The Gobar Family

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

It's FALL, Yall

Seriously, where did September go?!? I'm not complaining though because I LOVE fall and the cooler temperatures and the excitement of all the holidays right around the corner. We have been telling Ethan that Halloween is getting close and he says, "Yeah, Halloween is on its way to Texas"! I guess Halloween lives elsewhere throughout the year. :)

Mason is 16 months already. He really is becoming more and more of a little boy and less like a baby everyday. Makes me happy and sad at the same time. Just for the sake of posterity here are the words he says: EAT-his FAVORITE. Kid can eat. Complete opposite of his picky eater brother.
Go, Daddy, Poppy, out, ball, hot (another favorite), hat, cheese, cookie, Mommy (doesn't say it often enough for my liking), bye-bye, cold, hi, bumblebee, tee-tee (watches his brother go, so maybe he will potty train easier and faster?), help, night-night, and book.

And I can't believe Ethan is going on 4 years old. How can that be? He is SO funny and likes to make people laugh. Love him SO much. We started soccer and his first game will be Saturday. Excited to see how he will do. He seems upset because "the other kids will try to swipe (can you tell we watch Dora?) the ball from me"! He doesn't quite get the "game" concept yet.

Here are a bunch of recent pictures of my loves.

Daddy dressed him and didn't realize he had on 2 different shoes!

activity from Pinterest. Fun, but whoever said this occupied their 3 year old for 2 hours was LYING

Mason trying his hand at ski-ball at Chuck E. Cheese

fun at the park

gotta love the iPad for doctor visits. Here he was covered in a rash (can't really tell from the pic)...turned out he is allergic to certain medicines!

Ethan in his new Thomas shirt

riding the train at the mall

Mason loves to cuddle with blankets!

The boys got their passports! We are going to Grand Cayman with Jake's family in June 2013!

cake face!

playing in the backyard

we took Ethan to see Finding Nemo in 3D!

at soccer practice! he's the one in red.

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Time for School!

Sadly, preschool started over a month ago and I am just now getting around to blogging about it. Ah well.

We have the boys at a wonderful preschool just south of Katy in Richmond called Faith School for Young Children. Ethan attended last year and we were just so impressed with it. They go on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9-2. Perfect break for Mommy but I also have lots of time with them at home to go on playdates, etc.

This year, Ethan is in the 3's Zebra Class with Ms. Megan and Ms. Dawn. He asked about school a lot over the summer...and by a lot, I mean, almost every day. I just kept telling him that all the teachers were on vacation and that he would start soon. On Meet the Teacher day, he was very confused why he wasn't in the same classroom as last year and why he didn't have the same teachers, even though I had been preparing him for that over the summer. But he loves it just as much and has a lot of the same friends in his class.

Mason was a different story. He is right in the middle of the stranger anxiety phase (Ethan went through it too at this age) plus he's just not used to being dropped off like Ethan was since I worked when Ethan was 5 months to age 2. He cries and cries when we drop him off at the nursery at church, though he is getting better at that. I knew that school was going to be a tough transition on him. Mason is in the toddler class with Ms. Dawn (the most adorable British lady EVER) and Ms. Christy. He did ok at Meet the Teacher, even when I was bouncing back and forth between the boys' classrooms. But he was NOT ok on the first day. I had Jake come with me that day since I had all the boys' school supplies to carry and he wanted to meet their teachers too. We dropped him off and quickly left since I did not want to prolong the 'goodbye' event. We could hear him SCREAMING even as we walked to the car. Broke my heart. But we were reassured that it was normal and that he would get used to it. Now, a month into it, he practically leaps out of my arms to RUN into his classroom. Definitely an answer to this momma's prayers!

Here are a few pics from Meet the Teacher, First Day, and Grandparents' Day last week:

First Day! Daddy was taking the picture...wish we would have gotten one of all 4 of us...

water bottles for their teachers on the first day that said "We hope you had a TEA-riffic first day!

Mason exploring on Meet the Teacher

Ethan exploring on Meet the Teacher

~~Ethan~~ Mommy had to decorate his star for their bulletin board.

Ethan with Grandma!

Mason caught a glimpse of his grandparents while they came for Ethan's celebration, but he didn't cry!

playing on the playground

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Mason-15 months

Wow, Mason turned 15 months last Thursday! We took him to the Dr. the following day and he is getting so big! 98th percentile for height (whoa) at 34 inches, and 30th percentile for weight at 23 pounds. Ethan was 36 inches when he was THREE!! This kid is crazy tall. He is the youngest in his preschool class (it's supposed to be a class for 18-24 months, but the director was nice and let me start him early). Anyway, he is the youngest in the class but bigger than most of the others.

We started the boys at preschool yesterday so I will post a few of those pictures later.

For now, here's some sweet ones of my youngest boy. Love him!

Thursday, August 9, 2012

Summer Photo Journey!

As promised, here are LOTS of pics from this summer! All from my iPhone so not the best quality. We have been trying to stay busy and also do things indoors since it's so stinkin hot here! Can't believe summer is winding down but I am definitely ready for cooler weather and for preschool to start! ;)

Mason is 14 months and Ethan is 3 1/2. Can't believe my babies are getting so big!