May 2014

May was a fun month for our family. Dylan graduated from Kindergarten!! He loves school and is a great student--and pretty smart too! He loved being in Mrs. Stewart's class. He made tons of new friends and became a great reader. His graduation program was so cute. Even grammy came down to see him graduate.

Dylan also celebrated his 6th birthday on May 23rd. He had a birthday party at the house with a bunch of neighborhood friends! We played games and got wet. He was spoiled rotten. He chose to go to Dickey's Barbeque for his birthday dinner--a great choice above pizza (we eat pizza every Friday night!)

Panorama Achiever Award

Connor and Dylan both received the Panorama Achiever Award at school this year. They had to do lots of extra work all year long from service projects, sports, improving test scores, science fair projects, and lots of hard work in class and at home! They both did amazing things in school this year and this was their reward for working so hard! Way to go boys!!

Jr. Jazz

Connor and Dylan just finished up playing Jr. Jazz basketball. They loved playing on separate teams. Connor got to play with his 1st grade friends and Dylan played with his Kindergarten friends. They were dribbling, passin', shootin' fools out there on the court! It's so fun to watch them start to understand the game a little bit better each week. They had so much!

Kindness

Where do I start with this handsome little man. Connor is loving kindergarten this year! He loves to play with friends from school...and wishes he could play ever day. He is learning to read, and is becoming quite the little speller. He still loves to play the wii, jump on the trampoline, ride bikes and play on mom's phone. He loves all things boy: Legos, Spiderman, Star Wars, and playing tough.
A few weeks ago Connor was selected by his teacher to receive the "Kindness Award" for the month of December. He is definitely a kind boy. I was a proud momma when I found out that he was getting this award. I have taught him his whole life to be kind to others and to be a good example to his friends. I am so proud of him and hope he will always be kind. Love you Connor boy!

six

connor is six. i have a six year old. my oldest is six. he's in kindergarten, and he is six.

yesterday we celebrated his birthday with a party. not just a party, a spongebob barfy-pants birthday party. i am not a spongebob fan. i would rather my kids watched a million other shows on the t.v than spongebob. but, i let him choose the kind of party he wanted. he chose spongebob barfy-pants, so i went all out for him. he invited friends from school, the neighborhood and a few from primary. lucky for me, they are all still young enough that i got away with a little duck-duck-goose, red-light-green-light, little caesars pizza (sans breadsticks), green kool-aid, and some barfy-pants cupcakes.

connor had so much fun. he has some awesome little friends and he got some really fun presents. we are so lucky and blessed to live in such a great neighborhood!

fun facts about connor at age 6:
he has found a new love/talent for coloring and drawing
he is very gentle with sam
he shares just about everything with dylan
he is learning to read
he can do simple adding and subtracting in his head
he has made lots of new friends in kindergarten
he reminds us to read the book of mormon every night
he will finally talk on the phone (instead of nodding his head up and down)
he loves to say prayers
he still loves his bestie paige
he can ride a bike without training wheels
he is playing flag football
he is still so sweet, kind, a little shy, he loves his momma and totally idolizes his dad!

we love you connor boy!

kindergarten

connor-boy

you sweet little thing. i am so proud of you. today is a great day. we have been counting down the days to go to kindergarten all summer long. and finally, this morning, you were able to pick out a new shirt and wear and your awesome new nikes to school! you were so excited to take your new superheros backpack and "party stuff" for your teacher (really it was a box of kleenex, wipes, glue sticks and some prize stuff for your prize box). we got to the school just as the bell was ringing. i snapped a few pictures of you and you were on your way!

kindergarten is going to be so much fun for you. i am excited to watch you continue learning and growing. keep being such a funny kid.

love you handsome
mom

(and just for the sake of remembering--i did not cry! it was fun watching him hang up his backpack, find his seat and check out his new classroom. i am a proud momma but not a tear was shed!)