letter sandwich

Kye made his own sandwich and asked me to cut it into the letter "k". He thought it was awesome.

he's mobile

Hunter has started crawling! Today he was up on his hands and knees rocking back and forth. A friend suggested putting a toy in front of him just out of reach. I did and sure enough he crawled to get it.

new bike

Max was in desperate need of a new bike.  He was out riding his bike last weekend and his knees were practically hitting his chin.  He is growing too fast.  So he got an early birthday present this year.  We went to the store and he picked out a bike.  He wanted this orange Tony Hawk bike.  He was out riding it today for the first time with the tags still on it.

spelling bee

Max was in the 2nd grade spelling bee today. Each class sent their top 3 spellers to compete. They didn't send home a list to study, so we just thought of words and asked him to spell them. Max is an excellent speller and wanted to win so badly, or at least be in the top three to get a medal. I have never seen anyone more excited for a spelling bee. He made it to the third round and was asked to spell "tomorrow", he spelled it "t-o-m-m-o-r-o-w". He was devastated. After that round only 4 people were left and it went 2 more rounds. I went up and gave him a hug after the competition, he started tearing up and so I started crying because it broke my heart to see him so sad. He did an awesome job and I am so proud of him.

big announcement

Sam announced today that she likes dresses, but not skirts. It is kind of funny because she will only wear dresses to church, I stopped buying her casual play dresses. I am not going to let her wear her Easter dress to the park, or the black velvet one she got at Christmas, or the corduroy long sleeve because it is too hot. So she was very limited in her choices this morning. I'm not convinced this trend will last very long, but maybe next time I go shopping I will pick one up. All day people kept asking why Sam was in a dress.

orange juice skills

When we were first married we went to the Petty's every Sunday and ate waffles with them. We kept the tradition when we left Arizona and almost 10 years later we are still eating waffles every Sunday. As the kids have gotten bigger they have started to help. Kye's job is the orange juice. He makes it without any help. We like it when he gets the Braun out and mixes it. It is nice and frothy!

helping out

Kye asked to be the goalie today at his soccer game, even though it meant he had to wear a pink shirt. At first Kye was standing in the goal so Trevor went down to get him in the right spot and give him some pointers. Max ran down and was also giving advice. At this age level sometimes a parent will stand by the goal and keep the goalie focused.  Trevor came back and sat down to watch the game, but Max stayed down by the goal to help Kye.  Kye didn't seem to mind.