2010

It's 2010. Boy, I remember when I was a kid I thought we'd all be flying cars like in the Jetsons in the year 2010!

We had a great Christmas. The boys were very blessed by all of the people that love them. Seth was very excited to get his Nintendo DSI! Evan is a happy boy with all of the trucks and cars he got. Levi's favorite seems to be Plex (a character from Yo Gabba Gabba) and his tools and toolbag from Grandma and Grandaddy in Texas!

New Years was fun. We had an ugly sweater party at the Aguilera's. Ron won 2nd place with a sweater that I made him. We took 2 sweaters and pieced them together.

Evan turned 5! His birthday was on a Friday and so on Thursday we took him to Target and let him pick out his own birthday present. He chose a pair of Buzz Lightyear gloves. When you hit the button they make a noise and shoot a laser! After Target we went to Albertsons to get cupcakes to take to school the next day. I let him wear the gloves in the store and he followed behind me pushing the buttons and asking me to call him Buzz not Evan!

The boys are growing quickly and it's the greatest blessing to be their mommy and Ron's wife!

Old Pictures

I came across an old memory card for my camera and decided to check out the pictures on it. I came across a nice surprise. Old and VERY cute pictures of Seth and Evan. They look like babies compared to the BIG guys they are now!

Here is Seth trying to make his very own chocolate milk.


Evan comes to join in on the fun!


Just add milk!

Halloween

This Halloween Ron and I decided to make costumes for the boys. After searching on the internet I found a cool costume....a pair of dice.

I had cardboard boxes at school and white paint in the garage. The only thing we had to buy was black construction paper. I know what you're thinking....I'm a teacher....why do I not have construction paper? No excuses...just don't keep art supplies at home.

So Friday night, the night before Halloween...Seth and I painted the boxes. Saturday morning we cut out the paper circles and holes in the boxes for the boys arms and head. Ron even came up with a great idea to attach the boys candy bag inside the boxes.

After it was all done we went to Jesse and Amy's house to go trick or treating around their neighborhood. The boys had a bit of a hard time with the costumes because they couldn't see their feet or any stairs below them. They fell down a few times. It sounds harsh but it was actually kind of funny because they couldn't get up on thier own.

They did have a great time despite the couple of spills they took and they got more than enough candy.

It's Been A Long Time

It's been a long time since I've blogged. I haven't given it up, I just (insert excuse here). Guess there's no good reason or any specific reason at that. I just haven't done it.

Seth is doing great in 1st grade. He absolutely loves it. He's got more homework this year so he's learning the fine art of balancing extra curricular activities and homework. He's got spelling tests this year so we practice his spelling words everyday. Dad told him if he got 100% two weeks in a row then he would get a Nintendo DS!

Evan is having a great time in preschool. He loves playing with his friends and is learning a lot. He loves to come home and do homework.

Levi is growing quickly. He just turned 2 and is learning to drive mommy crazy by taking off his diaper. Maybe he's giving me a hint that it's time to potty train. He's recently learned to count to 10. (thanks in HUGE part to Miss Amy)

Ron is keeping busy with work and also doing projects for other people. He likes to stay busy. In fact last weeked he came home from helping someone and was only home for about 10 minutes before he said, "What do you want to do? Wanna go somewhere?"

That's it for now. The newest update. Promise I'll try harder to keep posting more often.

Good Times!

Ben and Nathan came over today to hang out with us. Last weekend we had talked about going to the beach so today they brought their swim trunks and boogie boards. We got to the beach and off the kids ran, straight into the water. Ben was nice enough to let Seth borrow his boogie board. Seth caught on pretty quickly on how to use one and when he road his first wave in he said, "That was gnarly!" He absolutely loved it!

Evan played around on the sand and allowed only his feet to get wet. It takes him awhile to get into the pool at Grandma's house and so I didn't expect that he would jump into the ocean!

Levi had a good time getting wet and sandy and also playing with Evan.

Ben and Nathan also seemed to have a good time.

It was a nice to see everyone laughing and having a good time. Even Ron went in the water! It was one of those days where we didn't do anything spectacular but we still had a lot of fun! Good times!

Big Changes in the Perry House

And no....I'm not pregnant. Whenever I have something to say people seem to think I'm pregnant.

Nope...the big changes in the Perry house are the sleeping arrangements of the boys. Since Levi was born Seth and Evan have shared a room. We bought them some cool bunkbeds when Evan was big enough to sleep in a "big boy bed". Levi has always had his own room since, as a baby, sleeps more often than everyone else in the house. Well, Levi has begun to crawl out of his playpen when he doesn't want to go to sleep and Seth has been begging for his own room. We decided to give it a try. Seth got his own room and Levi now shares a room with Evan. Levi is doing great in the bunkbeds. He sleeps on the bottom which is pretty much on the floor so even if he rolls out he won't drop onto the floor just roll out onto it. He even stays in the room until I come and get him. Evan has had to adjust to not going into his room while Levi is napping in the middle of the day but that will all change next week when we go back to school.

One night when Levi first started sleeping in the same room as Evan, Ron woke up in the middle of the night to find the milk jug on the floor (not spilt) and the refrigerator open. This is the only time (that we know of) that he has woke up in the middle of the night.

So that's the news in the Perry house. Seth is trying to keep his room clean in spite of his brothers wanting to play in there all the time. Evan is adjusting well to sharing with Levi, especially since he loves Levi so much. And Levi is doing great sleeping in a "big boy bed". My boys are growing quickly. Ron says to cherish these days because one day I will miss them. I'm sure he's right.

The Light at the End of the Tunnel

At the Perry house we count down the days until summer is over. I know it's strange and that most people count down the days til summer begins. However, my boys LOVE their school and I LOVE my job. The summer is a nice break. We enjoy getting to sleep in, go to the park in the middle of the day, go to the library when no one else is there...BUT we also LOVE school.

We've got one week to go and the boys are getting restless. Each day Seth crosses out a day on the calendar to count down how many more days til school. Today there are 11 more days. Technically, there are only 11 days until the teachers at our school go back. We have one week to get our classrooms ready, go to meetings (this year we are working on accreditation), etc. Seth will be in daycare on the elementary side, Evan will be in daycare on the preschool side and Levi will be back to hanging out with Amy (or Mamy, as he calls her).

The official first day of school is Tuesday, September 8th. Seth will be in 1st grade with Miss Chia and Mrs. Barth as his teachers. Evan will be in the 4 year olds class with Mrs. Turner as his teacher. As for me, I will have 12 students this year (a small class for me) and will be in a new classroom.

And so, we can see the light at the end of the tunnel and are awaiting September 8th when we get to take the first day of school picture in front of the school sign like I make the boys do every year!