First Dentist Appointment

All 3 kids had dental cleanings a week ago. This was Caleb's first time! He was so excited for this. He had no idea what he was gonna be doing, but I tried to get him super excited about it. And he did great!! He sat still the whole time and just thought he was so cool being in that chair. 

Showing off his clean teeth. How did I get so lucky to have such cute kids!! Maybe I'm just biased!!

Preschool

Can't believe it's actually here... but Caleb has started preschool. CRAZY!!! He absolutely LOVES it!! He won't let me walk him to the door. One day he didn't even want me to drive him there.... he wanted to walk there all by himself. Such a funny kid. Love that boy's smile!! He loves getting his picture taken!!

But we went through 3 different backpacks until we found the right one. He originally wanted a Buzz backpack. Well, I couldn't find one the first time we were at the store. So we got a Spongebob one. Then we walked by the backpack section at another store and he found a Mickey Mouse one that he loved. I actually was excited too because I didn't like the Spongebob one. So we bought that one and returned the other. Then at another, we found the coveted Buzz backpack. He HAD to have it, so we did another exchange.

I love this boy. He has his challenges, but he is such a fun kid! I love his personality and he LOVES his brother and sister! He says the cutest things to them. He is always asking me where they are during the day and thinking of them. If a girl toy commercial on, he says, "That's for Edgie!" (Love how he says her name!). And same with boy toy commercials. He gets excited when they get home. Every time Mark gets home from work, Caleb says, "You're here Dad.... you're home? Hide n seek???" And then Mark plays hide and seek with him. Caleb is doing great in Preschool. I wasn't sure if I was gonna put him in, but I'm glad I did. Why not start him now learning what he is ready to learn!! Such a smart little boy and I love his excitement for life! 

Duct Tape

Last school year, Braeden made himself a duct tape wallet. A couple of his friends actually bought some from him and Braeden made a few extra bucks doing that. But this year, Braeden made himself a duct tape lunch box. It's pretty cute though. He added another section on the bottom because I could never fit his whole lunch in it. Elli ended up making one for her too. I feel bad, but we have reverted back to our original lunch boxes because they were too small and the tape to keep it closed wasn't very sticky anymore.  But it was fun while it lasted!!

Legos

Legos are a big deal to our boys. Braeden gets the Lego magazine every month and sees the pictures of the creations that kids make and send a picture in to get published in the magazine. He begged and worked hard on some of his creations so we could take a picture of it and send it in and hopefully it will get published. 

And right now, Braeden is really into battleships and aircrafts carriers, etc... so he made some those and this is the picture we took and submitted to the Lego magazine. We'll see if it gets published. Hopefully it does so Braeden isn't too disappointed.

Then one morning before Braeden left for school, he told Caleb to finish his lego so we could take a picture of him with it. Of course Caleb got excited about it and told me to take a picture of him and his lego. I kid you not.... Caleb got in this pose all by himself. He totally looks up to his brother. So cute!! I don't know what this is. Caleb called it a "dacker" (I think) Not quite sure what he is thinking.