First Lost Tooth

After initially freaking out while eating a grilled cheese that his tooth was loose, Boyd was pumped about his first loose tooth.  While eating a chocolate covered pineapple flower he gave me a look and said, "My tooth, it's gone. I think I swallowed it." Sure enough, it was no where to be found. Then he whistled and announced, "Phew, I can still do that." We had to write a note to the tooth fairy to explain the missing tooth. She still delivered.  Boyd was thrilled that he'd get to add his name to their board at school- January has had the most teeth lost thus far for his class.

I also wanted to write that Boyd is obsessed with living to the year 3000 so that he can be there to open a time capsule he read about in a magazine. It is the New York time capsule located in NY City outside of the American Museum of Natural History. The contents are very bizarre but Boyd really wants to be there for its opening.  The other night after prayers I asked if he had anything else to add and he asked God for him to live to the year 3000 or at least send him back down to earth as a 6 year old so that he could be there to see it opened.  I think we need to make a time capsule of our own to be opened when he graduates. I am sure times will have changed by then too.  Love you Boyd!

I'm pretty sure Boyd was meant to live in the North.  His New Years Resolution is to play in the snow. Before I left for Houston we had a dusting on the driveway and Boyd was ready to play.  At least there was enough for a snow angel.

 Boyd has also been asking for me to take him somewhere he could go ice skating. I promised to take him to a skating rink after my race so with yesterday off we went to an outdoor rink to let him hit the ice. Boyd fell in love with skating. I had to drag him off the ice after 4 hours. He was content skating on his own and was quite daring (something that we don't see often). He was trying to spin and was actually jumping. Even the falls didn't bother him.  We did learn that skating that long makes him sore as we were up during the night to deal with his sore legs. Boyd I am so proud of you trying a new skill. Next time single blade skates.

Thanksgiving and Christmas Prep2014

One of our Christmas crafts. They turned out to be the size of a small dinner plate.

Please excuse the fact that these pictures are all over the place in terms of dates. It's a collection of camera and phone pictures of Thanksgiving and Christmas preparations.

Teenage mutant ninja turtle ornaments. I love the facial expressions.

Tape!!!! 

Home wrestling ring.

Snow.

Boyd helped make our pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving and was asking to eat it every hour for 24 hours. He loved the whipped cream but upon his first bite of pie...he spit it out and declared that he didn't like pumpkin pie.

Putting up the tree. Boyd loves the tree.

Old favorite ornaments.

My favorite Christmas present.

Not Halloween, just playtime with Boyd. We spent an evening doing all sorts of silly things with toilet paper.

Boyd played UPS man many times this season. Delivering treats and packages to many of our friends in the neighborhood.

Cookie helper. I love his apron.

2014 Christmas list

First round of firetrucks and Santa. This was amazing. Eight emergency vehicles with sirens and lights.

What Boyd planned to eat for Thanksgiving dinner. Honey banana bread and butter bread. This brought up quite the discussion at school.

What our family was Thankful for this year.

Trip up 95 a few miles to Locus Shade Park and some awesome fitness trail features.

Following in the footsteps of Great Grandpa Udovich 

Wrestling practice

Marine in training 

The aftermath of 3 kids making form cookies.

Veggie Tales

Boyd said this was cookoo box creations with tape of course

Tape roads

Rockin Police officer

If I started on how sentimental I am about Boyd turning 6 we would be here for days.  Boyd you are certainly my little bundle of joy.  

I just never know what you will come up with. Like this contraption- bandaids how smart.

You are obsessed with using tape- painters & scotch. Always up to something. 

Birthday celebration at school just so happened to be the last day before break and pajama day (how fitting).  He also created and was able to watch the Polar Express after his class got pizza for running the most laps of the kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade.

Tape and building new and amazing things each day. 

Thanks Uncle Matt. Police officer Boyd playing police and firefighters. Always ready and in costume.

Circuit maker. This kept you busy for hours. 

Circuits...did this one make the silly recordings?

Birthday morning.

Bristle blocks just like at school.

Thanks Chocolate Grandma and Papa for the letterman jacket, So cute.

Two peas in a pod.

Bug dig.

The cake of choice.

Celebrating with our neighborhood best friends.

Uncle Matt, Aunt Jessica, Leah, Eva, and Brendan...he still hasn't put it down.

Chocolate Grandma and Papa here to celebrate!