He stayed

He stayed without a whimper. Only asked to see my picture once on Tanya's digital frame. He had lots of fun. They went for a couple 3 wheeler rides, he told Uncle Shaun not to get him muddy (that's my boy), they saw some turkey, he had lots of fun. Connor and him played in the tub without being pushed around by the big kids. Then it was off to sleep. Up this morning for another ride and home he came.

Tomorrow starts the official first day of preschool. This time parents actually leave. Cody and Dylan should do fine. Tyler has already told me he's not going, he doesn't want to play with the kids and he doesn't like them. Sigh.....it's not going to be easy. I decided not to get out of work tomorrow to take him. Just thought it would start to confuse him and I don't want that as I normally won't be taking him or picking him up. Thankfully I am dropping Cody and Dylan off every morning and should be able to keep up-to-date on all the goings on with both classes. Because we all know men and how much they tell you things - if I left it to Brett, I wouldn't know anything.

First Sleep Over

Today has been a yucky, rainy day. Guess we are getting some of the rain from TS Hanna. Not much but enough to make you stay inside. Tanya and I met for lunch with the kids and then we came back to the house so they could play. Brett is off to Syracuse for Bill's bachelor party. So it's just me and the boys. We asked Karly to spend the night as she has been asking and I had promised her a sleep over after we got back from Vegas. That was in July so I guess it was over-due. As Tanya got ready to leave she was joking with the boys and asked them why nobody wanted to stay with her. Well Tyler spoke up and said he wanted to go with her. What, my baby wants to stay over? Yes he did. I packed his bag and he was off. Waving as they left. We agreed that if the night got to much for him she would call and I could meet them half way to get him. But so far, so good! Now he's stayed over places before but it's been because we haven't been home. Never has he left volunteering. My older two haven't done that. So he off to have a fun filled night with cousin Connor. Uncle Shaun had em on the 3 wheeler for a ride and both were in seventh heaven.

A couple pictures from our sleepover/pajama party......

Arm-n-arm, forever friends.....

My spongebob boys!

Only faces a mother/auntie could love!

First Day of PreK and PreK3

What a day today was. The boys all started school today. Well it was really orientation. We got to see what the classroom had to offer, meet back up with old friends, make new ones, had a photo op, etc.....

Cody and Dylan started the day at 6:30am. They beat my alarm clock. They were excited for school. I managed to keep them quite while I got ready and then got them dressed. After putting on their new shoes, Cody said "Mom look how high I can jump" and started jumping - I started laughing. You ask why, well my baby brother (who is getting ready to become a Daddy for the first time) always thought after getting a new pair of sneakers that he could run and jump, faster and higher. Then as I was laughing, Cody proceed to say as he was standing by the front window "Dylan wanna see who runs faster". Guess the apple didn't fall far from the tree on that one. We had a quick photo op outside as it was a beautiful day today. Once at school, they acted as though we hadn't left. They were a little confused why their cubbies had been moved and didn't understand why they needed a new shape/color this year. We have the same teacher and most all the same kids as last year. They didn't want to leave. Oh and the most important thing was finding out our shape/color. As this is the shape/color they sit on on the floor for story time the whole year. Cody is a blue square and Dylan is a green triangle - important stuff for a 4 year old. Hard to believe this is it for them - preK, meaning next year will be all day kindergarten.

I got to work for a couple hours and then it was time to do it all over again. I headed home to pick up Brett and Tyler for Tyler's orientation. He was waiting and all excited when I got home. This one I am having a harder time with as he is my baby - he's it - no more and to see him going off to his first year of preschool (preK3) is a little tough for me. No tears though today. I'm sure those will come Monday. We found Tyler's cubbie and he quickly hung up his Spiderman backpack. The teacher brought him over a table top toy and told him it was something his brother's liked to play with. So he thought that was neat. He mingled with the kids and we just kind of hung out in the background and got to know a whole other set of parents. One neat thing is Tyler will be going to school with a set of twins. So I quickly struck up a conversation with that Mom and answered some of her questions regarding twins in the same classroom. Tyler found out his shape/color and he will be the green square. Thankfully, I only have two shapes and two colors to memorize for 3 kids. Tyler didn't want to leave either but I am thinking that might change Monday when we do leave. The teacher did say it was OK to bring the blanket as Ty is pretty attached to that. So we'll see.

So our school year has begun! We are all looking forward to a busy year.

Here are some of our first day photo's!

Cody's First Day!Dylan's First Day!Our Backpacks...Dylan, SpeedRacer and Cody, TransformersMy little man - All decked out in Spiderman!Spiderman backpack of course!What a pair!

Brotherly Love.....Big brothers wishing Tyler a great first day!!

Doing the right thing

So tonight as I got home and started to pick up I was putting the boys shoes away and noticed how worn out they were. The ironic part is the sneakers are only about a month old and have only been worn a couple of times. So I was slightly irritated. I don't spend the money on sneakers for them to wear out after a few wears. So we ate dinner and went back to Penney's. Thankfully they did the right thing and exchanged them for me. We didn't get the same kind because I have a feeling it would just keep happening so I spent the little extra and got Nike's. I could tell the girl didn't want to return them but I am happy they did the right thing.

