At around 2:30am I woke up and crawled into Barbara's bed.  At about 2:45am she crawled into my bed.  I am a snugger and she is not.  Her bed is much softer than mine is, so I got the better end of that deal.

At 6:10am Barbara woke me up and walked me downstairs so I could finish sleeping on the sofa.  GGM will make sure I am awake, fed, and ready to catch the bus at 7:30am.  Barbara leaves for Andy's house at 6:15qm.

  Today was Field Day at Metzler.  The first session was from 8:30 to 10:30am.  I didn't have any one there rooting me on.  I think this may have been the first time that has ever happened

 

.  My dad came to school and got signed in and came to my classroom with a meatball sandwich from Subway and he joined my class for lunch and he stayed the rest of the day to watch me compete.

I have my tongue out of my mouth often when I am concentrating. 

Some of the things Daddy saw were jousting, horseshoes, and a four-way tug-of-war.  The last thing that happened was a fire truck came to water us down with their big hose.  Oh, what fun!  It was sort-of a muddy mess but so so much fun.  I'm sure glad Daddy was there to watch me compete in Field Day events.

I was so tired I wanted to sleep on the drive home, but I waited until we got home.  After a nice nap and a shower we went over to Mimz home for dinner.  Daddy grilled hamburgers.  Sometimes I help him but today Knox was there so we played.  Knox joined us for dinner.  I ate 1 1/2 burgers.  I had an active day, good nap, and a good dinner.  What more could I ask for.   Well, I would ask for more of my family to have been at Field Day, but having Daddy there made it a great day!

Today my cousin Amber and her husband Travis became parents of a baby girl in San Antonio.  Her name is Jade Evan.  Her great grandmother Helen, was at Mimz house and we celebrated when Aunt Kathy, Daddy and I arrived.  

I remembered to think of a good thing that happened at school to tell Barbara.  Mrs. Cat told me that at the beginning of the school year my penmanship was not very good, but it is much better now.

I passed my 3rd quarter Word Wall assesment.  Now I am ready to work on the last quarter.

I earned anther sticker for great behavior today.  I counted how many great days I have had... it was over 100.  I've had 8 not so good day.  Pretty good average I would say.

After school I played with a group of seven boys on our bikes today.  Cole and Alyssa are both still grounded, so there were not a part of the fun.   At 5:45pm I asked Barbara if I could go to the park with this group.  She said no, and I was really upset.  She had lots of good reasons:  No adult or much older child, I had homework to do, I needed to eat and get cleaned up so I could get to my 6:30pm den meeting on time.  I still didn't like it that I couldn't go. I had five minutes of being upset, then I got over it.

Mommy and Grandma are at a scrap-booking thing in Dallas, so Barbara took me to my den meeting.  It was held in the Wimbledon Falls Club House because Metzler school needed the cafeteria for some school event.  There were eight boys and their adult at the meeting.  I carried the American Flag during the flag salute.  We all said the Scout Law and the Scout Oath.

I was the only boy to bring my dog food and leash to donate to the Abandon Animal Shelter.  The others forgot.  They can bring it to other meetings.  In the picture above, the sack on the table is my donation.

We were given forms to fill out for each person going camping.  The leader decided we would go visit the Abandon Animal Shelter on April 21st during our den meeting, so I asked if I should take my dog food back home and take it to the shelter during the meeting.  Mrs Merry said that would be a great idea.

Only two boys had their knight shield ready to share.  Mine is so nice I will put it on the wall in my room.

I also earned my Cyber Chip Certificate. 

That means I learned some very important rules that I need to follow when I'm on the Internet, like not sharing personal information about myself with people I don't know and telling a trusted adult if anything on the Internet makes me uncomfortable.    

I got one of my friends phone number.

Then we were ready to go outside and have some fun.  We started with a knight's jousting event.  I didn't really know how to gallop but I tried.  We used pool noodles as lances and hula hoops as the target.

Next we threw a Frisbee into a bucket.  Some boys had no idea how to throw a Frisbee.  I did a good job, but I've had lots of practice.  (Thank you, Barbara for playing Frisbee a lot with me.)

We had two other events before the final obstacle course.  We jumped over pool noodles, threw a ball into a basket, crawled through four hula hoops and did the limbo.  We did this event three times.  On the final time, I did complete the limbo.  There are no pictures of this because Barbara was manning one of the obstacles.

We had snacks then it was time to go home.

