Thursday, April 28, 2016

Cho-Yeh Family Day

A couple of weekends ago the boys and I went to Camp Cho-Yeh for the day.  Camp Cho-Yeh is a Christian based camp located in Livingston.  We had been telling the boys they should go to day camp there this summer, but Connor was having nothing to do with it.  Thankfully, Cho-Yeh hosted a free "family day" where families can try out all the activities offered during summer camp.  They also fed everyone a free meal in the dining hall.  

First up, this inflatable.  The boys were strapped with bungee cords and holding a velcro bean bag.  They had to race each other and place the bean bag onto the velcro before the bungee cord pulled them back.  It was pretty funny!!




Next up, the rock wall.  Both boys made it all the way to the top to ring the bell!!
Way to go, Connor!!



 Way to go, Reid!
Moving onto tomahawk throwing

Here we are cheering on the big boys!
Even Drew and I tried it out.  After all, it was FAMILY day!!


Then, one of the boy's favorites, archery. It's much harder than it looks!!

That's as close as I could get to the bulls eye!! I don't think I'll be going bow hunting anytime soon!
Drew found a cute puppy!
Now time for sling shots!

Another one of the boy's favorite activities...b.b. gun!!


After lunch in the dining hall, it was time to get wet in the lake.
These were logs on which you had to try to stand and balance because they continued to roll!
Look out!!







In line for the big water slide.




Then zip lining and dropping into the lake. 



Treehouse Masters is a show on Animal Planet.  There are unbelievable tree houses built and the show captures the whole project.  That show came to camp Cho-Yeh and built a tree there.  The boys had lots of fun!



It was perfect weather to spend the day outdoors.  It was warm enough that the lake felt great, but cool enough that you could stand to be outside and not sweat.  
So do you think Connor felt any differently about going to day camp this summer?  Not only is he over the top excited, he's mad that I didn't sign him up for overnight camp for the week!!!  Guess we'll have to try that next summer.

That's all.  Bye bye!

We Have Internet, People!!

After a year of not having Internet, we finally decided to get it! So hopefully blog postings will be coming more often!! (But not now, because Connor needs to do his math homework!!)

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Q&A With A 6 Year Old

Oh Reidy Reid...where do I begin?!?  I guess the best way to describe him is a super smart stinker!! He often helps the 2nd grader with his math homework, and has been tested on a reading level of 10 which is mid-1st grade.  (He can actually read higher, but he has to comprehend everything he reads.) He is the only kindergartner who is allowed to check out chapter books. Yesterday, he came home and showed me how he "wrote" a book. Because he finishes his work so quickly, his teacher had him re-write word for word his library book on beavers.  And he did!! I love going back and reading about him each year because other than getting older, I feel I could continue saying the same things.

We had his yearly check-up a few days ago and he's a healthy 6 year old.  And a big 6 year old:
Height: 50.2" (97%)
Weight: 52lb (80%)

At this rate, he is predicted to be about 6'7" by the age of 18.  Not that I'm surprised, but my little baby boy 6'7"?!?  I should've known when he entered this world at 9lb 6oz, 22" long!  

For his birthday dinner we went to Chuy's, where they announced to everyone that it was Ricky's birthday, so everyone sang happy birthday to Ricky!! The rest of the night. Josh was calling him Ricky Bobby from the movie, "Talladega Nights."




Here are the usual questions I ask the boys at each birthday:

What is your favorite color: orange
What is your favorite toy: Remote Control Car
What is your favorite fruit: grapes
What is your favorite TV show: Amazing World of Gumball
What is your favorite game: Wii
What is your favorite snack: peanut butter crackers
What IS your favorite animal: giraffe
What is your favorite song: "Uptown Funk"
What is your favorite book: "Can I Play Too?"
Who is your best friend: Kolby
What is your favorite movie: Star Wars (which he's only seen a little of the very first one)
What is your favorite thing to do outside: play tag
What is your favorite drink: chocolate milk
What is your favorite holiday: Christmas
What is your favorite thing to sleep with: Bob the Lobster
What is your favorite breakfast: waffles
What is your favorite lunch: peanut butter & honey sandwiches
What is your favorite dinner: leftovers 
What do you want to be when you grow up: a policeman
Favorite thing to do at school: do work
Where would you like to go on vacation: Hawaii (and hopefully he'll invite his mama!)

Here we go over the years:

March 31, 2010

March 31, 2011

 March 31, 2012
 March 31, 2013
March 31, 2014
March 31, 2015
March 31, 2016