September 2024

September started off with Grandma Greats Bday. The boys started another season of soccer- both ironically named their team Sharks, so we are all about the sharks this year. Carter was super curious about scissors and cut his lip. Sadly this happened right before his big surgery so we couldn't really address it. He definitely learned what scissors can do. He had his eye surgery and was a trooper. We are so grateful for all of the people that prayed for him, visited, and supported our family. He woke up so calm from surgery and was so happy when he recognized that he could still see. The first thing he said after surgery was "Olive" helped him be brave. We were confused but then we realized he was talking about the service dog that visited him right before surgery. So grateful for services like that. In the commotion of post surgery we lost Olive's card but our wonderful friend Kenna tracked down another card and mailed it to Carter. It made his Month! He got bored playing school just with Goggy and was so happy when he was recovered enough to go back. He had a lot of recess to catch up on. We had some friends over for smores this month and Bella ate an entire graham cracker which sadly made her sick, so at 11 months of life she threw up for the first time and had a sick week- poor girl. She has since recovered fully and is enjoying the cooler nights, we even found her all snuggled up in a throw one night. On one of our no school days, we took the kids to the space museum with some friends and they had a blast making slime. It makes us smile how much our boys love music and how it is a regular occurrence to find them hanging out together making up new songs. Carter continues to entertain us with his kindergarten stories and shenanigans. One day he announced at dinner he lost part of his recess because he and his cronies were barking at a dog. He was so serious and said he learned his lesson and he won't do that ever again. Brad and I were trying so hard to keep a straight face through the whole story. Another day we couldn't find him in the house and discovered he was outside with a shovel and water telling us that he wanted to plant his own tomato plant in the middle of the grass. And it seemed straight out of a calvin and hobbes one afternoon I looked out the window and saw Carter on the playhouse ready to launch himself off the slide on a sled. Oh the mind of a 6 year old.