First Day of School...

Yesterday was Sam's first day of second grade.(omg...sniff, sniff, etc.) He was so excited to head back, he loves school! He looks so grown up in these pictures!!

Love this picture of the boys...Jack dressed himself - how ironic that he came out dressed in the same colors of Sam (though Sam's shirt wasn't on backwards like Jack's)

Jack insisted on having his first day of school for Sam picture taken...practicing for senior poses??

Last Day of Summer...

Today Sam starts second grade, so yesterday we had to celebrate his last day of summer. We did so by going to Union Park. It is a fun little spray park and a carousel you can ride for only 50 cents!! Sam thought it was a great way to end the summer.

Once we found the place (I headed to Highland Park which is a part of the inner city) the boys headed to the rocket slide...see the little girl sitting at the bottom..that gives you an idea on how tall this thing is. Sam did his usual, "Jack! Do you want to go down the rocket slide?!"Jack, "YEA!" Sam, "OK, you go first, Jack." Well, Jack did , as always and he loved it. Sam eventually did head down after Jack.

After getting really grubby at the slide, due to kids pouring sand down part of it to go faster, we went over to the water fountain/splash pool. The boys had a ball...

The deepest part of the pool is 12 inches...so, though the water looks deep here, it's not. The boys could scrape their noses on the bottom if they weren't careful. They put on their goggles and spent at least 30 minutes..."going under water"? Sam just looks so nice and relaxed!

Our last stop was the carousel. Jack jumped on a horse (i think) and Sam rode the wild rabbit.

These "animals" are pretty high and this wild five year old boy was trying to mount the giraffe beside Sam. (there had to be at least 40 other empty animals on the ride, but wild boy chose the one directly by Sam) The kid would only get on so far and then he would actually flop off and land on the floor of the carousel (due to the giraffe being so tall!) At first it scared me, but, being so smart the wild boy did it about three more times. Sam and I just stared at him...his mom was aways behind us, yelling, "John, be careful!" "John, be careful!!" He was fine and finally did get himself on the giraffe and as soon as the ride began, what do you think that kid started doing...yep, trying to jump off the giraffe and of course his mom was yelling at him again...we only rode one time. It was a good last day of summer.

Water Park at the Dells...

We are finally back from vacation...went to the Wisconsin Dells..which is the water park of America. (yee...you all know how I like the water!) Well, I have lots of pictures to share, but I do not want to bore you all, so I will give you it in little doses. Jack summed it up about vacation..."I love vacation! All I have to do is swim and go to the bathroom!" and that is basically all we did...go to one water park...

... to another water park...

...to another water park...

...to another water park. What was the best, was that all these parks were right at our hotel. We were always in walking distance to our room...that rocked!!

Family Time...

The boys and I are going to spend the week together, so I won't be blogging until next weekend...
Have a fun one and stay cool!!

Time for School...

It is time for Sam to go back to school. He has hit the "There's nothing to do," stage. I told him to find something in the closet to do..after suggesting that he go and wash the chocolate off his face - which he did not find very funny.

"There's nothing to do in here." (oh my word...I guess I should just throw out all that stuff!) "I mean that there isn't anything in here that I haven't already done." So I go into my pizza scenario...Have you had pizza twice? (yes) "So you can play with those toys more then once..."

He didn't like my pizza scenario. So this is Sam heading up the stairs...(hopefully to wash his face) Actually he was telling me, "Don't take my picture!"

"Stop taking my picture!" Is that a little smile I see and a clean face???

Fabulous Bags...

Last weekend, I went to a great store in the East Village called Found Things. Not only did they have great "junk" but I also came across these fabulous bags...I couldn't decide which one to get so I HAD TO get both...

A Quote...

"God created sleep so we can fall in love with them all over again..."

I read this quote and think it definitely applies to Jack... he would not go to bed last night and I was pretty frustrated with him...Finally, I went to check on him and found him like this....I fell in love all over again!

At the Park...

Last week we went to the park with my mom and her friend's twin granddaughters...

Sam and Jack kept busy climbing on the webs...

Jack and granddaughter #1 getting drinks...

Granddaughter #1 loved feeding the ducks...she ran around with "stiff"arms, trying to catch a duck the entire time...

My Muscles...

The other day, Jack asked me if I would get him a muscle shirt to wear. While we were searching in his closet for one, he looked up at me and said, as serious as ever, "I need a muscle shirt (he is flexing at this time) I have been working on these babies for days." How could I not burst out laughing...(he has GOT to stop watching his dad flexing in the mirror!)

Another Jack Moment...

I told Jack that I was going to put Sam to bed and he WAS NOT to come into Sam's room and bother him. This is where I found Jack...right outside Sam's door waiting for me...asleep.