Seven Years Old

Posted in Family by Kendra G.

Crosby is seven years old today!

The birthday interview tradition continues!

What is your name? Crosby
How old are you? Seven
What is your favorite thing to do? Spend time with you
What do you want to be when you grow up? A scientist
What is your favorite food? Tacos
Who do you like to spend your time with? You
What do you do really well? Play video games
What makes you laugh? Tickles
What is the best time of day? Recess
What are you afraid of? Nothing!
Who is your best friend? Hudson
What do you like to do with your family? Have tickle fights
What do you love to learn about? Outer space
Where do you like to go? Disney Animal Kingdom
What is your favorite book? Bad Guys (the series)
If you had one wish, what would it be? To be a Storm Trooper. and to fly.
What is your favorite color? Yellow
What is your favorite TV show? Anything on Disney+
What is your favorite animal? Weiner dogs
What is your favorite movie? Toy Story 4
What is your favorite drink? Apple juice
What is your favorite holiday? Halloween
What is your favorite restaurant? Tijuana Flats
What is your favorite place to go? Animal Kingdom
What is your favorite song? Every song by Perry Gripp
What is the best part about school? Recess. and art.
What is your favorite cereal? Cinnamon Toast Crunch
What is your favorite snack? Apples
What do you like to take to bed? Nothing
What is your favorite thing to do outside? Run around
What is your favorite fruit? Apples
What is your favorite ice cream? Mint
What is your favorite outfit? Pajamas
Where do you live? My home
What is your favorite sport? Baseball

Crosby is now in first grade and he is an awesome reader. For the Accelerated Reader (AR) quizzes last year, he scored in the top five kindergartners for the whole grade! He recently discovered the Bad Guys series of books and does not put them down.

He has recently gotten into video games and loves to play Super Mario Odyssey; Minecraft; and Disney Infinity on the Switch and the PS4.

He hasn’t gotten a chance to play baseball since early March, but we are hoping to start a new sport this winter. He’s been doing a lot of swimming and bike riding this year during quarantine.

Here are some highlights from this year!

Christmas break in Sarasota!

New bike for Christmas!

Kicked off the year at Star Wars land at Hollywood Studios.

One of his only baseball games of 2020.

Spring picture day. Such a handsome kindergartner!

Nine weeks of virtual school.
The only highlight was he was able to wear his pjs.

Ended kindergarten with a plastic bag full of school supplies. Such a sad way to end his first year at the elementary school.

Crosby fell in love with Ziggy and Bruno while they were visiting from Colorado this summer. He is a huge dog lover!

He lost his first tooth on June 6!

Lots of pool days during quarantine.

His first sleepover to end the summer.

Complete with video games!

First day of first grade! He did nine days of virtual school – LaunchEd.

He lost his second tooth in his sleep and went to school the next day!

First day of in-person school. That smile says it all — so excited!

He got to meet the pilot!

Riding a horse in Montana!

Looking the part in Montana with his best bud!

Fall picture day! Such a big first grader.

Birthday(s) weekend at Disney with friends!

Happy 7th birthday to our lovable, goofy boy!

29Jul2019

life lately {may}

Posted in Random by Kendra G.

another month, another lost tooth.

the kids went to their first orlando city soccer game.

cheering on the lions!

may supper club!

cinco de mayo style.

mother’s day tea with c.

we got our saturdays back as the soccer and tee ball seasons came to an end.

go diamondbacks!

his second tee ball season in the books!

another successful season as dugout moms.

my clan took me to animal kingdom for mother’s day!

celebrating us moms.

moms night out!

crosby’s end of the year class party!

crosby’s last day of vpk!

momming so hard on class party day.

her teacher gave her the class leader award.

and her classmates decided she would most likely to become president.

vpk graduation!

our little graduate.

kenley’s memorial day weekend was delayed by a day due to the stomach bug. we made it to the beach on sunday while she was still recovering.

living his best life.

trying to fish.

so happy to see spend some time with the suhrs when they were at disney for the week.

these girls became fast friends.

swimming at disney!

her last day as a first grader!

magic kingdom!

i’m not sure these kids could be any cuter. what a perfect way to end the month.

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may is the new december around here. the end of the school year came in fast and furious. we had a fabulous month and celebrated all the things.

26Jul2019

life lately {april}

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kenley got to have lunch with meemaw and grandpa at school to end their spring break visit.

kenley’s artwork was selected to be in the wolf pup art gallery at school for the last nine weeks of the year. they held an opening reception for the art gallery for the students, it was awesome!

our little artist!

twinning on a run!

ucf celebrates the arts!

more twinning.

kenley is certainly outnumbered.

april supper club

soccer saturdays continued.

when you play against one of your besties.

as did tee ball!

more art from the school wide art fair!

kenley lost another tooth!

we celebrated hudson’s birthday at the science center!

saturday morning run.

easter cookie decorating at 4rivers!

easter sunday at church!

easter brunch!

the kids had a blast looking for easter eggs

post-easter brunch brewery meet up

symphony under the stars on campus

on kenley’s half birthday, i was the mystery reader in her class! she was so excited.

beer garden in avalon

baby cam!

we loved visiting with the rosemans while they were at disney!

first grade field trip to dinosaur world!

sunday brunch with scott and katie while they were in town!

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it was a busy april with games every weekend and lots of time with friends.

20Aug2018

first day of school {august 2018}

Posted in Family by Kendra G.

The kids started school one week ago! I have to say there was much less anticipation leading up to the first day, unlike last year. It was really interesting to go back and read last year’s post, especially since Crosby was starting at a different school last year before we made the decision only a couple weeks later to quickly change to his current school. It seems so much longer ago! Nonetheless, he’s is starting VPK (voluntary pre-kindergarten) this year, which means only one more year until they are going to the same school again!

Kenley started first grade with one less tooth this year! Greg pulled her top tooth the night before school started. Even a week later, her smile still catches me off guard! She was so looking forward to getting back to school, meeting her teacher, and the new friends in her class. She was also happy to find out that some of her old friends are in her extended day class so it’s the best of both worlds!

We headed to Crosby’s school first which was super busy and full of families dropping off their kids. He did such a great job. We made our way to Kenley’s school next since we were allowed to walk her in on the first day. I was happy to see that our sidewalk chalk wasn’t washed away by the rain the night before.