - Crazy Hair Day! Sawyer asked for a patriotic mohawk...I'm just hoping that at the end of the day it doesn't just look like a white skunk stripe lol!

End of the Season

I think Sawyer is probably going to try to sleep with his new baseball trophy tonight - he is SO proud! Sutton isn't feeling very well though, so he's obviously a little less enthusiastic haha!

Big Brother Snuggles

Kindergarten Graduation & Performance

Today was Sawyer's kindergarten graduation & performance. I can't believe this year is already over - it went by SO quickly!

Before the graduation ceremony the kids put on a show for the parents, singing some special songs.

Sawyer led the class in singing "You're a Grand Old Flag."

They sang "What a Wonderful World."

I took a couple of videos, so I'll try to post those later. I missed filming their cutest song and dance of the show, so I'm hoping one of the other parents has a copy that they'll share with me.

Graduation! He got a rose and his diploma from Mrs. Wells and Mrs. Kelley. I actually started to get a little teary at this point...what can I say? He looks so grown up!

He was totally excited about that rose. He said it looked like a sunset.

Comparing diplomas with a friend.

Yep, he loved the tie that I made him. He used it to try to entertain his friends while the rest of the kids were getting their diplomas. I'm one proud mama ♥