Keep on keepin' on

As usual, life is busy and there is too much stuff going on. Work, kids, chores, activities, clubs, etc. It is nonstop and we just signed Cole up for science club and Lego club. I think our summer is pretty much booked up already. Anyway, in the spirit of trying to keep up with the blog, below are the latest and greatest updates on the adventures of Cole and Henry.

Cole lost another tooth awhile back and recently almost lost another one. His front tooth is now loose and his lip got pretty banged up after a classic "fall into a table with a blanket over your head" incident. Lots of blood, but he took it pretty well.

Cole is becoming a great reader. He also knows exactly where reading should be done. He does take shits that take him half a day, so he'll be reading novels in no time.

Kristin and I decided that since Cole is now 6 that we should probably stop posting inappropriate/embarrassing pics of him (e.g. when he's on the toilet). So this is the last one. Poor Hen still has about 18 months more of potentially embarrassing pic posts.

101st Day school pics...

We took the boys ice skating for the first time. I posted a short, not very good, not very exciting video at the bottom of the blog if you are super bored. It has been probably decades since either Kristin and I went ice skating. We did pretty well (and by well I mean we didn't fall), but our feet, ankles and legs were pretty tired and sore afterwards.

The kids have a new little hobby. They like to tape stuff to the walls. The house has never looked better??? Many of these are hung with an annoyingly large amount of scotch tape.

We celebrated Valentine's Day at our house and also at the Stear's. The boys got candy, toothbrushes, cool mirrored sunglasses so they can see what's behind them, books, and some other random stuff. Kristin was the only person who didn't get anything. Boo hoo!!!

Kristin taped daily valentine's on their door (looks like we know where they got the taping shit to walls idea). The boys really enjoyed them. 

I got to go to Cole's Valentine's Day Party at school. Henry was pretty funny. He just started playing with kids and doing everything they did as if he knew them and went to school there. He also made sure to say bye to every single kid before we left.

Someone forgot to remind Cole to pack his shoes so he was that kid who had to wear boots all day

Pic Post

We are almost a month into 2016 and there is very little to blog about. I even take a lot less pictures nowadays, but I'll share some recent ones.

I love movie nights. We recently watched Inside Out, which was pretty good. Henry is pretending to sleep here (while sitting up). 

Henry and Mom off to Kindergarten orientation.

I started using Instagram and even downloaded an app for photo editing. I don't know if I feel hip or like a teenage girl using social media to this extent. Below shows off some of the layout options I've used.

In the first picture, Cole and Henry are getting ready to wrestle with me. Cole suddenly jacked up his shorts and told me this is what wrestlers look like. Not far off. Maybe I'll get him a singlet or whatever it is wrestlers wear...take our wrestling up a notch.

Cole is able to do more and more chores, which is pretty sweet. I wouldn't mind taking loading and unloading the dishwasher off my plate.

School Pics:

Cole had his 100th day of school today. He now only has about 3,000 or 4,000 to go, so I think they went a bit over the top with the party. They are even having a special day tomorrow for the 101st day of school. For some reason Kristin volunteered to bring the cake. Of course Kristin doesn't bake, so she really volunteered to order a cake at a bakery.

Yes! It makes me very happy that this lady apparently makes an appearance at all school parties. 

I'll give Kristin credit for coming up with the idea to use pennies on his cape. Cole and I came up with the design.

At the end of the day Cole declared his 100th day of school "just perfect." Hopefully his 101st day goes just as well. They will be watching 101 Dalmatians and had to wear black and white.