Killing Time

Today we had about 15 extra minutes. Dane suggested we go to Inside Scoop. Ok! We split a bowl of ice cream. :)

Bananagrams

This sweet boy. ❤️

Track and Field Day!

These boys are SO excited for track and field day today!  They're especially pumped for the 40 yard dash and tug of war. Will wanted to take his football gloves - not sure if he smuggled them into his backpack or not.  And Dane had a sunscreen mishap, hence the closed eyes, but at least he was happy! (I've known sunscreen-in-eyes to ruin a whole morning!)

Lego Will

Will is (thankfully) one of those kids that can completely entertain himself. He can play outside or in the playroom forever just doing his own thing. Last night and then this morning he was working away on these. :) One for me and one for Luke. What a sweet boy!!

Holidays

Having a conversation w boys about holidays:

Me: I really like Halloween. 

Will: You do!?  Why?  You never even dress up!

Me: Well I used to every year, but now I have fun dressing you up. 

Will: You should dress up this year. 

Me: maybe I will. 

...silence...

Will: I know, you could be a witch. 

Dane: Or you could be a Grandma! A really old Grandma! 

Sssssnake

Landon, Payton, and Ricky's snake..

Will didn't want to hold it. 

Working Hard

My sweet boys. They were drawing robots. 

My baby is 6!

I've been meaning to post about Dane turning 6 for, well, a very long time. 

Dane is such a sweet and tender-hearted little boy. He cares about others and (usually) does the right, kind thing. He's mentally tough. He's usually the kid tagging behind the big kids, since he's often with his big brother and his friends. He's so smart. He's doing so great in school. Each 9 weeks he's received a "ribbon kid" award, which in kindergarten means that he's overall doing a great job academically and behaviorally. Only a few kids in his class receive the award. Lately he's even been learning some of his brothers second grade spelling words! This week he learned "noisy."  For a long time he's joined in when Will is reading, adding in a word here or there. He loves soccer and basketball. Loves his brother, and is also very good at pushing his brother's buttons. 

He is a good eater- loves meat of any kind which makes his Daddy proud. And nachos, which makes his Momma proud. He's usually up for trying new things. 

He is so funny. He says the funniest things and making people laugh just comes naturally to him. 

He is a slow waker in the mornings and needs some time to wake up before doing much or eating anything. (Learning this sooner could have saved us some ugly mornings!)

Dane is such a precious soul. If I loved him any more I'm pretty sure my heart would explode out of my chest. 

Luke and I got him a watch for his birthday when we were in Vegas. Love Swatch Watch! He's had fun and done a great job learning how to tell time with a watch with hands (not digital). 

He had his birthday party at Sky Zone which he was SO excited about. 

Nellie, Aslyn, Jude, Fisher, Landon, Payton, Will, Brady, Dane, and Hudson. 

 Will begged to decorate his cake. :)

With some birthday money we let him buy a toy he's been wanting forever, Twister Terrain, which is supposed to move forward, backward, or sideways on land and water. We have yet to try it on water, but have big plans to this summer. 

So excited!!

I love this sweet boy so much. 

Sunday Funday

My boys skipping some rocks into the river. 

Relaxing in the hammock. 

Of course this was going to happen.