Holy Crud....So Many Things

Seriously, we have been so busy lately. Between Father's Day, both boy's birthdays, vacation bible school, 4th of July, t-ball, and getting ready for Memphis to start kindergarten, I don't even know where to being without making this a complete novel.

So, I guess I will start with Father's Day. It was a day we were able to spend with all of them! We did our traditional things and enjoyed being with each of them. The boys got Scott a new fishing pole (luckily, the store was out of Transformer ones, and he ended up with just a black one for an adult).

Next, the boys' birthdays. I spent several days making cakes for them. Our kitchen was a mess! Memphis wanted a dinosaur cake with a volcano. We had a party for Memphis' friends at Chuck E Cheese on the 27th. Maverick joined in, too. Oh - and Daddy and his friend, Jim got into the action.

The next day we had a party at our house for mostly family and some close friends. Maverick seems to really like Mickey Mouse, so I made a cake for that day too. The boys loved showing off for their grandparents and cousins.

Then came the 4th. A nice day to start with. The neighborhood kids played in the front yard on the water slide. We had our friends, The Lewis', over. Some neighbors came over and we had burgers and brats and hot dogs. Then came the rain. A lot of rain. We ended up singing karaoke in the garage with our neighbors! The rain did stop in time for some fireworks in the cul-de-sac and the town's show. It was fun.

Today Memphis starts kindergarten. I can't even believe that he is 5 and going to be going to school every day!! I am excited and sad at the same time. I am sure that Maverick is going to be really sad. He always misses "brother" when he is gone for any time period. We are fairly sure some of the grandparents will be missing time with him as well. It was kind of funny at his goal setting meeting when he already knew all the sight words for the year and all of his upper and lower case letters. In fact, he told his teacher when she was asking him his letters, "I can read whole words".

Here is a funny Memphis story.

Memphis and Molli were neighbors for a long time, but didn't really know each other until they were in preschool together 2 years ago. That is when Molli informed Memphis that he was her boyfriend. We have since gotten close to the Lewis family and try to do stuff with them as often as possible. Well about 2 months ago, Memphis and I had this conversation:

Memphis asked if I would take Molli and him to Elitchs to get married. I said sure, but then what are you going to do? He said after they got married, they would go to 1st Bank and get some money and get their married pictures. Molli will need to buy Memphis a red and blue ring, since those are police colors and he is going to be a police officer when he grows up. After pictures, and this is probably my favorite part, they will come home and have some lunch and take a nap. After nap they will go to the hospital and get their kids, Kosmo and Memory. (Good thing they took a nap, huh?) Apparently they are going to live in Parker. Although Memphis is going to be a policeman, he is going to work with his daddy too. Molli can stay home and take care of the kids and do laundry, but she is the boss. (He has already learned that!) They will still come over for dinner and I can buy their kids expensive toys.

I loved his detailed planning on this and wanted to share it!

Hope everyone is doing well. Love - The Oldham Zoo

T-Ball and Updates

Memphis had his first t-ball game tonight. He is so cute getting up to bat, because he repeats, out loud, the steps. "Lock, load, step on ice, swing". Then he runs, although not as fast as he usually does. But he did tell me that the helmet rubbed on his ears/hearing aids. It was so fun. Some of the kids who live on our street are on the team too.

Maverick also went and yelled, "Go Brother". Then he found a cute blonde to play with.

We also had their 5 year old and 2 year old pictures taken. We are still just shocked at the fact that we will have a kindergarten kid in three weeks. Unbelievable. I am worried still about the afternoon class. He has been so tired this summer, that he has fallen asleep almost every afternoon.

Maverick is counting to 10 and now joins in on hide and seek games. He follows "brother" around repeating just about everything and trying to do most things he does. It is so funny how they are so different, and yet try to be the same. Memphis backtracks and tries to get attention by acting like Maverick. Annoying, but sweet.

We will be very busy over the next few weeks with Father's Day and birthdays and 4th of July. Hope everyone is healthy and happy.

Catch Up

So, when I first started this blog I was hoping to do it at least once a week. I don't have such a great track record now. We have been very busy. Memphis graduated from preschool on May 26th. We were very proud because he actually participated in the songs and ceremony. He is seen here with his teacher, Ms. Judy. He is excited to start kindergarten on July 8th.

The boys have done a lot of playing outside this summer. They have been riding bikes, running, looking for bugs, etc. We made a hike up the hill by our house. We were able to actually look down and see the house. It was fun. The neighbors have a water slide that they have played on as well. Both boys love to be outside. Maverick wants to do anything that his brother does. He wants to catch bugs, ride a big boy bike (even though he can't reach the pedals in the little one). He will try to copy what Memphis says (not always a good thing). It is so darn cute though. We have also gone to the zoo. One of the best gifts we have ever received was a membership to the zoo from Scott's parents. We love being able to go whenever.

The boys have spent time with their grandparents as well. Perhaps some are trying to get together before Memphis starts school. Only a month. Memphis went to the rodeo with Pop and Grammy. Then we did a benefit walk for epilepsy (a cause very near to our hearts) with Scott's parents. M&M went to their house to stay the night afterwards.

We will be busy the rest of June as well with birthday parties, not only the M&M's, but some friends too. Memphis starts t-ball this week and we are looking at finding something for Maverick as well (not t-ball). Plus the parties for the boys. We are going to try to make sure each feels special on their birthday since they are so close together. This year, Memphis was told to invite 5 friends to a Chuck E Cheese party. After we got the invitations, he asked if he could hold them. Then said, "Mom, I guess I get to invite 8 friends because it says there are 8 invitations and we don't want to throw them away". So, that is what happens when your 4 year old can read!! Maverick won't get a separate party this year because he doesn't have a whole lot of friends other than Memphis' anyways.

We hope everyone is doing well. Thanks for checking our blog out!