Devin -- June 2017

It is hard to believe that this little guy is going to be done with his first year of school. I know that he is going to have a great summer and we did have a lot of adventures but it is so amazing to see how much he has grown. There was a lot of swimming, walking, hanging out with brother and just time outside. He loves all of these and I am sure that there will be many more hours of all of this come July too! Here are some highlights we had this month.

• For his last day of school picture he would NOT smile
• He has been practicing taking his clothes off now that he has learned this skill
• After a hard workout he loves to sit on me and help me to stretch
• His teacher informed me during his IEP that his walking and being so distracted has to do with the fact that he has a horizontal line fixation and just loves to follow them and not look where he is going!
• So thankful that this summer he has been much better at putting sunblock on!
• When kids are out of school, they have to do lots of grocery runs with me, and Devin had a great time hugging strawberries and putting them in bags with me
• We often go to the library for its summer reading program but he is still terrified of the automatic doors
• Devin loves to watch Kyler play Wii and will hold his own remote too
• Tried to get him to help water plants or the slip and slide but just not interested in it
• As much as Dev loves the pool, he REALLY loves to ride in the little inflatable boat that I can pull him in
• When at the pool, he also loves to bring me my goggles and giggles
• No matter what we try, Devin will not ride Sandy at Meijer
• Going to Culver's for dinner and Devin just walked over to an older man and sat with him in his booth
• At church we have been having a hard time keeping Devin from opening and closing the nursery doors
• When dropping Kyler off at tennis camp, he did NOT want to get out of the car and screamed!
• Nothing made Devin giggle more than feeding Mr Nibbles the Guinea Pig that we are summer sitting lettuce! 
• Poor kid was sick and did not even get out of bed - then asleep sitting up!
• Devin brought me his outside pecs card and then my shoes to go for a walk
• At the pool he only really lets me dive for things, but started to let his cousin Mekinley as well!
• Had to hang out with Grandpa and Grandma as we went to the ER with brohter
• When at the grocery store, he became so excited to see bouncy balls and his brother made sure I got one for him
• At VBS did well with group until the craft room, he still hates crafts
• Devin might eat 10 bananas a day if we let him
• We took a long drive to Princeton for a wedding but Devin did not want to eat pizza and I took him for a really long walk in the heat...and we found 100$!

Last day of school! 

Hanging out!

Getting pretty good at this "undressing" thing

Pool time cutie

Always fun to hike with this one

hiking snack times

Starting them young huh Daddy? 

Seems like he likes these!

Working on his core? 

How we eat at the pool...

...and swim!

So loves his big brother!

He loves to be near him...

...all the time!

Not feeling very well

Feeling better means ICE CREAM!

So proud of his new toy!

Kyler -- June 2017

What a fun start to the summer! I love summer and having the boys home and to myself but there are lots of things happen too. We had an emergency room visit, VBS, lots of swimming and just having a great time together. Here are a few highlights of our adventures together this month. 

• Everything has a level with Kyler but it is a lot of fun to see the imagination 
• There was a very big fish float that Kyler loved trying to ride
• Kyler loves so many things but he also does not always pay attention so he tends to run into things
• Devin likes to hike, but Kyler often needs more incentive like a scavenger hunt on our walks
• Has really been good at playing Zelda, the old school video game I love
• We love to make apple pizzas and Kyler lets his creativity fly
• Kyler and Ryan have been playing catch often, lots of baseball bonding
• He is such a sweet encourager. told me that I was doing well with my bike ride
• While working in nursery, Kyler guessed another worker was 40 which made her laugh and tell him to add 35 to that. 
• Many times at the pool this month but Kyler has a great time naming all the kinds of dives he tries
• Having fun getting exercise we biked all over to Grandpa and Grandma's house. He kept saying he could do it and would not give up
• Grammy and Papa came to visit which meant that he could show off his swimming
• We had a great time picking strawberries, even if they were small
• Had a great time helping take care of Mr Nibbles the Guinea pig over the summer
• Kyler did like and really liked shrimp on the grill
• We often have fun playing games where we look for things that begin with different letters of the alphabet, Kyler loves to come up with different things
• While at church, Kyler was running around and fell, hitting his head hard. He slurred his speech and felt very dizzy. After time in the ER, we all went home and had a concussion diagnosed but no screens and to take it easy for a couple days. 
• Kyler has been having a lot of fun doing crossword puzzles in his school workbooks
• "Mommy, you are doing such a good job" while I was working on VBS
• We collected money for kids to have pure water at VBS. When Kyler gave money it was not for who would win the war, but "I just care about the kids."
• Had a great time driving to Princeton for a wedding weekend. 

Hanging out at the park

He had a lot of fun with this!

He is just getting so big!

Pool fun with "Nemo"

My little hiker

Oh, the classic duck bill!

Still sucks his thumb...oh boy

He loves to watch his brother

Snuggling together too!

My strawberry picker

Oh kiddo, in the ER after hitting his head

Slushies make everything better

Summer school work...yep...he likes it too