I finished my last page of math homework, brushed my teeth, and read a little, before 8:30pm.  That is lights out time.   Then I decided I wanted to call my dad.  We chatted about field day tomorrow and then some about the weekend.  Daddy said Knox was hoping I would be around this weekend.  Then I decided I needed my toe nails clipped a bit.  Barbara obliged, then she said no my talking and I was left in my dark room to fall asleep.  I thought it would take a long time for me to fall asleep, but it really was just a couple of minutes.

Wednesday  March 29, 2017
At school we talked about the tops and bottoms of plants.

GGM says I am always very good the couple of hours she watches me after school.  I am very good about coming inside to let her know where I am playing.  Today I played with Alyssa most of the time.  I went on a bike ride with Cole and his grandmother. 

Mimz is still recovering from her surgery.  It may be awhile before I can go over to her house on Wednesday.  I hope it is not too long.  I love spending Wednesday's with her and playing with Knox.  Most Wednesday's Mimz fixes dinner for Daddy and me.

This evening I had to finish my personal shield for Cub Scouts and I had to watch two videos about Cyber Safety.   Mommy purchased some dog food and a little lease to my contrabution to a dog shelter as a part of a cub scout community service project.  

Barbara always asked me to tell her a good thing that happened at school.  I'm not very good at coming up with an answer.  Today I said we went to P.E.  My only other things I could think of was we learned about 2D and 3D shapes, like a piece of paper and a box.

Mommy took me to soccer practice.

Mimz finally got to come home from the hospital today.  She had been in there six and a half days!  I hope she has a very quick recovery.  I don't want her to miss too many of my games and school and cub scout events.

Monday, 3-27-2017
I didn't realize I hadn't written today's blog. 
I had school which was routine and I got a sticker for good behavior.
Oh, here is some good news.  I think I will get three spirit sticks at the nexe awards ceremony.  Three is the most you can get.   One for all As for grades.  One for all Es for conduct. And one for perfect attendance.

I had a baseball game.  Mommy, GGF, and Barbara were my fans.  I mostly played first base and a little second base and center field.   I only handled the ball one time in the field.  I managed to put a guy out at first base.

I had two at-bats.  My first at-bat I hit a ball onto the cover over the bleachers, which being made of tin it made a loud noise.    Next I hit a foul ball past third base.  And this I swung and missed. 
My second at-bat I made a single to first base.  I managed to get to second base before the third out.  We lost 9 to 8.

My dad took me to visit Mimz in the hospital.  She is so ready to get released but she doesn't know yet when that will happen.

From 2 to 4pm, I was at my Scout Pack Bike Rodeo.  There were about 20 boys riding bikes and helmets.  Three or four needed help learning to ride. 

We started by learning hand signals.  Then we learned rule for riding bikes in the street.  A bike is a vehicle so it follows the same rules as a car.

We had four events.  First we had to ride and use hands signals.  Next was a Slow and Easy balancing ride.  Next was a two person race.  And last involved our riding and dropping large washers into three red plastic coffee can.  I tied for the best.  I got one in, and hit the can with the washers but they didn't drop in.

Then there was free riding time, but I had to leave for Faith Formation.  Barbara took GGF home and Mommy took me to church.

At home, I rode bikes with Anthony and Cain.  I sure don't like coming in while it is still daylight outside.  But the only way for me make my bedtime is to do that.  I was 15 mintues late getting to sleep.

Saturday 3-25-2017

I know we wrote on this day, but it has disappeared so I'll try to rewrite it.  That is not fun at all.  It taxes my memory bank.

My fans at my baseball game were Grandma, Papa, Mommy, and Barbara.  Unfortunately Mimz is still in the hospital.   I had two at bats.  I hit a single.  I made it to second base before the third out.  I played first base and made one out.  My team lost and I think the final score was 6-2.

We had to leave the baseball game as soon as it was over to get to my soccer games.  We had soccer pictures, then we played two soccer games.

Mommy and Daddy were at both games.  Barbara and GGF came to the first game but left as soon as it was over because it was so very sunny and they were hot.  Some nice people let them borrow a large umbrella and that really helped make them comfortable during the last half of that game.  As soon as she got home, Barbara put a large golf umbrella in her car trunk so she would have it for the next soccer game.  We won the first game and lost the second game, but I did score a goal in the second game.

My school picture came out.  We will have to pick which background we want.

Daddy, Mommy, and I went over to JJ's house in the evening.

Friday 3-24-2016
I know I worte on this day because I wrote about my mom's birthday and now it has disappeared. 
This is no fun!

Today was my mom's 37th birthday.  My dad and I sent her flowers.  Her co-workers gave her flowers too.

