First Day of School

Kyler is in pre-Kindergarten this year. Unlike last year, he was (and is) very excited to go to school. He goes three mornings each week (last year was just Tues/Thurs). On Fridays he has to wear a Sts. Peter & Paul School polo with khaki pants along with the rest of the school. The main reason for this is that they have an all-school mass on Friday mornings which Kyler will start attending once per month after Christmas break.

Here he is on the first day of school. He was cooperative for pictures and ready to go!

His little sister thought she should be part of the activities too, so she grabbed her backpack and came out for pictures.

Here is Kyler in his classroom playing quietly before class starts.

He had an assignment to do and was eager to start on his homework as soon as he got home from school that first day. What a good student!

Here is one page of his completed homework. He drew a picture of his family.

And after that he was so tired that he crashed on the hard, tile floor.

Baptismal Birthday

We celebrated at home with Grandma and Papa coming over for dinner and chocolate cake. Kyler received a gift and he decided he wanted his charitable donation to go to help poor children. As such, we made a $100 donation in honor of his baptismal birthday to Save the Children's Syrian relief fund. Unfortunately it seems we did not take any pictures this year. Oops!

Kylerisms - The End of the Calendar

This is sort of morbid but Kyler is a very inquisitive kid and is also curious about death/heaven...
K - When will we die?Me - We don't know. K - Probably when we get to the end of the calendar?Me - (lol) No, we will just get another calendar. K - Okay. Then I hear him praying quietly. K - God, please can I go to heaven? Okay, thank you.And then he immediately fell asleep on the floor where he was playing. My first thought was, "I hope he wakes up." When his dada got home, I told him and he immediately went to check on Ky-man.

Lessons from Kyler: Apologizing

The kids are down the hall playing. 
I just heard Kyler yelling, "Say you're sorry and give me a hug and kiss!" 
Myelle: "Whyyy?" 
Kyler: "Because when you hurt someone you say sorry and give a hug and kiss."
(Pause)
Kyler: "Say sorry first!" 
Myelle: "Sorry."
I'm pretty sure the hug and kiss came next, but we like to let the kids work out their own problems as much as possible so I can't be sure.

"Matching"

Kyler has gotten to the age where he "matches" his own clothes when he gets dressed in the morning. You know, black matches black, navy matches bright blue, etc. Some days he is looking super awesome.

Independence

Kyler has gotten to the age where he "matches" his own clothes when he gets dressed in the morning. You know, black matches black, navy matches bright blue, etc. Some days he is looking super awesome. *wink wink*

4th of July

We spent the whole weekend (actually almost a full week) at the Centralia Lake camping for the 4th of July. It was close to Papa's store which was nice for him since it is the busiest weekend of the year for him. We borrowed Great Grandma Rita's motor home and even after spending so many days at the lake, the kids were not ready to go back home. The first couple of nights were really chilly which was unusual for July in Kansas. But by the weekend it warmed right up and we were able to go swimming. Before getting in the water, Kyler was sure to ask if there were any sharks or crabs. He's always thinking, that boy. It was nice to have time to just hang out and not be in a hurry to get anywhere to do anything. Centralia has a lot of festivities for the 4th, including a parade and fireworks. Kyler's Great Grandpa Remi asked him to ride on his motorcycle in the parade. He rides with the American Legion Riders. Kyler decided he would and he did great. We were afraid he would be nervous because of the loud noise, but as you can see he was really enjoying himself. Grandpa Remi was too!

Baseball Buddies

We went to a Royals game for Dada's birthday this year. It was K-State day. We had around 40 people in our group, including Kyler's buddy Kendal. They waited in line and ran the bases at Kauffman Stadium. They are a couple of sweet boys. Let's hope they stay that way!

Cousins

In the past two years, Kyler has gained a lot of playmates. He is the oldest of these five cousins. The youngest is almost a year old. There are going to be lots of fun years at Grandma and Grandpa's farmhouse!

Bean Boy

Waiting to go back to the surgery room

We had quite a bit of excitment on Father's Day weekend. Kyler and Myelle were "helping" me in the kitchen so I decided to give them some flour to play with. When Myelle started choking on it because she was eating it by the spoonful, I decided to give them some uncooked noodles and beans to stir. I kept an eye on her so that she wouldn't put them in her mouth. Brett and I were talking when Kyler excitedly tells us, "Hey! I got a bean in my ear!"

Waiting for our little man to wake up

Right away we told him "NO!!!" and I'm sure he tried pulling it out but pushed it in further. We couldn't tweeze it out because it was in far enough and I even tried sucking it out after telling him to lay on the floor and bob his head side to side. So we went to the ER. That was a bad idea. They made it worse.

Ready to get out of there!

On Monday, we went to Topeka first thing to an ENT. They ended up having to put him out to get it out of his ear, but no cutting was needed. Kyler was very brave and cooperated well with all the doctors and nurses. We were relieved that the ordeal was over, although we are not looking forward to the medical bills to come.

Kyler and "the bean"

A tiny thing can cause so much trouble!