Tyler's Design

Tyler loves his WAVE class.  It is an aerospace class and they study all kinds of aircraft.  He likes it so much he stays after school twice a week for an after school WAVE club.  This week was their mission to the moon.  The fake astronauts get into the space shuttle simulator and begin their mission.  Along the way when they encounter problems they call back for support from the other kids who are in various groups like, electrical engineering group, communications group....

Well, last week Tyler informed me that the club made t-shirts for the launch.  Each kid had to submit a design for the t-shirt and then the class had a vote on who's design would go on the shirt.  The classes picked Tyler's design.  Pretty exciting!  He didn't design the front, but it is his picture on the back.  Great job Tyler!

Eggs

So, our chickens are keepers.  They are officially laying eggs!  Of course, now it is almost winter, so I am sure it will stop, but the boys were pretty excited the morning they found some eggs.  They even ate them for breakfast!  They all said they were delicious! 

 

So, about two nights ago Monty heard something strange coming from outside, so he went upstairs and on the porch was sitting a huge raccoon!  He was just looking in the screen glass door.  We realized that we had forgotten to lock up the chickens.  Tyler went out and found Madea and she was bleeding.  The raccoon got to her, but she was okay.  Bella was in the cage.  The boys were so concerned.  For days Kyle wanted us to take Madea to the Vet.  They would come in from outside and say, "Bella and Madea are just not acting right."  However, Tyler informed me this morning that Madea seems to be doing better.  The boys have enjoyed the chickens. 

Makai was due for a hair cut.

I went to give Makai a hair cut a few days ago.  I put it on video and thought it was cute.  Kids love looking in the mirror.  I thought his faces were cute.  I love this boy!!

Halloween 2013

Halloween this year was different.  The boys were not sure what they wanted to be.  In fact, Tyler decided not to dress up.  He said last year was awkward to dress up.  He still went around with us to trick or treat though. He stayed back with the adults.  Kyle dressed as a Hobbit and so did Kory.  Trey dressed as a Dwarf and Makai just used a power ranger costume all the boys have worn.  He's had a few costume parties in October, so he was everything from batman to spider man and a power ranger for trick or treating.  In this photo Tyler decided to be a photo bomber!  We had some friends over for dinner and went trick or treating with them.  That was fun.  I was proud of the boys.  They wanted weapons, but I was so busy that day I didn't have time to get them any, so I told them they should make some.  We got out some materials and they went to town!  They were pretty proud of their work and enjoyed them for the night. 

Kory turned 9!

How quickly the years are going.  Kory is officially 9!  He was super excited for his birthday this year.  This year was no exception.  He had to go to school on his birthday, but he had a 4 day weekend so, he was still pretty lucky.  His birthday fell on a Wednesday this year so it was kinda a mad rush as Tyler and I had mutual that night.  Kory LOVES Potatoes!  So, his dinner included mashed potatoes and tator tots.  We were all so full afterward that we had to save dessert for after Ty and I got home.  For weeks Kory had asked to have beignets instead of cake.  I must say...they were rather enjoyable. 


Kory enjoying his beignet!

Kory really wanted to have friends over this year for his birthday, so since he didn't have school Friday we decided to have a little get together.  He invited two of his best friends from school and they each made their own pizzas.  I've decided you can learn a lot about a person by what they put on their pizza.  I had to laugh when some kids only wanted cheese.  Some wanted everything....  Very telling. 

Kory, Nash and Seth!

Kory is a pretty amazing kid.  He is very easy going most of the time.  He is really into the Percy Jackson series as well as the Michael Vey series.  He loves to read.  He was pretty easy to shop for this year because the told me what he wanted.  That worked out well for him!  He asked for a leather jacket and a Halo Lego set.  He also got a Bronco hoodie with Bronco slippers, a new Bear book for scouts and I forget what else at the moment. 
Kory also has some talents.  He still loves and wants to be a chef(hence the make your own pizza party).  He makes the best lemonade in the house.  We all ask him how to make it if we try to make it.  He is the best finder in the house.  If something is lost I usually ask Kory to look for it and he almost always finds it(except my iPod...that is still missing!)  However, he isn't perfect...he does still like to stuff his clothes.  In fact, this is sometimes a major point of contention between us when I find his fresh pile stuffed in his closet, but you know...we all have our weaknesses!:)  He is doing really well in school this year.  He is the easiest to get up in the morning.  Although I know he hates it he does it without griping.  I have noticed he is really maturing this year.  I am so thankful he is my son!  He is a sweetheart.  Oh, and he LOVES video games.  I did get him a shirt that says, "I'm tired of playing video games. ~said NO ONE EVER!!"  He likes it and wears it often.  He still prefers wearing athletic pants over anything else, but is a trooper and wears jeans to school.  I love Kory with all my heart!  His smile is contagious!     

Aquarium

Monty's boss gave him a day off and passes to the Denver Aquarium as a reward for meeting all his goals for the year.  He did an awesome job actually blowing his goals out of the water.  He might not LOVE what he does, but he is good at it.  We decided to just take the kids out of school one day and go.  With the boys in two different districts they just don't have the same days off.  All our boys love nature, and love being taken out of school, so they were all smiles! 

I seriously think we have the best five boys in the world!

Not sure who taught Makai how to smile and look like his eyes are going to pop out of his head, but this is how he is smiling for pictures right now.  Can't fault the kid for being happy!

Maybe Kory taught him!:)

 

Kyle was so excited about this shark!

One of the highlights of the day was getting to feed crickets to the spitting fish.  These fish are pretty accurate and spit rather hard.  Of course, for a group of boys spitting fish would be a highlight.  They would spit water right at the cricket and out of your hand.  The funniest moment of the day was when Monty put his hand over the water thinking the fish could tell food from 'non-food' and they spit right on his hand.  Fast and HARD. At this moment I thought his eyes were going to pop out of his head!

If you know Tyler, you know this is totally his cup of tea!  He loves hands on things like this.  I was glad he had something to do as the rest of the time he looked kind of well...not so impressed!

Makai couldn't get enough of this fake Orangutan.  He kept wandering back to it.  You could tell he was trying to figure out if it was real, or fake.  He loved it.  The next day when I was asking him about the Orangutan I asked him if he knew what it was and he said, "Yeah, it's like a monkey thing."

 

 I think they are ready to go!
Thanks for a fun day Dad.  On the way home we stopped by and had dinner at Cinzetti's.  An Italian all you can eat place.  Lets just say...these boys can seriously EAT!

Reading

The boys love to read.  I find it s cute when the boys are engrossed by a book.  Kory is loving Michael Vey.  It's fun t talk to him about it.  Keep up the god reading.  He is also loving the Percy Jackson series.  Actually, him and Kyle are.  Tyler just finished the Beyonders series.  Trey...Trey is another story.  He is getting excited about it now that his teacher expects him to read 20 minutes a day.  I hope one day he will love it as much as the other boys.