Makai turns 2

We can't believe that our baby is growing up, but it's offical...Makai is now 2!  I love the second birthday because I feel like by 2 kids have some interests and you are more aware of who they are.  Makai is a blessing to our family.  He LOVES matchbox cars.  He usually has a matchbox car of some sort in his hand or pocket at all times.  We've had a rule at our house that there are 'No toys at the table'.  Well, Makai has changed that rule.  Not toys at the table--except Matchbox cars.  He gets them taken away if they enter his plate, but we let him leave them by his plate.  More recently he's becoming attached to planes too. ( None of us like them as much a cars because when he carries a plane around it more of a weapon with all it's sharp edges..we all have bruises to prove that statement.) 
He doesn't know my name.  If he wants me he usually calls me, Tyler, Trey or Dad.  If fact, a few days ago I was putting a movie in for him to watch while I made dinner and he said, "Trey,(pushed me)MOVE IT!"  No respect, this boy!  :)
He loves to stick out his bottom lip when he is sad.  I think he realizes it makes it more dramatic.  Lately I've said to him, "Stick that lip back in..." and he starts laughing, so I know he's just acting.
 His birthday was kind of funny.  Makai loves ICE CREAM CONES, so I baked the cake inside the cone just for something new.  We just put the candles on the cone...however, one thing Makai hates is fire.(who knew)  He was petrified of the fire on his cone!  He refused to blow out his candles and hid his face in Tyler's shoulder until Tyler blew them out. 

Makai scared to death of the fire.

He was much happier once the candles were out and he could get down to business.

However, he was upset when he got to the cone and realized it was cake and not ice cream.  So, he ended up with a small bowl of ice cream instead of his cone.  (I should have listened to Monty...he told me not even to bother with the cake.)

Monty and I actually took Makai to the store the night before to pick out his gift.  He was still excited to open it on his birthday.  For some reason he became instantly attached to this black car from 'Cars'.  He has hardly put it down since.

He played at the table for quite a while after he'd opened his gift..  He is our fifth boy, but our first to LOVE cars.  I love it about him because they are light in my diaper bag.

We love you Makai.  Still can't believe you are 2, but we are thankful for the past 2 years you have blessed our lives.  You make us smile everyday!  Oh, one other thing about Makai.  He is very polite and always has been when it comes to the dinner table. When he is thirsty he always says, "More Water Please."  He loves water.  He loves food, some of his favorites are corn, broccoli(more broccoli please), noodles, gold fish, bananas, grapes, and of course anything and everything with sugar.  He also loves eating food from the top down.  Like pizza for example. He'll eat all the cheese and then eat the bread.  We are just thankful he is so healthy and happy.

Gingerbread Houses

We can always count on Tyler to keep some fun going in our house.  He loves to build and loves a project and this week was no exception.  He came up with the idea on Saturday, and Friday after school we finally had some time.  I had to take pictures of each of the boys gingerbread houses because they each  just say so much about them at this stage of their lives. 

We'll start with Trey.  I had to get the full body shot of Trey because notice it is the middle of winter and he is in shorts.  I can't get the kid to keep clothes on.  He has started to stop fighting me when we leave the house.  He'll get clothes on because I told him if he doesn't dress warm people might think I don't love him and I DO!  Anyway, Trey also LOVES candy!  We used Halloween candy for this project and Trey thought he'd died and gone to heaven.  I'm not sure how many he ate, and how many made it on his house, but he had a blast!  (Notice he pleasant face.)  He didn't care so much about his structure, he was just excited to be able to put candy on it!  The finished product was pretty cute.

Next is Kory.  He made a witches house.  And laughed the whole time.  He wanted to use the eyeball and was really particular about the door being open.  Kory works on projects very quietly, but dutifully.  He knows when he's done and enjoys his work.  He really wanted a slanted roof, but I couldn't get it to stay and at that point Makai had woken up so it was hard to help.  I asked him if he'd mind having a flat roof to which he said, "Well, I don't really want a flat roof, but it's fine."  He is a go with the flow kind of guy most of the time and I appreciate that about him.  

 

I didn't get Kyle in his picture, but this is Kyle's.  He didn't build a house, but rather a fortress to protect his snowman.  Heck a chocolate snowman is worth protecting in my opinion!  He wanted toothpicks to be swords.  (Notice the sword sticking all the way through the tootsie roll.)  He is very focused and patient.  Whenever I helped him he'd always say thank you and hugged me about 20 times throughout the night saying I was the best mom ever.  Oh, thankfully all those purple nerds with white under them are suppose to be flowers.  He does have a sensitive side.  Not just barbaric!

