Sandman Where Are You?

For the last three weeks this girl has not sleep in her bed! She always loved to go to bed, many babysitters say I can't believe how easy it was to put her down. You gave her kisses, told her good night, turned on violet the bear and turned the lights off. You would hear he in the morning talking to herself and life was beautiful. Screams were hear coming from her room one night immediately after we put her down. What the heck? She screamed like she was in danger and afraid it was not a mad cry. She would even vomit, something was wrong very wrong. So we loved got her and loved on her, she slept with us that night. The next night the same thing so I let her cry. That's what "they" say. She SCREAMED for 2 hours straight. I finally gave in and picked her up, she was asleep with in 10 seconds of me holding her. I felt so bad for her. The next night she screams for 1 1/2 hours, repeat of the night before. I was not up for a battle, she laid in our bed for the next THREE WEEKS. The worse part is that she would not go to bed until I did. I would spend time cleaning up and she would be right behind me making a mess. I was so aggravated and not a very good mom. One night I had enough and threw (literally) her crib mattress on the floor next to my bed. First night was great, second night she rolled under our bed, third night she is rolled out our bedroom door and I had thoughts of her rolling down the stairs. To say the least I was not sleeping very well because I had to rescue her a few times in the middle of the night. Seriously was this really happening. Something needed to change. I put her in her bed after we chatted and I walked away. She threw up over the edge of the crib so I had to clean the carpet. She apparently was smarter than vomiting in her own bed, leaning over the edge was a much better choice. Then I would go in every 20 minutes and give her a kiss, tell her she was okay and walk out again. She cried for about 40 minutes or so and this is how I found her after the crying stopped. I had to pry her hands from the crib bars.

Violet was no help. When she woke up we had a little party to celebrate her sleeping back in her bed. When I asked her if she was going to sleep in her bed tonight too, she replies "No Mama". Night Two, crying for about 20 minutes and asleep! I also am putting her to bed at the same time at night and making sure I wake her up at 8:00. I hope we are over this little battle and am really grateful I won!

Just between you, me and the fence post....I really miss snuggling with her or holding her hand in the middle of the night.

Boring Days Begin

That was the fastest summer ever! A part of me was dreading the summer, I like structure and the idea of trying to keep the kids entertained all day everyday was little scary. It turns out we did great, had a lot of fun and the summer flew by. Harrison was very excited to start Kindergarten this year. He was more than ready for the change. We drop Preston off at 7:45 and then Harrison at 9:30, Preston gets picked up at 2:00 and Harrison at 1:00. Emma walks around the house calling thier name all morning "Harrison where are you" she calls. She misses them terribly. Until Preschool next year, emma and I will figure out something to do while the boys are gone.

Preston and his good buddy Dylan. He was very lucky this year his class has most of this friends, he is only missing Hallie. Which is actually a very sad thing.

The four amigos. These guys have shared a classroom since K, they do lots of play dates, almost sleepovers and outings. They really enjoy each other and each of them have so many different things to offer each other. I love that he has good friends that some are girls too. I look at this photo and can't help but think of "Breakfast Club". I hope they remain friends for a long time.

Right before they were going into their classroom Preston got teary eyed and was trying everything to hold back the tears. This is not like him at all, so I knew something was wrong. I know Preston better than I know myself, I think its because we are so much alike. We would not explain to me what the matter was because that would just push him over the edge. I gave him a big hug total him to remember the blessing dad gave him the night before and that I would be there to pick him up in a few hours and we can talk then. Turns out that the classroom was right by the lunch area and Preston explained to me that he heard the teacher yelling at her kids last year while he was waiting in line for lunch. He then exclaimed that "She must of just had bad kids last year because she is really nice". Preston follows rules so he should get along just fine.

Harrison was in the classroom before I could even snap a photo! Max is on his football team and were pretty comfortable with each other. They were ready for the day.

Here he is coming out his first day, full of papers. I asked him what he did and he replied "I can't remember". His standard answer when he doesn't want to talk to me about his school day. I then have to start the suddel interrogation.

After school we gathered at yogurtland for a little treat and let the kids chat about there first day.

Fabulous Football

We live at the Football Field! Preston enjoys it so much. I have tried to talk him into trying a different sport like water polo, lacrosse, or basketball and he wants nothing to do with it. He loves Football. My gentle giant, I have been told that he has the biggest heart on the field. Keep up the hard work Preston! You look great out there.

Pimp The Pup

Yep, we pimped Otis out! We took the kids to see the puppies, they were adorable. They tried to talk us into taking one home but it didn't work. There is a crazy story behind the whole thing we'll save that for another day.

Fathers Day 2010

Another Fathers Day is enjoyed by all! The boys made wonderful items at school for you and we also gave you a massage a month for an entire year. Enjoy, you deserve it.

Eynon Family Reunion

Place: Long Beach, El Dorodo Park
When: August 2010
Who: Lots of Family
Activities: Lunch, Photos, Genealogy, Lots of games, donut on a rope, water spitting, watermelon eating, golf, balloon toss, bounce houses and much more

We were Team Bob (Jeremy's grandfather) and were assigned to wear Orange. One of the best things was a cousin collected all the photos and put together a digital scrapbook. Everyone was then invited to view and purchase the book straight from Kodak. Wonderful Idea, this should be done at every large family activity.

Preston giving a try at golf.

He mastered watermelon eating, he came in 2nd for the kid group. Preston and I and Jeremy and Harrison partnered up for the donut eating on a rope, we tied for first. They wanted us to do it again to break the tie but I did not want to eat another donut so we gave it to Harrison and Jeremy. Preston was not so excited about my decision, poor kid always coming in 2nd.

3 generations

Grandma with her favorite girl!

The Lake

We took a family camping trip in August to Lake somewhere. It was a bunch of fun, we hung out at the lake all day and roasted hot dogs. ALL of us even ventured out on paddle boats which turned out to be a lot of work and not so much fun. At night we roasted marshmallows, threw the football around, blew bubbles, watched movies in our tent and just visited. We are trying to do it every year, especially since the kids are getting a little bigger. Next year Emma will be much better, although Jeremy is not very excited about camping as you can see in the photo! I will continue to work on him.

Emma enjoyed ice cream at the lake.