Tooth Fairy Visits #2 and #3

After much anticipation, Jonas’s first tooth finally came out at the end of July.  Daddy had to help pull and there was bleeding but no tears.

He was excited to put the tooth in the special envelope and get his $2 the next morning.

He lost his second tooth a couple weeks later, putting him one tooth ahead of Reef (but who’s counting?)!  There are no pictures this time, as that would get old on the blog!  Funny story, though….I was gone the evening the money needed to be put in the envelope.  I woke up early the next morning to work out and realized at 6:45 that the tooth fairy hadn’t done her job!  I RACED across the house to stick the money in and get the tooth out and made it back to the kitchen with seconds to spare before one of the boys came out to use the bathroom!  This tooth fairy almost lost her job!  We won’t let that happen again!

Ringing the bell

Jonas and Lachlan are taking swimming lessons this summer.  They’re doing so good, and we are so proud of them!  Jonas had moved up 2 levels, can swim across the pool with ease, and is working on side breathing, butterfly kicks, and breaststroke.  Lachlan has also moved up 2 levels and is amazing us with how fast he is overcoming his fear!
Each time you complete a level, you get to ring the bell in front of everyone.

Then they give you a ribbon, a tattoo, and a new bracelet for your next class.

As a special treat, we let each child choose the dinner restaurant whenever they ring the bell.  They both rang on the same day the first time, and we headed to Chuy’s.  Then Jonas rang again, and he chose Pizza Hut.  The next time Lachlan rang the bell, we headed to Chick Fil A! 
We are loving Love To Swim and are considering continuing year-round!

July dates

Apparently, my blog is angry with me for neglecting it so long.  Many technical difficulties occurred while trying to do this one little post!

Anyway, we did our one-on-one dates in July.

 Jonas chose an eat out date with Mom and was not to be talked out of IHOP.

 

 Lachlan headed to Orange Leaf with Troy.

 That was one loaded cup of ice cream.  They love going with daddy since he lets them fill it so much more!

 Reef also chose frozen yogurt with Troy. 

 He got to fill his cup without assistance, which was a new thrill.  Add the TONS of toppings and you've got a happy camper.

 

Poppy and I headed to Starbucks after the grocery store one day while her brothers were at Reading Camp.  The look on her face at the cabinet of goodies was priceless.  She exclaimed, "OOOHH!"

In the end this pink cake pop won out.  Here is the progression of eating said cake pop.

Oh, sprinkles too!

I can totally fit this in my mouth.

What?

Note, there is no picture of the two of us.  Either she refused (not shocked by this) or the camera battery died (equally un-shocked).  It was still a priceless date to see her so excited!

In the weeds...

Y'all, this blog has been so neglected the last 2 (maybe 3!) months!  Our lives have been out-of-control busy with the end of summer and beginning of school.  I am just now beginning to get myself out of the weeds.

But, have no fear!  I have 2 pages of posts to work on and hope to have things up and running by the end of the week.  I know you're DYING to know about more lost teeth,  Lachlan's superhero birthday, first days of school and all the stuff in between.  Stay tuned!

Bowling

While Reef was at Day Camp, we kept ourselves VERY busy: Sea World, bowling, swimming…
Lachlan has been asking to go bowling everytime we drive by the alley.  Since they do kids bowl free in the summer, we decided to go.  Don’t worry, Reef got to go bowling at Day Camp so he didn’t miss too much.
He was concentrating very hard.

I think he knocked down 4.

Lachlan insisted on not using the ramp-helper-thingy some of the time.  It took FOREVER for that ball to reach the pins.

She LOVED it and wanted it to be her turn all the time.

Best buds.

We had a blast!

Painter!

Jonas got new watercolors for Christmas.  He doesn’t use them often, but when he does he really loves it!  He is very careful not to mix the colors and loves seeing his creations.  He spent about an hour doing this one day.

Dig into Reading

This summer we joined 3 reading programs: Barnes and Noble (Reef only), HEB, and the library.  For B&N, you had to write a short review of the books, so only Reef completed it and earned a free Chima book.  For HEB, they all got free t-shirts.
For the library, everyone got a certificate and got to pick a free book off the book cart.  As you can see, they were very cooperative.  Oh, well, we still love the free books!