Drew's 4th Birthday

Drew had a very fun party at Bounce-a-Rama and enjoyed his Spiderman/Superman/Batman cake.  All his friends came and he had a blast.  Yesterday, the day before his birthday, we went to visit MaMa and Grandmother with Grandmama, Grandad, and Dylan and he opened presents there. Then, we came home and he opened presents from Gram and us.  We finally gave in on the weapons, so Drew got three Nerf guns, a couple of foam swords for the pool, and Hulk "Smash" hands. Kate spent her own money to buy him a Bat Cave and she told me that she enjoyed seeing him open it more than she enjoyed getting presents herself.  He got lots of fun outdoor toys like an airplane shooter, a helicopter, and a stomp rocket, along with some great action figures and even a fishing set.  Today, he gets a day off of school and chores and can play or watch tv all he wants until his soccer practice tonight (as long as he doesn't interrupt school for the others).  

Stonehenge

Only one cricket was harmed in this construction and it was purely accidental.

Too much school

Funny comments from Drew and Kate and Sweet Comment from Ben

On the way home from church today, Drew noticed that someone had a sprinkler going.  He said, "Hey - Why is someone washing their grass?"

On our first day of studying Astronomy, we were looking on my phone to see where the stars and planets were in relation to where we were.  When I pointed the phone toward Kate's head, we could see Uranus on the sky map.  Kate said, "My head's Uranus!  I never thought my head would be Uranus!"  

On the way home from a homeschool swimming party tonight, Kate and Drew were thanking us for taking them and telling us they loved us.  Ben said, "I love you too Mommy!"  That's the longest understandable sentence he's uttered so far.

Drew's Special Date

With Tony and Addie.  The Cubs won.  Their favorite thing were the racing tools in the outfield.

Kate's special date

Playing dress up at the store and then ihop

Brothers

Leaving the bouncy place

Drew's haircut

Chris convinced me to try it...he looks so different!

How we spend our free time

Zoo

Before and after

Water play

Ben was so scared of the water at first and then had great fun

Bball camp

Kate's on the left in the group pic

Pics pt1

Kate's medal from finishing 3rd in the miles4 smiles 3k, bubble bath

This might be my new favorite picture.

And yes, between Drew, Ben, and the backpack, I am just randomly standing around with an extra 70 pounds of squirminess on me.

Drew's first cartwheel and the letter R

Tonight, Drew had his first fully successful cartwheel with full rotation and sticking the landing.  It was quite an unexpected sight.

 

Also somewhat randomly, he said car with the correct R pronunciation yesterday which was unexpected, unworked on, and caught us by surprise.  Here's hoping it's much easier for him to get his Rs correct than it was for Kate.