Happy B/day, Ethan

 My Ethan turned SEVEN today!!

 

Granny flew in today to celebrate his birthday weekend.

 Ethan took a few of his friends bowling tonight!

Lincoln was happy because his best buddy, Greyson, came too!  The music was loud and these two were dancing fools!

 He grinned from ear to ear all day long!!!

 It was definitely a LEGO party.  He received so many LEGOs.  I think he will be building for weeks!

 After presents, we had just a few minutes left to bowl.  We started bowling and I told them all it was time to go.  Suddenly, the lights went out and disco lights were turned on.  They all started squealing.  We had to go one more round!!!  They loved it so much!

I have to say, I even had a great time!!!  It's so fun to see them enjoy themselves so much!!

Upswing

It looks like Lincoln is on the upswing!!  He's had two days of antibiotics and they have helped!!!
Because he has been so sick, we have done very little besides watch movies for the past week.  We did manage to do a little Halloween craft!  The boys had a lot of fun making the banner!!!  I may break down and get their costumes next week.  I ask Lincoln everyday what he wants to be.  He's about 80% sure he wants to be a pirate!  SHOCKER!!!!

Super Proud

Nate and I could not be more proud of this guy!  His teacher wrote me a few weeks ago.  She shared his math scores with us.  He was exceeding expectations, and she wanted to see if he could be accelerated!  Of course, Nate and I jumped on the opportunity! 

Yesterday, we had a meeting at his school, and his math skills are even above what Nate and I were thinking.  So, tomorrow he is going to a second grade class for math! 

His teacher, Mrs. Thomas, sent out a questionnaire at the beginning of the year asking for some information about our child and what kind of goals we had for him.  My main goal was to boost his confidence.  I knew that once he became a little more confident in his abilities, he would start soaring!  My goal was not just an academic goal, but an overall confidence goal!  Again, he has begun exceeding my expectations!  He's riding his bike independently, he's doing great on the soccer field, he's (silently) reading all the time, and now he's moving to second grade math!  

When you get a chance, say a little prayer for him tomorrow!  I know that he is a little nervous about his new adventure! 

Just buddies

 The boys took a bike ride this evening.  Sorry for my blurry pictures, they were flying by!

 Link is still sick.  We have a doctor's appointment tomorrow.  Hopefully, we get some relief from the doc. tomorrow!

 Nate told me that on the ride Ethan started asking him how his day was and what he did.  Then, he told Nate all about his day.

Lincoln asked Nate to go fast and Ethan said, "It's not a race Link.  It's just buddies talking about their days!"

Where did the weekend go????

This weekend FLEW by!!! It was full of playing!

The boys went to play with their friends, Greyson and Grant, Friday night.  Saturday was SOCCER! 

Soccer was followed by a birthday party for Logan at Pump it Up.

These two guys are Ethan's new best buddies, Grant (on left) and Austin (in the middle).

Happy B/day, Logan!
Since Ethan was invited to the party, Nate took Link to the movies.  Link was so excited to have "Daddy Day!"

Sunday was gorgeous!!  After church and naps, we took the kiddos to the playground.  By coincidence, Aaron and Anna, our Thursday play friends, were at the playground!

Ethan was so excited to see his friend!  We have a crazy busy week this week!  Ethan's b/day is Friday night and Granny is coming to visit!!!!  Maybe next weekend will go a little slower than this one!

Sick

 Thursdays are our play date days.  When Link woke up yesterday morning, I noticed he had a fever.  I was so worried that he would be disappointed when I told him the friends weren't coming over.  I knew he was REALLY sick when he said, "Fine!  We are not going anywhere today!  I got a cold!"

After taking some motrin, watching lots of movies, and "resting" he's back to good.  He still has a runny nose and he says, "I NEED A TISSUE!" forty-two times a day, but he's feeling much better!

Mushrooms

Mommy, I am going to go outside and look at those things. 

Hmmmm....let me get a closer look.

Ahhhhh!  Mommy, those are mushrooms!!!