Field Day...the "green" way

The day before we left on our road trip to Mississippi, Ian had Field Day at school. The kids and I went to spend the day with him and root him on. This is what we saw when we got there. Ian was running a race that required him to sort the recyclables into the appropriate bins before running back to tag his next teammate.

As we continued on through all the different stations, each had a name like this:

Or this:
The times have changed for sure! There wasn't a 50meter dash, or 200meter relay. Instead there were all sorts of little games that had to do with saving our planet, conserving energy and such. I never would have imagined such a thing, but the kids sure loved it and had a great time.

While Ian was busy playing "Environmentalist vs. Pollutants" (otherwise known as Tug-o-war) I sent Isabelle on her own 50meter dash. She thought it was great!

And when she wasn't running, she did a great job helping with Isaac!

Snaggletooth

I have spent the day uploading pictures to Blogger so that I could get caught up from the last couple weeks. So, I am very close to having lots of pics to share. Brace yourselves for the next few days. For now though, you have to see what happened today.

Ian came into my room wiggling his tooth.He even managed to twist it nearly backwards! He wiggled and wiggled until...
It popped right out! He was so proud, can you tell?
I wonder what the Tooth Fairy's going rate for a front tooth...

It cracks me up every time he smiles. He even thought this was the perfect opening for a drinking straw at dinner tonight. That was right after he fed a piece of asparagus through the hole! oh dear...

Talent Show

Last week (before our trip to Mississippi) Ian and his friend Ali, danced in the talent show. Ian is in the grey jacket and Ali is in the black. Ian's role was to do the robot through the whole performance. He was pretty proud of himself! We even convinced him to break out his skills on the dance floor at the wedding reception that weekend!

Good Job Ian and Ali! You were the best in the show!

More pics

One Day Old

One Month Old
A Very Happy Boy!

One MONTH Old!!!

It is hard to believe how time is flying! Today, Isaac is one month old. It seems like we just brought him home. I feel like we should still be counting his time in days, not months! As much as it seems that we have just welcomed this new little man into our family, we also feel very much like he has been a part of our family forever! He is a perfect fit!

In this short time, Isaac has begun developing the most precious personality. He is generally very mild natured and relaxed. The only time he fusses is when he is really hungry or tired. He is still a mighty good little eater and is sleeping very well at night! Here is the best shot that I have gotten of he sweet smile. I love that he uses his entire face to smile!!! What joy!

Tonight's big accomplishment was giving Isaac his first real bath. Up to this point he has only had sponge baths. His belly button has finally healed and it was quite the family affair in the bathroom tonight. Nobody wanted to miss it! Daddy got the honors of giving Isaac his bath. He seemed to love it! (They both did, actually!) Isaac relaxed as Daddy poured warm water over him and gently washed him!

You can see that Daddy was being closely supervised. What you can't see is that Ian was sitting at the other end of the counter watching also. I promise Isaac is clean. If he wasn't, we sure would have heard about it from the little supervisors! Here is our clean little man! (Isabelle was the photographer for this one!) Isn't he a cute little fella?

Boy time

After our photo shoot the other day, Ian came into the room and he didn't really pay attention to me even being there. He had no idea that I had the camera, so I was able to capture these little moments between my boys.

He sat down and started talking to Isaac (completely oblivious to the fact that Isaac was sleeping.) He leaned in and talked to him in a sweet little voice. As I recall, it had something to do with Legos and Star Wars...

Then he snuck around the side of the chair to give his little brother a sweet little kiss.

Tuckered out

Isaac never lacks for entertainment. He has Ian and Isabelle to make sure that he is always taken care of. They think that he always needs a toy nearby. The other day he got a little fussy in the crib and when I went to check on him, this is how I found him. He had soothed himself by pushing his binky back into his mouth with his puppy dog rattle. Thank heavens for all these toys!