My Once Upon a Time...

Let's see what we did in August...although without looking at the pictures, I assume it involved a lot of staying home and avoiding the heat. Finn is my cuddler and I'm loving it. Fox has never been like this, so I'm soaking it in whenever I can, because I know my days are numbered. This reminded me of his baby days, sleeping with his butt up in the air. As I mentioned before, we finished up our monthly photo shoots with our photographer. I love every single picture and wish I could've done this when Fox was little.  "Free write Friday"...his teacher told him he could write about anything he wanted and this is what he wrote: Finn drives me crazy!  I was laughing so hard when I saw this, but I know he loves his brother fiercely as well. One day, I made the boys all kinds of food for lunch. Mac and Cheese, hot dogs, carrots and pretzels with hummus, cheese and a grilled cheese that's not pictured. Finn was so upset, because all he wanted was pancakes. He...

How do I have a first grader?!?! School looked a lot different this year than it did last year. When we started distance learning in the spring, I hated it and couldn't wait for him to go back to school. Funny enough, when we were given the choice between going back in person or continuing distance learning until January, I chose to keep him home (luckily Katie had the same opinion as me). It's been two months of this now and I have to admit, I really enjoy this, and wish we could do this all year, but I don't know if we will get the option after January. We all get to sleep until 8am every day, we stay in pajamas or comfy clothes all day, don't have to drive 20 min each way to school, plus deal with the horrendous car line. Parents are currently not allowed to walk their kids up to the gate, so everyone has to use the carline. I heard that it takes 40 minutes just to get through it and having to do this twice a day, plus driving back and forth, Finn and I would spend a...

I always strive to make special time with just Fox, because I feel he often gets left behind since Finn needs so much of my attention. On the last day of summer break, I asked Katie if I could have him (it was her weekend with the kids) and I surprised him with a staycation at the Great Wolf Lodge.  We had never been there, but I was just as excited as him to check it out together. If you know Fox, you know that he loves sleeping in hotels. I remember taking him on a cruise when he was just 1.5 years old and all he wanted was to stay in the room. This continued on every trip we went on...when he was two we took him to Disneyland and he claimed for months after, that his favorite part of the trip was the hotel room.  This was the view from our room, we got there right at check in and I asked him if he wanted to go to the water park, but he claimed he just wanted to stay in the room...ha!  We made it to the water park and it was amazing! I loved going down the water slides ...