Tyler our perfectionist and slow worker.  I finally had to tell him to stop because I needed the project to be over so we could have dinner.  If I hadn't stopped him I think he'd still be working on his trying to make it just right.  He is very focused.  I love that when he strives to do something he wants to do it perfect.  I liked his bush in the front.  Now Tyler was a little upset because he couldn't get the back of his gingerbread house just perfect.  Then Kyle came up with a creative idea and Tyler ran with it. 

He told him to make it look as if a flying saucer had crashed into the house and landed inside.  This solved the problem(another one of Kyle's strengths).  I thought it was cute and was super glad Kyle had that idea so Tyler would finish up. 

All in all the project was fun.  A few crazy things went on while we were doing it.  The Carbon Monoxide detector started going off.  This left me with a troubling problem make the boys stop what they were doing or try and reset the detector and see if it went off again.  I choose the second since no one was feeling any signs of carbon monoxide poisoning.  The other crazy thing was MAKAI!!  He was asleep when we began, but once he work up it was horrible.  I locked him in his high chair and gave him a lollypop thinking that would make him happy, but no...he was still screaming.  So I gave him a beater from the frosting he still wasn't happy.  He wanted to be ON the table.  Finally after he threw down the lollypop and beater, neither eaten very much, I thought I'd just try a movie.  Thankfully he was in a movie mood.  That saved the day.  Just as Monty got home the CO detector went off again, but I was so hungry I decided we would eat before doing anything(still no one was feeling funny).  When it went off a third time we called the maintenance guy and he came and took a look.  It was just a faulty detector because he put in a new one and it haven't gone off again.  He did put some tape on a few things just in case, but all is well.  Fun, crazy, night.

Reading time...

Our boys love to read.  They each have a light by their beds and they read before going to bed.  Often we have to tell them to STOP reading and go to bed if they are particularly into a book.  To which we'll hear something like, "just 5 more minutes."  or "But I just have 2 chapters left."  Tyler and Kyle enjoy the same books,  and often have to take turns alternating nights if they are reading the same book.  I've decided to start reading their books so I have something to talk to them about.  I started with a book Tyler read called, 'The Mysterious Benedict Society' and he would often check on me to see where I was or tell me, "I can't wait till you get to the end.  The end is so good."  Next I'm going to read, 'The Prisoner of Cell 25' the Kyle just finished.  He was so into it at one point I found him standing on the couch with the book on an end table.  He was so into it he couldn't even sit down.  Kory is lucky in that he is a few years younger so no one is fighting to read his books and he already has a supply.  He usually has about three books under his pillow at a time.  I'm working with Trey on his 'hooked on phonics'.   He's doing really well and I hope to have him through level one by the time he starts Kindergarten next year.  I need to read to him more.  I think some of our stories I am sick of just because I feel like I've read them a billion times, but he just absorbs stories that are read to him.  We got a story call, "Transformers:  Meet the Autobots" at the library.  He asked for me to read it to him several times each day.  Just as I thought I was about to go crazy we sat down and he started reciting the story.  I told him to go until he couldn't do it anymore.  Word for word he recited the book, occasionally exchanging a word like 'huge' with 'big', but for the most part he had the entire book memorized.  I was totally shocked and realized he really IS listening and understanding what is read.  When Monty got home I told him about it and had Trey sit on his lap and show him.  Monty just laughed the whole time and was as shocked as me. 
I had to laugh when I found Makai asleep like this during his nap.  He too is like his brothers and loves to fall asleep to a book.  I had to get a picture before I made him more cozy. 

A Christ Centered Christmas

I was totally turned off Christmas this year when I read a story about a lady who pepper sprayed several people in a store on black Friday so she could get the good deal.  I couldn't help but think...seriously?!  It's CHRISTmas!!  It was then that I decided I definitely wanted to do something different this year for Christmas and make the season focus more on Christ.  I remembered a book a friend sent me last year and got super excited to re-read it.  It's titled:  A Christ Centered Christmas by Emily Freeman.  The book suggests taking time to focus on the specific individuals from the Nativity scene during the holiday season and on what they teach us about our relationship with Christ. 

