Today's Conversation

Me: Connor you only rested for 17 minutes today (and got up 5x to ask me what time is was, even though you can read a clock). I'm going to let you get up now because you are obviously not that tired, but in the future I want you to rest for 30 minutes & stay in your room until I come get you. Okay?
Connor: Okay. Will you tell me when the future is here and I will do that then?
Me: Well played, my son.

The Zoo

We love the Zoo. And, seriously...what's not to love? The animals are loved by all the children...

Connor by his favorite animal. (Not sure why he looks grumpy...maybe the glare of the sun?)

All kinds of fun things to climb on and ride...

 A great green lawn to stretch our legs...

 And play a little game of "tag"...

 Oh, yea there's the steep and long hill at the end. Shockingly, by this point Connor is "really, really, really, really, really tired of walking" and insists on hitching a ride up. Perfect. I totally wanted to get in my workout before lunch in my regular street clothes. Later as I am trying to log this "workout" in my handy iphone calorie/exercise log app, I find no such exercise that remotely resembles "pushing 3 children up a hill in a stroller." What? They don't make an app for that? It is not a common exercise routine??? I can NOT imagine why not.

It was a great day to be a Beav!

Opening game was last weekend, and you couldn't keep these Beaver fans away if you tried! 

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO   SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS  UUUUUUUUUUUUU  !!!!!!!!!

 Before the game began we took little C to the Beavers fun zone. No fun zone would be complete without an inflatable Orange & Black obstacle course:

 Well, the tiniest fans had to  watch the game from home (...because we are not crazy parents. We know our limits). However, they cheered the Beavs on to beat number #13 rated Wisconsin...our good luck charms! It was a great day to be a Beav, indeed!

Day-yea!

As you may remember, Connor's first word was "Day-de" our beloved sixth family member. Although not the "Sweets" first word, it was definitely one of the first five. They have given it their own pronunciation twist, "Day-yea" usually sort of screamed in a high pitch manner like they are calling her to come pronto. Now they also will bark to her, which she does not seem to appreciate, but tolerates (because she has no choice, really).

This past weekend, on our way home from a family picnic at a park, Ashlyn started crying. Now, we are no strangers to some car-ride crying, but Casey (in the passenger seat) turned around and asked Ashlyn, "What is wrong? What do you want?" Ashlyn's reply, "Day-yea! Day-yea!" Then both of the Sweets start barking in unison. ALL. THE. WAY. HOME. I mean..when you know what you want, you know what you want, and the girl wanted her dog.

Our "Sweets"

Connor has a new nickname for Kaia & Ashlyn: "Sweets." Used in a sentence, "Oh, my Sweets look so cute today!" So endearing, really. Well, except for the fact that all these cute nicknames are due to the fact that he still cannot tell them apart. So much for trying to give each of them their own individual identity. Recently I overhead him telling someone, "I have two sisters who are EXACTLY the same!" Well, that's not quite true, actually. For now, we are just glad that he still likes them and thinks they are sweet.

 

Cannon Ball!!

Well, okay not a cannon ball, exactly. However, if you know Connor very well, then you'll appreciate that this was a pretty brave jump! This summer Connor is taking his first swimming lessons (since our time in baby-and-me swim when he was about 2). For many years he had a small-ish fear of putting his head under water (in the shower, in the bath, and definitely in the pool). In fact, so much so that I was not sure he would even be willing to get IN the pool for "preschool" lessons without us. He proved us wrong! Not only does he LIVE. FOR. swimming lessons this summer, but he's getting to be quite the little fish.

P.S. This is Connor's favorite video. He watches it multiple times a day. Apparently he likes to revel in his own achievement. I told him I thought he was brave and I overheard him telling the girls, "Sisters! Come watch me being so brave!" They love the video too:)

One silly kid...

Today Connor & I had the following conversation:

Me: Look at your old school. They tore down all the burned parts and are going to rebuild it!
Connor: WHOA! Remember when I used to get to ride in the front seat of the car before school? (Connor gets to climb up to the front seat during the preschool drop-off lane, which was his favorite thing last year).
Me: Yep, I totally do. Do you? (A dumb rhetorical question...)
Connor: Nope. I don't. That was TOO. LONG. AGO.
Me: Obviously.