Sunday, September 30, 2012

7 years

 Trenton is 7 years wise today!  He is smart, funny, loving, thoughtful, and generous.  He is always thinking out loud, and is a spewer of facts.  His brain goes beyond what most children would care about, and he will fixate on unique interests.  
He loves Star Wars, Nerf Guns, School, drawing, science, and church.
He will talk with anyone that will listen and therefore he knows many people, although isn't as great at learning others names and what their interests are. 

Today, we celebrate him.  We love to have as much fun with him as we can, and so this year we had a Nerf Birthday.  We kept it small and invited only a few friends and of-course cousins.

 The first thing they had to do was gear up.  Ammo bags, safety goggles, guns,

and Fuel.


 They rode the zip-line and dropped life-size "darts" into buckets.


Shot army men for target practice.


Line-up for the obstacle course

raced through the balloons to hit the target at the end.




Then... we played Nerf Wars.





After the heat of battle was over, they hydrated, ate pizza, cake and ice cream!



Happy Birthday Trenton!

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Cubby Bears

 Even our little man went to back to school this week!  
He is very proud to be in the oldest group in his Preschool.  He is a big Cubby Bear!!





We are so proud of him! He loves his school and his teachers.  He easily makes friends.  He is funny and smart.  He is ready for anything that his older brother does, and when we have time alone together he is sweet, cuddly, and still loves to kiss.  
Three days a week, I am going to miss him following me around! 

Tuesday, September 04, 2012

Watch out 1st Grade!

Watch out 1st Grade, here comes T-Bone!





Being so close to the school, we had a few extra buddies as we walked to school today! 
It sure helped the anxiety!


Trenton started looking a little confused right after the above picture and after asking him if he was alright, he replied, "I just don't know what I am supposed to be doing."  I think the chaos, new room, new teacher fears started to set-in.

I know this was a big day for him, and I think his fears were the same as mine at the moment.  The relief came when he bounced his way home and shared details of his day including (word-for-word) the stories that were read.

I think he will love what this year has ahead of him!  Hopefully he won't grow out of a few things: like Star Wars, Legos, morning cartoons, and sitting on my lap for a hug.

The Lost Summer

I lost track of all the fun things we did this glorious, sunny, warm, green summer.  We never really stopped playing and I have a few pictures to prove that we laughed and played the entire time.

We played in the rivers...

we played in our yard...


we played at vacation bible school...

We hiked...

we played at Oaks Park...

 At the coast...


We played on our boat...

We even caught some fish...




Enjoyed Enchanted Forest...


 Swam...
 Swam....


Even lost a tooth while swimming...

Visited new waterparks...

Ate our new favorite ice cream...


Hosted a Bocce Tournament...

Bought a new bike and learned to go over our first ramp...


We played with cousins...

Enjoyed fireworks in the street...
 

And learned to ride a bike for the first time!!!

I cannot believe it is over.  Summer is the best time for anything.  We lived in bathing suits and survived off of popsicles.  Practically perfect.