I am very behind on updating the blog. I have started writing a post several times only to get side tracked when I come back to it the information is all out dated so I don't finish!
Things have been good, but busy. Nolan is playing soccer again so we have practice on Tuesday nights and then a game on Saturday. This year they play with goalies. The first game of the season Nolan was put in as goalie. He had barely even practiced the position before. He did great though! Everyone was so impressed with his skills. While he did let a goal or two be scored against them he had many more stops. The coach said that he would just rotate all of the kids through the position but Nolan has played it a few more times because of the fact that he does well at it and genuinely likes it. When he isn't goalie he is doing pretty well too. He hasn't seemed to get in the mix quite as well as he did last year but this last week he seemed to be improving.
We have also had quite a few birthday parties to go to this fall. They are fun and the kids enjoy them but it just reminds me that things will be a lot busier once all of the boys are involved in sports and parties!
Nolan is doing well in school. He enjoys going and I think is doing well overall. We had our teacher conference last week and his teacher said that he is doing great. He is reading really well too! He asks to read to us at night. It is crazy how much he has improved in such a short period of time.
Henry is still a happy guy. He is enjoying gymnastics. He is learning to draw pictures of people and learning to identify letters. He is a pro at finding H's! We had an evaluation with the school district for some speech therapy due to articulation issues he has (G sounds like D and K sounds like T) but he will not qualify for district services because it isn't bad enough. We are going to go the private therapy route just to knock out the issue. As his mom a feel like I understand most of what he says but with him hopefully going to pre-k at NHE next year we didn't want him to face any issues.
Grant (aka Pigpen) is also doing well. He is basically running now. He is so fast running down the street trying to keep up with his brothers and the neighbors. He is into everything and such a mess. He could literally take multiple baths a day because he is constantly dirty. He is really good at dancing now too. He loves to turn on his musical toys and dance. He still isn't saying all that much but he does understand what we say to him and is learning to identify more objects in his "First Words" books. He is super social and loves to wave to people and cars going by.
A few weeks ago I had a message from daycare. When I checked the message it was the director saying that Grant had fallen and hit his lip. They said that they weren’t sure if it was bad enough for the doctor to look at but that I might want to check it out. Henry and I headed straight there with the groceries still in the car. Grant was in perfect spirits when I arrived. It was a decent cut but I wasn’t sure if it would need stitches either. I tried calling the doctor but just left a message for the nurse. I took a picture and then left him to eat lunch and take his nap. I texted my sisters the picture and they both thought it probably was bad enough to need stitches. In the meantime the nurse had called back and said that he would just need to go to an urgent care or ER for the stitches. I let Grant nap and then picked him up. We were seen immediately at the stand alone ER. He needed 4 stitches. I am a pretty tough parent. I don’t get worked up when they need shots etc., but being there during the stitches was pretty hard. He was velcroed down to a little board and he screamed the entire time. Once it was finished he was back to normal as if nothing had happened.
A few weeks ago Kevin and I went on our first kid free trip. Kevin's friend Scott was getting married in Austin. The boys stayed with Kevin's dad. Everyone did well. The build up to leaving the boys was harder for me than actually leaving them. We got frequent text updates with pictures so we knew they were in good hands. Kevin and I had fun. We went to San Marcos on Saturday to do some shopping and went to lunch at the Gristmill. The wedding was a lot of fun too! I only wish I would have been able to sleep in those 2 mornings in the hotel. Old habits die hard though.
We made our annual trip to the pumpkin patch. Not the best pictures in the world but they were ok. We also went to a Touch a Truck event with Kevin's dad and Lisa. Finally I also went with the moms club to Dewberry Farms with Henry and then Kevin went two days later with Nolan's class field trip.
