Cole FINALLY Lost a Tooth!

This is a scrapbook page I made to commemorate this HUGE event in Cole's life. The journaling reads:

Cole has been waiting a very long time for his first missing tooth. It fell out at 6:27 a.m. on the 4th day of 2nd grade. Cole proclaimed it to be the most exciting thing to happen in his life this far!

First Day of 2nd Grade!

Ahhhh, the first day of school! It seemed to come quicker this year! But I think we were ready! This year Cole is a 2nd Grader! Wow!

A couple of things a 2nd grader needs for the first day of school are cool new Skechers!

A new Star Wars backpack and lunchbox!

And breakfast in front of the computer? (I pick my battles...)

Of course I had to snap the traditional photo in front of the house...

And one by the car (and yes, they are drinking Dr Pepper at 7:45 in the morning but it's caffeine free)...

And one last quick picture in front of the school since Cole won't permit me to bring the camera onto the playground and embarrass him.


I got a good report from Cole after school. This year he gets to be "Cole F." since there are 2 Coles in his class, he likes his teacher and they had blue cupcakes. Yay!

One Last Hurrah!

With school starting Monday (Aug 23rd) I was beginning to feel the urge to squeeze in one last fun adventure before it was back to the grind! We only had a small window of time to work with so we decided a "staycation" was the perfect idea. I booked our family a suite out at Lake Las Vegas and surprised the kids with the news of our mini vacation.

The hotel is surrounded by gorgeous scenery and has two pools, a water slide and a beach. The boys (and Mom and Dad) had so much fun playing on the beach and building sandcastles and taking multiple runs down the water slide.

It was the perfect way to end our summer vacation!

Carson Can Swim!

Remember this picture from earlier this summer? The one where Carson refused to go to swimming lessons...


Well look at him now!

A Rainy Sunday Afternoon

What do two little boys do on a rainy Sunday afternoon?

They strip down and run outside to float sticks and leaves down the gutter and jump in as many puddles as they can find!

Of course in true Las Vegas fashion, our fun summer rainstorm lasted about 10 minutes, but the boys made the most of it and had a blast!

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