Layne is going to be a third grader tomorrow! I can hardly believe it! He is really excited to see his friends, but is really nervous for all the test he is going to have (his words). I do think this year is going to be harder for him than the last couple. I also think he is going to learn a lot from the older kids since he moves up stairs this year!

My first couple days of school have been good. I love my intro to education class, but algebra on the other hand, not so much! I think I am going to need a lot of help with that class!

The boys are excited to meet their teachers tomorrow. I wish I could be there for both of them, but I at least get to go for one!

I got a call from Brenden's preschool teacher day, she wants him to come in on Thursday at 11:15 to meet her and see his classroom. My heart sank. I am in class until 11:45 on Thursdays. I told her I couldn't bring him, but I would check with my husband and see if he could bring him. Tim said he could and I got really sad. I wasn't going to be there when saw his classroom for the first time! Or meet his teacher! I felt horrible until Logan's teacher called a little while later. She is having an open house in her classroom and I can bring Logan in anytime from 10 to 1. It made me feel a little better that at least I would get to take one of them to see their classroom.

Layne is enjoying that last few days before school starts. We have had up to 10 kids in our backyard the last couple of weeks. I don't know where all these kids have been all summer, but they have been coming over to play everyday since we got back from vacation. It has been really fun and all the kids play really nice together.

We had a really great weekend. I started out Friday by tackling a project that I have been meaning to do for some time, painting our front stairs. Tim help me get the concrete sanded down and then I primed. I did not get to finish painting because it got too hot, but I should be able to finish this week. It already looks better!

Layne was bored while I was painting so I suggested that he set up a lemonade stand. He had been bugging me to do one all summer, but there has never been a good time. He had his stand set up for 2 hours and made $28! He set one up again on Saturday and made $10 more dollars. Now the money is burning a hole in his pocket!

Saturday afternoon we decided to tackle the kids toy room downstairs. The toys had over taken the room. We fill 4 big black garbage bags with toys that were missing pieces or broken. We then decided to down size the toy box to a smaller wooden one. We also got a futon to replace the chair that was down there. The chair was rubbing against the wall and cut almost all the way through the sheetrock, and besides that, the three boys couldn't really all fit into the one chair anymore! Earlier last week we clean out the boys closet and put in some hanging organizers that holds one weeks worth of clothes, we found them on clearance at Lowes. We thought since they were such a good deal that we should get some to put in the entryway too. So now they boys each have a "cubby" to put their shoes, coats, bike helmets, and stuff in. In the one week that they have been install the boys have manage to keep the entryway clean, they think it is fun to have a place to put their stuff, I hope it lasts!

I start school on Tuesday, it is so hard to believe the summer is already over. Time is flying by. It dawned on Tim and I the other day that we have been in this house for 4 years already! Next month I will enter the last year in my 20's, the twins will turn 4 in November, and my "baby" is going to be a third grader in 5 days. I'm not sure if all this is good or bad!

So I have taken a super long blogging break, but now that things have settled down here a bit I can get you all caught up on us!! We had a really great 2 week vacation to the lake and a mini vacation to the cities. The floor Tim put in for his grandparents turned out great and the weather was so nice we were able to swim almost everyday! The Minnesota Zoo was great! We didn't get to see it all so we already have planned to go back next year!

I have had a cold since we left for vacation, today was the first day that I actually felt good enough to get some stuff done around the house, needless to say I have a ton of laundry to catch up on!

I start school one week from tomorrow, Layne starts one week from Thursday, and the twins start on the 1st of September. I am ready to get back into a routine, but it will be interesting getting all four of us up and out of the house every morning!

Tim and Adam won the canoe race!! They were awesome. They kept up with the kayaks and even managed to beat some of them. They beat the next canoe by more than 10 minutes! It was so fun to watch!

Layne had fun performing at the opening ceremonies. He even managed to get his picture in the paper again!

The twins have their first dentist appointment tomorrow. They have to see the dentist and have a physical before preschool starts and since we have 2 weeks before we are gone for 2 weeks I thought I better get to doing some of this stuff! And believe it or not we only have 2 weeks until school starts after we get home, 2 weeks seems to be the magic time here huh?

Layne is enjoying his afternoon camp at our local science center, even if I did sign him up for the wrong camp! He was supposed to take a Lego camp, but I signed him up for a car building/racing camp. They have made some pretty cool cars and tomorrow he will finish a solar car.

Layne is really excited to perform tomorrow night. If Scott brings his video camera, I think I can upload it to the blog.

Brenden and Logan have missed their brother this week. Every five minutes they are asking if it is time to go get Layne yet. I think we will have to do something fun this weekend to make up for it!

Um, so next time someone thinks it would be fun to go camping in 90 degree weather with like 80% humidity I will politely decline and check myself into the nearest air conditioned hotel!!!!!!!!!!

The boys had a lot of fun this weekend and they were really well behaved. I even managed to get the twins to take a 3 hour nap on Saturday! Layne is just like his dad, he loves fireworks.

I started my 2 other online classes today. I am feeling a bit overwhelmed. I have until tomorrow to decide if I want to drop one class or not.

Layne starts Lego camp tomorrow. I think that should be a lot of fun for him.

I am still super tried form the weekend, so I am off to bed!!