A Post of Random Pictures

Life has been good in the Follett home. We are getting to know lots of new students here at Judson, and have been to quite a few soccer games sporting our 'Blue Crew' shirts. We've explored and roamed the campus almost every day, and have giggled while chasing the flocks (gaggles?) of geese away. Of course, we've also spent our fair share of time just lying around our house too. :)

The boys continue the constant 'frenemy' relationship...

loving each other immensely one moment...

... and wishing intense bodily harm on the other the next moment.

This is a year of change for us since Landon started preschool five days a week, and Brayden is full-time homeschooling for kindergarten. Here we are at Brayden's first day of "school", which really is a homeschool group that we go to every Friday. He takes classes in science, math, reading, and art there. He's thrilled to go, but Gavin sometimes feels otherwise... :)

Of course, Gavin does spend a fair amount of time with a scowl on his face, but once in a while, I do catch that beautiful/goofy/why is one of his eyes half closed? smile that lights up my days and makes me realize just how very, very blessed we are to have three beautiful boys that God has picked to be in our family.

Rides, Slides, and Potty Breaks

We went with the cousins to Buffalo Grove Days, a little fair/carnival in our area. The boys were allowed to go on two rides each, and they each chose the racecars first. Brayden chose the Giant Slide next, which was my favorite as a kid, and Landon chose Bob the Builder trucks. Gavin chose to sit in the stroller. Actually, not true. Gavin just wasn't tall enough to do anything.

In our two hour visit there, we probably spent 20 of those minutes in the bathroom. Well, not exactly a bathroom per se. All 4 of us (me and boys) climbed into a port o potty while Landon and Brayden took their sweet time to use the bathroom. The glorious moments of being a mother, huh??

Best part of the day for me? Losing Landon's shoes on the charter bus. Oh wait. :) Actually, I truly enjoyed watching the boys giggle and laugh together as I took a shot of all three of them together. I love these little guys so much!

Dolphin Cove

We spent the day at Dolphin Cove. It's a cute little waterpark near our home. The slides are just big enough for all three boys to enjoy. The three hours we spent there flew by, and I'm sure we could have spent all day there!

Because of the heat, it was SO crowded, and you know, as is typical in the Follett household, we can't go anywhere without something crazy happening. I momentarily took my eyes off of Landon as I was talking to my parents, and suddenly, he was gone! I looked around and couldn't find him, so I left the other two boys with my dad and started quickly searching for my little Landon. Where did I find him? No biggie.... just in the lifeguard's arms. Yup. Landon decided to jump in the pool when I looked away. And luckily (thank you God), he jumped in right where the lifeguard was posted. So, some paperwork and a slap on the wrist on my end (figuratively, not literally) later, we enjoyed the rest of the day incident-free.

Never a dull day with three boys!!