Kindergarten Graduation...take 1

Bennett graduated kindergarten from Kids' Place and he was so excited.  Both Allyssa and I are very proud of the amount of hard work he put in this year.  He is reading, doing basic math and he has the mind of a scientist.

Mom shed a tear when they had all the kids that had been at Kids' Place since they were babies stand up.

For future record at his kindergarten graduation Bennett stated he wanted to be a chef when he graduated.  Of course, when we got home he told me that was just a front because he was really going to be a secret agent.

April 2013--The month Bennett broke his collarbone...

 Lachlan on Thomas the train--he keeps asking us if we can go back to see Thomas.  I wish he was nearby all the time because Lachlan had a blast.

 Lachlan at the petting zoo.  He was so gentle.

 The boys feeding the koi at the Japanese Garden Spring Festival.

 The boys playing the musical instruments outside the Perot Museum in Dallas (you drop rocks and it makes musical notes--this is one of Bennett's favorite places).

 Lachlan playing at the water yesterday at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History.  We've been visiting a lot of museums because playgrounds aren't safe with Bennett's collarbone.  Unfortunately, "slow down" and "no jumping" are not part of Bennett's vocabulary, no matter how many times we say them, so we have to try to limit his "dangerous" activities.  He still finds things to jump off of, but we refuse to be the ones to blame. ;-)

Bennett giving me his GQ pose because he has started refusing to smile for the camera.  I told him the next time he asked to go to the museum, I'd show him this picture to show him that he didn't really like going to the museum. LOL!  He didn't like that very much.

Spring 2013

Been awhile since I've posted some pics, so thought I would...

 The boys in matching sweaters by accident.

 Valentine's Day

 Lachlan hunting eggs at an Easter event.

 We had a visit from Uncle John and cousin Jonas at Easter.  Here are the boys dying eggs.

 Bennett and Jonas hunting eggs.

 Jonas hitting the pinata at Easter.

 Bennett and the pinata, and Lachlan below!

 At the Stock Show midway...right after Lachlan got lost for a couple minutes because he escaped his stroller and went in the exit of the fun house next door.  So scary.

Winter Fun-Happy New Year!

Took the boys to the zoo today, and they had a blast playing on the telephones and hearing all the information about snakes and crocodiles.  Bennett even touched a red and black snake native to Honduras.  He's very into identifying which snakes are venomous.  Lachlan is a little hesitant about the snakes, but loves to look at the crocodiles.

The boys playing in the leaves that Arty put in a pile...one of the many piles (and don't even get me started on the amount of leaves that were in the backyard).

 Lachlan and Bennett playing on the "spiderweb" in Burnett park by my building.

 Decorating Christmas cookies.

 Lachlan performing a piano concert with his new piano Christmas morning.  He's very Jerry Lee Lewis with his legs up on the piano!

 Bennett and his wild hair showing off a present Christmas morning.

 The boys cheesing it up in the bath...a moment of sweetness in the haze of fighting that we normally see.