Another Same Outfit Pic

Since I posted a same outfit pic of Luke and Justin the other day, I thought I'd post one of Michael and Justin today (found the camera, btw). I think Michael is about 8 months old in the picture.

Justin is 6 months!

Sorry this picture sucks, I've misplaced my camera somewhere, so I took it with my phone. Here's Justin sitting up and doing a pretty good job of it! 6 month stats to come on Friday!

In It for the Long Haul

Lugging around a giant baby is murder on your back. Justin has outgrown the sling and the front carrier. With plenty of carrying ahead of us, I went on the search for a new carrier. I found this Scootababy hip carrier online and was able to try it on at a local store. It sure wasn't cheap, but it's awesome!

Same but Different

Here is a "same outfit" pic of Luke and Justin. Yep, the jammies are the same. What's different? Well, Luke was 11 months old in this picture and Justin is not quite 6 months.

Half-Yellow Belt

About ten days ago, Luke tested for his half-yellow belt at his martial arts school. It was pretty intense. There was a table with Master Circle and another examiner. Luke tested with two other children and two adults. They each performed their skills individually and recited their terminology. Luke broke his first real board. Matt and I were so proud of him. Tonight was the belt ceremony. It was a bit challenging with Michael and Justin there, but I managed to get a couple snippets of video. Here he is right after Master Circle tied the new belt on.

Michael's Soccer

On Mondays, Michael has started taking a soccer class through Columbus Parks and Rec. It was only $10 for five weeks of class! It's a half hour long (perfect for me and Justin) and is indoors. Michael is the smallest in the class, but he's doing good and he's having so much fun.

Michael's First Day of School

Michael finally started preschool today, even if it was only for an hour. Tomorrow, he'll go for the whole time. He's going Tues/Wed/Thurs afternoons and is in a 3/4 split class, so he'll be with some older kids, which should be fine. His teachers seem nice and one of them said she had already heard good things about Michael from his 2's teacher. Here are the requisite big rock pictures. His backpack is gigantic. Today it held a plastic caterpillar and a stuffed hippo (yes it is standing on 4 feet).

Justin eats.

Please don't call Social Services on us--I'm pretty sure 5-month-olds shouldn't be eating gnocchi.

Apple Picking

On Friday, I took Michael and Justin to Lynd's Fruit Farm to pick Honeycrisp apples. Apparently, Honeycrisps are highly desirable, so I suggested to some of my mommy friends that we should all meet up there. Little did I realize that every person in Ohio would be out picking apples that morning. It was absolutely insane. All I could think of was the episode of the Simpsons where they create Tomacco (a cross between tomatoes and tobacco) and everyone goes crazy trying to get it. Somehow, though, we all found each other. We picked 20lbs of apples and then went to Granville for lunch before dashing back to Clintonville to pick up Luke.

Look at Generation Next of the playgroup: Michael, Justin, Joseph, Charlie and Matthew.

24 Crayons

Luke's first scholastic achievement of the year--we got a note sent home today that Luke can read all of his color words! Therefore, he is now allowed to bring a box of 24 crayons to school to replace his box of 8. It only took him eight days of school to learn them. Pretty cool!

Renaissance Festival 2010

We had a blessedly cool day yesterday with temps in the 60s, so we decided to hit the opening day of the Renaissance Festival. The boys decided to dress up and bring swords this year.
You can see Luke's new bow and arrows in this shot. Michael got the same thing. Then, they were brats on the drive home and had them confiscated! Not sure when they'll actually get to play with them.

Chillin in the Living Room

Here are a few random pics from the last week or so. Luke is very into holding and carrying Justin these days. I think he got the idea from watching Daniela. Justin's certainly not complaining and neither am I, but I'm kind of glad Michael doesn't seem to have the same interest.