Geocaching

Dustin was trying to find something fun for our family to do and he came across geocaching. The boys thought it was a great idea since it reminded them of being pirates and finding buried treasure! We ended up going to four different locations and traveled from Belgrade to Churchill then Manhattan and then back to Belgrade (we went in a loop). Two of the "loot" boxes had us just sign our names which Cameron has decided we are "The Goonies". One of the other ones had a scooby doo treasure inside (we are having to go back to this one since we didn't have a scooby doo trading item). The last one was filled with a variety of different things. We ended up trading a cross neclace for an American flag pin. The boys really wanted to go to more but that was all we had written down the coordinates for and so we will have to do the rest another day! We were surprised at how many were in our area and can't wait for next time!

First day of school!

Dylan had a great first day of school. He is such a story teller though sometimes its hard to tell what things actually happened and what he is making up. He is getting better at saying...that one was just a story. For example in the car, he began telling me about how he met the principal and that the principals name was John....Principal John. Now I wasn't sure if this was true or not since I didn't know the principals first name so I was going along with it asking if he knew the last name....Dylan stated that Principal John was his only name....then changed it to that John was actually the principals imaginary friend...he finally was like actually I am telling you a story....but we truely did meet the principal, I just don't know his name! Where does he come up with things!!!! Anyway his first day was great and according to him has made hundreds of friends and even made friends with the older kids on the playground. I truely believe this one (ok maybe not hundreds but in a childs eyes it probably feels like it). Dylan is very social and goes up to anyone and everyone and says.....lets play. We have now worries about him making friends, its the being quiet in class that he will have problems with!!!

Cameron had a great first week of school. He loves his teacher and is making some friends....he even thinks a few of the girls are cute and knows that they like him! I still cannot believe we have a 3rd grader!!!!! His favorite things are still science related and he still struggles with math. His reading though is way over his grade level and his favorite books are the Narnia series. He has finished two of them and is half way through the third one. He reads every night before going to bed and we have finally had to have a clock near him so he can make sure he doesn't go over his bed time (he would read all night long otherwise!) We are very proud of the little man he is turning into. He has a heart of gold!!! On Dylan's first day of school Cameron went to Dylans classroom after school to make sure Dylan was ok and could find me. He did this without being asked to and I was surprised he had even remembered his brother had gone to school! Ethan actually did very good with his brothers leaving and is now loving the days they are both in school....he gets to play with all the toys and not have anyone tell him what to do!!! My days are easy when it is just him....he goes off to a corner and plays for hours!