Back to normalcy..

Yes, vacation is over, and the Knowlton house is back to normalcy.  Pierce made sure I knew this as he came bounding into our room at 6 am, announcing with a sense of urgency that is is school time.  Much to his dismay, I had him jump back in bed for an hour, explaining that it was not quite time for school.  He seriously laid there kicking his feet around for an hour, before I finally told him we could get up and start getting ready.  I do not ever recall Pierce not giving me a hard time about eating breakfast or getting dressed.  He even had Papa put his backpack on him, as he waited next to the glass door.  It was so cute!  And he had a field trip today, which made it even better.

His school took him to this place called Minor's Farm in Bristol.  Apparently they have a bounce house, hay ride, pumpkin patch, and a "cow train."  Pierce announced to his teacher, while on the train, that "See ya later!  We are going on a long trip!  Woot Woot!"  He had all of the other teachers cracking up, and he was able to get a little bit of a longer ride than was planned.  I am glad that my children have such an amazing sense of humor.  I will give the credit to Dan on that one...I do not think there is one serious bone in his body.

While Pierce was happily at school and on his field trip, Carter and I took our own trip to Thomaston Dam.   Nope, no moose this time.  However, I did learn as I came across a flock of hunters, that it is hunting season.  And so I will need to find a new place to walk where there are not lots of men walking around in bright orange vests with rifles on their backs.  Carter and I did enjoy a nice 5 mile walk - so much so that he passed out for most of it in his stroller.  :)  After we were done, we traveled on over to the Thomaston Library and participated in one of our two favorite story times.  As always, Carter was the lively one that was dancing, rolling, and doing everything but sitting still during the story.  The great part is I no longer become embarrassed by it, and just go along with it.  Once he sees me laughing, he usually comes back over to me, realizing that it is not going to get a rise out of Mommy anymore.  At the end of the story time, they always break out toys to play with.  This week he saw where Mrs. B placed the bubble wand, jet crawled over to it, grabbed it, and started yelling "Pop, Pop, Pop!"  It was so incredibly cute!

Pierce took a nap today, after he purposely pooped in his pants.  I made him clean himself up, and explained that it is unacceptable to purposely do it.  I mean, he even told me he was going to, I just did not think he was serious.  Carter refused to nap, so we stayed outside on this beautiful sunny day.  We finished painting the chalk table, cleaned up the yard, watched Papa mow, and played with the Doggy.  He was also extremely focused on walking everywhere, holding onto just one of my fingers.  I certainly was not going to discourage that, and my back will thank me for it later.  Once Pierce man woke from his slumber, we painted wooden pumpkins and learned about Kittens, since that is our theme of the week.  Even Carter actually helped color in the kitten for about 5 minutes before he started eating the crayons. 

I honestly could not tell you the rest of the day with the boys, since I had the joy of going to work.  One day I can be a true stay at home mom, and that will be such a glorious day!  However, I am now home and everyone in the house in bed...me thinks I should follow the same school of thought.  Good night everyone!