Tomorrow the boys have their first day of school....well it's really orientation. Cody and Dylan are looking forward to it and Tyler well, it depends on when you ask what his response is. I'm sure they will do great.

3 year olds.....

Today has been ever so challenging when it has come to dealing with my 3 year old. Not sure where the attitude has come from but man...... I had Brett meet me at the mall today so we could get Tyler some sneakers for school. Ty came to pick out his shoes - with the guidance of Mom. We had it narrowed down to two pairs and I needed to see what size his foot was now. He WOULD NOT put his foot on the metal shoe sizer. When Tyler gets ticked he knows how to throw a tantrum. So of course it was right in the middle of Penney's. Finally I looked at the girl and said "his sandals are an 8 so he's got to be at least a 9". Finally he cooperated and put his sock on and tried on the sneakers and we got them. UGH! I was just saying the other day that my most difficult age for the boys was 2-3.....now I'm thinking 3-4 might win!

Can I just say to that I got a little teary eyed tonight as I was talking to my niece on the phone. She starts 2nd grade tomorrow. She is so grown up yet I remember her being born like it was yesterday. She said she is ready, has her dress all picked out, her Hannah Montana backpack is packed full of stuff, Tanya's camera is ready to go and the big yellow bus will be at her house bright and early. Good Luck Karly!

So on the eve of school starting we did some prep work for school as well. Even though the boys don't start till Monday. We started to pack their boxes for their cubbies. They have to have an extra change of clothes in case of an accident. So underwear are packed and backpacks are on the hooks! They do have school orientation on Friday so we are all looking forward to that.

End of Summer fun

Connor on his "higacycle".....what a ham waving to all the kids.

They really liked this ride...
Karly and Dylan preparing to be shot into the sky on a bullet!!
They are in that car - looking at nothing but sky!!! OMG>>>>>
Tyler loved all the rides.

Well Labor Day I guess is the end of summer around here. School starts on Wednesday and this weekend marks the end of summer. Because if you know NY at all - snow will be flying soon. Today we took the kids to the JC field days. Similar to a carnival but all the booths are sponsored by companies in JC or booster clubs for the school. So it's nice to spend a little money and know it's going for a good cause. And the best part was it wasn't that much as it's really meant to be a nice weekend for families. The kids had fun. They rode a lot of rides, played a couple games. Oh yah, another nice point....the games - everybody wins. So you can't beat that. It's not those cheesy carnival games where you have to spend $25 to get a stupid small stuffed animal. The game they played was at the lacrosse tent and they got to pitch a ball into the goal. Have to say Dylan looked like a natural. Cody, um - took him 3 tries. Tyler got it on his second. But the kids one nice blow up hammers and Smile buddies. Auntie Tanya spoiled them for that game and then the sucker picking game. If you picked a sucker with a black marker at the end you won a book. Dylan won Cowboy Octopus - cute book! They had a lot of the "little kid" rides. Connor found his "higacycle" and didn't want to get off. I think he rode it 4 times. Cody and Dylan loved the big slide. As they all went up the first time, they grabbed their bag and Tanya and I couldn't help but say "sit on the bag"....anyone from back home knows what I am talking about! Then as the little kid rides weren't enough - we had to do a couple big kid rides too. So Karly and Dylan got on the bullet. OMG!!!! They had a blast. Couldn't believe they rode it. As they would come around they were bent over the bar and we couldn't tell if they were having fun or not. They got off and LOVED it! Then the did the texas round-up and Brett went with them....well that was marked as the not so much fun ride. Brett and Karly came off of it pretty white.

Saturday Brett had his first varsity scrimmage. That went well. He is ready for the season to start. He's hoping to have a game Friday night. Saturday night we went to the Smith's for dinner. Then it was home to get signed on to the fantasy league. Sunday we went to my Mom's for a cookout and swimming. Always to much food and a lot of fun.

The boys don't start pre-school until the 8th so we have one more week of normalcy. Karly starts 2nd grade on Wednesday! WOW!

Are You Ready for Some......

FOOTBALL!!!

The Luckey house is ready. Brett has a couple scrimmages on Saturday and the high school season around here will kick off next week. He has been reffing for 5 years so this year will be his first year of Varsity football. He did a few games last year to get a feel for it - but this year is his year. He is excited about that. With his work schedule he is limited to how many games he can ref but because he is off Friday and Saturday and those are Varsity nights - he will be busy on those nights. So for now - the sign in our house sticks...

"We interrupt this family for Football Season"

I've even been roped into the football madness around work and have joined my first fantasy league. It's a work league and should be a lot of fun. Of course, my husband is helping me out though. I don't know that much about it.

We are looking forward to a quite Labor Day weekend. Might partake in a cookout somewhere and hopefully enjoy the pools for one last swim but that is about it. It's nice to have a "quite" weekend planned. Have a happy and safe weekend!