15 Months!

Jason is 15 months old!  He is now in the 30th percentile for height and 25th percentile for weight!  The 25th percentile is up from the 3rd percentile!  Wahoo!  Jason is so fun!  He is the happiest, loudest toddler around!

First Day of First Grade!

The night before Max started school, Tony gave Max and Ryan father's blessings and we talked about making friends at school.  I thought this game was a fun way to encourage the boys to reach out to others.  Max was super excited to start the first grade.  He has Ms. Harrel as a teacher and he knows some kids who were in his class last year.  Every day he came home excited after having a good day.

Here he is on the first morning.

 

Family Time!

The boys (actually, I need to get out of the habit of writing that)...the kids have had a lot of family time with grandma!  They've gone on lots of bike rides, played outside, baked recipes, read stories, sang songs, you name it.  Last week for FHE, we played the flour game. 

Ryan did not enjoy tasting flour.

Jason thought it was pretty hilarious.

How the Boys are Doing

A lot of people have asked how the boys are adjusting to the new baby.  Max has become even more of a helper and sweet big brother.  Ryan's been helping more.  Both he and Ryan like to give Evelyn kisses on her head.  Life has been good for the boys as they got more time with dad and Grandma Kate!  We've also had friends come and take them for play dates which has been wonderful.  Jason is so much more of a toddler now than he was before.  He's getting so close to walking.  He stands all the time on his own and walks with the help of just one hand.  He loves to push cars around, go outside, do bubbles and laugh at the antics of his brothers.  His favorite bits of mischief making are emptying the shelves of books, splashing in the water (the toilet water if we'd let him--bleh) and dumping out his toy cars.  He is my only child so far to try turn the oven knobs while I'm trying to cook.  Yikes, lol. 

Here's Jason exploring.

Silly time and snuggle time with daddy.

 

 

And a random shot of the boys making airplanes out of the kitchen chairs.

Jason with his cars.

 Jason is very interested in his baby sister but as I'm sure you can imagine, he gets excited and doesn't know about being gentle yet.  I took this picture FAST! 

 

My Baby Girl!

Dancing in the Rain

There was a downpour yesterday, a deluge so I sent the boys outside to dance in the rain.

Good Bye Party

I helped throw a good-bye party for a family that is moving.  We are going to miss the Owens very much.  Maxwell is Max's age.  Bentley is Ryan's age and Bridger is Jason's age.  And Cody is older and such a sweetheart to have in primary.  I can't even put into words how much I've learned from Shelbi and how much I'm going to miss her positive, kind, generous personality. *Sigh*