Max seems so grown up

Max is 5.
He seems so grown up. Most of the time he doesn't seem like my "little" guy anymore. Gone is Sesame Street and Elmo. The baby toys are all in the basement waiting for Lily to play with them. He's more interested in Star Wars than anything else. He's hardly played with his Car Buddies in months. He plays games on his iPad, not 'Learning Games' but actual games; Angry Birds, Pac Man, Friut Ninja. He watches cartoons with superheroes and Transformers in them. The days of him only being interested in what we want him to watch are gone.

He still likes some of the things he's always liked; his Birds, his giraffe blanket, Caillou. But sometimes he seems so 'old'.

I relish the times that he still runs up to me and tells me I'm "the best daddy in the world". I love watching him play with his sister. I love it when (on the weekends when I sleep on the couch), he comes down to sleep with me "just for fun".

A couple of days ago I caught him on the couch playing his iPad. He wasn't playing any of the games, but was playing his Sesame Street app and loudly singing along with whatever song went with the letter H. It made me smile more than I have in a long time. He does still have lots of little kid in him.

Don't grow up to fast buddy. Not only will you miss it when it's gone, but you're going to break your Daddy's heart.

Max's Last day of Preschool

Today we celebrated Max's last day of preschool.

KINDERGARTEN HERE WE COME!

What a beauty

The black eye and the mess, still the most beautiful little girl ever.

Happy Mother's Day!

A little video I put together for Bobbie Jo:

Team #9

Max's 2013 GR Rec Soccer Team (Coach James took the photo)

Happy Easter!

The Kids

Photos taken March, 2013

She called me "Dada"

Lily doesn't really talk much. She grunts, and says "Kitty Kitty". But we'd be hard pressed to say that she has actually called us "mama" or "dada".
I was in New Orleans with work for the better part of a week. My first morning back, Bobbie Jo brought Lily into our room. She set Lily in the bed, where Lily said "dada" and climbed over to me.
It was pretty sweet!