P is for Preschool

 So, we are coming to the end of our 3rd week in Preschool, and Momma is still standing!!  Actually it was pretty hard those first few days, for me - not them, but we have all adjusted pretty well to our new school schedule.

Of course we took lots of pictures of that momentous first day!

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They are ready to go!

 Momma, can we go now?

Okay, but this is the last one, right?

They were so ready to get there!

 At the doors of the school, sporting identical backpacks, rarely do they pick out exactly the same thing, but they HAD to have these!

At their lockers - yes, my preschoolers have their own lockers!

 Sitting down and signing in for the day! 

 Do you think he is happy to be there?!

 Jack is very happy too!

So, then Momma begs the boys for a hug and a kiss before she leaves and they can barely stand still long enough to do that! 

"Okay Mom, Bye!  See you later!" - My Big Boys!

Momma leaves and saves her tears for the car and drives home :(

After what felt like far more than 3 hours, finally it was time to go out to wait for the bus.

 "Here comes their bus!"

 (Papa came over to see the boys come home on their first day and take pictures of them getting off the bus, that way Momma could just give hugs!)

They are loving getting to ride the school bus!

Momma is so happy to see her hot, tired boys after a long morning of preschool!  

They had so much to tell me and absolutely loved preschool and have been loving it everyday since. Everyday they ask if they are going to preschool.  They have made friends that they regularly talk about.  They come home with new songs and new skills and so much to share!  And everyday they remind us that they get to ride the bus home - that is still the best part for them!

And Momma has slowly eased into letting them go and grow and learn away from me, and enjoy the time that I have to do other things by myself.  

♥

"On our actual birthday"

(OMG - 2 posts in 2 days!  What is going on?!)

The "actual birthday"  was the way that I had described their birthday once, which is on the 7th of June, trying to differentiate it from the 5th, which was the day of their party.  We had a countdown calendar and both days were on it, and after I had referred to the 7th as the "actual birthday" the one time - that was from then on what Quentin called their birthday - their"actual birthday".  Soon enough Jack caught on too.

We spent the day doing what the boys loved the most and luckily the weather was perfect, so our first stop was to take the bikes to the park to ride in the outdoor hockey rink.

First - they love it.

Second - they can't just take off riding out of your reach, they are confined to a safe spot with no cars.  Its perfect for learners!

Just look how cute they are in their little helmets!

They are both getting really good at the bikes, we probably won't attempt to lose the training wheels until next year and they have lots more practice.  They are doing great just the way they are now!

 Then, of course we had to play and swing at the park. 

Daddy was pushing them higher and higher - they were loving it - as you can see by the ginormous smiles!

 

 

I convinced the boys to let me take some pictures of them together for their birthday and thery were a little more than reluctant and quite silly and distracted, but we did manage to get a few really good ones of the two of them on their 4th birthday!

 My ABSOLUTE favorite one of the bunch that we took and it was the 1st one that we took!  This really does capture them perfectly and against the green, green grass - I just LOVE it!

 

 

*love this one too

*another favorite

 

*love the laugh from Quent

 

 

And for their birthday dinner?  

They chose Red Robin, of course!  Where else can you get just what you like (Quent=corndog, Jack=Mac&cheese) and get ice cream along with a song from the servers (that was big fun!) and a balloon to go with it!

Pretty great 4 year old birthday dinner, we think!

An an ice cream sundae to top off the big 4 year old birthday meal!

Yum!

Jack's not a big ice cream eater, he will eat some, but is not into having a lot and did not finish his sundae.

Quent, on the other hand ate every last bite!

Yummy - his favorite part is the whipped cream on top!

Neither one of them liked the cherry though. 

Daddy and a very silly 4 year old Jackson!

Momma posing with her 4 year old Quentin!

What an amazing gift these 4 years have been for us, our boys have brought us more joy and love then we ever thought was possible.  We could not love them more!   These two very different, very special, twin brothers are the perfect dream come true for their Momma and Daddy!

Happy 4th Birthday Jackson and Quentin!

Egg Hunts, New Bikes and Easter!

Okay, since it is now May - like getting close to the end of May - I thought I should post these pictures that have been sitting in here unpublished,  Better late than never, right :)  

First off , some pics from the Mothers of Multiples Easter Party and Egg Hunt.

This is a BIG, fun event.  I mean BIG because there are always lots of twins and triplet families that come and obviously with all those kids its bound to be a good time!  

Jack (yellow) and Quent (blue) had a blast finding hidden eggs.

We even had a one of the older girls share some of her eggs with Jack and Quent because she did not think they found enough and "she does not really like candy all that much anyway."

She was very sweet!

But the best part of all was opening the eggs to find all the treats inside.  

We had to have a little tutorial about taking the foil OFF the chocolate eggs before biting into them.  Just cuz the foils pretty doesn't mean it is edible!

Me and my beautiful boys on a warm, sunny spring day

Quentin wanted to sit and have a picture with the Easter Bunny, but Jack was less than thrilled that the bunny showed up.  He was hiding behind my leg in this picture.  

After our multiples party, we went to GG's to color eggs with some of our cousins.  

Here's Brad, Joe, Ravyn, Caleb, Jack, Alex, and Quent posing with some of their creations. 

The next day we were invited to Our friends' house for another Easter Egg Hunt.  Despite a little drizzle here and there, it was a fun time and we got to bring along Avery and Tessa too!

Here's the cousins trying to all get a turn sitting in this very cool John Deere and honking the super annoying horn it had.  Big fun while we waited for the first "heat" of the hunt.

(the hunt was broken up into age groups - wonderful idea!)

Tessa wearing her loot bag like a purse! 

The girl is such a little diva!

The Fabulous 4

Tom and I could not wait until their birthday to give them their bikes, the weather was too nice and honestly - we were too excited for them!

So, here they are opening the giant bag containing their new big boy bikes!

What could be in this big giant bag??

BIKES!!

Daddy helping Quent get started (Papa in the background)

We were at Gramma and Papa's house.

Jack was a little unsteady, but he was getting the hang of it...

He kept trying...

And Trying....

Oh, he could finally get going pretty fast!

He was calling it his "Jet X motorcycle" - not sure where that came from,but my best guess was that it was similar to 'Fed Ex Jet' that we had seen at the airport the day before.

It was cute whatever it came from.

He worked and rode on that bike after everyone else had wanted to go in (Daddy stayed out with him).  Quent kind of gave up after a few tries and was more interested in running and playing with the girls that day.

Thumbs up - cute Jack!!

Easter Morning...

Checking out their baskets of goodies

Jack and his football (he looks so much older in this one!)

Silly Quent wanted to pose with his chocolate bunny!  

Cute boy with the big blue eyes!

Jack, Alex, and Avery hunting for eggs in our yard.

Just LOVED Avery in her beautiful green dress!

Pretty Tessa is finding some eggs too.

Quent looking handsome in his shirt and tie!

Jack so handsome in his shirt and tie too.

Did we get them all?  Are there any left?

Okay, Everyone show us what you got!!

I think these group pictures are a hilarious progression!!

Rob, Abby, Avery and Tessa pose for a family shot,

turned out wonderful!

Jack and Quent don't want to leave the swings to have more pictures...

Our Family Easter Picture!