Too Cool For School

Ezra is a little sad that he doesn't get out of the car and go into kindergarten with Eli. Fortunately, Ezra is too cool, to be too sad.

Party Like You're 6 Years Old!

The playground was a mud pit, the weather was dark, cool and drizzly, there was football traffic to deal with....When it was over, Eli said it was the best birthday party ever!

I think that is because almost all of his very best friends were there to help him celebrate. They ran a-muck (literally), ate nearly a whole cake, and whacked the heck out of the piñata. What fun!

Drat that wind!

Ah, good friends (and your brother)!

 Don't you love the intense concentration on Maryn's face!

Good Swing, Kevin!

Owen tries the jousting method.

Whacking things with sticks is right up Ezra's alley.

Eli Turns 6

Eli turned 6 yesterday. He is still really loving kindergarten, I think mostly because he simply loves to learn. If he is interested in something he will absolutely not rest until he understands it thoroughly. How many other 6-year olds do you know that know Otto Lilienthal was killed when his glider crashed? Didn't catch that on the news? Might be because it happened in 1896! How did Eli know? He made Chris read him a book from the library on the history of the Wright brothers flight every night for a week. His birthday cake last night was adorned with a little model plane that Eli recognized immediately as that of the Wright Brothers.

Time Flies....pun intended.

Here Are A Couple of Brothers...

Will they ever be able to work together to create important inventions? 

I doubt it, unless they both have their own hammer.

Eli, 3 Days Old

Eli, 6 Years 

(The Crown was from school - they announced his birthday over the intercom. Exciting!)

My days of holding Eli are over! Do you see how tall he is?!