And the Race is On!

I have this 7 year old girl,

who LOVES

I mean LOVES to run.

It does not come from me.

She has been wanting to run a race,

so we found a 1k kids run and entered the oldest 3

 

 there were not too many kiddos

 and they are off

Cyrus is 5 in the middle in red

goodness he was so cute

 Lydia came in 3 or 4th?

(I did not keep track - they were out there just for fun

besides I was too busy with my camera!)

if you look behind this girl you may see a certain boy in blue...

 We have to work on this boy's form-

he runs so heavy on his feet!

 and this guy

our Cy guy

he was so happy when he came up the finish

 

and proud of himself

even though

he knew his brother and sister would beat him.

 

He wore his medal for a good part of the day!

It was definitely a good experience.

They are already looking forward to the next run!

 

  This one hung out on dad's shoulders!

Lydia ending up coming home and wanting to run more!

The girl ran almost 2 miles when she got home!

Last Day of Kindergarten

This was the last day of kindergarten for Evan.  He did a super job all year ~ I could not be more proud! Never once did his "Kelso Stick" go down to the "oops" cup or for that matter the "super sad" cup.  I think he was the only one in his class who was able to do that! Now if he could just do that at home!!!

 

But, sadly I have been noticing he is starting to immitate some of the things he has learned from the "other kids" at school.  The obnoxious stuff.  He may not be able to define the word sarcasm, but knows how to talk that way.  This morning he told his little brother "oh nice job" when he was quite annoyed with him for wrecking something.  I think back a year ago and he never would have expressed himself that way. Sure, he would have spoke his mind but not sacastically.  And I know it is pretty normal for many of us (including myself) to speak that way. But, I also look at my almost 5 year old Lydia who would never think to say anything sarcastic.  She is so pure and innocent.  I have swallowed somethings that have happened to Evan his 1st year of kindergarten and try to remind myself it is part of life, but, I cannot help but think about Lydia next year having to lose some of her innocence that comes from being exposed to the "other kids"....

But for now we will enjoy our summer bubble of time.



He thought it was funny to hold his lunch box up ~ so did I!

My Preschooler

I cannot take credit for this photo

but needless to say it is among my favorites.

Sometimes I wish I could freeze time,
have I said that before...probably.

This hot (check out that sweat!), cotton candy eating boy will soon be turning 6 years old.

He is such a sweet little boy.

Recently there has been a bit of talk of a Wii, we do not own one, but he knows some kids that do.  He does not whine or expect one right now, he has just asked if he could get one when he turns 7 for his birthday (which will be next fall).  I found that quite sweet.  He has always been sooooo awesome when we pick out a b-day gift for another child at a store about not whining to get something too. 

However, I am starting to dread the "parent pressure" of keeping up with the OTHER parents when they are all saying yes, to so much.......ugh....

NOTE:  I am not saying Wii's are bad or anything, just trying to avoid one for as long as possible for various reasons!

For now he does get to watch movies when we go on "long trips" - like the Stanton County Fair we went to in August - hence the heat in the above pics!