Saturday, September 12, 2009

Friday Night Lights! GO TIGERS!!!!!

Friday night we took Eston to watch the football game. He was very excited to go and had to make sure he had his tigers shirt on. The first thing he did when we walked in the door was ask if he could have a Stewartville Football baseball hat. Of course, we had to get it, especially after he tried it on and looked so darn cute! Here are a few shots from our fun night.
Eston actually took this shot of the players on the field. I think it turned out pretty good. Eston was super excited because our neighbor boy Gabe plays for the tigers. Eston wanted to stay and play football with Gabe after the game. Eston also told me he felt bad for the white team because we kept knocking them down. I tried to explain that is how you play the game, but he still felt bad for them.

So intense!

I think he looks pretty darn cute in marroon and gold!

He even got to have his picture taken with the Stewartville Tiger!! It was a great night. The Tigers won 34-14! Way to go Tigers!!!!

Thursday, September 10, 2009

1st Day of School 2009

Today was Eston's first day of Kindergarten. He woke up and got on his "school outfit" and was ready to go. He didn't even want to take the time to drink his milk so he brought it with him. He was so excited.........

Here he is sitting on our bench out front before we left for school. He looks so grown up.

Here he is being a little stinker on the walk to school.

The view from behind. I can't believe he is big enough to go to school. What happened to my little boy??? It really was cool to see how excited he was.

Here he is covering his face so I couldn't take his picture.

Here is Eston and Violet. Violet is in Eston's class and he is very excited about that!!! Isn't she just a cutie!
Well I said he was excited......until we turned the corner by the school and he saw all the kids lined up to go in. He completely froze and was very shy and nervous. He didn't want any other pictures taken and stayed very close to me and Tim. I had to nudge him through the door and the teacher aids took him to his room. I could tell he was a little upset but I knew he would have a great day......AND HE DID! He had so much fun. He was talking a mile a minute when I came home from work. He told me all about the stuff they did, how yummy his ravioli was for lunch and what he had for snack. They got to go outside and play and make crafts. It was a great day! But I am a little confused.....I was told from other parents that he would be very worn out after a full day of school, but he was going a hundred miles an hour when I got home tonight---maybe it takes a couple days. :)
Tomorrow after school we get to go to the football game and he is very excited about that too! All in All it was a great first day of school. Way to go buddy, we are so proud of you!!!!!

Meet the Teacher

On Wednesday Eston got to meet his Kindergarten teacher and visit his classroom. We went right away at 8am and he was ready to go. He was so excited to see his classroom and bring all of his supplies to kindergarten.

Here he is with his teacher Mrs. Fryer. He didn't want me taking any pictures but I was able to get this one. Of course, when Mrs. Fryer wanted a picture of him he sat nice and smiled right at her. Stinker.

Here he is in the hallway outside his classroom. I snapped this one when he wasn't paying attention. Notice the marroon and gold pants with the tiger t-shirt. He is already showing his Stewartville pride!

Here he is showing us where his locker is. I can't believe he will be starting kindergarten tomorrow.

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Flushed Away!

Well, it is official, my wedding ring is gone. About a week ago Grayson thought it would be fun to put something down the toilet......and lucky me he chose my wedding ring. I never take it off, but just happened to that day because my finger was very irritated, the poor thing didn't even make it one whole day on the ring holder. Asher tried to warn us but he was so excited we couldn't understand what he was saying. When we realized that it was missing we asked them where it was and they looked at us like "DUH, it is in the toilet!"
I called the water treatment facility in Stewartville and they have not found anything. Guess it is time to call the insurance company. Darned kids! Make sure you put things up high or hide them when my kids are around :)
What do ya do, gotta love em!

Monday, September 7, 2009

LaborDay Weekend - Absolutely Perfect

What an absolutely gorgeous weekend! I do not remember LaborDay weekend being this nice in a really long time. We had a lot of fun this weekend - prepare yourself, there are a lot of pictures!
We are going to go in reverse order, starting with Monday - Laborday. Today we painted Eston's room. He wanted a hunting room so we decided to do camo on his walls. I will post the pictures later, I want to wait until I have it all done. While Eston and Tim painted his nightstand to match his walls, I gave Asher and Grayson a board and some washable paints so they could also help paint.

