4th of July

We didn't have an extraordinarily patriotic day, but we did spend some quality family time together.

 

Tom fired up the smoker and smoked a couple of chickens. (I still don't eat beef or pork.)  While that was going, he set up the Slip-N-Slide for the kids.

 

Micah had tons of fun but had a hard time getting over the inflated bump in the middle of the slide.  Silas liked the sprinkler effect the slide made.  He also liked throwing inflated balls at his big brother as he came down the slight hill.

 

 I know this kid is a bit shaggy.  He needs a haircut and I just can't find time to take him that isn't right in the middle of his nap time.  We'll get there one day.

He loves his hand-me-down towel from his cousins.

 

The rest of the day we relaxed on the patio and played with the kids.  Nothing fancy.  Just us being us.  It was good.

 

Hope you had a nice 4th as well!

Graduation Day

June 4, 2013 was a big day for our little guy.  He graduated from Pre-Kindergarten!  Almost 50 kids (two classes)were in the graduation ceremony.  Each class sang and danced to a song or two and then each child had their time to shine on stage as they received their diplomas from their teachers.  It was really sweet.  I may have teared up a bit. 

 

Here are a few clips from the whole ceremony.  Sorry I'm not too savvy with videos and couldn't mix it all into one long video, but here are the highlights:

 

 And we couldn't leave without a picture with his girlfriend Sydney:)

Happy Father's Day

That's my Daddy and I love him very much!  Happy Father's Day to all of the Dads out there.

Loving Summer

...And the lake!

Micah and I piddled on the lake for a while Saturday afternoon.  We had some glorious weather.  Love living so close to the water!

Hopefully, I'll finish up the next post all about Micah's graduation this week. 

Silas 18 to 19 Months

 

Tidbits About Our Chunk:

 

1. Weight: 24.2 lbs (50%) (At 18 month check-up)
2. Length: 33.5 in (84%) (At 18 month check-up)
3. Head Circumference:  (75%) (At 18 month check-up)
4. He still loves bubbles.
5. Silas' vocabulary has grown to include "yes", "outside" (his favorite word), "cook cook" for cookie, "shoes", "milk", "please", and "meow" for cat.
6. At school he'll be moving up from the Toddlers class to the Early Preschool class on June 10th.  He's growing up too fast!
7. Often we find Silas standing at the backdoor repeating "outside, outside, outside".  That boy loves to be outside.
8. He still loves bananas, but he has begun to be a little more picky.  (Uh oh, what am I doing wrong?)  He's tried many things, but his favorites remain: Froot Loops, raisins, bananas, and yogurt.  What can I say?  He likes sweets.
9.  I'm proud to say that we have discontinued the use of bottles in our house...at least until the next little one comes around (and no, we're not pregnant).  Silas was a champ.  He had his last warm bottle of milk the day he turned 18-months-old and that was the end of that.  No fussing the next night.  We continued our normal bedtime routine just skipping the bottle.  No problems.
10. Silas is beginning to enjoy watching TV.  He'll only sit still for about 5 minutes, but it's enough time for me to unload a few dishes from the dishwasher without having a little guy climb in the dishwasher when I'm not looking.

 

Scorpians T-ball

Our spring sports have just wrapped up.  We finished our last t-ball game this weekend.  Here are a few pictures from the season.

 I love that Micah got so mad at the ball he grit his teeth.

Primrose

An update on the boys' school:

 

 

We're getting ready to wrap up another year at Primrose with a Pre-K graduation.  Micah is getting really excited.  He will be starting Kindergarten in the fall, but he will continue at Primrose.  Tom and I made the decision to let him continue at Primrose for one year of Kindergarten, and we will most likely let him repeat Kindergarten again in public school the following year.

 

In Texas the birth date cut-off is September 1st.  That's just six days after his birthday.  Tom and I decided that, while he is not behind in academics, we still would like to hold him back a year.  We think he will benefit in the long run with the extra year and hopefully a little extra maturity.  Tom really wants him to be able to play sports too. 

 

Silas is doing well in school too.  In April we received this note from his teacher.  'Atta boy, Silas!

 

Here's their spring class photos.  I love these because you never know what all those kids are going to do for the camera at the same time. 

 Most days Micah's girlfriends (yes, girlfriends) are Sydney (middle row, far left) and Diem (middle row, far right).