Lazy Mornings

Here are some cute pics of the kids having lazy mornings in their pajamas before the tight schedule of school began! I sure do miss Danny and Crew now that they're gone during the day...NOT! Absence makes the heart grow fonder and school wears them out! It's a win, win for mama!

Superhero mask or sleep mask?

Yogurt face!

Crew Returns to SJDS in the 3s Class

Wednesday was Crew's first day in the 3s classroom at St. James and in typical Crew fashion, he was amped about the whole thing. Danny had the same teachers when he was three, so it was extra fun to drop Crew off in that room for the first time. He didn't hug me goodbye, but rather gave me a high five. He's so funny these days! Like when I say to him, "you can play for a minute, but then you have to take a nap," he says, "deal!" Or when I say, "go upstairs and pick up your toys," he says, "check!" Love how his personality is developing! Anyways, here are pics from his first day!

"Thumbs Up" in front of his face

Look a spider on the wall

Focus, Crew!

When asked how his first day went, he said, "I played pets with a grill." Read: I played stuffed animals with a girl. I'd say that's a good start.

And I did the same "back-to-school" interview with Crew and here are his answers.

What's your full name? Crew
How old are you? 2
What's your favorite color? Blue
What do you like to do for fun? Crayons
What's something awesome you can do? Playing toys
What's your favorite animal? Kitty cats
What's your favorite place to go? To the tiki bar
What do you like to eat? Pizza and treats
What do you love to do? Playing with Kingston
What do you not like to do? Go to timeout
Are you scared of anything? The Grinch
What makes you mad? Putting me in timeout 
What makes you sad? The water?
Who do you love? Mom and Danny
What makes you feel the most loved? You (as in mom. Awww)
Who are your friends? George and Alexander
What do you want to be when you grow up? A witch?
What's your favorite toy? Dinosaur
What's your favorite game? The animal one (aka Sequence Kids)
What's your favorite thing to do with your family? The tiki bar
What's your favorite song? Lady Gaga
What's your favorite movie? Jurassic World and Zootopia
What's your favorite book? The bear one (aka Mother Bruce)
What's your favorite thing to watch on TV? Daniel Tiger
What grade will you be this year? 3
What are you most excited about with school? The toys
Who's your teacher? Mrs. Braxton and Mrs. Ivey

Happy 1st Birthday Kingston!

I know it's cliche to say, but I seriously can't believe that Kingston is already a year old! Went this week for his 12 month well check and he's up to 10th percentile in weight from less than 1% a month and a half ago. Thank you high calorie diet! He's still small, but also deliciously chunky. Not much has changed since his 11 month post - still 4 teeth, not walking and babbling all the time, but not really talking per say. One new development... he finds burps and farts especially hilarious. Typical boy. Too busy to let me rock him during nap and bedtime, basically just laughs at me the whole time. So the routine has gotten really short for me - just sleep sack, hug, kiss, crib and then I walk out. He fusses for about 5 seconds, jabbers, rolls around and then he's out like a light!

Anyways, for his birthday, we just did a low-key cake eating and presents with our immediate family before heading out to dinner. Here are some pics from the festivities. We love you so much, Kingston!

Because does he really need a whole cake??

Don't worry I had slices for the other boys too

Loving the attention

Let's do this!

Not so sure

This is pretty good

Woo hoo! Cake is the best thing ever!!

Danny wanted to hold the birthday boy

Loving his laptop from Grandma and Grandpa Ron!

And here are a couple cute videos:

Danny's 1st Day of Kindergarten

Tuesday, 8/28 was Danny's 1st day of kindergarten! He's going to Carolina Beach Elementary and his teacher is Mrs. Jackson with teacher's aide, Mrs. Childers. Tuesday was his "staggered start" day, so it was only him and a couple other classmates. Today, however, it will be the whole class and he's riding the bus home in the afternoon! I'll get him a 2 blocks away at the bus stop. My baby is growing up! He's done so well and is really excited about the new adventure!

Crew refused to let Danny be in the pic alone

Rocking his visitor sticker from drop-off

Crew found the toys!

Over the weekend,  I did a little back-to-school interview and here's what he said...

What's your full name? Danny O'Connor (What about middle name? I don't know. He knows!)
How old are you? Five
What's your favorite color? Green
What do you like to do for fun? Splash in puddles, ride on my scooter
What's something awesome you can do? Run fast, catch lizards and frogs
What's your favorite animal? Lizard and frog
What's your favorite place to go? Aquarium
What do you like to eat? Mac and Cheese, chicken and hot dogs, pears, watermelon
What do you love to do? Privacy on the potty (what in the world?)
What do you not like to do? Take walks. It's boring
Are you scared of anything? Zombies and the Grinch
What makes you mad? When someone hits me or makes funny faces at me.
What makes you sad? When I drop my lollipop and it gets dirty, also when I'm hungry.
Who do you love? Mommy (Good answer. Anyone else? And daddy and Kingston... and Crew.) P.S. He also listed all his grandparents!
What makes you feel the most loved? When mommy or daddy plays with me.
Who are your friends? Caroline, Bailey, Alexander, Miles, Hudson
What do you want to do when you grow up? Be a lifesaver. What is that called? A lifeguard. (What about when you get much older? Work at dad's work)
What's your favorite toy? Matchbox car
What's your favorite game? Guess Who
What's your favorite thing to do with your family? Go out to dinner
What's your favorite song? Beatles 
What's your favorite movie? Captain Underpants
What's your favorite book? Hundred Acre Woods book (a.k.a. Winnie the Pooh)
What's your favorite thing to watch on TV? Coyote Peterson
What grade will you be this year? Kindergarten
What are you most excited about with school? Playing with friends
Who's your teacher? Mrs. Jackson

Other Summer Fun

We've had such a great summer and the boys are just growing up so quickly. I'm so proud of who they've become (most of the time) and I'm just trying to soak it all in. Crew especially has gone through a little brain leap and now says the darnedest things. Talks more like a little surfer dude than a toddler, like, "oh my gosh, that's totally cool," and "when we get there, I'm just gonna freak out. I so excited." Anyways, here are some random pictures of recent summer fun.

Headed to Mexican for dinner. Danny too cool for school.

Buffalo Wild Wings while daddy is away on business

Captain underpants himself

Babbles in question form and his expression here shows it

Loving our new "limo" golf cart

The beach is so relaxing these days. NOT!

Mr. Fearless

Tide pools with his beach friend, Peyton.

Lunch alfresco with Peyton

Bonding

Shaking booties and back-to-school shopping

Shark Teeth and Snowballs

It kills me how old and mature Danny is looking these days, but then again, he's about to start kindergarten next week! I'd definitely be lying if I said I wasn't excited about the routine that the school year brings, but the end of summertime is always bittersweet. It's definitely been a shark tooth hunting and snowballs (it's hot here!) kind of summer lately...

Shark teeth. Check. Microscope. Check.

Looking at our beach spoils

The Shark Week outfit he picked out with shark teeth shorts

And that's the kiddie size!

My 1st born looking awfully hipster

This was our shark teeth finding in just one morning the other day. Gotta love the low tide days...

Scooting

As I mentioned in Kingston's 11 month post, he's not walking yet, but loves to pull up on everything and scoot along the coffee table, etc. You could definitely say he's preferring to be vertical and on the move these days!

Hi! Wearing Crew's baby as a "cape"

And here's some pics of a little lazier times...