He's Growing Up!

This summer's been fun, full of learning and firsts. We visited the farm in South Dakota, he took swim lessons two times and practiced at home and in Jackie & Susie's pool, spent lots of time in Daddy daycare, spent a week with Poppy & Granna, fed horses for the first time, participated in his first VBS, and shot his first gun. He learned how to write some of his letters, and even drew his first family portrait. Overall, it was a great summer!

Look Who's Five!

David recently celebrated his 5th birthday with family and a "How To Train Your Dragon" cake. We ate at Cafe Antigua, bought some soccer shoes for his upcoming season, and napped before the party began. Then it was all fun and lots of cake and ice cream! Happy 5th b-day, kiddo!

Pre-K, Here We Come!

And so it begins...David started his Pre-K program yesterday and had a blast. He and I both were pretty calm and relaxed about it all, probably because Kyle and I took him for a visit last week and have been talking it up until now. When we picked him up, he was nothing but smiles, and his teacher, Ms. Staci, said he did really well and was incredibly polite. The morning teacher, Ms. Diane, said the same thing this morning when I dropped him off. "He has manners!" (That was definitely nice to hear.) His favorite aspect of the day was riding the little red bike; he said he was pretending to be Lightning McQueen off of the CARS movie. Looks like he's off to a great start because he's all smiles when we drop him off and pick him up!

Growin' Little Man

ALL BY HIMSELF

For a few months now, David has been fully taking a shower, applying lotion, and getting his toothbrush ready. One final step to independence: brushing his own teeth.

CHART

For Christmas, David received Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace Jr, so we upgraded his chart and posted a picture of Flo (the CARS character), his first item to purchase. After many weeks of chores, he finally earned enough to go get his toy. His next financial goal? Battle droids and Cad Bane.

Work hard, little man! E

Cold Discoveries

This week we've been snowed in for about 3 days now, and David is completely excited. For months, he's been talking about when it's going to snow.

"Mama, when it snows, I gonna throw a snowball at Daddy."

Well, one little boy got his wish yesterday! :)

On Monday, Kyle threw our old fridge ice out onto the back porch. David finished his chore of feeding the dogs, he opened the back door to finish, saw the ice, and exclaimed, "Mama, we can't go to Cathy's or work! There's ice on the ground!"

Funny kiddo. E

Just Checking

A keen observer, David checks in every now and then to make sure his rules are our rules.

#1--

Kyle: "I'm going to take a shower."

David: "Daddy, wait!...Don't forget to wash behind your ears!"

(Jan. 23)

#2--
(Kyle made cookies after lunch.)
David: "Mama, you finished? I take your bowl to the sink." (David looks into my bowl, eyeing some remaining fried rice.) "Mama, no get a cookie! She didn't finish her food!"
Me: "Alright, bring it back here." (I eat my food, David checks my bowl, and I get a cookie. All this happened as Kyle snickers in the kitchen.)
(Jan.15)

"Piggy Pig"

And so it begins...Since seeing guinea pigs (or what he calls "piggy pigs") in his recently acquired animal encyclopedia (Thank you, Daddy!), and after hearing stories about my childhood guinea pigs (Elmo and PeeWee), David has been fascinated with acquiring his own. However, Kyle has set a few facts straight.

Convo #1:

David: "Daddy, I wanna piggy pig."

Kyle: "Maybe after the dogs die."

David: "Oh...uh, okay."

Convo #2: (2 minutes later)

David: "Daddy, after the dogs die, I buy a piggy pig."

Kyle: "You'll need to save your money. It needs a cage, water bottle, and food."

David: "Oh...uh, okay."

Convo #3: (2 minutes later)

David: "Daddy, I need a guinea pig and a cage and a water bottle."

Kyle: "Who's going to take care of it?"
David: "I will!!! ...I give it water and food."
Kyle: "What about when it gets sick?"
David: "I prolly take it to the doctor."

Kyle: "What are you going to name your guinea pig?"

David: "Uh...prolly...Pancakes!"

Too cute! E