Lincoln Scissorhands

My youngest has an odd obsession with scissors - if I use them he is hot on my tail to get the out of my hands, in fact I think he has started to eat popsicles JUST to have a reason to get them on his radar. This week I bribed him to do something by promising his very own pair and lucky for him Target had the 2-pack on sale. They have since been put away but I couldn't get him down for his nap without letting him sleep with them and this is what I found when I went in to check on him - my very own, Lincoln Scissorhands.

My big Little Man!

He's off to pre-k today - we had many discussions this morning about going - mostly him "I'm not going to go to my big school today" me "you will have fun" and he was painfully quiet on the drive there but perked up as soon as we saw one of his friends and went willingly into his class with just a little chin quiver and woo-hoo for me, not a single tear! He looked awfully handsome in his little uniform - hopefully he figures out how to maneuver the belt as we haven't practiced that a bit!

The 'zarks or the Ozaaks

Feeding the fish at Dawg Days

The waves at Big Surf

Grandpa's co-captain, by the end of the week Linc was sure that Grandpa couldn't do this alone!

Linc's first tubing experience

We had a great time in the 'Zarks (Sean's way of saying it) or the Ozaaks (no R - Carter's pronunciation) with the Hogan family this week. We kept awfully busy but still managed to find time to relax a bit and lounge. We boated & floated, tubed, skied & wake boarded for the big boys. Went to the water park to celebrate Marah's 8th "fake" birthday - her Ozarks birthday before the "real" one today. Carter loved "surfing" in the wave pool and Linc thought it was fun until he had a big drink of it. We fed the fish, fed the ducks - fished and then decided it was fun to throw rocks at the ducks - something about that is fun if you are in the almost 3 range, I guess.

We jet skied which ended in a near tears experience for me, as apparently I got a little crazy & threw myself off (although Sweet Samantha was able to hold on) and then coasted into the rocks as I had no idea where the safety attachment went and neither did any boaters and no Hogan's realized we were missing - until we waved Gwen down about 15 minutes later, hope Samantha didn't learn anything new from her Auntie Shanny in panic mode and those 15 minutes! I will never jet ski again without knowing how to operate the damn thing!

One of the highlights of the week in my opinion was our long boat ride to Ha Ha Tonka to swim near the spring - after a long swim to the spring from the boat (mine with a little doodle hanging on tightly to my neck) most of us climbed the wall to float back with the VERY cold spring water - Carter was the 1st to go - I wish I'd had my camera to capture his expression as he came floating with the current doing a little dog paddle -it was priceless and such a big kid thing for him to do - he can really turn on the big kid when he's around the big girl cousins. The boys had a great time playing with the cousins - they were all so good, I couldn't believe it - they must be growing up. We look forward to doing it again next year and I'm certain the boys will be talking about the trip until then!

Our Fortunes

We took the boys for Chinese food last night - something we haven't done in AGES due to their affection for foods like pizza & of course after ordering them mini corn dogs from the kids menu - Carter ate the ribs Sean ordered as an appetizer & Lincoln ate my rice - go figure! Here are our fortunes -

Mine "Your ability to love will help a child in need"
Carter's - "An important discussion involving you will take place today"
Lincoln's - "Your choices at the moment will be good ones. Trust yourself"
Sean's - "Share your insights with close friends for rewards this week"

Grandparents Galore!

We were lucky this month & got visits from both sets of grandparents. The boys just love spending time with all 4 of them & I loved getting out and getting a little break - 2 WEEKENDS IN A ROW! How crazy is that?

Splish, Splash

We love the splashpad - thanks to our friends we have some pictures from a recent visit. Thanks Becky & Brooke for the pics!

Linc Update

(Yes, I'm on a blog role...)

So that update on Lincoln is that he is staying in his bed - although he wants to sleep with the light on which is a good compromise in my opinion. This picture was from yesterday and he was trying to keep the light out.