Jacob Ryan is VIII

My boy started his 8th Birthday bright and early.  6:10 am to be exact!

Look at my baby!

Money from Grandma/pa...

Xbox Gold and a Transformer game from Mimi and Grandpa Jim...

and a New Lunch Box from Auntie Talli.

His fancy pancy cupcake cake for school.

A quick Facetime with Mimi.

A Little sister who woke up extra early to bake the Birthday Boy a cake.

The perfect day for Dress your Best at school.

The Birthday King at school.

Some of Jake's lady friends who made him a present.

I'm sure Jake's teacher appreciated all the green frosting that was everywhere!

Playing in the leaves with Jake at recess.

 

I busted Jake out of school for lunch and to go shopping with his $100.00

Oh the excitement!

He is a frugal shopper so it took some time.

He liked the hat but decided against it.

All ready to check-out!

A quick Icee break.

The Loot!  And his wallet is still full of money.  He decided he is saving to buy is first Camero.

Love the big eye!

Next stop...Chuck E Cheese

Thank goodness he had a little time with Dad.

Lucky guy!

His little party.

Jake cashed in his tickets and scored these bad boys.

My Birthday Boy!!!

Cake time!

Sharing cake with friends.

 

Happy 8th Birthday Jakey! 

You are My Superstar!!!!!

Face Painting by J

Brylee loves making a fashion statement with face paint.  She convinced her brother to put some beautiful art work on her face.

She was all smiles until....

She looked in the mirror and saw the bullseye she had smack dab in the middle of her forehead.

Other than that she was very happy with the art on her checks.

Apples

Me and my Girl went on a Kindergarten Apple Orchard field trip today.

 

We took a tractor ride.

 

 Picked the best apple....

 sent it for a ride on the apple sorting machine.

And then came the bees.  She was less then impressed while learning about bees.  The bees filled the air and the instructions to hold still are about impossible when bees are your biggest fear.  Poor thing!

The good news...she recovered from being traumatized by those mean old bees.

 

A quick class photo and we climbed back on the big yellow school bus.

My Sicky

Jacob has not felt good for about 2 weeks.  Not horrible but he was not himself.

Finally it took him out with a fever.  He could no longer fake it......

Fake that his throat hurt. 

He has a BIG fear of getting his throat swabbed at the doctor.

It once took two men to hold him down to get the swab.  He is a fighter.

After missing two days of school I dragged him to the doctor. 

He was asked to show how he felt by pointing to a picture.  In trying to avoid the swab he pointed to the picture of the smiling face.

His tempature was 102.4 and his throat was covered in white patches with huge tonsils.  He still kept to his story that he was just fine.

Because Brett had strep throat 3 weeks ago his doctor showed him mercy and did not do the swab.

He was one lucky boy!

1 day of antibiotics and my spunky, crazy boy is back.

They are One of a Kind and Mine

Brett:

He is beyond smart.

He has a vocabulary beyond his years that sometimes makes me giggle.

He is wise.

He has a heart of gold.

He despises change of any kind.

He has given up all sports except basketball.

He mows the lawn.

He reads thousands of pages a month.

He is a saver.

He is one of a kind!

Jacob:

He is my goofy kid.

He is spunky.

He loves football.

He gets the giggles and they spread to all of us.

He loves school.

He loves attention.

He looks just like his daddy.

He loves life.

He is one of a kind!

Brylee:

She is sensitive.

She dances and sings all day.

She is a mama's girl.

She loves to do cartwheels.

She is very girly.

She has a great imagination

She gives me kisses all day.

She loves Hello Kitty.

She is one of a kind!

First Days of Kindergarten

The first few days of Kindergarten were color days: Shown above all dressed up for each color!

Brylee did a great job jumping on the bus right up until Pink Day.

She turned on the tears and got herself a ride to school compliments of her Mama.

She is currently working on a sticker chart: 5 rides on the bus with no tears equals a trip to Justice to pick out some new lip-gloss.

Easier said than done.

After school on the crying day she ran into the house and said proudly,

"Mama wasn't I strong today!"....you know when they peeled her off my legs to go into class.  

She then told me it would be a good idea if I did not come to lunch with her until High School because she is sure she would cry when I had to leave.

Love that girl!

And for your viewing pleasure....Brylee reads Rainbow Hair and My Color Book