4th Grade Track Districts 6-3-2010

Relay Track team! 1st Place! Can we say.....Booo-yah!



Nathan's 50 yard dash First Heat...Run Forest...Run! (blue shirt, white hair, on the right)



50 yard Championship Run! .....1st Place!!...District Champion!!...Love it!..Definitely from my side of the family...you're welcome Nathan...heh heh (can ya feel the sarcasm?)

4th Grade Track Qualify Round 5-25-2010

Relay Team Qualifying Run! Sa-moked it! Kaitlyn, Reilly, Jared and Nathan. Way to Go!



Nathan's Semi-Final 50 yd Dash...wooo-weee baby! Look for the platinum blonde dye job, that's our boy...thanks Aunt Keri, the hair stylist, for coming to town and having some "fun" with color.


Nathan's Final 50 yard dash! Going to Districts!



Reilly's 400 meter....Killed it! You da man!

I'm Twooo-rific!

I have finally finished Jonathan's yearly video...from age 2-3. What a year! He is such a funny little...I guess I should say "BIG" kid since he is in the 95% for height and weight. (I finally made it in to his 3 year old check up....6 months late!) What a beast! I love having such huge kid. He has really livened up our family. We are very grateful for him and are looking forward to what the next year brings. It is always a surprise with our Jonathan. :)

Mistaken Identity?

Here is a precious conversation I had with Jonathan the other day:
Jonathan: "When I get bigger I want to be a mommy like you!"
(yes...this is one of those oh so precious moments that sustains us for a long time through the not so precious moments)
Me: "Only Girls can be mommies and boys can be daddies. So when you grow up you will be a daddy like dad!"
Jonathan turns to Trent and says excitedly: "I can be a daddy like you when I grow up!"

I was thinking this was the end of this precious conversation until the next day, when things take a little twisty turn:

Jonathan: "When I grow up I want to be a mommy like you!"
Me: "Remember Jonathan...only girls can be mommy's and boys can be daddy's."
Jonathan: "When I grow up, I want to be a girl!"

Uh oh...That conversation didn't go as well as it should have. He proudly tells every person that we run across that when he grows up he wants to be a girl. Needless to say...we get some weird looks.

The other day he said, "When I grow up, I want to be black!"
Not sure where that came from, but this little guy sure keeps me on my toes!

Jonathan DVD birth to 1 year old

Jonathan's DVD

I have gone where I have never gone before....into the world of a dvd slideshow. My friend's daughter made one for Christmas and it inspired me to make one of my own, with the help of a program of course. So...here is one of them that I created for Jonathan. It is from his 1st- 2nd birthday. It is 10 minutes long, and Nathan says it is the longest 10 minutes of his life. So...it is more for me to document it than for anything else. Jonathan loves to watch it...so that is a bonus!

The Shoe Master

Jonathan has mastered the whole putting on the shoe by yourself trick. After months of trying to do it himself, and whining, "I can't dooo it!", he went and picked up his shoes, put them on, scaled up the shelf in the garage to open up the garage door, and went outside. It took me a minute to figure out where he went, when I saw him out the window heading out into the street. AHHHH! I am NOT liking that he has learned how to open the garage door, but I AM liking that my toddler can finally put on his own shoes. Times are changing my friends...