Toby, Louis or Dylan???

I have been meaning to write this post last month but apparently it slipped my mind. Please forgive me since this is quite a funny story! My lovable, Rambunctious 2 year old son decided last month that his new name would be Toby. For the life of me, I can not figure out where he came up with Toby but every time we asked him what his name was he said very clearly Toby. We do not know anybody by that name and there are no kids in his daycare classroom named Toby. So strange but pretty funny none the less. He has become very attached to the movie Meet the Robinson's lately and the main characters name is Louis. Well guess what Dylan's new name is now??? That's right...LOUIS!! Louis just joined our family this week so we are trying to get used to this "new" personality. Yesterday, Zach was laying in bed sick and when we got home he called Dylan a few times to have him come see him. I told Zach to try calling Louis (you know, since that is his new name!) and sure enough, Dylan (aka: Louis) went running into the room! It was pretty funny but not sure if this is confusing the poor apparently already confused child. I guess only time will tell. Until then, we will love all of Dylan's new personalities all the same!!!

Landon's first day of School

Yesterday was a huge day for the Wentz family. Landon started Kindergarten!!! He was so super excited but he did tell us that Kindergarten is easy and he wasn't nervous at all. Good to know because I sure was! I had all these questions running through my head. Was he going to be able to take care of himself (kind of), was he going to get enough to eat? That's a whole other paragraph because my worries were justified! Was he going to be ok going from class to his after care building (it is on campus and the aids walk the kids to the building but still!!!)? I was so worried about him which luckily I had little reason to (other than his lunch choices) worry because he is quite a bright little boy. Which, by the way, his teacher confirmed to me in an email I got back from her today. So there...now I know it is true!! :)

Before Landon actually started school we told him that once a week he can buy his lunch at school and the rest of the week we will pack his lunch. Well, here is how the conversation went (mostly):

Me: "So Landon, what did you have for lunch"?

Landon: "Ummm...a chocolate muffin (kid after my own heart!), 2 crackers, 2 pieces of cheese, some pineapple and chocolate milk."

Me: "Is that all????"

Landon: "Yep and it was good!"

I thought I had done a good job teaching him how to eat somewhat healthy and then this is what happens when I don't have control of the situation! Shortly after we got home, I went to the store and bought all kinds of healthy snacks and lunch supplies so we don't run into (at least 4 days a week!) this issue again. I am happy to say that today Landon took a ham and cheese sandwich, cucumbers and tomatoes (which my husband replied, "lucky Landon" (very sarcastically of course)), yogurt, graham crackers and grapes for a snack. At lunch today I was thinking that maybe I packed him too much food especially since he ate 3 mini bagels with cream cheese for breakfast but after his lunch experience yesterday, can you blame me??? I didn't think so!!

Landon really enjoyed his first day of school and was excited to go back today so that made me feel a ton better. Zach made a movie of his first day and if I can figure it out, I will post it later. He did a really nice job. I took a couple of pictures of Landon the night before school (sleeping) and a few of his first day. I hope you enjoy!! Oh yea, Dylan had a melt down when we left to take Landon to school and threw himself on the floor in hysterics! We're not sure if he was upset that Landon was going somewhere without him or if he was having separation anxiety because I was leaving. Who knows!






I can't believe he is in Kindergarten!

Long time no blog!

Ok, I know, it has been FOREVER since I last blog and honeslty I have no other excuse other than being lazy. Weak, I know but points for honesty!! So what have we been up to...well my sister and I celebrated our 33rd birthday July 24th. I enjoyed a nice dinner that night with Zach and also went to see the movie Hangover which was hilarious! We had a small get together with a few friends and family at Dawn's house the next night. We had lots of good food and good times.







On July 26th, I took the boys to the Museum for the Youth out in Mesa. We had a good time but it wasn't as impressive as I had hoped for. The boys had fun though so that is all that matters!






















As you can see, the theme that week was monsters. We colored monsters, we dressed up as monsters, we posed with monsters and even put on our own puppet show with you guessed it...MONSTERS! A good time was had by all.

The rest of the week was spent doing the normal work, daycare and Papa and GG's. Nothing out of the norm there. We spent the weekend hanging out at home or swimming at my parent's house trying to keep cool. Last week Landon had been complaining about his lower back hurting but I didn't take it to serious until Sunday night. We were at my parent's house and Landon was really in a lot of pain to the point that he would cry when he moved. It really started to worry me so we went home and iced his back and called the doctor on call. They said to take him to the ER but we decided to wait until the morning to get him in to see his doctor. Monday morning we get to the doctor's office and Landon seemed to be much better and not complaining or having any problems moving around.


The doctor had Landon do a lot of little tests including running down the hallway. You could see Landon was favoring one leg more than the other and was sort of limping around. The doctor thought it was probably muscular but he sent us to the lab to have X-rays done. Off we went all three of us ready to tackle another adventure with my boisterous boys. Landon had to put on a gown and he looked so cute I couldn't resist taking a picture. See..

Isn't he cute???!!!

After all was done, we headed off to pick up some hummus and pretzel chips for lunch which we all love. The rest of the afternoon Landon laid on our bed with an ice pack and watched some tv and just rested. He did manage to make it outside to ride his bike with his friends early that evening so I assumed his back was feeling much better. The doctor called that night and said the X-rays came back normal so to just give him Motrin for 3 days and see if the pain goes away. If not, then we will get back in to see him and see what other options there are. It is now Thurday and Landon hasn't complained at all since and I have only given him one does of Motrin because I didn't want to mask the pain if in fact he was still having some. So far so good!! My dad and I took the boys to the water park this past Sunday just to find out that they don't turn the water on on Sunday's. Go figured! Good thing they have a nice payground there too!


This week we are getting prepared for Landon's first day of kindergarten next Monday. I can't believe this day has come! My baby is going out into the big world on his own and it makes me so excited and nervous at the same time. Landon is completely excited about the new experience and can't wait to have homework. I can't wait to remind him every year how excited he was about homework bacause I am certain that excitement will not last!!! Here is a picture of his new haircut that Zach gave him yesterday. He is all ready for school!!


Alright, I think I covered everything so far. I promise (or I hope to promise!!! :)) that I will be more dilagent with posting new blogs. Peach out!!