Comparing K-4 Pictures

I wanted to post Pictures of Noah and Jonah on their first day of K-4 just for the sake of comparing. Awwww....look how little Noah was!!!!!! As you can see, I made Jonah wear the same thing Noah wore on his first day just so I could have this picture! The shirt is swallowing Jonah!!! Of course, it's tucked in on Noah, but he definitely was a little chubbier than Jonah.

First Day Of School

The first day of 3rd grade for Noah was Monday, August 15, 2011. This picture explains it all.....

He was excited! He came home telling all about it! He made new friends and saw a few that he already knew from baseball. He is loving it so far. Let's just hope it lasts!

Now, Jonah started K-4 on Tuesday, August 16, 2011. And this picture explains it all...... 

He was all about it over the weekend. He was ready to go, and excited. Well, when I woke him up Tuesday morning, I told him it was his first day of school, and what do you know? The first thing out of his mouth was, "I'm not going!" Oh, it was a long morning at my house!

He wanted nothing to do with taking a picture either! But, I took it anyway! It is the most pitiful face ever!!!! And, do you see those skinny legs???? Bless his heart. His legs are just like mine...were. Cause mine ain't skinny anymore, but they used to be! LOL! Of all thing he could get from me.....why the legs????

But, just so you know, when I picked him up, he was a happy camper! The teacher said he was awesome (her words exactly)! He was so excited. He said he loved it and was gonna go back every day! And....treasure box day is on Friday's. Thank the Lord for treasure box!!!

So, I hate to post more pictures of Jonah than of Noah in this post, but I had to do 2nd day pictures! I just couldn't stand for the pictures to be all sad. So, this is how he looked this morning... 

He was up and ready in a flash this morning! He had his backpack on his back at 6:50am! I told him it wasn't quite time to leave yet and he said, "I know. I'm just wearing it so I can get used to it!"

He did very good when I walked him in. He was a little shy, but  way better than yesterday! Thank goodness for answered prayers! 

He also wanted me to take a picture of his backpack with Turtle in it! Yes, he takes Turtle to school, but I bought him a new one. We leave old Turtle at home so he has him at bedtime, and he takes School Turtle (that's what he named him) with him for nap. That way, if he accidentally leaves him at school we have Turtle at home! All, is happy!

I Can See Your Ears!

Jonah got a haircut last week, and as Paw Paw says, "I can see your ears!" He has been wanting it cut so he can spike it up like Noah. Well, I can't cut that much off at one time! We are gonna have to do it gradually! He loves it, and I have already spiked it, but it's not spiked to me. It looks more like a mess because it is still pretty long. But, don't tell him. He doesn't know the difference!

He looks so different to me. And, I can see his ears. I just don't know if I like that or not! 

Tracy, the girl who cuts it, asked me if I was gonna cry. I said no! I really want to cry every morning when I am brushing the "rat nest" out of it! He had gotten horrible about me brushing it every morning. I even used detangler on it and he would still scream. So my mornings have gotten a little easier!

As I was taking pics of it outside the beauty shop, he said, "here take one of this side, too!" So here you go:

He is starting K-4 next month, and is not too excited about it. So, I used this haircut as blackmail! I told him if he got a "big boy haircut" he would have to go to school. So far, it's working, but we'll see when he has to actually go to school!
My baby isn't a baby anymore!

And, just so you can see what a mess it looks like when it's spiked...check this out:

Funny, huh?

Swimming, Sliding, and Turtle

We have been enjoying the pool!!! We usually swim every day! Since the slide got put up, that is all the boys want to do!!! We have even got Mema and Papa to slide!!! One day, swimming got the best of Jonah and he said, "Mama I want to lay down." So, he made a little tent, went in and got Turtle, and laid in the shade! Isn't this a sight???

After a little while he got up and got in the pool again, and look where he left Turtle:

I told him he might want to get Turtle up because he might get wet. So, he brought him to me and said, "here you hold him, he might be scared."

This was Jonah's first "slide". And by slide, I mean Papa sat him on it about head high and he slid down only part of the way!

Splash!

Getting a little braver!

Noah LOVES it!!!!

He's a sliding machine!!!!

He even does "stunts" while coming down!

They even love jumping in! Noah and one of his many "stunts".

CANNONBALL!!!!!!

Jonah is hilarious when he jumps in. He somehow manages to go head first!

Noah likes sliding the best!

One day Mema came and they got her to go down the slide!

And when Papa came, not only did they talk him into sliding, but they talked him into sliding in head first!!!! (sorry the blurry pic, but I was using my phone and I was trying to zoom)

Splash!

Mema and Noah

This is what Jonah usually looks like at the end of the day!

Pool Construction

This post will bore you, but I wanted to document it for my sake. Some of the pictures are out of order, so maybe you won't get confused. Construction started on May 26, 2011. They dug the hole and it looked something like this:

They came back the next day and set the steel. Leaving it looking like this for a LONG time:

On  June 1, 2011 they came and did the plumbing and on June 8, 2011 they came and poured the floor and back filled. (yes, I realize they only worked 1 or 2 days a week and I was not happy about that) You wonder how they got the concrete to the back of the house? See that big hose?

They pumped it in from the side of the house.

So now, it looks like this:

On June 21, 2011 they came and poured the concrete for the coping around the pool (which is where the rocks will be).

They laid the rock around the pool (the coping) on June 22 and June 23, 2011. Yes, you read right, we got 3 days of work out of these people this week! Leaving it to look like this:

We had to have ALOT of block brought in to build the retaining wall!

They started putting rebar down to pour concrete and it looked like this:

This is where I may confuse you. This next photo is a side view right after they had plumbed and backfilled.

And this is a picture of what it looked like after a big rain we had gotten and was right after they had plumbed and backfilled.

Now we are back on track. They came and put in the liner on July 7, 2011. Bryan pumped water from the branch to fill it. I was amazed. It took a little less that 2 hours to fill it! A 22,000 gallon pool!!!! So amazing to watch!

The pool was getting full...FAST!!!

This is what it looked like at the end of the day: 

They came and poured concrete around it on July 13, 2011:

Alot of concrete:

Off track again, we decided to let the boys swim after the water had cleared up. This was on July 11, 2011:

They love it! Sorry, the pics are blurry, my camera lens was fogging up! Alabama heat!!!

This was on July 15, 2011 after the concrete had dried.

This is part of the retaining wall that they poured concrete on. It is gonna have the same rocks as the coping around the pool on it:

And, this is what it looks like today:

They came and put the slide up and the handrails on pool on July 18, 2011.

We have a fence ordered that should be put up sometime within the next few weeks. Also, we have someone that is gonna put stacked rock on that huge retaining wall! The walls will be capped with the same rock that is around the pool. Also, the treads of the steps (in the retaining wall) will be rock. You can see the steps in the picture above in the corner.