Clayton's Fun Run

Last Wednesday Clayton's little school had a Fun Run that was a fundraiser for the school.  It was so fun to watch my boy in his element.  He was super competitive and ran his little heart out.  He came in 3rd place among the 2nd graders - yay!  It was a pretty long track that they had set up, and the kids ran it 10 times.  I'm guessing that they probably ran about 3 miles - pretty impressive.

Clayton with two of the little girls in his class

A goofy smile for Mom on the way by...  ;)

There were moms at the end of the track to cheer on the kids with bubbles and squirt bottles.  This was before our recent cold front, so it was a pretty warm day.

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One of Clayton's little buddies tripped and fell while he was running.  Clayton stopped to help him up and then they were off again.

The moms marked their shirts after each lap

This little girl is one of Clayton's very best school buddies.  :)

Whoo-hoo!  Way to finish strong, Clay-boy!

Hot and sweaty with 10 laps checked off - good boy!

Drew, Owen, and I had so much fun cheering on Big Brother!  Way to go, Clayton!

Fire Truck Day at Preschool

Several local firefighters brought their fire truck and an ambulance to the preschool last week.  My boy was in hog heaven - so fun to watch!  :)

I have to say that, so far, my experience with Drew going to preschool has been very similar to when Clayton went.  I still watch the clock throughout the day and wonder what he is doing at school.  I am sooo excited to pick him up and hear all about his day.  I still want to be at all of the fun events.  It is just as fun the second time around!

Drew was thrilled that the Fire Department was coming to his school.  He was so excited when it was finally the day when he would get to meet the "firemans."  :)

Sweet Little Class

 He smiled from ear to ear the entire time.  :)

They learned all about calling 9-1-1 and how to stop, drop, and roll.  The firemen were all really sweet with the kids and seemed to have so much fun interacting with them.  It was a super fun day for my Drew!

Owen's Second Dentist Appointment

Since I was such a failure at photographing Owen's first dentist appointment, I decided to remedy that at his one month follow up appointment.  I even put him in the same outfit.  :)

Drew took a few pictures while we were waiting for the dentist to get to us.  They are every bit as lovely as you would imagine 3 year old photography to be...  ;)

The dentist ended up filing the point down a bit on Owen's front tooth.  It still looks pretty bad, but at least it isn't quite as sharp.  :-/  The dentist said that we may put a crown on it later, but he didn't want to sedate him for that procedure since he is still so young.  It may be an option when he gets a bit older, but for now we are just going to have to get used to his crazy tooth.  It's already growing on me a bit.  :)

Drew's Artwork

I had to post a couple of pictures of Drew's recent artwork.  They are just too cute not to document.  :)

His first school "project" was to make an All About Me poster.  He stuck on the letters and pictures, and told me exactly what to write.

We were drawing pictures at the dining room table together one day while Clayton was at school and Owen was napping.  I told him that he should draw a picture of his Daddy, and then I left the room to switch the laundry over.  When I came back, I died laughing at his explanation of his picture.  I had to write it all down verbatim for posterity's sake, because I will treasure this piece of paper always.  Ha!

Only a 3 year old with a brother who is really into science would draw a brain on his father's portrait.  ;)  When I asked about the squiggles on the arms and he told me they were "the hair on his arms," I about fell out of my chair.  That boy is so funny!

SeaLife Aquarium Field Trip

On September 14th, we went to the SeaLife Aquarium in Grapevine with some other homeschooling families from our church.  The Aquarium was having Homeschool Week and offering a very discounted rate - too good of a deal to pass up.  :)

The kids had lots of fun, but I was a bit of a nervous wreck.  :-/  The aquarium is sectioned off into lots of smaller rooms.  Clayton, of course, wanted to be up front with his buddies filling out the scavenger hunt questions that the aquarium provided.  I was trying to navigate the crowds while pushing the stroller, so I seemed to always be several rooms behind Clayton.  That was a little unnerving - I need to be able to have my eyes on all 3 kiddos at all times.  After a few stern discussions/warnings, Clayton realized that he better stick with me.  I love doing this kind of thing, but I haven't exactly figured out how to keep all 3 of my children happy, safe, and entertained all at the same time in public.  I'm praying it gets easier as they get older...  :)

The Aquarium took this group shot where they added scenery digitally after the fact.  The kids were supposed to look up and look scared.  Clayton's friend in the red shirt cracked us all up - he had his terrified face down to a tee.  Ha!

 My Drew with a starfish - he thought they were really cool!

 He was diggin' the stingrays, too.

 Owen has started saying lots of words!  That deserves a video post very soon.  ;)  He pointed at the stingray tank and said, "See!  See!" over and over again in a really high pitched, sing songy way.  It was pretty cute!

 Clayton was a bit OCD about getting all of the questions for the scavenger hunt, hence the lack of pictures of him.

 Giant Pacific Octopus

 Little H is just a week younger than Owen.  They are at church together all of the time.  It was pretty cute when we pushed their strollers together and they recognized each other.  Owen just rested his hand on H's arm.  Sweet little buddies...  :)

 Miss Maggie was way into the "zebra print" and "cheetah print" eels.  She is her Mommy's girl!  Ha!

 I can't decided if this shot is cool or if it will give me nightmares.  ;)  That shark over my baby's shoulder makes me shudder a bit.

 The boys liked the tank where you could touch the starfish, crabs, etc.

 This was an unfertilized shark egg.

Another fun learning experience under our belt...  Even though it is hard to take all three boys to do this kind of thing, it is always worth it.  :)