Carter is so proud of himself when he helps push Lincoln on the swing

Lincoln's first day of school

More fun with the kid's shaving cream

Carter's very own Handy Manny tool belt & gloves!

Dinner at the picnic table - thanks to daddy, Grandpa & Papa for putting it all together

Eating apples instead of fishing!

Bass Pro Shop adventure - what cheap entertainment!

We've had yet another round of birthday fun - Mimi and Papa visited last weekend and as you might guess I've been busy so I haven't gotten the blog updated. The boys finished their 2nd week of school this week and did pretty well, Lincoln still has some tears (on and off, his note says) but I know he'll be fine and get used to being at school. Carter's teachers are just awesome this year - I'm sure that it helps that we see them more than his teachers in the past but they are very reassuring of how well he is doing at school which helps me a lot! I cleaned cupboards yesterday - all alone, it was FABULOUS! I know, cupboards? Yes, cupboards - now I wouldn't mind anyone checking out the laundry room cupboards! The boys are also really tired after a day at school and have been taking some decent naps so I think our new schedule is going to work for us!

Sean and my dad finished the details of the swing set (or tree house as Carter calls it) last weekend so we are fully up and running with it - now they can have snacks outside on the little picnic table (Sean even added an extra board so that Lincoln couldn't kick Carter while eating!). We also did some fishing last weekend and took a few walks around the pond and made a trip to Bass Pro Shop - what a good, cheap thing to entertain my boys - they love to crawl on all that stuff and pretend to drive and had fun looking at the fish - guess it is time to go back to the Zoo we haven't been in a while as we were avoiding the warm weather. The boys also got a rain gauge from GG'Ma and Don and have enjoyed checking it - we had a half inch last night and I didn't even have to call and ask Sean how much rain we got - it was great!

Sean and I went to see Jerry Seinfeld last night - it was great! The boys stayed with Meghan without tears and off we went - woohoo - we've got to do that more often. Anyway Seinfeld was very funny - the whole cast from the show will be on Curb Your Enthusiasm this year and I am feeling serious guilt about taking HBO away from Sean! Maybe we will have it before it premieres in a few weeks. We are going to take it easy this weekend and hope to watch the Hawks go down to the Clones tomorrow - since UNI didn't get it done last weekend we are SO hopeful that ISU will! I won't make any comments on the other game this weekend since as my dad said - either my mom or my husband will have heartache about it on Monday morning - not sure which is worse living with the disappointed or having to talk to the disappointed on the phone when your husband's team has defeated hers? Guess time will tell.