Halloween 2015

I know I'm very, very behind on my blogging.

Don't you want to see what James looks like these days?

It will be hard to see because he's under a mask :)

 

He is SUPER. A superhero, Captain America!

 

At around 6pm he went to go see if his friend Caden would be trick or treating soon. He ran back and wanted to leave ASAP because kids were out! He hurried into his costume and we were off. He joined up with his neighbor friends- Caden, Sawyer, Gunnar, Logan.

 

 

 

This year James requested Minecraft pumpkins.

 

 

We didn't stay outside for very long. Less than an hour? Some quick circles around the neighborhood.

James and his haul. Smaller than usual but that's okay because he's kinda picky.

 

And some hot chocolate and a good book. Captain America loves to read, you know!

 

James declared Halloween his second favorite holiday, after Christmas of course!

 

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Fun with friends

It was nice to see the kids out and about! Even with Nerf guns :)

 

Go outside James... Taking a break with iPods.

 

 

They quickly moved on to playing for real. James is quite good at soccer but refuses to be part of a team. Darn.

 

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Getting ready for Easter

We were egged!

A neighbor friend left this note and a Easter basket of goodies on our front steps. We had to make copies of the sign and do the same for someone else. Like Pay it Forward.

 

 

My Obama egg collection :) 2009-2015

 

 

Our neighborhood had an Easter egg hunt. James has always hunted for eggs solo so I thought a larger egg hunt would be fun. The kids were in a frenzy of anticipation!

The little kids got a head start. The big kids lined up for the "Go!"

 

 

And they're off!

 

One of the neighbors on the pond hosted the hunt. Their yard had lots of nooks and crannies to hide the eggs. Each kid was supposed to hunt for 10 eggs and then be done.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Done!

 

Dane.

 

Evan and Alex were also hunting.

 

We even invited them over afterwards for a spontaneous play date and lunch.

 

 

It was a good day!

 

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FMSC April 2015

Our Spanish Immersion neighbors/community gathered again to volunteer at Feed My Starving Children.

We worked alongside a few of James' friends and their families. It is great fun for the kids and they take it so seriously!

James and Alex (Evan's little brother)

 

 

James is in charge of scooping rice!

 

 

Filling the bags..

 

 

Fun with Evan

 

 

At the end it was time to clean up. I've never seen James clean up so well! And willingly :)

 

 

100 volunteers can make a difference!

 

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Get outside!

So the weather improved in March and I urged James to get outside!

I was happy he was outside and then I spied him through the window, as I was standing on the catwalk/stairs...

 

He's on his iPod outside! So I texted him. Yup, I did. I texted him to play.

 

I guess he understood this to mean play on his iPod because he was still doing it when I saw him again.

 

 

Finally, the Nerf guns came out and all was well.

 

And on another day the scooters and bikes came out. Yay Spring! And his bestie Evan was over for a playdate (he's the redhead in the camo shirt, on the left).

 

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Lego Museum January 2015

We love to introduce friends to the Lego museum, so on this day we took James' good friend Dane with us for a visit. We also met our friends, the Mesna boys, at the museum. Lunch afterwards made for a great day!

 

 

The tables Ana setup were a bit messy because they are in process of moving the layouts and adding to them? This was the last month they were open before the summer reveal. We can't wait to go back!

 

 

 

 

 

This Star Wars table looked to be new and in development...

 

 

Noah is a new Lego fan. He was pretty excited to see all the Legos!

 

 

 

 

 

The dudes talk Legos.

 

 

 

It was so fun to get all these Lego fans together!

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