Connor's First Piano Recital

Connor has been playing piano for three months now and he had his first recital last night. Here are the pieces he played. He had all of them memorized but got a little nervous I think. He did AWESOME for his first time. It might just be me but I think he's catching on awfully quick too, he's good! Here are the videos...

Connor's Graduated Kindergarten

My baby is no longer a kindergartner! Here are some pics with his teachers...
Connor and Mrs. Toce

Connor and Mrs. Rumovicz his kindergarten teacher

Connor Is 6!

Today is Connor's birthday. I can't believe I have a 6 year old. He's getting so big and smart and capable. It is sooo fun to watch this kid grow. He's going to have a busy week so I'll be posting more but for now here's the events of his birthday...

He started out the day by having some surprise donuts for breakfast (that was his chance to blow out candles today since his birthday party is this weekend).

He happened to be born on Flag Day and his class had a party to celebrate. I got some festive necklaces for him to give to his class to help celebrate his birthday.



I snagged a picture with him and his teacher Mrs. Rumovicz while I was there too. She really has been awesome with Connor.

We went to the park, played with friends and then this evening he got to choose his favorite food for dinner (waffles) and open presents. He got a solar system puzzle, Darth Vader and General Grievous action figures and a Star Wars swim suit. If you haven't guessed his party will be Star Wars themed!

I think he really enjoyed his day.

Fun with Friends

We had some friends come play with us this week while their Mom went on a school trip with another child. That left me with 6 kids for a day! It actually went VERY well. The kids all played perfectly and it was easy to keep them all happy despite my being a little worried about it. I even had another girl in the house (which hardly happens) even though we were out numbered 5 to 2. Here's a little of our adventures...
Playing playdough while the big boys were at school.

Tristan getting loved on a bit too much!

Bike riding...


Jedi Lightsaber Duel...

Baseball practice...

Memorial Day

We started off memorial by watching a parade through our tiny town. Connor got to march with his baseball team and throw candy to the crowd. After the parade there was a memorial in the center of town to remember fallen soldiers close to home. Then there was a family fun day at the elementary school and there were bounce houses, hot dogs, cotton candy...just about everything. The boys favorite was a bouncy relay race that you can see here. There was even a fire truck there and the kids got to shoot water out of the hose. It was a fun day.

Tristan's next trick

Tristan is really moving along nicely with these developmental milestones. He's crawling like a champ and even pulling himself up to a standing position (with hilarious results!)

I nominate the following for his next trick:










I'll start practicing my hadouken tonight...

Cute Connor

Last week Connor started T-ball. He's so excited and so cute in this little baseball cap. This weekend was rained out but we can't wait til he gets to get some good practice and his first game next week. More pics to come I'm sure.

Also, Connor lost one of his top teeth last week too. It fell out during gym at school. He's got a very big hole in his mouth now. The very same day he lost his tooth Tristan starting cutting his first tooth, FINALLY. I guess they switched. Here's some pics of our cute Connor...

In which Scott attempts to make up for yesterday's post...

Jenn - you're awesome! I have proof!

Love you!

-Scott

Tristan's 9 months

Tristan had his 9 month check-up today. He's a whopping 21 lbs 6 oz and 28 3/4 in tall. That's about the 70th percentile. He is such a laid back sweetheart. He just rolls/crawls around the house content to play with anything he can get his hands on. He's a good eater and hasn't found anything he doesn't like. He's starting to climb up on things, especially my lap. He's a great sleeper and takes 2 good naps a day (if we aren't running around) and sleeps through the night. He says "Dadada", and "Bababa" neither of which mean anything in particular yet. He loves to shake his head "no" and make his brothers crazy. They respond with "yes, yes, yes" and he shakes his head harder "no". We love this little guy!

Jenn's willpower is similarly amazing

Jenn's willpower is similarly amazing

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