Thoughts of a 5 year old

Ryan and Damon are in the car, the radio is on and a commercial for Toyota comes on. Ryan asked Damon what they were talking about. Damon explains that Toyota is a type of car. Ryan replies, "Oh, I was wondering why they didn't say TOY -Master -YODA." Can you tell that he is just a little obsessed with Star Wars!

KINDERGARTEN!!

Our little family has entered a new chapter in our lives, our first born is now in kindergarten!! Where has the time gone? I don't think that I am ready for this. But whether or not I am ready doesn't seem to matter, life moves on. Ryan couldn't be happier. He is so excited, he loves it. While I am holding on to every last minute, Ryan is telling me I don't have to walk him in, I can just drop him off at the curb...When did he get so independent? I missed him while he was in school, and it seems the twins did too. Jack greeted him with a big hug when we picked him up from his first day.

4th of July BBQ

We celebrated Independence Day with some great friends and family. Always lots of fun and lots of good food. I was happy to add a few extras to the usual group this year.
The kids had great fun playing in the backyard together. Here are a few highlights.

The setup!

(Thanks for the help Laurie.)

Rebekah playing with Jack, they are good buddies. Rebekah likes to take care of him and he likes to be taken care of. This works out well! The kids enjoying the bounce house. Jack enjoying his root beer float, YUM!

Part of the gang!

The BIG hunt! They hunted for that tiny little tooth forever. Good thing the tooth fairy doesn't need proof!!!

LOST Tooth

Someone lost his first tooth!!

Ryan is so excited that he finally lost his tooth. He had been wiggling that tooth for weeks, and it finally popped out at our 4th of July BBQ. Ryan was wrestling around in the bounce house and bumped into one of the kids' heads, this knocked his tooth loose. He was so busy playing that he didn't even know what had happened, he said he just felt something hard in his mouth, so he pulled the tooth out of his mouth and THREW it into the grass!! A hunt for the tooth followed, but no luck. So we stuck a flag in the grass so the tooth fairy would know where to look.

He thinks it is great to have a missing tooth. He likes to come up with good uses for the open spot in his mouth; his favorite is that a lollipop stick fits right through it! How convenient.

Family Photos 2010

Here are some of my favorite pictures from our annual Brandley family photo shoot. I LOVE them! They always turn out so great. I think she caught some real fun moments and the kids personalities well.