Cute Big Boy Saturday

Today we got a praying mantis egg case. In somewhere between 4-10 weeks, we will be the happy host family for 75-200 baby mantises.

How cool is that?!

Jason was immediately drawn to our new adventure. He grabbed the care pamphlet from my hand and raced off to go read the info.

He was quite pleased that he was the expert and knew so much more than the rest of us. :)

Our little guys are now nestled safely in their new home.

Now the waiting for their hatching begins!

Friday Five

This coming week will be Teacher Appreciation Week at the boys' school. I had already figured I'd be heading to Starbucks to get some gift cards for their teachers, and then they came home with this flyer:

The PTA at the boys' school are asking the kids to bring the teachers/staff an "Italian Dinner in a Bag." Students are supposed to bring an item on the list based on the letter of their last name. For us, that means the boys are supposed to bring pizza toppings.

Now call me a party pooper, but I don't know if I can bring myself to go buy perishable items to send to school as an "appreciation" gift. My mind goes to all kinds of crazy scenarios most of which don't end up with a happy ending for the teachers! lol

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Jack was climbing trees...or, um, stumps...and got stuck. LOL!

Also, this tree may never leave our yard at this rate.

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The boys' principal said over the school intercom today that students could nominate someone at school for the "employee of the month." Jay's been thinking about it and decided that he wanted to submit the name of a noon supervisor because "she is always so nice to me, and I like her a lot." He later told me that this person treats him (and Shawn) like "VIPs." Melt my heart!

I asked Shawn who he would nominate. He decided that he would nominate his current teacher. I asked him why. "Because I love her." That right there says it all. :)

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Shawn is amazing people at school with his mad multiplication skillz. Go, Shawn!

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Jason won a necklace for his work in an egg and spoon race at school. He is VERY proud. Go, Jay!

#Floored

So I made flash cards of the first 100 sight words for the boys when they were in kinder. Jack just found the cards and brought them to me. Then he blew my mind when he read them...

While he didn't get all the words correct, I'd say he got 85-90% of them. He breezed through the color words, and only really tripped over words like "there" and "said." 

Fingers crossed that he'll be a reader, too!

Conversations With 5 Year Olds

I came home early to get ready for the big boys' eye appointment. Isaac was rinsing his hands at the kitchen sink. Jack was sitting at the table, eating, when I walked in...

Me: "What are you doing, Jack?"

Him: "I'm eating lunch..."

Him (in a somewhat disgusted tone): "Like a DOG."

Me: "Ok then. Have fun."

Lol! 

Story Time

"The frog chase

Once upon a time a dog chased a frog. The frog had short legs. The dog jumped on the cake. He hurt his leg. They went to the hospital. They are all better. They raced and they go to Engleand. They go home to America. They go eat. They go to bed. They wake up. They drove to Mc. Donald's. They went home and ate. The end."

~by Jason

Future's So Bright They Gotta Wear Shades

The boys had an eye appointment today. Even though they had to have the dreaded drops today, they rocked the appointment. So proud!

Both boys' eyes are doing well. Jason's right eye is slightly weaker than his left. Shawn's right eye is slightly stronger than his left. Looking at their info, it looks like there is the exact same difference between the strength of their eyes. Cracks me up how they manage to do things like that all the time.

Both got new scripts because their eyesight is actually getting stronger. We may be able to ditch the glasses altogether for both of them at some point in the not too distant future. Yay! 

Jay's in the exam room, and Shawn's sporting some dark glasses to protect his dilated eyes. :)

Tea Time

Shawn wanted to have a tea party. Jack was happy to join in...