Stop it, mouth!

Today Tyson burped, or maybe he hiccuped. Not sure which. Whichever it was, his reaction to it was classic. He yelled out, "Thtop it, mouth!" And then he hit himself in the mouth.

Reflections 2016

Corbin and Avery decided to enter Reflections (a school art competition) this year. The theme for this year is: This is my story.
Avery painted a picture, that she titled, "Playing Outside"

Corbin entered the film production category, with this stop motion film he made. The title is, "I build, he wrecks."

Hugs

Tyson and I went to JCPenney today, after we dropped Avery off at Kindergarten. Tyson made sure to give a nice hug to every mannequin that we passed.

1st Day of Kindergarten!

1st Day of 4th Grade!

Happy 40th, Jeff

Today was Jeff's 40th birthday. He was in my thoughts all day. Sweet Corbin came down for breakfast dressed in his Star Wars shirt (that matched Jeff's shirt), Darth Vader belt, and Boba Fett socks. I thought it was sweet of him to honor Jeff in his own little way.
The kids and I met my parents and Troy and Whitney and their two kids at the cemetery (Clark got caught up at work, unfortunately). We wrote notes on balloons and sent them up to heaven. We also decorated Jeff's grave with 9 pinwheels, for his 9 nieces and nephews that love him so much. After that we went to Noodles & Co. for an early dinner. Jeff loooovved their mac and cheese. We ate there and then just enjoyed each other's company for quite some time. After we separated ways, I took the kids home and we watched Star Wars, The Force Awakens. And we ate lots of candy eggs, marshmallow circus peanuts, and doughnuts. Tyson gave himself a belly ache, he ate so many circus peanuts. But, those were all things that Jeff loved. As I tucked Corbin into bed he said, "today was a good day, Mom!" I replied, "Jeff sure loved you!" and Corbin corrected me, "No, Mom. Jeff LOVES me, not LOVED me. He still loves me. " How true. Thanks for the reminder, buddy.

Happy 40th, Jeff! We love you, and we miss you.

Butterflies

This year, the Easter Bunny brought the kids a Butterfly Garden kit. The kids loved watching the caterpillars turn into chrysalis, and then into butterflies. Today we let the butterflies go. Only one butterfly flew away immediately. The remaining four were very happy to be held, and then placed into the grass. The kids thought it was awesome!

Easter Eggs

Averyisms

*Today I told Avery that she had to clean her room before she got any Kindle time. She replied, "I'll be faster than a potato cooking!"

*Out of the blue one day, Avery said, "Did you know that Grandma (Butterfield) has bangs all over her head?"  (Grandma has short curled hair...I guess it does kind of resemble bangs...)

Avery created paper crowns today for the whole family.

Sweet Tyson

I had the following exchange with Tyson today, while getting into the car.
Staci: "I love you, Tyson! Do you love Mommy?"
Tyson: "Mommy!"
Staci: "Do you love Daddy?"
Tyson: "Daddy!"
Staci: "Do you love Avery?"
Tyson: "Vay-vee!"
Staci: "Do you love Corbin?"
Tyson: "Coe-in!"
Staci: "Do you love Grandma?"
Tyson: "Gamma! ...Jeppy!"
Staci: "Oh, Ty, do you love Jeffy?"
Tyson: "I wuh you, Jeppy! I miss it."

Oh, buddy, I miss Jeffy, too. And it breaks my heart that Tyson is too young to remember just how special Jeff was to him.