Birthday Week!

6 days until Jonathon turns 4!  I can't believe this.  He is such a big boy now.

Today we took him to Toys R Us to get his birthday balloon and crown.  We also browsed through many aisles in the dark(store had no power) to see all the great toys!  He picked out many things for his brothers to get him.

Mom got some ideas too.

Now we are back home.  Taking a break from outside today.  Taking a break from swimming.  It's been muggy and rainy off and on so we decided to play inside and watch movies.

Guess we will make a simple dinner too and just relax!!

A great day!

Oh and we went and got new swim plugs made this afternoon.  The ones we had made last week were not correct and they were getting wet.  Tomorrow we will be ready to swim once more.

Another School Year Down

June 13, 2011

Jonathon has accomplished a lot this year.  I am so proud of him.  Trust me he has his moments.......like any growing toddler.....that a parent says "Is he ever going to get it"?  Sometimes I get very frustrated with him.  I just want him to be the best that he can be....just like his older brothers.....and in time he does indeed "get it" And it's the best feeling in the world......


He has grown up so much this year!  My little baby is now a little boy.....Time flies.......


I am so lucky to have some great teachers teaching him at school.


Thank you!  Thank you for what you do.

this was last day of school 2010

last day of school 2011

Wordless Wednesday

It's a good day

Jonathon received a gift last year from our good friend Randy.  It is Imaginext.  And it is called Coastal Patrol Station.  I was very excited to have Kenny help build it and see what Jonathon would do.  But Jonathon just ripped everything apart.  He didn't understand the concept so we put it away.

Last week Jonathon seen this toy up in the closet and asked to play with it.  I told him we had to wait for Kenny to help him and then I forgot about it......Until today.  So Kenny helped him build it and........

He is playing with it!  He may be tipping it over at times, but he is picking it up and putting it back together with help and playing with the guys and putting them in the lighthouse and to bed to sleep!

I always know that when he discovers something new and cannot get it or is not interested that it will come in time!  Well maybe I didn't always know.  But I did always know that I would be patient and that I would never give up!  My little boy is very smart and he proves it to me and the rest of the world daily!

I love you Jonathon!

We also went outside today for awhile.  My baby is growing up.  He is officially a big boy this year and when it's decent out.....out we go....the whole reason for the mud boots...so we don't really have any excuses to not let him out!  Unless its freezing or raining or things like that!  Today we had lots of fun!

I cannot believe that this little boy is turning 4 in less than 3 months........

Errand day

We had a very busy day today.hwith gas prices up over 4.00 I try to get my errands done in one day if I can.
This morning I ran to local gas station....well not really local. My town has 2 gas stations..they both closed over 2yrs ago..I have to go 10 miles or so to get gas..anyway did that and picke up a few items at krogers and then headed home.
When I arrived home a very good/close friend of mine stopped by for coffee. We chatted for a few and then I had to "kick" her out..needed to take kenny to dr for a recheck..
Kenny has a sinus infection.
We went and picked jonathon up from school and I decided today would be our day to get some things done. We headed down to the city to see miss Barb to have her help me with his eye patch.  On way to the city we stopped to use restroom and grabbed lunch.
Back on the road we finally got to our destination. We hurried in to see miss barb.   She adjusted his glasses and cut his eye patch to fit better. And then she gave him 2 more colors.  And we gave her the sticky patches back.
Tomorrow we will try the patch again. Hopefully he will do better.
After leaving Miss Barb I decided to map our next stop.  I needed a part for my van and it was only 16 min further down the road so we headed out to find parts place.
And I am happy to say that my garage guy gave me excellent directions.   Found it....no problem.  So now I am waiting for a few parts to arrive from california and then some much needed work will begin.  Had to text Andrew we would be late....ride bus home and we were off again.
I told jonathon to rest.....that we were headed home... and he was good and did just that.  I turned on his favorite radio station(mp3 player dead) and he was out!
Got on road heading for home.  Called Gil to get Kennys medicine on his way home because I was way across town and didn't want to go that way.. he said sure.
Got in van at 10:15am and finally got home at 3:45pm.  Went 98 miles today and we are "pooped"....I really don't know how my brother does it.....drives semi all day!  I hate driving all day!

Needless to say we were happy to be home!
Tomorrow we don't have to go until 2:45pm.  I am thinking we might even make big brothers ride the bus to school!  We will see!
Thank you for being a good boy today Jonathon...mommy loves you very much....