10.28.2018
Happy Birthday!
I can't believe time has gone by so fast. Lucian is 8 today. Apollo is 3 today. They have grown so much; physically and mentally. Each boy has been blooming in their own personalities. Lucian is creative, intelligent, and innovative. Apollo is imaginative, quick-witted, and curious. They are so much alike, yet, so unique.
Today we plan to let them decide what they want to do. They each have a little cake that they picked out. They have some presents to open. I also wrote down a few activities they may be interested in. Mostly including some type of trick or treating. We did celebrate their birthdays early this year. Their Grammy came to visit for a week recently, and they were able to open some of their presents and have some cake. They mostly smashed their monster cupcakes into a giant much pile, but it was fun. They were able to promptly wash off in the bathtub.
Currently, they are playing a brotherly game of minecraft while watching Peppa Pig on an Ipad. It's amusing watching it. They can't really do both at the same time. So they play a little bit of minecraft and when they hear something that peaks their interest, they pause and watch the show.
Happy birthday my babies. Mama and Daddy are proud of you.
10.11.2018
Woops, skip to Fall
Apparently we have been busy this summer, and I haven't updated. Or it could partially be due to the computer hard drive failing at the same time as my tablet wifi chip stopped working. Either way, I'm a bit behind.
Right now, I am standing at my old computer trying to have patience with the uncooperative keyboard. The boys took a trip up to Nana and Papa's house for the week. I have been so lonely without them. Their hugs and beautiful smiles. It is currently fall break, and we wanted to make sure the boys were able to get some quality time with each other and their grandparents. I wish it was easier for us to visit everyone. I'd love for the boys to spend more time with my side of the family. I would like that too. It has been a few years since I(we) have seen some people. Hopefully, the upcoming year will bring some travel.
So what has been going on around here? Well, over the summer we gardened, played at some new parks, ventured to the outdoor pool, started Lucian on a bike without training wheels, and started considering house buying. Lucian began second grade. He seems to like it so far. He has a friendly teacher who is also challenging and has made some new friends. He still loves to play video games. Apollo has joined him in playing minecraft. Against my own will, I had to learn to play a little bit in case he asks during the day. Joseph pulled out the old xbox and they have been trying out one of the halo games. Lucian is really good at picking up new games. I was seriously impressed. He still also plays Roblox on the ipad.
Apollo has started to become more independent, more vocal, and more interactive with other kids. He is still quite timid and prefers to observe, but has started venturing into playing with other kids. Though, he prefers his brother. He still loves to be outside and anything related to water balloons(or maybe just water).
Toward the end of summer and into fall, we have gone to the two different apple orchards.Though we didn't pick apples at the first one, we picked a bushel and some pumpkins at the second. Hopefully, we juice/cook/eat them before they start to rot. I've been eating them daily! Lucian has become more adventurous with the apple picking. He independently and willingly climbed into the trees with me to reach apples higher up the tree. Apollo was great at collecting the apples into the bags for us. He also became more adventurous in the pumpkin field. No matter how many times he tripped, he would get right back up and search for more pumpkins. He found quite a bit of them. We ended up getting four: 2 white, 2 orange. Lucian really likes the white ones, and we all had a fun time searching through all the vines to see if we could find any. Luckily we did!
In September, Lucian was very sick with a stomach virus. He missed a week of school after getting sent home from vomiting. After not improving from the stomach pain after 24 hours we ended up at the hospital to make sure it wasn't appendicitis. It wasn't. Thank goodness. Though we did keep him there a few days for fluids and pain meds through an IV. He wasn't keeping much down, especially any pain medications. Poor kiddo. It eventually passed. I am very proud of how strong he was through all the discomfort. Apollo was lucky enough not to get it.
We have been back to a normal routine up until now for fall break. Soon it will be their birthday. I can't believe they will be 3 and 8. Time really does fly. I wish it would slow down so I don't miss anything, but I'm excited to watch them grow. They have so many similarities and just as many differences. They love each other and annoy each other. Best of all they get to grow together. It is truly beautiful.
Right now, I am standing at my old computer trying to have patience with the uncooperative keyboard. The boys took a trip up to Nana and Papa's house for the week. I have been so lonely without them. Their hugs and beautiful smiles. It is currently fall break, and we wanted to make sure the boys were able to get some quality time with each other and their grandparents. I wish it was easier for us to visit everyone. I'd love for the boys to spend more time with my side of the family. I would like that too. It has been a few years since I(we) have seen some people. Hopefully, the upcoming year will bring some travel.
So what has been going on around here? Well, over the summer we gardened, played at some new parks, ventured to the outdoor pool, started Lucian on a bike without training wheels, and started considering house buying. Lucian began second grade. He seems to like it so far. He has a friendly teacher who is also challenging and has made some new friends. He still loves to play video games. Apollo has joined him in playing minecraft. Against my own will, I had to learn to play a little bit in case he asks during the day. Joseph pulled out the old xbox and they have been trying out one of the halo games. Lucian is really good at picking up new games. I was seriously impressed. He still also plays Roblox on the ipad.
Apollo has started to become more independent, more vocal, and more interactive with other kids. He is still quite timid and prefers to observe, but has started venturing into playing with other kids. Though, he prefers his brother. He still loves to be outside and anything related to water balloons(or maybe just water).
Toward the end of summer and into fall, we have gone to the two different apple orchards.Though we didn't pick apples at the first one, we picked a bushel and some pumpkins at the second. Hopefully, we juice/cook/eat them before they start to rot. I've been eating them daily! Lucian has become more adventurous with the apple picking. He independently and willingly climbed into the trees with me to reach apples higher up the tree. Apollo was great at collecting the apples into the bags for us. He also became more adventurous in the pumpkin field. No matter how many times he tripped, he would get right back up and search for more pumpkins. He found quite a bit of them. We ended up getting four: 2 white, 2 orange. Lucian really likes the white ones, and we all had a fun time searching through all the vines to see if we could find any. Luckily we did!
In September, Lucian was very sick with a stomach virus. He missed a week of school after getting sent home from vomiting. After not improving from the stomach pain after 24 hours we ended up at the hospital to make sure it wasn't appendicitis. It wasn't. Thank goodness. Though we did keep him there a few days for fluids and pain meds through an IV. He wasn't keeping much down, especially any pain medications. Poor kiddo. It eventually passed. I am very proud of how strong he was through all the discomfort. Apollo was lucky enough not to get it.
We have been back to a normal routine up until now for fall break. Soon it will be their birthday. I can't believe they will be 3 and 8. Time really does fly. I wish it would slow down so I don't miss anything, but I'm excited to watch them grow. They have so many similarities and just as many differences. They love each other and annoy each other. Best of all they get to grow together. It is truly beautiful.
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