This year lance and the boys went all out with their pinewood derby cars. Brycen's car was a blue whale and Zac's was a tank with a movable gun. Both cars did well, but were not final winners. But boy did they look good!
Playing with Pappa in his train room
My friend is taking a photography class and needed some practice with family photos, so my parents let her have a photo shoot at their home. We didn't take pictures (we're waiting for baby Kambridge!), but we did help with crowd control. Thank Heavens for TV!
On Saturday, Brycen and Lance became part of History by riding their bikes across the new bridge on opening day. For those of who who do not know, we have lots of bridges in our town, a foot bridge, "the old bridge", "the new bridge", we also have a dam road, but it was closed by homeland security in 2003. The bridge that just opened is meant to replace the dam road. I kept telling the boys how many days until the new bridge was going to open, finally last Sunday as we were driving over "the new bridge" to get home from church Brycen asked why we were able to drive over the new bridge when it wasn't opened yet. Oops! I explained that they are building a "new new bridge" and that that was the one that would be opening soon. I think we will have to come up with some new names for all our bridges, because it really is confusing.
Today it was very windy so we went kite flying. Sadly it was almost too windy for our kites, but it was still fun.
Scottie discovered staying low and napping was a good way to avoid the wind.
Scott and Daddy trying to get the kite up.
Lastly, I love Brycen's school! This past week his class room stuffed animal Rex came to live with us. We took Rex to see Pappa's trains, he joined us for family night along with our friends the Smiths (yes, The Jones and the Smiths and the Smith mom is also named Kim!) He even went kite flying with us.
This is Brycen's entry in Rex's journal.
Last week every class at Brycen's school was transformed into different Biomes. Brycen's class did the Artic. Byrcen told everyone that came to visit the class about Arctic Winters. My friends were surprised at how much of a ham our well mannered boy can be. He decided it would be best to have his blue whale puppet do all the speaking for him. The teachers cranked up the AC and the place really felt like the Arctic too. He was disappointed to find out he did not get his picture in the paper like two of his classmates the next day though. I am so impressed at the vastness of knowledge he is gaining in kindergarten. They learn so much that is not part of standard curriculum. One day Brycen came home and told me that his teacher was a little sad on that particular day because it was her mom's birthday and even though her mom has been dead for a long time, she still thinks about her a lot on her birthday and misses her very much. I am so grateful for teachers who truly share their lives with Brycen and open up such a large world for him to enjoy and learn.
Brycen's Beluga whale. His Yak was very cute too, but it did not photograph as well.
Very last note: Zac lost another 2 teeth this week. I think that makes 10 now!
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