Trevor turns 10!

Trevor turned 10 this week.  He was so excited.  He requested donuts for breakfast.  He was excited to wake up to find not only the donuts but a HUGE balloon as well.  We have a surprise slumber party planned for next weekend.  I can't wait to see his face when he walks in to find his friends and a Minecraft video game party.

 He picked out his own cake.  He kept saying, "It even has candles included so it saves us money."

 Photo Bomb

Tiger Scout Fire Station Tour

Cole's cub scout den visited the fire station.  They were excited to see the trucks and the firemen dressed up but they were most excited about hanging out with their buddies.

 11 of the 14 scouts in the den

 Silly picture

 Cole's best friends Logan, Braden and Nick

Cup Castle

The cup castle Trevor built at church.

Flower Planting Lesson

Now that Trevor is being home schooled it gives us more time to learn about the things we want to learn about.  My friend is a flower farmer and is teaching Trevor about the processes she goes through to get the flowers.  This week he took Ranunculus starts from the green house and planted them in the ground.  He also planted a Dahlia tuber that he will be tracking to see how it grows.  He was so excited and jumped right to help plant the flowers.  He asked a lot of great questions and asked if he could be her flower farmer apprentice.

Wrestling Picture Day

Cole's wrestling club had group pictures last week.  It took them over 30 minutes to get all the boys set up right.  Afterwards they did a group huddle. 

Pinewood Derby 2016

Today was Pinewood Derby day for Cub Scouts.  Trevor and I went while Cole and Craig went to a wrestling tournament.  Cole made his car a skateboard and painted it green and added stickers.  He named it Death Wish.  Trevor chose a silver wedge shape and we drew a dragon on the front.  He named it Silver Dragon.

 

Here are all the cars lined up and ready

 Cole's car is the green one in the front and Trevor's is the silver one right next to it.

 Trevor repeatedly won 1st place in the heats.

 Trevor receiving his first place medal for winning 1st in the downhill track race.  He was so excited to win.

 Top 5 winners

 Showing off his 1st place medal

After the downhill race they did a removed part of the track and did the "loop of death".  Only two cars made it through the loop and to the end.  Cole's car was one of the two and he took 2nd place.   So proud of my scouts.

Walking the Pipeline Trail

Experience Music Project 2015

We took the boys to the Experience Music Project yesterday.  They had a Hello Kitty exhibit which was interesting.  The boys liked the computer game room the best.  They also had some rooms with costumes from Sci-fi, Fantasy and Horror movie.

Great Wolf Lodge 2015

We took the boys to Great Wolf Lodge as their main Christmas present.  This was our first time to visit so we were all super excited and had no real idea what to expect.  We knew there would be a water park but had no idea about the Magi Quest.  The lodge was decorated for Christmas and would "snow" a couple times a day.  The first thing we did was get our wands for the Magi Quest.  This turned out to be so tiring but a ton of fun.  You had to follow the clues to find the next thing.  We were running up and down 5 floors of stairs repeatedly for two days.  We woke up sore every day.  The boys loved their first water park experience.  We had to climb several stories of stairs to get the the big tube rides.  The theme for the weekend was definitely...Stairs!

 Boys in their "room" at the lodge.  They had their own space with bunk beds and a TV.

 Playing Magi Quest

 Wearing his wolf ears.

 Coming out of Howlin' Tornado

Christmas 2015

We had a great Christmas this year.  We started out Christmas eve with bowling and homemade pizza.  We made sure to put out some cookies and milk for Santa.  Trevor had a rough night and didn't sleep at all so I stayed up with him and watched Christmas movies.  It was his first time seeing The Christmas Story.  He loved it and laughed the whole way through.  Cole woke up at 5:45 and quickly went and woke Craig up. After tearing through their gifts they spent the rest of the day playing and watching movies.

 Opening his stocking gifts.

 Max was excited about all the presents.

 Opening presents from Santa.  Why are they so small?

 We got a Nintendo 3DS!!!! 

 Instead of a big gift we took the boys to Great Wolf Lodge for a couple days.  They had to unscramble the letters before finding out what their gift was.

 Playing around with Daddy's new selfie stick and Trevor's tongue bookmark.

Thank you for all the great gifts!

Cole's First Wrestling Match

Cole had his first wrestling match today.  He wrestled 3 times.  Two times were against boys that are in their second year.  He wrestled once against a girl from his club.  He did really well and tried hard for every match.  He won one match and lost two.  He had a great time and was eager to learn from all the different coaches there.  Next tournament is in January.

Reflections 2015

The boys entered the Reflections art contest at school.  The theme for the year is Let Your Imagination Fly.  Trevor submitted a picture of Cole wearing a cape and mask on a tire swing and Cole submitted a collage.  Trevor was not able to attend the ceremony due to cub scouts.  They had pictures of the art work on the screen and the kid that made them stood up front while they read their artist statements.  Trevor's piece won honorable mention and Cole's advanced to the next round.  Cole's piece will be judged against all the kids from the school district.  If he does well there he will go on to the state level.  Both boys did a great job and they were super proud of themselves.

PTSA Board Christmas Party 2015

We had our PTSA board Christmas party last night.  It was an ugly sweater theme and these ladies went all out.  I am so thankful for such an awesome group of women to work with.