What a great week it was! It was fun seeing the contrast in Kate and Cole's ages, even though they are just 2 years apart they are at such different stages and I was reminded of that during Cole's party. Kate had her cute friends over and each game and surprise I had planned was exciting and fun, then Cole had only 4 friends over, all 7 year old boys, and they were all over the place. Rowdy and loud and not super interested in structured games, just wanted to joke around and be obnoxious with each other :) So I let Cole decide what he wanted to do and it was a fun party, just so different from Kate's. Cole is at a stage where he wants to make us happy and proud, but also look cool in front of his friends and I really was hoping that wouldn't kick in till later. But I am so proud of him and the great things he does.
Cole loves to create and imagine, he has an extremely active imagination and can come up with whole worlds and plans around a single Lego set. He wants to design Lego sets or toys when he gets older, he's always amazed at how they came up with the pieces to fit exactly where they need to go. He also wants to work at 7-11 like his daddy because he's heard you get free slurpees if you do that, so we'll see what he settles on. He is technologically proficient (aren't most kids these days? So crazy) and very interested in anything with gears, a motor, or magnetic. He likes knowing how things work. He eats a lot and isn't too picky. He is passionate about fairness and possessions and can lose his temper pretty quickly. We are trying hard to teach him positive ways to handle his angry feelings and he'll head out to the punching bag hanging in the garage if he gets really fired up. He is a terrific reader with a great vocabulary, mostly interested in Lego Ninjago or superhero/Avengers type books. He loves a good garage sale and is always looking out for new signs on our routes around town. He is amazing at math (he added up two items at the store quicker than me a couple days ago, not that I'm super quick at math but they were more difficult adding) and loves science. He has lost 3 teeth, 2 bottom 1 top. He is doing a great job of taking care of his guppy and likes to have bigger responsibilities on his own. He has a strong foundational testimony and has learned how to teach a lesson during family time which I love. This boy will always be my first baby, the one who opened my eyes to motherhood and the blessings of children. I love him so much and feel proud of all he will accomplish!
Before birthday pics though, here are a few from earlier...
I just love how she's holding this baby here, like a champ.
On a particularly busy errand day, we splurged and did lunch at Costco. Of course, we had just gotten our food and sat down when Kate has to go to the restroom which is a big to-do at this point, because Costco was so busy, everyone was looking for an open table, and we just had gotten settled here with our food. It wasn't so simple to just leave and an older lady sitting next to us noticed my worrying about trying to get Kate to make it till after and offered to stay at our table with Lucy while I took these two to the potty. After making a quick judgment call (she reassured me she was a grandma and seemed very sweet), I left her playing with Lucy at our table. As I hurried into the bathroom, I realized I had taken my purse but left my youngest child. :/ We hurried back and the sweet lady had Lucy laughing and was very grateful for the chance to help me out and play with such a cute baby as she put it :) There are a lot of good people in this world! I'm thankful for those that help moms like me out.
She loves her bumbo!! Feels so big and likes being right in the action!
Last day of preschool 2015. This was a great year and Kate grew a ton. I loved doing it with Bert and Chase and their talented moms. I'm looking forward to starting with Luke one on one this year when Cole and Kate go to school in the fall.
This guy was making me laugh this day at the park. He still will come up and snuggle on my lap when he gets tired of running around, this day he curled up by my feet and then tried to get up a couple times but his head was too heavy to lift (this is a common problem for him from a laying down position). So he just chilled for a while. Every now and then he'd try to pick his head up and just flop right back down.
Cole earned his guppies from school! He had an amazing 2 weeks of great behavior and I picked him and our new pets up from school last week. We lost the smaller one within a few days :( But the bigger guy is going strong. He does a great job of taking care of him, cleaning out his home, and whatever else I ask. This was the first night he made the cute sign, Sorry, we're closed.
What a goofball! He decided to stand off to the side with a weird face for his baseball team picture this year. At least his individual shot was awesome.
Got a mini pot garden (not that kind of pot, planters pots) (I guess it is Oregon...) on the back porch with some strawberries, basil, and cilantro growin. I used the cilantro for dinner tonight and basil in dinner a couple nights ago, it's been fun!
This cracked me up, Kate set it up then called for me to come see. Too cute.
This is my view almost every other morning. I run on the treadmill and try hard to finish up before the kiddos are up, but sometimes they get up early and just hang out on the steps till I'm done, waiting for their turn to run for 2 min each. I should teach them to cheer for me so waiting is somewhat productive for them.
Luke found this salamander on our front porch! Cool.
We had car cousin Eva over one Saturday morning. She was a blast and fit right in with the others.
Luke took a couple cool pics one day without me knowing...
Happy kids!
Ok Cole's bday! Breakfast in bed was: bacon, scrambled eggs, toast, and mangoes. Oh and chocolate milk. He got super spoiled this day.
New bike! Sweet!
Cool new Lego set.
Checked on Lucy and she was like this one day. What a dream baby. Getting sooo big!
Caught these two together, sweetest thing.
Saying goodbye to Hershey, grandma Lisa's dog that died of cancer. She was a great dog and I'll miss her coming out to greet me when I pull up, or hang around the table outside during dinner hoping something would fall.
Kate spontaneously reading to Luke. Oh my goodness...We sure love our books around here!
I took some treats in for Cole's class his bd week. They played heads up 7 up! love that game.
We recently found this cowboy shirt (used to be Tyler's) and he has requested to wear it for a couple days in a row. His get-up to costco this week was hat, shirt, socks and cowboy boots, and linen shorts. Looked awesome.
Cole being catcher at his last game.
The party crew.
Luke wanted this all on yesterday! He always entertains!
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