So, I put white paper over the fireplace and had the boys draw a Stable and for the next few weeks we are going to talk about the nativity story and add the characters as we talk about them.

First we are going to talk about are the wise men. I love the phase, "Wise Men Still Seek Him".  The Wise Men did SEEK out the Christ child.  It took them a while, but using the scriptures and signs they found the Child and brought him gifts.  Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh.  We decided our kids will get three gifts from us this year, just as Christ received three gifts.  One that is joyful, one that is useful, and one that is thoughtful.  The Wise Men also taught us that we must PROTECT OUR RELATIONSHIP with Christ in this world.  When they left the child and returned home they returned a way they hadn't planned.  They did this to PROTECT the Child.  Likewise, we too must try our best to protect our relationship with Christ sometimes taking a path we don't plan on taking.
We hope that when our kids open their gifts this year they will enjoy hearing why we chose the gifts we did and how each is joyful, useful or thoughtful.  

Thanksgiving--ups and downs

 We were happy to spend this Thanksgiving with Nana.  She came out on Tuesday night and we enjoyed her visit.  For Thanksgiving we had plans to go to Colorado Springs to spend with the family who sponsored Monty while he was at the Academy.  We woke up to a wonderful breakfast, made my Nana, but just as we were getting ready to leave Kory got sick.  I was going to stay home with him, but Monty said that was not an option.  Kory was being a total trooper, and said he'd go.  He slept in the car the whole way down.  When we got there he just took up a spot on the couch and watched movies.  Amazingly enough he was better by dinner and even had 2 plates!  Annette, had this cute craft for the boys to do. 

You know Tyler and Kyle think birds are amazing so they thought the Turkeys were the best thing ever.

Trey likes anything that is 100% sugar so he was in heaven.  I think he did more eating than making though.

Annette helped Kory. 

We did the craft while the men finished the dishes.

We enjoyed the rest of the night just relaxing.  Friday morning Makai woke up sick, but was a total trooper as we toured the Academy and headed back home.  Saturday Nana woke up sick poor.   She said it was horrible, but had enough energy to make it onto her plane later that day.  Sunday, Tyler, Monty and I all woke up sick.  It was a killer bug.  Kyle was a total trooper Sunday getting food for Makai and Trey.  He even tried to make some Top O'Ramen for everyone that night, but needed a little help after he'd started.  He's such a sweetheart. 
We did feel very blessed this Thanksgiving Holiday.  We know the Lord has blessed us with so much.  I told the boys there is only one good thing about being sick and that is you become more grateful for your health and actually appreciate it rather than take it for granted.  We are thankful for all we have and we are thankful to be feeling better!!

Night out with the Girls!

So, a few months ago some of the girls I use to teach in Young Women when we lived in Cheyenne moved here for school.  We had them over for dinner to catch up.  It's so fun to talk to these girls as they are now Women!  To make a long story short the Twilight saga got brought up and we had a good laugh about it.  About a month ago they asked me if I'd like to go with them to the mid-night showing of Breaking Dawn.  Now if you know me you know that I don't do things like this!  I'm so, well, boring(lack of a better word).  However, Monty told me he thought I should go!  I got up the courage and told them yes.  Kim, the one on the right, found these shirts for us to wear!  She's so funny!  Before the movie we wrote "Team Jacob" on the back of them.  I know it's confusing as Edward is the Vampire, but they didn't have "I Love Werewolfs" shirts.  I didn't mind because I kinda root for both guys, but the movie Jacob is more handsome than the movie Edward.  Anyway, we left about 10pm and waited for the 12:02 movie showing.  I had a blast with these girls.  It was fun to have a girls night out. 

Makai 2yr visit!

So, next month Makai will be 2!  He had his appointment a little early because he hasn't been to the doctor since he was 6 months old, but since he was behind on shots they saw him early!  What we found out about Makai:  Makai is a big kid!  He's 3 feet tall putting him at 97% in height!  His head circumference is also 97%.  He still weighs 30lbs(same thing he's weighed for about a year now) putting him at 92% in weight.  He wasn't too sure about being touched at the doctors office, but did fine if I held him.  However, the funniest part was when he got his shots.  Okay, so it was sad, because he cried both out of confusion and pain, but I loved when the nurse was done and I picked him up to hug him he just looked down at the band-aid, grabbed it, pulled it off and threw it on the ground!  He wanted nothing to do with the band-aid! When we came home I gave him lunch and he look a 4 hour nap!  Trama!!  We feel very blessed that he is doing great and after next month he'll be caught up on shots.  Can't believe he is going to be 2!!   

