Do you ever

look around your house and feel like you are literally living in the Costco Warehouse? Costco has pretty much invaded every aspect of my life. There is not one single room in my house that does not have something from Costco in it. Is this bad? Have we sold out? I don't think so, and here is why. That place makes me so darn happy! It makes the whole family happy. We love having family outings to Costco. The whole atmosphere promotes family togetherness. Look at that giant vat of whatever. I cannot eat that alone. Hey family, lets take this giant bucket of whatever home and eat it together until we pass out. Great! You just can't shop there without people on your side waiting to help you indulge. Years ago I remember being so excited to have more kids just so we could shop there more. I know plenty of people have done the Costco blog post. I guess this is mine, but mostly I just want to say this. I think my house IS Costco, and I like it.

Oh Boy, Oh Boy, Oh Boy, Oh.....

BOY!!!

I know this should not have been a shock, but it kind of was. Mostly just to actually see the reality, that yes I am a boy Mom. I will always be a boy Mom. I am kind of relieved actually, I think I can handle this. I think we have really good boys. Also, this is much more economical, right? This is the first time I have not cried in the ultrasound room, so I guess I am coming around to the boy thing. Oh, and Father and Son camp out weekend lives on. This is my favorite holiday!

Teeth and Swing

Spencer lost both of his front teeth this week. I just want to say that the tie the tooth to a string and slam the door method is still alive in our house. Let me also say, I was not consulted, and I was horrified. The tooth was very loose, so I am just trying to be ok with that. Oh well, Spencer didn't seem to mind.

We have been shuffling the boys around to new rooms this past week. Spencer finally got the swing installed in his room that was kindly delivered to us from Utah a couple of months ago. The boys have been having a great time. A swing in your room? Fabulous!! Yesterday afternoon the boys were all up playing in Spencer's room. I heard Sam say lets try and knock Matthew over. Matthew stand there. Next time I walked by Matthew was laid flat out on the floor. They were all laughing, so I figured no harm done.

Happenings

We have had a very busy summer, lots of fun trips and outings. Last Saturday was our first one home in a very long time. Our yard needed some attention in a desperate kind of way. This week we are back to our busy running around schedule. Here are some things that have been going on.

Spencer and Sam are back in swim lessons for 3 more weeks. They are both doing great. Spencer is amazing in the water. He is learning all the different strokes now and I can't believe how fast he is picking them all up. His focus and attention are so exciting to see. In the water, he is a different kid. We are working up to trying swim team at some point.

Matthew and I had a potty training battle day last Monday. By the end of the day, he had won. He was pretty much taunting me all day about how whenever I wasn't looking he could have an accident. I'm not sure what happened, but Tuesday morning he woke up and decided he would just go ahead and be potty trained. That was it. No more battles, no accidents. It has been smooth sailing ever since. Hooray!!!

We are starting to collect all the back to school stuff. There is so much to buy, I can't believe it. They all needed new shoes, new clothes, school supplies. These boys just beat up all their clothes, so not much is being passed down. Is this normal?

I finally made up my mind to put Matthew in preschool this Fall. That means for two sweet hours two days a week I will be FREE!!! Well, except for the other one I will be lugging around in my belly. Which by the way, two more weeks and we will know.....

In other news. I can't keep up with the laundry on any kind of level. I have pretty much stopped cooking, because that would mean I have to do dishes. I am not keeping up with dishes. I decided to clean out my closet and pretty much get rid of everything that doesn't fit. Which probably wasn't a good idea when I am four months pregnant. Hmmmm, might regret that. Do you think that was hormonal? I think it was brilliant.