preschool boy

we finally gave in and gave garrett what he's been wanting since september... a school he can call his own. yup, garrett started preschool today. he couldn't have been more excited. all i could think of was that scene from "finding nemo" when nemo keeps saying "first day of school!" that was totally garrett.

getting into the car to go, he kissed ryan and said "you'll miss me, sweetheart." then he turned to me and said "you're gonna miss me too, mom." who wouldn't miss a kid like that? good luck in school, buddy! we love you & we missed you tons!!!

smiles

i'm always ready to pose.

personality...it's all in the pose!

guess who dumped them out?
but i'm too cute to get in trouble!

when sissy's away...

...the boys will play!

most afternoons after we've taken olivia to school the boys have a favorite thing they like to do. it's called play in sissy's room. most of the time they end up trashing her room. when she gets home she always acts surprised and says "mom, who messed up my room??"

new york city...the highlights

where to start?
well here's a few highlights of our trip...

• the subway is dirty & stinky, but is an awesomely convenient way to get around!

• the strollers of choice in manhattan are the bugaboo & the phil and ted double

• you never know who you'll see while riding a tour bus...like al sharpton coming out of a pharmacy in a random neighborhood or cameras filming a csi ny scene on the steps of a museum

• the wave is not done at yankee stadium..."take the wave to shay!!!"

• finding the president of iran is surprisingly easy...just look for the paparazzi, large police force, lots of black suburbans carrying men with guns and the secret service trolling the street...just be careful how you use your cell phone cuz the guy next to us got questioned by the secret service when someone thought his cell phone was a gun. oops!

and to olivia, garrett & ryan...we missed you guys tons!
thanks for being so good while we were gone!!

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filling the void

after 14 months of sharing our bedroom, we finally moved ryan into garrett's room. ryan has been a great roommate, but we were pretty excited about the possibility of turning a light on in our room at night or even watching tv with the volume at a normal level. plus we were hoping that the new room might help his current sleep pattern...waking up at 6:30 every morning :)

kids must have a 6th sense...they can sense when a void needs to be filled. garrett came into sleep with us around 3am after waking up in hysterics about his missing pez dispenser. olivia (who never wakes up before 9:30am) wandered in around 7am. i guess they knew we had some open spots in our room.

sweet, little ryan woke up at 7:45...so maybe the new room worked for him :)

deja vu - baby boy style

under the computer table (hey look, we painted!)

lots of fun in the kitchen!

olivia's 1st day of kinderstart

here's olivia's first day of school...from the before school photoshoot to seeing her brothers once she got home. all in all, it was a good day. she LOVES school and i love the fact that garrett can now fall asleep on the couch in the afternoon :)

goodbye summer...labor day 2007

if you look closely, you can see where garrett had his surgery.
nice sticky tape residue :)

the soccer player & her groupie

olivia's first season of soccer starts this week. she's all set...pink shin guards, pink socks, pink & black shoes, pink shorts. we can only hope the team shirt is pink. ha ha!

garrett thinks he's part of the team too. after tim bought him shin guards, socks & shoes is it any wonder that he thinks that?? well, with tim as the coach hopefully the little groupie can play a little bit during practice :)

jump!

suddenly our backyard has gotten a little bit smaller.
but the kids are loving every minute of it!

who am i kidding...we all love it :)