Skater boy

We had a big weekend! We went yard saling Saturday morning. Daniel is a real trooper. He drags with me to many a yard sale in the hopes of scoring a toy. This weekend it was a GI Joe tank for 2 bucks! We brought it home and put in new batteries and now it lights up, shoots bullets, and makes noises. It's great! Then we spent the afternoon at the pool. It's been so unbearably hot here - that's really all we can muster up the energy to do. There's not a whole lot that Daniel loves more than swimming.



Except for maybe roller skating. He went on a field trip with the karate school to the skating rink and that's all he has talked about since! That day when Jason picked up Daniel, he wanted to go skating again that night. He has talked about it alot since then. So, Sunday afternoon I took him skating. I said to Jason, 'Remember that feeling you had when you sat on the snow sled and looked down the hill and thought - I am waaaaay too old for this? That's how I felt when I put on those skates and stood up for the first time.' Yikes! But, I found out - it's kind of like riding a bike. It comes right back to you. It was actually fun. Here are some cute shots:

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day Pop!! Thank you for all of the tickling, chasing, teaching, laughing, instructing, playing, biking and loving. We are so blessed to have you!

Who knew parenting would be so much work and so much fun at the same time?

Baseball season is over!

Baseball season is over and Daniel got a cool trophy to show for all his hard work. He had a great time learning baseball. We signed him up at church and they had a nice program. At that age, they don't keep score. Everyone gets a chance to hit the ball and run the bases. He loved it, but I don't know if baseball will be the sport for him. It's too much waiting around - wait for your turn to hit and then go out into the field and wait for the ball to come to you. Of course, a friend says that helps them practice patience. That's true - and he does need to work on that. We're signing up for soccer next. Here are some more cute pictures:

It's out!!!

I can't believe he lost his tooth! What a BIG boy!! Oh my - sniff, sniff. Wonder what the tooth fairy pays now-a-days? I am thinking a quarter - does that make me a cheapskate?

He is so excited. He probably won't be able to sleep tonight!!

My Loose Tooth

In Daniel's own words:

I have a loose tooth. The fairy is gonna get it behind the pillow and the fairy will pay some money. The other tooth will push it out and God made my tooth and it is gonna go and maybe the fairy will get some money and put it in the bed or in the pillow.

Aaaiiyah!

Now that school is out - what are we doing with our summer? Daniel is going to be with each set of the grandparents for one day of the week and the other 3 days he is going to Karate camp! I know what you're thinking - Karate, really? When we met with them to hear about their program, we were really impressed. They really had the summer all planned out and what they are going to teach the kids every week. It's not a solid day of Karate, they have other activities throughout the day too. They focus on discipline, self control and respect - all things that Daniel needs to work on. We felt that it was important for Daniel to be in a structured program this summer. We want him to have fun but thought it he only had fun all summer, then it would be extremely hard to go back to school and settle down in the fall.


So, thus Karate. We keep saying it could go one of two ways. It could be really good for him and give him the focus he needs OR we could be taking an already aggressive kid and teaching him how to hit and kick properly. We are hoping for number one obviously but at this point it could go either way. He's been there 3 days so far and we have aaaiiyah.....

I made him promise me that if he learns the flying kick, he will come home and teach me! The first day there he spent the whole evening going around saying, 'Yes Ma'am, No Ma'am, right away Ma'am'. I love it already!

We also let him live it up and take a bath in our big tub this weekend. Check out Santa Claus...

And he's had a great time playing with his pirate ship:

We're busy learning the fruits of the Spirit (you haven't lived until you've had them sung to you by a cute soldier pointing a gun at you) and the books of the Bible. It's going to be a BIG summer!!