Tyler loves Science!

So, Tyler is a Science kid.  I'd say it's his favorite subject in school.  Right now they are learning about the human body and how it works, the different parts...etc.  This week he got to dissect a lamb heart. Some students from CSU came and helped the various groups.  He loved it.  The funniest part was he said a girl in his group passed out right after the dissection!  I guess another girl caught her halfway down so she didn't get hurt.  Later in the week he got to dissect an owl pellet.  He found two mouse skulls in his pellet.  He loved every second.  On Saturday while he was at the eye doctor getting a new pair of glasses because Makai broke his other pair, the doctor had never heard of an owl pellet so he got to tell her all about it.  He likes to be the teacher.  I find him every once in a while explaining to Kory why something does what it does in the human body.  I must agree...it is amazing!    

Sick Kyle--blessing!

Kyle got sick Saturday night.  I must give the kids credit.  He's always been able to make it to the toilet from a very young age because being sick grosses him out!  Saturday night I was up trying to help him and started gagging.  He said, "Mom are you getting sick?"  I said, "No, just when someone is sick it kind of grosses me out."  He said, "I understand.  Thanks mom."  So, he stayed home from church Sunday, but seemed fine all day.  So yesterday I sent him to school.  He was fine.  Then last night at dinner he said he didn't want to eat.  I asked him if he was afraid to eat and he said yes.  I assured him he was better, but didn't press the issue.  Kyle is an eater so I knew if he were hungry enough he'd eat.  Well, sure enough last night he got sick again.  Poor kid.   So, I let him stay home from school today.  He is doing fine and Trey is in Heaven!  Kyle is such a sweet kid and since he's really better this time he is playing away with Trey the way Trey wishes I would play everyday!  This is Trey's dream come true.  I think it's a good bonding experience for the two of them.  I might start keeping one of the older boys home everyday!  I'll just rotate them!:) 

Halloween Videos

Trick or treating was so fun this year.  Makai didn't quite get it at first.  This was his first house.  He walked right in!!  He cracked us up the whole night.  He'd say Hello to each person and then say Trick of Treat.  Sometimes he'd ask for more. " More Please."  The funny part was people obeyed him!!!  He got so much candy! I guess we have to give him credit, because he was very polite and would always say "Thank you Bud." when he'd leave a house until he got to the next house.  If you listen carefully to the second video you can hear him do just that.  Kids are great.  We love our kids!  

Halloween 2011

I've had this idea for years and this year we talked the boys into it.  We had them all dress up as our basketball team--Monty was the basket and I was the Ref.  On the basket Monty wrote, Roasted Nuggets, Go Lakers!  This wasn't a hit with the Colorado crowd, but it was all in good fun.

The team!

Sugar High?!  or just Boys being boys...is there a difference?

First Snow!

FIRST SNOW!!!

We knew snow was in the forecast, but it was still a chilly surprise to wake up to this this morning.  Burrr!  The boys were so upset that they still had school, but I had to remind them they live in Colorado...not California! 

Makai was so excited for the snow.  When the older boys and dad left this morning he wouldn't stop crying till I let him out!  So, I put on his gloves and took him to the backyard.  He LOVES snow!!  Here he was throwing snow and saying, "Bye, Bye snow!"

He enjoyed playing with the snow on his feet.

He enjoyed eating the snow. 

Must remind him of shaved ice.

He was mesmerized by the falling snow.

Then he went back to eating it.

Unfortunately, all good  things must come to an end.  Just as I thought he was part Eskimo, he burst into tears.  I'm guessing it was the point I'd hit 5 minutes prior when you can no longer feel your toes.  I took him inside and gave him a nice warm bath.  He was all smiles once again.  Whenever he gets out of the tub I always wrap him in a towel and say, "Nice and Warm, Nice and Warm" while I dry him off.  When he was ready to go in he said through the cries, "Nice and warm, nice and warm!"  I thought he'd learned his lesson, but no, when the boys got home from school he wanted back outside.  He played outside for over an hour!!  Gotta love the First Snow of the year!!

Kory's 7!!

The day Kory has been waiting for finally arrived.  For about 2 month now he's been asking me, "How many more days till my birthday?"  We can't believe he's really 7!!  He asked for strawberry shortcake.

