Gruesome Twosome

Evan wanted to be Frankenstein and Sean wanted to be a skeleton.  I said okay but once I buy the costumes, there is NO changing.  They both assured me they understood.... until I bought them... then they wanted to change.  I said no so they agreed to switch... problem solved! 

Sean and Evan plus Gretchen and her girl scout friends

It happened to rain most of Halloween but I got this shot while it was just drizzling....  They got a ton of candy so don't feel bad for them!

Picture Day

Always a treacherous day for a parent.... did they mess up their hair, getting something on their clothes, smile nice (or did they use their fakey smile).  Steve always takes their picture at home when we know they look good.  He got some good shots this year!

First Day of School

Sigh.... The first day of school was mixed results.  We had to switch daycare providers so it was a lot of change for the whole family.  While Gretchen had a good day at school, she got in trouble at the new day care for doing something to her brothers.  When she came home, she was upset and felt like it was hard to be in a new place.  Evan was sad and upset when he came home.  He doesn't like school or the new daycare.  Sigh.  I couldn't get a good reason out of him but it seemed like something happened yesterday since he ate so very little for lunch which is not like him.  Oddly enough, the child who has the most problems with transitions had no issues.  Sean was happy.  School was fine.  The new daycare was fine.  I was worried the most about him and he was fine.  His lunch bag is missing.  The new one I just bought cannot be found at daycare so I was not happy but he was so that's what's important.  Hopefully it goes better tomorrow..... 

Before all the drama of the day started.....

Sean and Evan are five!

My boys turn five tomorrow.  It seems like yesterday that I was holding them in the NICU wondering when they would be stable enough to take home.  They were born 8 weeks early and spent 5 weeks in the NICU before going home.  It was a long five weeks that did not get any easier when they came home.  It hasn't been a smooth five years but it has been most gratifying.  I love my boys!

 Evan over the years!

Sean Over the Years

Everybody Wants to Rule The World

At night I have to cuddle the boys before they will go to sleep.  I try not to talk too much because I want them to get sleepy.  The other night however, Evan was chatty and we had the most interesting conversation:

Me:  What do you want for your birthday?

Evan:  A hundred dollars

Me:  A hundred dollars?!  What are you going to do with a hundred dollars?

Evan:  Take over the world with it

Me:  Why do you need to take over the world?

Evan:  So I can right the roller coasters without waiting in line and so I can be in the first car.....  Good night Mommy.....I'm tired

Apologies

I have a bunch of posts that I didn't publish so if you are getting stuff from 6 months ago, it's because I never published it.  I meant to revise it or add more then I forget.  Also, I will be consolidating the blogs this year sometime.  It's too much now to keep up with.  After the boys 5th birthday in July, I will have a new combined family blog.  I started this combined blog 3 years ago but haven't done anything with it yet.  I will very soon!

Base Runners

We did our annual baseball game as a family this past weekend. The kids sit pretty well through an entire game if we keep feeding them....  We had ice cream, hot dogs, pizza, french fries, cotton candy, pretzels, Teddy Grahams, licorice and lemonade.  Though this particular time Gretchen and Evan were motivated to stay the whole game so they could run the bases.  Apparently Wrigley has a thing on every Sunday game in April/May were kids can run the bases after the game.  Sean wasn't as interested in staying as Gretchen and Evan. Though when it came time to run it, Sean wasn't going to miss out.  You can see in this picture Evan is standing there waiting for his brother and sister (he's in the blue shirt/red shorts).