Asher cleaning off the paint in the sprinkler. I had to take this one because I loved the underwear.

Eston and Daddy hard at work painting the nightstand.

Grayson playing in the water after he finished painting.

Asher playing with the hose. They love starting and stopping the water.

Grayson and Asher showing off their paint jobs. I think they painted each other more than the wood I gave them.

Literally painted from head to toe! (Grayson)

On Saturday night, we had icecream for desert. Eston has never eaten icecream because he didn't think he liked it. I told him that Sherbert was different and he absolutely loved it. He couldn't believe that it was icecream.

After lunch on Sunday we went to Meadow park. We never even made it to the "Park" because the boys ran right to the little crick that runs through the park. Here is Eston putting a baby frog on the rock. (setting it free)

Where did that darn frog go?????

There he is! Beth - I thought you might like this shot :)

Eston showing off the baby frog (on his arm). I know I am just the mom, but I Love his eyes!

Grayson playing in the water. I know the sweatshirts look too small, but they are actually 5T. Crazy! I wish you could see the rest of his outfit, he had navy blue socks pulled all the way up to his knees.

Asher posing for a cute picture. He was the only one that wanted to have his picture taken.

Saturday morning we decided to head out to Grandma and Grandpa's to play. Heather, Hunter and Fischer met us out there so the kids could play together.
This is Grandma and Asher on Lucky and Grayson and Grandpa on Chance.

Grandma and Grandpa heading out for a horseback ride. Aren't they cute!

Posing with their horses (Chance and Lucky)

Oh, Chance and Lucky love each other - CUTE I had to post this one because it was so cute.

Grandpa on Chance before their ride.

Eston taking Grace for a walk. He loves to lead her around - he feels so important and proud. He really does a great job!

Eston riding Grace. This was awesome because he usually doesn't ride the horses anymore, he just likes to lead them around.

Cute shot. He had a lot of fun.

Since these are in reverse order - this is after the waterslide, Grayson wanted to ride the tractor and I hadn't had a chance to get his clothes on yet. Nothing like a naked farmer!

The rear view! For some reason I have images of Grandpa as a kid growing up on the farm :)

Okay, so here are the waterslide pictures. Eston tried the entire day to soak me and Heather while going down the slide. This is the shot that did it. Not the greatest picture, but you can see why we got soaked!

Asher being goofy and running down the slide with his towel on.

Eston flying down the slide. The kids were cruising down this slide. It was a blast!

Hunter and Fischer talking a break to warm up a bit.

Eston and Hunter going down the slide together. They had so much fun together.

Grayson decided it would be best to go down on the tube. He only went down a couple times but he had a blast.

This is one a just a couple shots of Eston. He doesn't like to have his picture taken so every time he went down he would turn his back to the camera. Stinker!

Fisher wouldn't slide down - he had to run each time. He never fell, I don't know how he did it!

Hunter having a blast on the water slide.

Grayson crying because he was cold. I just thought this was a cute shot.

Asher having so much fun. He went down the slide about 50 times and never ran out of energy. I wish I had that much energy!

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

One Month Later.....

It has been 1 month to the day since Eston burned his foot. Before we went to the burn center we were told that it could take anywhere from 10 weeks to 6 months to heal and he would probably need surgery.
After going to the burn center, it has been 1 month and his foot is almost completely healed and he is running and playing like every other 5 year old. Prayers really do work!

This is his foot 1 month ago.
Another view of his foot 1 month ago.

Here is a shot of what his thumb looks like now. You can't even tell he burned it.

Here is his foot today - Amazing isn't it.

The bottom.
It is amazing how quickly and well his foot has healed. The color is starting to come back and he has NO scaring so far.

Another view.
Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers.