Meet The Teacher Day

School is COOOOOOL.........


Today we went to meet Collin's teachers. He is starting next week. He will go Tues/Thurs for about 5 hours a day. He is very excited about this. He did not want to leave the school today. His teachers are Ms. Shelly and Ms. Shirley....this could be a bit confusing. They were very nice. School should be a lot of fun for him. Many of you know this but Collin just loves to learn. He is currently starting to read. He knows all the sounds of all the letters and is getting better about reading new words. Books are his favorite. He knows all his shapes and colors and has for a while. He loves his puzzles. One of his favorites in the USA puzzle. He can do most of it by himself and knows many of the states already. We have been working on the days of the week. He knows all of them I just have to say what it starts with so he knows what day it is. He can count to 20 pretty well. They are going to start teaching his some math at school. I am really looking forward to the interaction he will have with the other kids. Collin does not love to share things with Nate so I hope that school will help with this. We are so proud of Collin. He is such a special boy. He is going to do great. I am also looking forward to having some one on one time with my other special guy, Nate.

Hanging out!!

This is how Collin helps me bake cookies!

Collin really enjoys helping out in the kitchen. As you can see there are some perks to this. He is really into cooking with Mom and he loves the Food Network. Rachel Ray is his favorite. He told me he wants to be a Chef when he grows up. (I have promised Daddy that we will watch lots of football this fall.)

One day they will hate me for this......

.........but they are so cute!!!!!!!!

Nate's 1st Birthday

We had a great 1st B-day party for Nate. You can see in the pictures he was more interested in the girls than his cake. Even with some encouragement we could not get him to eat any but he did end up with red frosting all over his face. I think everyone had a good time. The kids all played outside in the baby pool and slip n slide. All of Collin and Nate's friends were very helpful opening all of Nate's gifts.

We had Nate's one year check up today. He weighs 23.8 lbs and is 31.5 in tall. He did really good with his shots and is currently taking a long nap.....poor guy! I just can't believe he is a year.

Here are a few of the fun things about Nate:

Moo like a cow when we ask what does a cow say

Trumpet like an elephant (and he moves his arm up while he does it...so cute)

Make a basket in the basketball hoop (the kid one in the playroom)

Hi Five

Chase his brother around the house

Point out the kitty in his animal book

He loves the sprinkler

His favorite food are strawberries

Runs to mommy to sit in my lap when I am on the floor (he saw Collin do this and now does it all the time, so sweet)

Wants to be outside all the time

Loves being licked by Bella

He is such a sweet little guy and just love him to pieces!!!

Our little helper