Just wanted to capture what we have been up to these last couple weeks.... busy as always but having a lot of fun too! Here is a picture of Mia and Zander at our McTeacher night a couple weeks ago. These two love taking selfies! Side note: Zander has started to mention "emoji faces".... have no idea where he heard that from but it is crazy how fast kids pick up on the technology lingo!
We love Facetiming our nephew! He thinks his cousins are crazy! The boys like to entertain him while we are catching up.... this time it was by jumping on the bed! And yes the "no more monkeys jumping on the bed" is definitely an applicable song for my two high energy boys!
Linds and I have consistently been getting up early on Saturdays to get a long run in so we are ready for our next half marathon! It was quite chilly last weekend but we knocked out 10 miles in an overall pace of 9:05..... I'll take it! ;)
Grannie came to visit us last Saturday. We mainly stayed inside due to the frigid temperatures but the boys (and Grannie) wanted to check out the gibbons before we left. These gibbons did not disappoint! They were swinging and jumping all over the place!
Zack was in Orlando this past week for his national sales meeting. I had the boys solo for four days (a special thanks to my parents for helping me survive in daddy's absence!)! I was outnumbered and oftentimes overwhelmed..... but look at those smiles! I love these boys so much!!
When the boys are not going 110 mph around the house or from one location to another, they calm down pretty easily by bedtime. I always love the time of day after dinner and baths when we can read a book, pray, sing songs and cuddle before falling asleep. After the boys are asleep, I work on the laundry and getting things ready for the next day. So the mornings aren't so crazy, I will sneak into their rooms to put away their clean clothes. I just had to document how cute they are when they sleep. :)
Zander was nominated as his class' student of the month! He got to eat a yummy pizza lunch and will be in the newspaper next week!! He has worked so hard to have self- control, keep his hands to himself and listen to his teachers. I can definitely see a maturity in him as he is getting a little older and more settled into the routines of school.
A few more random pictures.... Zander still loves taking selfies, we all love a dessert treat at least once a week (thank you Dairy Queen and your delicious blizzards), Zander loves reading his Spiderman book after I put him to bed (he will turn out his bedside light when he is finished) and the boys are starting to get the hang of homework time.... this is still quite hard to manage at this point with a three year old! One day at a time....
Zander had book character day yesterday.... he wanted to be Cat Boy! Thank goodness we had a book to match! ;) I absolutely love our assistant principal! She is a dear friend and loves kids so much!! She took a picture with Z since I was at an off campus meeting!
Maddox will be moving up to the Monkey's class on Monday. Since he is getting older, it is time to move him up to the older group! He will miss his Giraffe friends.... here is a picture of his Giraffe buddies on his last day with them. Fortunately, a couple friends are moving up too! Praying for a smooth transition! He has been doing such great things and has so many smiley face days at school..... praying the trend continues! ;)
I was feeling sentimental this week.... Zack and I had our first date 14 years ago this week! I decided to look back even further (18 years in fact!) to some of our pictures together when we were friends in high school.... its crazy how time flies and how the future has a way of working itself out when neither of us would have anticipated where we are now when we were seniors in high school..... enjoy these "throwback" photos. ;)
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