Our Fish

So we let the boys buy a fish tank and fish with their piggy bank money. They love their fish!

Since this picture we have added more fish and put a "Nemo" background on it (it's not Nemo but the boys think it is so we'll just go with it).

Zachary even named every fish plus the plecostomus and ghost shrimp and their names are:
Pink Glo Fish - Ginger
Green Glo Fish - Kyler
Orange Glo Fish - Wayer
Zebra Fish - Dump Truck Con
Neon 1 - Pierton
Neon 2 - Turtle
Ghost Shrimp 1 - Sea Star
Ghost Shrimp 2 - Shrimpy (this one was with daddy's help)
Guppy 1 - Fred
Guppy 2 - George
Plecostomus - Monster
Albino Catfish 1 - Mrs Hoffmeir
Albino Catfish 2 - Mrs Rakett.

We've had a full tank for about a week and got our first fish about 3 weeks ago, no deaths to report so far!

1st Day of School

Zachary started pre Kindergarten on the 20th and everything went great! Only 16 more 1st day of school drop-offs left (Kaleb graduates in 16 years). Zachary loves his teacher, Mrs. Rakett and asks everyday when he wakes up if he gets to go to school today. He's already talking about when he turns 5 and gets to go to all day kindergarten.

This picture is Open House when Zachary got to meet his teacher and new friends. He is standing in front of his box in his classroom.

SAHM

So this is week 1 of staying home with the boys. So far we made jello jigglers (which Zachary calls jelly beans), we cleaned the boys room and most of the house. The boys have napped both days so far, Monday they didn't fall asleep til nearly 4pm and Tuesday they fell asleep around 1pm, so we're making progress.
It is a lot harder to keep up with activity with Primerica while staying home but once Zachary starts school on the 20th I am sure it will be easier. If not, I'm not concerned with it taking another year to really build up momentum.
Jerry put in for a transfer, I think he put in for Seattle and Chicago another one that might open is Amarillo. I'm torn on what I 'want'. I'm so ready to leave Oklahoma but staying here means free preK and all day kindergarten, which would be nice. Moving to Amarillo means lower cost of living, 4 hours closer to California and Colorado and only about a 5 hour drive to Albuquerque (we like to take weekend trips there). Chicago still appeals to me but the cost of living is a lot more and Seattle is just different, I've never been there, it could be nice. In any event we'll only be staying where ever we move for as short a time as possible - mostly waiting for a position to open in Colorado, I don't see us living in Amarillo, Seattle or Chicago for more than 5 years.

Pre-K

I checked at the school and Zachary is enrolled in morning pre-kindergarten in Miss Tilley's class :) He'll start next month and I can't believe it. Zachary is excited and points out his new school everyday when we go to daycare (it's across the street from the daycare), he calls it 'kindergard'. I'm still trying to decide if I'll take him for his first day or not. I may take him and pick him up his first day.

Diaper Free?

Kaleb has been staying dry at daycare for a couple weeks now. He's had 2 accidents in the last 3 weeks. We took him out last Sunday in underwear and even though he couldn't reach the the potty since he stands when he pees and refuses to sit he held it for a couple hours until Jerry took him behind a tree and let him pee there. He's been dry at night for a few weeks also, we have been putting him in a pull up at night just in case and since he's been dry we just use it again the next night, he's been doing so well the pull up is falling apart, we may try no diaper tonight. Then last night he said he needed to go potty before going to bed then said he needed to poop so we sat him on his Elmo potty ring. He sat there for a few minutes and I figured he was stalling since he's never pooped in the potty. I told him it was time to get up and tried to pick him up. He put his hands out to stop me and said "No! I poopin", then he pooped so I told him he was doing so good and tried to pick him up again and he stopped me again and said "No! I not done, I poopin." So he finished up and we all clapped and he flushed the toilet and said "bye-bye" to his poops. So since he's been dry for the better part of 3 weeks and now poops in the potty I think we're done contributing to the diaper industry for good :) Our only issue is that if he's playing he wont' stop to go potty and will wet himself, then he'll come ask for new underwear but since he is so young (2 years 3 months) we adults just need to take the responsibility for that part and make sure he goes to the potty every hour or so.

Nothing new...

Not much going on, the boys are good and enjoying the lovely weather we're having.
Kaleb is supposed to be moved up to the next class in Daycare, he'll be the youngest in his class which doesn't bother me, what does bother me is that there is a 3 year old boy in the class who is autistic, that in and of itself doesn't bother me at all, both my kids are wonderful with kids of all abilities or disabilities, my concern is that this particular boy has outbursts and is bigger than Kaleb, at times he can be uncontrollable. He is actually, by age anyway, supposed to be in a different class, I assume that because of his learning level he is being kept with the younger kids, in my opinion he should be moved up to be in a class with like-sized kids and then helped more with the learning lessons if need be. I haven't decided if I'll talk to the director about it yet, I may just wait and see what happens. His old teacher Miss Michelle will still be able to see him all day since they actually share a room, there is just a wall divider that can be closed, she said she'd keep an eye on him for me and make sure he doesn't get hurt.
Zachary should move up to the next class when school starts in August, that transition will be hard, Zachary is very attached to Miss Melissa, he'll be across the hall but since a lot of his friends will be moving up with him and he'll be starting 'big boy school' he might surprise us with all the changes at once.

Some pictures from our trip...

The comments won't line up with the pictures but I'm sure you can figure it out :)

<--Kaleb just so dang cute in his hat. --The family



















The Cousins - Alexander, Zachary, Ashley, Kaleb
















--Zachary at the Aquarium of the Pacific










--Kaleb with 'chicken hair'



Zachary and Kaleb in toon firetruck













Yeah well, Kaleb wouldn't stand by Mickey. --Zachary meeting Mickey Mouse for the 1st time :) <--Zachary and Kaleb in front of the castle at Disney Land.



<--Kaleb at the park I used to play at.








<--Zachary at the park I used to play
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--Zachary and Kaleb at the Grand Canyon.
--Kaleb enjoying birthday cupcake.