a week of firsts

This week has been a week of firsts. Little firsts.......

 Logan started going down slides by himself, and also going down stairs....but let me digress....

[I don't know why talking about the things Logan can do with people, with Michael, and especially on the blog/facebook really bothers me. It bothers me when people talk about when their kid can walk/talk/count/read ect. I have been around very smart kids and some not so smart kids, but more importantly I have been around nice kids and not so nice kids. What really matters is focusing on our kids being nice, sharing, accepting, not judging, and not bulling! Jackson, my incredibly athletic, the tallest of the group, the kid that always gets noticed,has what some would call a "learning disability". The hours  I have spent meeting with teachers and the hours I have spent trying to help him "know" what others in his grade "should" know, its crazy. Bottom line is, Jackson will continue to work through his struggles, but he definitely walked before any other kid I have ever met, he continues to out run and bike everyone his age and his coloring kicks ass. So when I talk about Logan doing what he is doing, I am not bragging, I am just mentioning.....]

Ok So a week of firsts....other than Logan figuring some more stuff out, it was also his first time to the mall! We had NO PLANS this entire weekend. Which is really unlike us, but its also a bit weird, like what do we do with no plans? As much as I like to clean and organize when there isn't a lot going on, my husband actually begs me not to.....(I'm pretty sure he thinks I become the devil in the process)

So on Saturday, after I hit the gym and Logan woke up from his nap, we headed to the mall. I hate the mall, I actually don't remember the last time went to the mall. I love Nordstrom, but you can easily go to Nordstrom and walk out and never entire the mall itself so I don't count that as going to the mall. Anyways, Logan's first time to the mall was really fun. It made me realize that going the mall on a rainy day isn't that bad....I get why there are 8000 other families there.

We spent some time getting the boys new shoes, then hit up the train for a little ride around the mall. I only had $6 in cash and Michael didn't have any, so he had to wait and watch us ride around in the train...he was jealous...

 

The boys got some back to school goodies, although Logan doesn't go to school I think he needs to start working on his fall get up

 

We then went to PF Changs for some yummy Asian food....Logan inhaled his noodles, Jackson inhaled his Chicken Fried rice, and both boys smiled, laughed and sat mostly still for the entire dinner....OH and Logan and Michael had their FIRST egg roll...so sad for Michael he has gone 32 years without super tasty fried rolls in his life.

Fun part of Asian food is the fortune cookies!

 

 

Logan LOVED his FIRST fortune cookie

Holly's: Your coworkers take pleasure in your great sense of creativity.
Michael's: Place special emphases on an old friendship
Jackson's: Past experience: He who never makes mistakes did anything that's worthy
Logan's: Yours eyes will soon be opened to a world of beauty, charm and adventure

how perfect?!    I am so the opposite of creative, but the others were cool

here are me and the boys leaving the mall..

 

And then there was Sunday....a beautiful day, we went to the park, the butcher, then I cooked, cleaned and most of all filled up everything possible with water. I didn't take a picture of our big blow up pool but it was blown up, scrubbed with bleach, scrubbed some more, filled with water and completely beaten up by a bunch of neighborhood boys.

 

 

that is not the pool I was talking about above...although I did clean that little one with bleach as well...

This is my crazy boy, who I love with all my heart, he continues to challenge my parenting skills every day but he always makes me laugh. He  does these things, all day long, every day, that make me smile....I try to document as much as I can...

note-that big smile on his face, in the baby pool, is because he is peeing....those are one of the not so funny moments I wish I could erase....

Heres to peeing in the pool! (one with chlorine though!) 

 

lucky duck

We are so incredibly blessed to have two amazing boys, a home and food on the table every night. We are blessed because as of right now we are all healthy. I have been hearing so many sad stories lately of parents loosing their children, children loosing their parents, even dogs passing away. I am so incredibly thankful that I have been blessed with such an amazing life at the moment. I try not to take things for granted and my goal for the rest of the year is to make sure every day I appreciate the little things.

I know this probably doesn't make much sense to most of the readers of this blog.... (not that I have any idea who really reads this) Last night I was putting Jackson to bed and he asked me if I was going to be home when he wakes up. I am lucky, extremely lucky, to be able to work form home every day. So my little bit of "me time" is spent most mornings at the gym. I am usually gone from 7 am -10 am. Therefore, Jackson often wakes up and I am not home. He asked me as I was tucking him in to please run at home the following morning, so I would be there when he woke up. I kind of smiled and said I don't know, we will see. I really try not to feel bad about going to the gym, because I am home the rest of the day, but it really made me feel bad. I woke up early with Logan, hung out with him for a bit and then headed to the basement to get in a good 6 miles on the treadmill and then do some crunches/arms. He was not even up when I was finished. I am not saying that I won't be going to the gym multiple more times this week, but I am saying that I will most likely feel bad going and at least one day this week I stayed home to make my little booger happy. Its the little things :)

 

silly boy #1 (model pose?)

 

Silly boy #2 (tongue pose?)

so lucky to work from home, so appreciative and I love my job!

 

oh and lastly

 

HAPPY SHARK WEEK!!!!!!!!

(this little shark is fierce, he bites!)