His expression says it all!!  Thanks Grandpop and Mammy!!

The second favorite gift...ninja gear!  Thanks again Grandpop and Mammy.

The classic finger hold up so I don't forget what birthday it is.  Lucky number 7! 

We got him a Bronco jersey and the Broncos even won today as a gift to Kory.  We also got him a Broncos blanket which I think he will appreciate more on Wednesday when the forecasted high is 39degrees.  Just for the record Kory is a great kid.  He is doing amazing in school.  He is reading so well for the first grade and has really caught onto math.  He's especially good with money!  A few night ago he had three pages of money worksheets.  Less than 5 minutes later he was up playing.  I said, "Kory what are you suppose to be doing?"  He said, "Mom, I'm done!"  Sure enough he was done and he'd gotten them all right.  His two front teeth are finally coming in after about a year of being the toothless wonder.  We love you Kory!  We are so happy to have you in our family.  It's been a wonderful 7 years. 
Kyle and Tyler made some pretty fun cards for Kory as well.

Kyle's card was a Star Wars card with Yoda saying, "Happy Birthday you must have!"

Tyler's was an origami card with Yoda and Darth Vader which read, "Have a clashing Happy Birthday!"  From: Yoda and Vader.  To:  A very special 7 year old who is strong in the force.  p.s  lie of our death the movie does!! 

Again, we LOVE YOU KORY!!!

Keeping up!

We just finished first quarter!  This school year I've noticed to takes a little more diligence to keep up with everything.  Tyler has homework everyday, Kyle has homework due every Tuesday, Kory has homework due every Thursday.  Kyle and Kory both a spelling tests every Friday.  Tyler says he does too, but doesn't need help. Each of the boys have to read at least 20 minutes a day.(I have no idea how anyone home schools.) Then, Tuesday Tyler and Kyle have scouts, Wednesday I have Young Women.  As the boys are getting older the laundry pile seems to grow a lot faster and the cloths a lot smellier.  They are suddenly eating a lot more too!  I usually start making dinner or preparing it in the afternoon so after they get home from schol I can help them with homework.  Tyler and Kyle can both eat more than me and Kory and I eat about the same.  The other night a dozen potatoes were eaten!  I thought I was making too many and I'd just make hash browns with the extra, but they ate all 12!  AHHH!! 
My days are filled with TREY!!  Having the older boys at school all day was suppose to be a break, but that leaves ME to entertain Trey all day.  Makai has the personality to go off and play by himself every once in a while, but Trey not so much.  He loves attention.  He is doing well on his reading though.  He's reading words like:  cat, hat, pat, mat, sat, rat, ran, can, fan....you get the picture.  Some days he does better than others.  He always wants to be an action figure and at times I get frustrated and have to ask him to just be himself for a while!  It usually lasts about 5 minutes and then he's another action figure and asking me who I wanna be.  Makai is learning his shapes like a champ. I was helping Trey with shapes last week and Makai kept saying, "Triangle, circle, square, star."  Anyway, then when we were in the car he pointed to a shape on my dashboard and said, "Triangle!"  He was so right.  It was a triangle!  I was so proud. 

Monty started  a new job.  After finishing his masters degree he took a job with Hostess Brands.  However, we quickly found out that it required more hours than it was worth.  He would often work over 80hours a week and the hours he was home he'd be getting phone calls.  So, he started looking around for another job and got one working for ThyssenKrumpp Elevators.  He has been working there about a month and enjoys it.  The best part for me is he has weekends off!  I mean, completely off!  He also pretty much works 8-5 which I love.  He has a sales position with the company so he's actually not allowed to touch the equipment, but he says they have some amazing mechanics and he's always pleased with their work.  He works sometimes in Cheyenne, our old stomping grounds, sometimes in Estes Park, and surrounding parts of northern Colorado.  I'm thankful for the job because it allows him a work/life balance. 

I've been trying to get up early before everyone else and get a workout in at least 3 days a week.  This is getting a little harder as it's getting a LOT colder in the morning. Wednesday it was 29degrees outside!  I'm trying to get ready for Winter, but I'm so not a 29degrees type of girl.  However, I feel so much better the entire day when I get up early and work out.  I HATE getting up more than words can express, but LOVE how I feel after I work out.  Last week I started doing the stair stepper and that thing is no joke!

