What's So Special About Kansas?

Aliens, a multi-colored sun, pink trees, trampolines that make you say "we!", giant magnetic... uh, somethings, bees that "BZ!", and box turtles.

Might I humbly add: ALEX!!! One very cool and very creative kid!

January

This unseasonably mild weather called for a bike ride to the park and a snack in the open air. So, so lovely!

Stripes on a Rocket

Alex made a wizard's hat at school, but when it came home it turned into a rocket. For Stripes.

I love that he staged it then asked me to take the picture- I love how her got the perspective in the photo. He even had me take it a second time to get it just right!

Excel here we come!

How awesome is it that he masters counting to a hundred by ones and tens and then they start columns and rows.  (He's already better prepared for Excel than half the people I have worked with!)

Alex gets a new shovel

From Grandpa Nice:

Alex likes using the shovel his Daddy used when he was five.  That's his new friend, Springs, in the wheelbarrow.

 

Waiting for me...

Love notes from my little boy!

Alex has started leaving me notes, arrows I have to follow, clues to an "I <3 U".  I don't know where he picked it up, the little hunt, but he now writes "mommy" all on his own! This is the third time he's set one up, neither Stan or I even realize he's doing it! He's so stealthy!

I am re-using the arrows to lead him on a little hunt of his own. I look forward to seeing his reaction in the morning.

It is so much fun being Alex's Mommy.

Building Something

I love watching my boys build things together.  This morning they're making windshield wipers with Legos.

I recently went on a trip for work. The night before I left, the light bulb in Alex's bathroom went out. He was upset about it until we told him that he and Daddy would go to Home Depot the next day; fixing the light would be their project. Alex grinned great big. Then his smile faded and his shoulders slumped... "but you won't be here to watch us".

Sweet boy. He's going to be a good man, just like his Daddy.

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