Community Helper Day

Today was Community Helper Day for the Kindergarten classes at Kelsie and Kyle’s school. Many great men and women took time out of their day to explain (or try to explain) what they do for a living. Each of them brought goodies to pass out to the kids. A Firefighter, Preacher, Geologist, Lt. Col. in the Army, a Musician… and Kyle’s favorite…

“Mom, look, the cafeteria lady gave this to me”

“No, Kyle, I’m pretty sure that was a Doctor”

Heart Full of Love

Kyle’s Kindergarten teacher assigned the parent’s homework this week (thought my days of completing homework were done!). On a construction paper heart, I had to show what is special about my child. The obvious – he’s so handsome and has this little smile that will melt your heart (and get him out of a lot of trouble!). He’s smart, kind, affectionate, athletic, energetic and funny. I love when he tells me “I love you, Mama” out of the blue. He still likes to cuddle with me and I hope he always will. The heart isn’t big enough to show what is special about Kyle to me. I do know that my heart is full of love for him.

Kyle vs. The Scissors

Kyle started Kindergarten in September. So far he’s doing great. He’s writing and already reading books. Just one thing he can’t seem to tackle… cutting PAPER.

This is a picture of Kyle’s shirt sleeves – a BRAND NEW shirt that I had just taken the tags off of that morning. Instead of cutting his paper, he decided to give his shirt a quick alteration. I guess I should be thankful that it wasn’t his hair.

Daddy's New Toy = Kyle's New Toy

Dave got a new iPod Touch for Christmas this year. Now we ALL have our own iPod's, but Daddy's has a camera! Ohhhh, a new toy! Unbeknown to Daddy, Kyle decided to break in the new iPod with lots of self-portraits. Dave's arm is in every picture, yet he was surprised to see the pictures. He was obviously there while Kyle was mucking up his iPod and obviously not paying attention to what his son was doing. I give it 2 months before Dave's iPod has a cracked screen, matching mine and Kelsie's... courtesy of Kyle.

Wordless Wednesday

There are no words to describe what this child is thinking sometimes.

Legos

For the past two years, Kyle has asked Santa for Lego sets. This year was no different - he wanted a Ninjago (what is this???) Skull Truck. Each year he's excited to put the sets together. Each year he sits back and watches his Dad or myself put them together. Each year his Dad or myself watch him slowly destroy our creation. This year was no different.