1st day of 1st grade

Yesterday was Caden's first day of school.  I don't know how the other mom's do it.  I'm just so anxious about leaving my baby with someone else all day long every day!  I stayed home all day yesterday just in case the school had to call home, and today when I went down to Denver I was so worried I wouldn't be there to pick up Caden and he would be wondering around lost! :)  At least I know I'm being paranoid and can laugh at myself.

Caden seems to be enjoying school, but it's hard to tell.  He can spend 10 min telling me about an ant he saw a lunch time, but when I ask him if he sat by a boy or girl at school, he can't remember.  Go figure.  

So here are our pictures as we get ready to take Caden to his first day of school.  And, of course, Dallin wanted one by himself too.

Mosquitoes

I didn't realize we had so many mosquitoes here.  The boys were playing outside on Friday at 4:00 for about a half an hour, and they (mostly Caden) were covered in bites.  Last night my aunt tried to count all the bites on Caden's legs--the picture doesn't do him justice--and she lost count.  They both have bites on their faces, close to their eyes.  This morning, right after he got up, Dallin could hardly open his eye it was so swollen.  These pictures were several hours later and, believe me, he looks much better in them.  Next time I send my boys out, I'm going to rub them with Bounce and hope that works!

Caden?

Everyone was crabby at church today, so when we came home, we all took a nap.  The only problem is the boys can't nap in the same room or else they just play and keep each other up.  So, Caden is supposed to rest on one of the couches downstairs, which usually means he quietly tears the house apart.  Well, today, after a bit of moving around, he was really quiet.  I was relieved and got a decent nap in.  After I woke, I went downstairs to get dinner ready.  I looked in the front room for Caden, but he wasn't there.  I checked the TV room.  The couch was torn up and blankets were everywhere, but no Caden.  I check the basement because sometimes he likes to play in there, but no Caden.  I'm starting to panic, imagining Caden going for a "walk" and is long gone.  I run upstairs, calling his name and looking in each of the rooms again.  No answer.  I start going for the phone to call 911 and I see something inside the couch.  It's Caden, dead asleep!

One of a kind

A lot of kids won't eat bread crusts.  Personally, I don't like the heel.  Caden eats it all just fine.  But I've never seen anything like Dallin.  He likes to eat his crusts first.  Really cute to watch.  He has the funniest habits.  He always tells me how good his food is.  "This is so yummy!  This is so delicious!"  It's really cute, especially on the nights he won't eat his dinner!  At least he's trying to make me feel good, I guess.

Weather

I'm really liking this 70 degree weather (yes, that's right Anna, a high of 70 not a low!) but the storms are driving me crazy!  Wednesday morning at about 1:00 for about a half an hour the was continuous thunder and lightening!  Thunder storms don't usually bother me, but this was really scary!  When Dallin came and crawled into our bed, I really wished I was a kid again and could crawl in bed with my parents.  

It reminded me of the storm last week in Castle Rock.  There was flash after flash of lightening, and continuous rumbling, no way to figure out how close it was, so we just hid under our covers and hoped it would be over soon.  It wasn't until a few days later we found out it was a tornado in Castle Rock!  Before we moved there we were assured that Castle Rock would never have a tornado, and while we lived there 2 years, two tornadoes touched down!  And Castle Rock doesn't have a warning system in place so both times we didn't know we were supposed to take shelter.  Luckily, we didn't have any damage either time, but I kept thinking about that during the storm the other night.  I don't know if Fort Collins has a warning system either, so I was checking on the TV stations for at least a sever thunder storm warning, but there wasn't anything.  It was frustrating, not knowing if we should get up the other boys and go in the basement, but eventually it moved on and we didn't have any real damage here either.  

Before & After

Never leave your kids alone with scissors!  Need I say more?

Moving

Well, it's almost official.  We are closing on the 24th on both houses.  That's only two weeks after we put an offer on the house in Fort Collins, and amazingly, we seem to be on track!  So, everyone keep your fingers crossed that everything goes the way it's supposed to!  And hopefully, by next week, we will be moved in and ready to post again! :)