Cole's 7th Birthday

We celebrated Cole's 7th birthday last Saturday.  He woke up to find balloons on the basement floor, the birthday banner and a huge balloon waiting for him upstairs.  Trevor had Digipen class that morning so we woke up early so Cole could open his presents from us before Trevor and Dad left for class.  First present was a shirt which was okay but 2nd present was a Pokémon video came.  That one got a "Yesssss!" from him. 

 

 A bit later in the day we celebrated Cole's birthday with a party at Chuck E Cheese.  Cole loved having his friends there.

 

Cole with Diesel and Logan

 Trevor posing with Lane and Nick

 Cole's cake

 The boys had pizza and lemonade followed by a slice of cake.

 He loved having everyone sing for him.

 In the ticket blaster.

 We opened his friends presents after we got home.  He was in Heaven.

 Pokémon cards!!!!!

 More Pokémon cards!!

 Legos!

 He had a great birthday party.

Thanks to all our family and friends who made Cole's birthday special.  We love you all.

Late Night with Kids Town

Trevor and I attended an event at our church called Late Night with Kids Town.  It was an event for 3-5th graders that went from 6-11PM.  Trevor was in a group with 4th grade boys and I was a leader for a group of 3rd grade girls.  It was a fun night with worship, pizza, games and a race with an egg to earn sundae toppings for dessert.  The last hour we watched The Zaniac Comedy Show

 guy.  He was very funny and kept the kids entertained.  It was a fun night and one we are both so happy to have been part of.

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