15 month check-up

Reid had his 15 month check up this week.  He measures tall and skinny - 31 3/4" (69%) and 23.6 pounds (35%).  He has had diarrhea now for about 7 mornings, which I think helped him to a lower weight (can that happen to me, please?!?!) and the doc attributed it to all of his molars coming in at the same time (guess that's a side effect of that).  Kyle weighed a pound more at his 12 month appointment!

What's a family to do when you plan on camping in the yard only to discover it's the first night of rainfall in a long time?!?  Move the party indoors to the playroom, and let the parents sleep in their bed!  When I took this last night, I laughed at the black and green tennis shoes between their heads - it is Grant's new pair of shoes and they glow in the dark.  So, ta da - it was their new nightlight!

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We took a road trip today to Stroud, Oklahoma, to the Rock Cafe.  My parents had heard of it and we wanted to share in the story.  Dawn, the lady pictured below, was at her restaurant several years ago when the people traveling Route 66 creating the movie Cars came traveling through town.  They loved her personal story, and based the character Sally Carrera, on Dawn's real life.  She was just a delightful person, cooked our food, and shared a brief version of the story with us.  Every character in the movie is based on a real person related to Route 66 and the Disney-Pixar family.  

School 2012-13

Welcome School!  Today  marked the first day back to school for the boys.

 I try to take this picture every year to mark how much they grow each year.  You can find previous pictures to compare here (09-10), here (10-11), and here (11-12).  I noticed that Kyle is the same height Grant was when he started 1st grade, which means Grant grew two bricks this year!

 Kyle at his room!  He is starting the year with his best friend and several great friends in his class!

 Grant got the teacher he wanted!

 family picture (minus my man!) at the morning recess walk time.

We love you, boys, and know that our Lord has great things in store for you this year!

Longest pile of pictures!

This post is my camera's pictures from the past month.  I must have been busy cleaning to not have uploaded pictures for 34 days!  That's a long time for me.  

- More Lemonade Stand -   My marketing son is out at the main street trying to pull in traffic

Reid's my tornado now - he is in to every cabinet, crevice, anything he can find - included the dishwasher.  I don't let him do this anymore (heaven forbid it break before we close!).  Jason also fed him a pickle, which he actually tasted and didn't react too much to it.

 ...and the infamous toilet paper roll being strung out by those sweet cheeks!

I give the boys their haircuts.  Pretty opposite in color!  Variety IS the spice of life!  

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STAR WARS EXHIBIT!

Woot woot!  

The big boys and I headed to Wichita today to go to the traveling Star Wars exhibit at the Exploration Place, or whatever the museum's name is - didn't actually see the logo too often (poor branding and marketing - just a hint, museum people, if you ever read this!)

The boys were Pumped, with a capital P!

The first part was as we were waiting for the Dome Theater experience.  There were dozens of different posters related to the movie, in several languages - some great, some completely dorky.

 the pendulum - had to explain all about the earth rotating/spin/gravity for this one

 Dome

In this theater, the staff politely ask you not to talk during the show.  Can you guess which of my kids said no less than 10 times throughout the show "Hey, we're moving!  Look, we're moving!"

Mini Golf at the Museum - cool bridge at the Wichita Riverwalk in the background

THE EXHIBIT

(seriously, how cool is that photo?!?! We were there!!!!!!)

As a 100% Boy Mom, I really don't have a choice but to get excited about the things that excite my kids, no matter how much I would naturally want to like/experience/listen to it.  Case in point: traveling 2 hours each way to go look at the costumes, see the light sabers, listen to the noises, ride the hovercrafts (okay so that part was way fun!), etc, that were in Star Wars.  I don't want to recap each photo (plus, I would get detail incorrect and the boys would remind me).  

So, please just simply enjoy the photos, knowing how much joy radiated from my kids' faces today!

 yes, Kyle did wear his Jedi robe/belt/lightsabers the entire 4 hours we were at the museum.  :)

 I was pleasantly surprised by the detail in the exhibit.  Not only were there a lot of "real" stuff to view, there was a significant number of interactive screens, puzzles, games, etc for kids (and adults!) to try.  

Problem-solving, robot-building, scenario-developing... It was more than just the movie artifacts.

Elsewhere in the museum.... it was clean and nice, but not worth a trip from our town for just the museum.

 We went to the Game Show - and both boys were asked to participate out of the entire audience.  It was Jeopardy-style, with an overall theme of science (I think categories were Robots, Things that Move, Space, Wibble Wobble, and something else)

 Grant won.  Kyle didn't care that he didn't get any of his correct.  

I love the fact they are not shy - hopped up there, talked on a microphone, and Kyle even said on the mic when it was over, "Great job, Grant."

Flight Simulator (we all crashed every time)

FUN DAY!!!!!

It was capped off by dinner and a visit from my high school friend, and Jason's dental school partner (small world, I know!).  He's a special person and it was great to catch up!