New Wheels

We got Tyson a new bike for his birthday.  It took him all of five minutes to get comfortable on it and adjust to the hand brakes.  Now he's a riding machine.

 Two things about this picture:  First, look at that hand!  What happened to my little Tyson's chubby hand?  Who's "manhand" is that?  Second:  See the orange thing.  It's a GPS that he mounted on to his handle bars.  Just like his Daddy.  You can't just leave things alone.  You have to add stuff, mess with things, tweak them.  When I asked, "why do you need a GPS?" He informed me that it had a compass on it and I didn't want him to get lost, right? 

I sure love my 8 year old!

Theatre Family Date

We took the kids to the Oklahoma Children's Theatre to see the production of "Miss Nelson is Missing."  That happens to be one of my favorite childhood books and I had bought the book for Tyson years ago.  We read it to Em just last year.  It had been a while since I had taken the kids to a play......I think the last one might have been  "If you Give a Mouse a Cookie....."  It was time for another one.  This one was on the campus of Oklahoma City University.  And the kids were not disappointed.  They laughed and loved every minute of it.

 The campus was really pretty so we took advantage of some photo opps.

 Always time for the "pretty pose."

 The Henson family met us there.  The play was a little above Savannah's head but I think she enjoyed it.

 

Look these faces!  They couldn't wait for the play to start.

 

After the show the kids wanted to meet the actors and get their "autograph" on their programs.

 

Even Lovee Bunny got to come.

Time. It just keeps on tickin.......

I feel like I just wrote this same post last year.....or the year before....or even the year before that.  Basically these years are just flying by and there is nothing I can do to stop them.  I have an eight year old......those words are just difficult to write.  Instead of getting sappy and emotional I will focus on the things that make Tyson who he is at age 8.  My Tyson is very intelligent and witty at the same time.  He enjoys school and he LOVES to read.  Science and history are equally as exciting to him.  His other passion is just being outside, riding his scooter, playing with any ball and now riding his new big bicycle, and he still loves to play on his Kindle Fire.  He likes to watch and wear any thing OU, OKC Thunder and now he has developed a new love for the Texas Rangers. He also likes "work-out" clothes, anything athletic or sporty.  I have no idea where he got this thing for clothing and brands. He's a pretty well rounded kid and I'm so glad he's mine.

 The birthday boy at 6:30 in the morning.

 We got him some new tennis shoes, a size 4 I might add.

 Grandma and Grandpa sent him some Ranger gear (in preparation for our Ranger game with them this summer)

 He also got a Lego gift card from Paul's parents.  I'm sure we have a trip to the Lego store in our near future.

Mom and Dad got him his very own Ranger jersey too.......he loved it!!!

 Chocolate chip muffins for breakfast this morning.

 Instead of a birthday party we are taking Tyson and three of his buddies to a Redhawks game next Saturday.  So today is birthday celebration part 1 and the rest to be continued.........

A Very Special Mile

I had another one of those "proud Mommy" moments today.  Tyson ran his first mile run today.  It was the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon and he ran the kid's race.  Over the last two months we have been tracking Tyson's running.  Each child was supposed to log a total of 25 miles on their own and run the last mile on race day and then receive their medal.  At first Tyson was all ready for the run but as it grew closer he got nervous and was afraid he wouldn't be able to run the whole thing.  Paul and I knew  hecould.  This morning we were a team and I assured him he could do it. 

He looks so old.  He wanted to wear a short sleeved CT tee and his was long sleeve, so he wore mine.

It was an early morning!  We were downtown by 7 am.

 

Group shot of some of the Cross Timber kiddos, about another 30 showed up after we took this picture.

Yay Buddy!  His first running medal.  He was so proud of himself and already wants to do another run.  I totally enjoyed running with my Buddy, next up a 5K together.

Let's go fly a kite......

It turns out the infamous Oklahoma wind is good for something.  Who knew.

 
Today was the annual 2nd Grade Kite Day, where parents are invited to come fly a kite with their child.  We had great weather for it......a little warm but good wind.  Tyson was pretty pumped that Paul could take off the afternoon and come up to the school for some kite flying memories.

 Yes they are "adding" more string so the kite can "go higher!"

 Easily the the highest kite there!!!

 Houston, we have a problem!!!  Four kites, four stings......same location.

 I'll be honest, I don't know how to fly a kite.  I was just there for moral support.  This totally falls under the daddy/son category.

Kite Day 2012:  SUCCESS

Tea Party

Last Saturday Emerson went to her friend Kelsey's birthday party.  I should mention it was a tea party and the invitation said to "dress-up."  I cannot tell you how excited Em was to don her most favorite "dress-up" attire, complete with plastic heals and a feather boa.

Now prepare to be blown away by some serious girlee cuteness!

 

 Note the heals.....

You cannot attend a tea party with out the proper hat.

Look at these girls!!!!  They were so stinkin cute and so accessorized, it was ridiculous!  I was just so glad I brought my camera.

The good with the bad

It's quite ironic that as I write this post about Spring and my beautiful Spring blooms we are under all sorts of thunderstorm, tornado and severe weather warnings.  Actually we are under severe weather threats for the entire weekend.  I believe one national article referred to the storms as "life threatening."
It's 12 am and I'm the only one awake watching TV and listening to the warnings.  I'm letting Paul sleep but if the sirens go off then I'm waking everybody up and we're heading to the shelter.  By the way tomorrow I get to sleep and he stays on weather duty.  I spent most of the day getting our shelter "ready."  Which means I made sure all of our battery operated lights had fresh batteries, I put batteries in our fan (it gets really HOT down there, especially if we had to spend more than 15 minutes in it).  Stocked it with some bottled water and snacks as well as out important documents......just in case.

I took these pictures yesterday and the weather was beautiful.  Things change pretty quickly around here in Oklahoma.

I love my roses and love my spring color.  Hopefully they make it through the weekend weather!