Everyone is doing well and I know Heavenly Father blesses us everyday.  I feel the blessings that come from saying prayer, reading scriptures, and just enduring.  All is well!

TREY!!

As part of our preschool routine I like to make the boys their name in pancakes.  Trey was super excited the morning we did this.  Of course, Tyler told me it would have been better if I made them with food coloring.  Tyler always one ups my ideas.

Happy Boys!

TYLER and Kyle have been wanting to build a bird house.  When my parents were here my mom told the boys she wanted to get them something fun.  Tyler said he wanted to go get some wood to build a bird house.  This is when my dad came to the rescue!  I don't have the right tools to do this project, but my dad...now that is a different story.  Thankfully he was willing to take on the project.  He went home and started the project right away. (Tyler gave him permission to unpack first.)  He called once it was in the mail and the boys counted down to its arrival.  It came Monday, so Monday I had the boys sand it and Tuesday after school and homework we put it together.  As you can see...Grandpop made two boys very happy and a mother very relieved!  Thanks dad.  Note to Birds:  "One  new house open for business."

Highlights from Mammy and Grandpop's visit.

We were exited to have a visit from California this past week.  My parents came out to visit and we had a lot of fun while they were here.  On Saturday Monty had the idea to attend the Air Force football game.  Of course the Academy holds a special place in our family.  We were exited for the boys to see a football game played on the field their dad once played on.  We don't care what college the boys choose to attend, but it would be fun if one of them decided (and get into) the Academy. 

The game was a great one.  I enjoyed watching the boys enjoy it together.  Kory was a little cold so here is a picture of Tyler trying to keep him warm.

Makai was really good throughout the game.  At one moment he got a little antsy and Kyle put him on his lap and talked to him about the game. 

Touchdown!!

Equals pushups!  These cadets worked as hard as the players during this game!

We were really excited for Kyle to see the half time show.  The falconers do a show in which they show off the skills of the falcon.  It was once believed you couldn't train a falcon to perform in front of an audience, but that theory is proved wrong here.  Kyle was so excited about this part of the football game.  When we told him he could go to the academy and be a falconer he smiled.  We'll see.  

 Air Force won!  It was beautiful outside.  A little cold, but not bad.  On our way home we had some lunch and then went to see the Nichols.  Monty's sponsor family from when he was at the academy.  It was nice to see them again and have my parents meet them. 

Sunday we went to church.  Monty had to teach Sunday school and I have to teach Young Women.  Afterward we went on a nature walk.  The weather was perfect and being outside brings my kids to life.  The hike was perfect.  Just as we set out to head back Kyle spotted a family of deer. 

The boys had this idea that if they looked more like deer the deer would come closer.  The deer actually came surprisingly close.   

Monday was Labor day so everyone had the day off.  We took a drive up to Rocky Mountain National Park and had a great picnic.

The view was beautiful!! 

I just wish I could have read this little man's brain to figure out what was on his mind. 

 Tuesday we took it easy.  Mammy and Grandpop watched a movie with Makai and Trey while the older boys were at school.

Makai snuggled right up for the movie.  He watched the whole thing on Mammy's lap on night.

Wednesday was the day they were suppose to depart but not without one more adventure.  We took them to our favorite zoo.  The Denver Zoo.  It was a little damp and cool which makes for perfect zoo weather. The animals like cool weather.

It's kind of a joke in our house.  Monty and I are total mammal people.  We go to the zoo to see the GORILLA!  Our boys go to see the birds. I've NEVER seen a group of boys get so exited about birds.  They talked about the crowned crane from the moment we left the house.  They kept saying how mammy was finally going to see a crowned crane in 'birdson'.(from a comment she left on their bird blog)   

Tyler with some type of pigeon

Kyle with some horned something.  I'm not as into birds!!

Kory the lion.  Kyle the crane.

The boys have  been wanting to find a peacock feather at the zoo as they let the peacocks roam and if you find a feather you  get to keep it.  Kory found one this trip and was the star for the day.

Trey pretending to be some kind of bird.  I'd call him a stud bird!

Makai was so tired by the end of the morning that he had the giggles.  He was laughing at anything anyone would say.  I think Monty was saying something like, "The Lion will eat you!"  This sent Makai into hysterical laughter. 

 We loved ourweek with Mammy and Grandpop.  They were good sports about doing everything we love to do.  Thanks for coming and hanging with us.  We love you!!