Its our last Friday of Summer Break! Its gone by so fast! and all my hopes of getting some good record keeping done for mah childrens' rapidly changing lives this summer have melted away. So tonight I decided I'm just going to start where I'm at. And that is where I find myself. The last weekend of Summer break 2014.
We just went to Rowdy's back to school night. It was different because this is our first new teacher in 2 years. Rowdy moved up with Mrs. Mechell and she has been so warm and fuzzy and wonderful. So I'm sure Rowdy's 2 new teachers will be also but Mrs. Mechell has definitely grown on us. I think Rowdy's in for a surprise going back too! He could hardly remember how to spell tonight filling in his new student questionnaire :) He has been going to Robotics camp this week. We thought it would be a fun birthday gift. He has liked it. Today they had tournaments with their robots. We were so proud of Rowdy for signing up for all 3 just for fun. There was a fighting, racing and soccer tournament. It was great to watch. We are talking him into skipping the last day of clean up and free time and watching Wall-E because Cody is home and its get a friend in free at Six Flags so we are going to take our littles Ezra and Elliot too because they haven't been yet. Ezra said in his prayer tonight. "I'm so thankful I get to go to Six Flags for my first time tomorrow. Please bless us to have a really really really really really fun time tomorrow and please bless there to be series 3 Mixels there...amen" and speaking of prayers tonight at dinner Elliot said," Thanks for the food, please don't let us DIE here...amen" and she did it in her crazy growly voice. She has been cracking us up. Then she gets a little embarrassed when we laugh and then warms up to the idea and she'll laugh too.
Its been a crazy week for Cody's work they keep forcing him back to LA as an engineer then releasing him then forcing him back. So he's been a bit stressed and finally he got travel time extended so he doesn't have to go out there but then he can't be working out here. Its been a blessing though to be able to spend time together. and we are on a tighter budget so its fun finding inexpensive things to do and playing games at home and eating better at home anyway. and of course praying our hearts out we wouldn't be split up again. All good reminders. We also got to go to the temple together with Cody's mom yesterday and it was really nice. More good reminders. and hes hot with his beard and his 13 gray hairs in it.
Ollie is doing really good. He is such a happy baby. All you have to do is look into his eyes and he will smile at you. He waits his turn to talk too. If you ask him a question he will start cooing and babbling at he appropriate time. He is a flirt. He has a dimple in his left cheek. He sleeps most of the night he usually wakes up around 5. Then goes back to bed. He is starting to reach out and try and figuire out his hands. He is sprouting too! He looks so big! and all the sudden we have another brand new aby Bowler in our family. Tessa who is 2 weeks old! So of course Ollie looks like a gigantor compared to her. People keep forgetting he still can't hold his head up for very long! One of my nieces was thinking about putting him on her shoulders! He just looks so sturdy and big like he should be able to do it! :) Oh but I am so thankful for all the family around to help with him. They have helped me keep my sanity for sure, and be able to do fun summer stuff with my other 3. Ollie has been so adorable around Tessa. The first couple times they have met it was pretty much undeniable they knew each other. You could feel it. Ollie was talking to her and so excited. Undeniable there is a pre-existence. Its been a pretty exciting couple of weeks for our Big Bowler family. Very cool to have these sweet new little people in our family.
Elliot has been my little helper buddy. She has been loving cooking, doing kitchen stuff, writing "Instructions", reading with me, taking care of "Baby Ollie" (They sleep in the same room) sending messages on my phone and she found an old phone of mine and we charged it up and loves to take pictures with that too. and antagonizing Ezra, although this past week things have started to simmer down... I think its because Dad is home. She gets dressed all by herself, loves to get into my makeup and hair drawers, and gets pretty ticked if you ask her to put on something that, "Is not Beautiful!" She still has the loudest voice! and if a brother is bugging she screeeeeams! but shes is learning and those times are becoming less and less. I will insert a random plug here that we all get along so much better when we have time to read the scriptures at breakfast. She also loves to get on my phone and say she''s "reading the scriptures" Which is usually the fourth article of faith. and then as soon as shes done with that will sneak away and play a game :) She tells the craziest funny stories, like they really happened to her. The other day she was telling me about her three friends, "Diamonds (that is her name) Natty and someone else that she met in California and had these elaborate experiences with. Ezra says now, if he doesn't believe her, "Your just tellin' me stories." Elliot is really fun to be around. She can't get a break from me. I teach her sunbeam class and am going to do a co-op this year with her. But I love it. She is fun to be around.
Ezra, has discovered another toy obsession. He sits at a little garage sale desk most of the day and makes Mixels, a new little Lego toy. He follows instructions or makes his own. and loves it and when he are away he just wants to come home and build them some more. He gets started talking about them and he is like one of the computer guys so caught up in his own jargon no one even knows whats going on. he loves to tell everyone about them. Anyway I'm glad he is enjoying them, and I'm also glad when I can pry him away from them. He started soccer on Tuesday, as well as Rowdy. They are on 2 different teams but luckily at the same field at the same time! Yay!! We have been swimming quite a bit too. and he's doing really good. We still have to keep a close eye on him but he will come up for air and everything. He has been really jolly this summer. Just really happy. and all of the sudden he is 5!! He is drawing awesome too. He is smart enough to do Kindergarten this year but I think he needs one more year to just be a kid. He is so sweet with Ollie, and also Paravel. He adores them. It melts my heart. He still has a contagious laugh too, that comes out often when he is helping or playing with Ollie. He says Ollie so funny too. I should get it on tape. He throws his tongue back in his throat when he says it. He also does a great impression of Goofy, but will get shy when we ask him to do it. He still has baby soft skin and fine hair. & his hugs melt my heart.
Rowdy is into Pokemon right now & I already talked about the other stuff that has been going on with him. but he is a really great helper and sweet brother. He is a really good boy. Thankfully his "teenage attitude" he had going on this summer simmered down and he feels like my little boy again.
We had to take our trampoline down because of insurance. That's been an adjustment. We have been trying to swim a bunch too and just soak up the summer before its back to school!
