He's Walking!

Jaxon decided today that he was ready to walk.

He let go of the chair he was holding and took 9 steps,

then stood there for a minute, turned around

and sat on the ground. 

And then he did it over and over again.

What a stinker!

(I say that because, up until now, if we so much as tried to let go of his hands

 he would just plop right down to the ground.

He refused to even try to walk on his own.)

Also, having brothers is hard and makes things more difficult.

And here's a bonus video of Jaxon trying to climb the ladder on the bunk bed:

Leo started 1st grade (nearly 3 weeks ago)!

So far he really seems to like it.

Except every time I ask him about his day he says,

"We did a lot of work. That's all

we do at this school:

just work, work, work."

He's learning Arabic, which is very exciting for Ty.

Just this week Ty came home and 

asked Leo a question in Arabic.

When Leo responded the right way I thought Ty might

pee his pants with happiness.

It's our first year dealing with school uniforms.

After the initial struggle we had to get the right stuff

it's been pretty good. 

It's definitely easy getting Leo ready in the morning,

but he hates that he has to change clothes ever day

when he gets home.

One of the options for the uniform is a white, button-up shirt.

I initially bought just one

because they have to wear them when they go on field trips

but I thought Leo would prefer the polos.

He ended up choosing it any time it was available.

I asked him why and he said,

"Well, mom, I really like science

and scientists always wear white shirts."

There's no arguing with that, so I bought 

him another one.

End of School

Leo graduated Kindergarten yesterday.

It was fun, but I felt like a lot of people made a much bigger deal of it than it needed to be. 

It's Kindergarten, people. Let's keep things in perspective.

Also, about five minutes before the program started Jay climbed up on my lap.

I started to tickle him and . . . he definitely peed all over me.

It was awesome.

So Jay and I ran home, changed clothes, and made it back just in time to see Leo get his diploma.

To celebrate the end of school and the start of summer we made a Coke and Mentos explosion.

(Leo wanted to make a volcano, but I was way too lazy for that.)

The boys were super impressed.

And then we went swimming.

Now what am I supposed to do for the next 3 months?

These two sure do love each other:

Leo's new favorite thing is to help Jaxon stand up or to

(kill me now) carry him around.

Jay is working his way into the inner circle.

(That's cherry juice all over his face.)

Rub A Dub Dub

Three boys in a tub.

This was Jaxon's first time bathing with the big boys.

He got in first and was loving it.

As soon as Leo and Jay got in he was decidedly less enthusiastic.

I think he only stayed in with them for 3 minutes.

It was fun while it lasted.

We got bunk beds.

Hooray!

I've been wanting to do this for a while now.

And the boys love them.

And constantly fight about who's going to sleep on the top bunk.

(Right now the plan is to alternate nights,

but I'm hoping Jay will realize he would rather sleep on the bottom.)

The day we put them together they both slept up top.

Jaxon's Trick

Jaxon doesn't scoot.

He doesn't even really roll over.

(I think it's because he's just content with wherever he happens to be.)

He has started doing this though:

Crawling here we come!