The Walters: August hit us with a one-two punch.....

This cutie enjoyed his first taste of frozen yogurt. :)

Sweet Baby...

Arch's first day of daycare:

Cal's school didn't start for a few days, so he came with me to work! He loved playing with all my games (but didn't understand why I couldn't stop working to play with him), wrote on the white board, took lots of snack breaks, and enjoyed some yummy pizza on the playground. He was such a sweet little helper!

I had to return some thing to Gap and this fella wanted to join the models. I think he fits in pretty well!

Davis had a great first day at JNA in the 3 year old class! Ms. Marietta is so wonderful and he loves being in her room.

It was Cal's first day of school a few days later! He started at Wichita Montessori. Unfortunately, this year in his classroom, there were mostly 3 and 4 year olds....no 5 year olds. Last year, there were mostly 5 year olds, which is one reason we chose this program! So, after a lot of consideration and conversations, we decided to pull him from Montessori and put him in the 5 year old Pre-K at JNA. It has actually worked out perfectly because he is much happier and it's nice having the big boys at one school again!

I had packed cold pizza for Cal for his lunch. However, he was hungry BEFORE school at drop off and decided to eat it in the car instead. lol! He only had a half day of school that day, so we got to eat lunch together afterwards. :)

Davis wanted to play golf with ALL the balls he could find.

Doggie kisses! I've heard that a dog's mouth is the cleanest part of their body....but I've seen what my dogs do to opossums when they enter our yard.....so I don't believe that saying anymore.

Time for some can-rock throwing!

Davis was playing with "his guys" and the superheroes and bad guys were battling over cheez-its.

Cute little baby in the bath! Arch loves bathtime and splashes all over the place!

The boys were playing fetch one day. hahaha

I made a chocolate sheet cake for a bbq that we were having and I came downstairs after I showered....to this. Davis Mark Walter....you little cake bandit. I guess his unwanted cake testing isn't limited to just his uncle's wedding cake.

Roll, baby, roll!!

However, our bbq plans were thwarted because our baby got a big injury. I had bathed him before his nap and put him to sleep in just his diaper. When he woke up, I brought him downstairs and Cal and I were playing with him. I ran upstairs to get a onesie, and in the 10 seconds I was gone, Arch rolled from his back to his tummy. He hates tummy time and started crying. So, being a good big brother, Cal helped him roll back over (like he had done many times before), only this time his arm was caught behind his back and it got twisted. I knew his arm was broken almost immediately. He wouldn't squeeze my finger and his arm was dead weight. I took him in right away to the ER and the found a spiral fracture. Our poor guy got a splint and was casted 5 days later.

Still smiley!

Mitch took the big boys to the hitting range for awhile the next day. They loved it! The snack bar was especially a hit!

Davis looks like he had a little more than just lemonade in his cup.

Davis had a message for Papa!

I don't always wear gym clothes and a pony tail.....well, I mostly do, but sometimes I HAVE to get dressed up. I have to document these rare moments sometimes, mainly so that my children don't look back and think that I ALWAYS looked like a ragamuffin.

Davis's teacher sent me this one day. So cute!

This big boy got his cast! Davis wanted him to get a green one, so big surprise....Davis won. Like usual.

Davis's teachers sent me this video one day. :)

Davis was signing Arch's cast and "drawing bullsnakes". lol

We went to KC that weekend for Mitch's firm's work event. Luckily, we got to see my good college bud, Suzanne, and her family! Joe is getting so big and will have a baby sister this December.

Joe looks a little weary of the wild one on his left. lol

The view from our hotel floor.

We took the street car from the hotel to the KC Convention Center.

The event was amazing! There were carnival games for the kids, lots of snacks, face painting, etc.

Ella Eck was up first.....

So pretty!

Carrie was next....she was so excited about her Frozen makeup!

Danger Dave opted for Batman. Shocker!

Auggie and his T-Rex. :)

Cal got an awesome tiger face!

During the dinner and performance, Davis decided that he wanted to follow his best bud, Auggie. Also, he really loves Dom!

Sadly, our night ended on a terrifying note. Cal and the other kids were running sprints in the empty hallway. It seemed so safe because they weren't bothering anyone and they were enjoying themselves! Unfortunately, Cal tripped over someone and fell face first into the wall AC unit. He split his top lip open from the tip to the gums.....there was blood everywhere. We thought it was just a little cut at first, but we took him to the ER anyway. We got in there and the doctor lifted his lip and it looked like a valley....the lip was held together by the top layer of outside skin. It was such a wide and deep cut....so awful. Since Cal had just eaten, they had to wait 6 hours to give him anesthesia. I had to take the little boys home and Mitch stayed with Cal. At 4am, they put Cal under anesthesia and the Oral Surgeon put in 15 stitches. M and C got back to the hotel room around 5:30am. I hardly slept at all because I couldn't believe I wasn't with my baby when he was going under anesthesia.....but I also knew that I had to stay with the younger boys. It was a long, awful night...but thankfully, Cal healed well and quickly!

The next morn...Sunday.

Monday morn....

Tuesday morn.... :(

I had missed so much work in the last 7 days due to Archie's arm and then Cal's mouth....so Mom came up to stay with him one day. I came home and found these two nerds on the iPads playing the racing car game. haha

Oh hey, Don! He brought in a wee bit of muddy paw prints. We've had so much rain lately......8" just this last weekend alone!!!

Mitch tried to prep for the Tour de France on Davis's tricycle......the trike didn't fair too well.

His swelling was going down and his energy was returning!

Meanwhile, Arch turned 5 months old! He is interested in supported sitting, enjoys eating baby oatmeal and a variety of fruits and veggies, has discovered his voice, loves to laugh at his big brothers, smiles when spoken to.....overall, he's a very joyful baby. We are so blessed! Also....he hit a major growth spurt! I swear one day I tried to put his 6 month onesies on and it wouldn't snap. He's in 9 month onesies mostly, but the 12 month ones fit best.

The stitches have almost completely dissolved!

Handsome, party of 3. KSU Game Day!

The boys and I took a 2 hour walk around the Nature Center. It was the perfect morn....we didn't see a lot of animals, but it was fun being out in nature and investigating all the insects.