First Three Weeks

Our family has been busy having fun these past few weeks to start off 2013 on a fun note!

We have been to basketball games!

We have played for hours and hours and hours outside in our unusually warm January weather.  On Sunday, we spent about 2 hours running laps around our home playing nerf gun fights - kids verses adults - and shared many laughs.  Reid has developed a new "camera smile" grin as you can see below.

One of those days spent outside was this special time between Kyle and Reid.  Kyle loves this little guy SO much and it's so evident in these pictures.

Both of the big boys think it is so special and important for one of their parents to spend the night with them sometimes.  I got the joy of going so with Grant on Sunday night.  Look how sweet and angelic his face is!  I just adore those red, plush lips of his.  His smile is starting to enter the "awkward" age with big teeth and a face that hasn't caught up yet!  I think it's sweet he is still sleeping with his tiny teddy bear - Muncle Ike - this this shot.

Also, Grant has become an avid reader just in the past 2 weeks.  He has always enjoyed reading books at bed, but lately, he will be late for school, or randomly disappeared on an afternoon, or caught reading at 10 p.m. instead of sleeping.  His favorites right now are the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series (5th-6th reading level) - and he finished one of them in a 24 hour period.

We're wondering, with his advanced reading level, if book content will soon become an issue as we want him to remain a naive 7 year old as long as possible.

Kyle was able to have his first friend sleep over.  This is our old neighbor, and their family needed a place for him to spend a night a few weekends ago and we got the honor!  You can also spot Reid snuggling with his Daddy in our bed at 9:30 one night when he was still talking (so we thought "what the heck - let's play with him!") and then Reid at my parents' house just hanging out during nap time.

 The four of us who don't get the honor to go to work on MLK day (!!) were able to visit the local children's museum with some friends.  I could not pull Reid away from the water station - he was drenched!

We have also been to our first OSU wrestling match!  Or is it a dual?!?  We don't know, and we still don't understand how all of the points are scored, but I will say, I was pleasantly surprised by both the attendance and by how much fun our family had at the event.  I do think we will be going to a few each year!  The boys were able to play in the "practice gym" before wrestling for their Pistol Pete Partners event - Reid loved the bounce house!