Thursday, May 30, 2013

Keldan's Day

Keldan's birthday day :) They were exhausted by the end of the day, had lots of surprises and fun times/memories :) Before Keldan went to bed he told us it was the best day ever :) Love that little boy!! Again these posts are more for my memory bank, I use this blog as a baby book as well :)

After Lucas and I sang happy birthday to him, we enjoyed a yummy cookie in bed :) Poor Lucas just did not understand that it was only Keldan's birthday, after Keldan saying he was five Lucas goes and I'm 4 ;) 


His reaction to all his decorations :)
They both talked about the lego batman decorations for a good hour :)

Made a batcave, complete with batdog :)


Then I surprised him with a playdate with a friend (Jace) from preschool :) He has a brother Lucas' age too. I have a feeling these boys are going to have a fun summer together :)







Such a big gril! She loves to swing on her own and does extremely well!

Cookies time :)



Jace's mom, Jesse, bought him a birthday gift, was so sweet of them! Ninja turtle lego set, Cars nerf football, and a thing that you can talk to the ninja turtles (which Jace picked out). 
Then a surprise lunch with Meemaw at "Chips"







It was yummy :)


A nice lady was leaving as I was taking pictures of my mom with the kids and she offered to take a picture of all of us :) Was so nice of her!!
Good way to cool off on a very hot day!!



The boys would get up on the side and jump in and Mikaela would just laugh, they did this for the longest time!



After Daddy made a yummy grilled cheese sandwich on the grill (Keldan's favorite) it was time to open presents :) 
Lucas wanted to be a apart of it :)


Power rangers

Lego Batman Movie, he has been so excited for this!!

and a lego batman set.

Part of the batman set, batboat


Ended the night with some yummy popcorn with the lego movie :)



FIVE


How is it possible that we have a 5 year old in the house?! Keldan turned 5 today :) He has been counting down the days! 

Just for my reference since I'm no good at the baby books... :)

*44 lbs (Down to 75% for weight)
*44 1/2 inches long (90% for height)
*Size mediums in big boys (I think it's like 5/6) and some larges (7/8s).
*Size 11 1/2 shoes
*Rarely takes a nap, I try to make him once a week during school but for the most part it might be once a month. We just do an hour of quiet time (either sit and watch a movie or play on the I pad) every day and that seems to help.
*Becoming quite the eater! He seems to go through a growth spurt every 2-3 weeks (gets about a week off) and boy does he eat through through those weeks!!
*Drinks from a cup, uses his straw cup when were out and about.
*Knows his ABC's, lower and upper, and knows the sounds they make.
*Knows and can write his name.
*Learning his address.
*Learning to spell some words.
*Knows his numbers by looking and can count to 21.
*Knows all of his colors and if they are light or dark shades.
*Knows the days of the week and months.
*Knows his birthdate.
*Loves legos/blocks (he can follow some of the instructions for legos and put them together by himself!) or anything you can use to build, and anything that has to do with art!! Loves to do art projects or just sit and color for hours! 
*Really getting into playing football and baseball with Daddy.
*Starting to do simple chores around the house (which is tremendous help to this Mama!!)
*Loves to help me cook or bake.
*Starting to really enjoy playing in the dirt and sand.
*Loves to sing and dance. I think he's going to be quite the hip hop dancer some day :)
*Loves superheroes, ninja turtles, cars, trucks, farm, trains, dress up/pretend play, and reading books.
*Enjoys playing games.
*Loves to play with his cousins or friends and to make new friends at the park.
*LOVES his brother and sister!! He is such an awesome big brother!! He loves to teach them things and help them if they need it. Very protective of them!! If I correct one of them it's not unusual to hear him say be nice to my brother/sister or if playing with other kids and someone takes something from them he will say be nice to my brother/sister :)
*Loves going to school!! Only heard a couple of times this past year I don't really want to go but then that moment would pass and he would be fine. I'd say that's a good start that he loves going :)

...all I can think of right now....

He is a HUGE blessing to this family!! For the most part he has this laid back love to be around personality (had a few rough patches last couple months with him but it seems to be going away). He has the handsomest smile :) He is extremely respectable with adults I feel for his age, he listens and does what he's told. Huge helper!! Loves to help me around the house. Not as quiet as he was before school (talks a lot more) but still has his quiet moments.


Tuesday, May 28, 2013

5 Year Video

I know I'm a day early but wanted to get this posted for tomorrow :) Keldan's five year video :) At the end is a short video of Keldan singing at his preschool graduation, he's in the middle :)


Saturday, May 25, 2013

Batman and Robin

Ever since Lucas was old enough to pretend play with Keldan, Lucas would be Robin and Keldan would be Batman :) Uncle Jason and Aunt Stacy got them these dress up costumes couple years ago and I finally got a few good ones :) They never really cooperate in them, just want to run around. 



They saved Minnie Mouse :)




In our cartoon Robin gets Batman :)