2015 Spirit Softball Game.

Gage's school has a spirit softball game in the Spring/end of the school year. It's so fun!

And this past year, the event also hosted a silent auction, with all of the proceeds to benefit Gage's little friend, H, who is still battling leukemia. (That's not him pictured above. H is a precious little girl who was too ill to attend the event.)

The kids made and sold bracelets and hairaccessories to raise money for H's medical costs. It was amazing to see these kids rally for afr

 ...and there was a flash mob. Loved it!

Birthday Party Fun...

Who wants pizza and cake and trampoline fun? I do, I do!

Dodgeball is always a hit with these boys...

Why are all the pictures so blurry? Because these kids are FAST!

Oh, they had a blast.

Good times.... but these boys are growing up so fast!

Field Day, Spring 2015

This boy LOVES Field Day.

Oh, good times.... If he could just stay little....get no bigger, and get no older. Time, please stand still! 

Get Your Mind Out of the Toilet!

When this third grade boy is given the assignment of researching an invention and inventor, what does he do? He chooses the flushing toilet. 

The narrative portion of his "advertisement" is in the toilet bowl, and then it was colored blue don't you know? "It's the water." I'm pretty proud of his creativity. If you look very closely, you can see his toilet paper roll to the right of the toilet.

Well done, son!

...and clearly we had to sit ON the potty to showcase the project for the pictures. Love him!

Would you look at that !?!?

Well, just look at it!

....now THAT'S some growth.

Brother: PM & AM

Oh, he's a growing boy. Still not too big to sleep with a lovey.... Love that.

 ...and in the morning: sleepy, bed-head, cereal before he heads out in the morning, already has his back-pack on.

He's growing up so fast.
I can't believe that this is his last year as a SINGLE DIGIT age. This is it.
{sniff*sniff, somebody pass the tissue!}

2nd Assisted Living Visit...

Gage and C had so much fun visiting the local assisted living and passing out holiday cards & candy canes, that they wanted to do it again! Gage's Gammy (my grandmother, his great-grandmother) lives in an assisted living facility in Dallas. He wanted to go there and combine a Gammy visit with a little cheer-spreading.
:)

He enlisted C and R1 to go with us. I think Gammy was pretty pleased and excited!

She had a little party table set out so nicely for the boys. We brought a quick and easy lunch, and she provided the snacks. It was all very cute. She sat with the boys and told tales about her Christmas memories...during the good times and during the tougher times.... The boys paid attention and asked questions. It was all so nice!

Gammy made these little treat bags for the boys:

Then she said, "Let's take one of those selfies again."
K.

(She's so fun.)

The boys found this ornament hanging on the tree and pretty much just marveled at "how old" it was. Ummm..... 1974? Not THAT long ago....Just sayin'.....To them, it was "like forever-ago."

They explored the chapel within the facility and thought that was "so neat."

 And then they walked around and tried to hand out a candy cane to every person they saw. It was sweet.

Gammy's assisted living has: an aquarium, several birds that you can visit with (they talk, and it's pretty fun), two bunnies, and residents can have their own pets if they can care for them. The kids like that when they visit. They have sculptures and art and you're encouraged to touch the art. They have an indoor pool. It's just a pretty fab place, and Gage thinks it must be so amazing to get to live there. For the holidays, they even had various balloon arrangements that were pretty neat.

The boys had a GREAT time, and were so well behaved. This was one proud Mama.

:)