 My great report card - part 1

And part 2.

 We had a baseball game.

 It was one of the boy's birthday, so he parents brought doughnuts that looked like basballs to celebrate.

Our coach holds a short meeting after each game.

I don't do a very good job of thinking of something good that happened at school today.  I got a sticker for good behavior is what I said today, but I get stickers most of the time so that is not something really interesting.

GGM watched Cole and me get off the bus.  We played with each other until Mommy got home from work.  Mommy went on a bike ride with Alyssa and me.  A month ago a neighbor lady wanted to get rid of a bike that had been in her garage for years.  It needed work and was pretty dirty.  Andy took it home with him and cleaned it up and got it to ride pretty well.  The plan is for Mommy and maybe later Kristan to ride it with her children.

When Mommy first got on it, the seat was way too high.  Late night Daddy showed her how to lower the seat.  So today we went on our first bike ride, just around the small block.  We hope to go on more rides often.

Mommy took me to my den meeting.  We each brought shoe boxes and toilet paper rolls, and paper towel rolls and packing paper rolls to build a castle.  We put everyones supples in the middle of the floor and we each took from the pile to build our castle.  Some boys made huge castles.  My was small and we were able to bring it home easily.  I'll put in in my room as a decoration for awhile.

The only Tiger requirement I still need to do is Tigers in the Woods which will require me to go camping to complete it.

We came home from my den meeting and finished my homework and read.  I was 45 minutes late getting to bed.  It couldn't be helped.

Mimz had surgery today to fix a bowel obstruction.  I sure hope she has an easy recover.

Wednesday is the day I bring home a weeks worth of classwork.  Today all of my papers had check marks, which is great, except for one -1.   Not bad for a boy is is more into sports and playing than studying.

My printing is improving.  This is the first time I have gotten a stamp for excellent printing!

Mimz is still in the hospital so I won;'t get to spend the evening and night with her.

I got a new blue bike.  I still like my old black and red bike but I'm sure happy to have a bigger bike with handbrakes too.

 I sure like bright colors.

The more color the better.

I went to Bahama Bucks with Cole and his mom.  My mom and Dad met us there.  We took my two bikes, my ramp and my helmet to Daddy's so I could practice on my new bike and on my almost new ramp. 

My baseball team, the Cubs, played the Rangers today and we won 3 to 2.  I played first base, short stop, and second base.  I struck out two times, but I think i'll do better next time.  I made two good plays.  While at short stop, the ball was hit to me.  I threw it to first base, but the firstbaseman didn't catch it.  The runner ran to second.  The ball was throw to the second baseman, who was about ten feet from the base.  I had run to second base, and the second baseman threw it to me.  The runner had already stepped second base, but he ran past the base and I tagged him.... OUT!
Here are four photos of me at this game:

 When my team is fielding, Barbara take some still pictures and videos.  When we are batting she generally only gets videos.  That is why you don't see any pictures of me batting.

back to school
neat handwriting

Daddy picked me up around 4pm and took me to baseball practice at 6.  Mommy came straight to practice after she got off work.

bike

I spend the night at Cole's and came home at 10am.  Cole came home with me.  My mom and Dad took Cole and me to eat crawfish.

Cole and I rode our bikes and we wore our helmets.  Barbara really likes that.

We went to Walmart to look at bikes with gears.  Just looking but I think a new larger bike is in my future.
 
 Mommy took me to my Faith Formation class.

A funny picture of Granda in Barbara's truck.  She was trying to reach something that had rolled to the back of the trunk.. 

***With Spring Break, all the babysitting of Anna Kate and Bradley, and Papa and Grandma moving and all of my activities, we are too tired to sit at the computer to do much more than write the blog.  Hope to add pictures soon.****


Happy 29th Birthday Day, Bridget!
 
Mommy drove us to Papa and Grandma's new home.  I explored and figured out where everything is.  Three rooms, the living room, dining room, and the master bedroom all all nice and neat.  The rest of the rooms need a lot of work.  Barbara was there helping unpack kitchen and pantry things.  She has helped Papa and Grandma her entire Spring Break except for one day off to rest a bit.

  
I found the bike I have at the lake.  Barbara helped me extract it other things on the garage floor.  I wanted to try riding down a hill.  I was sucessful and it was thrilling, but it was very bumpy so I didn't do it again.  After the landscaping is done I will be lots of fun.

Andy and his little family came up.  I gave Anna Kate a hug which she loved.  Papa went to Whataburger and got lunch for all of us.  I helped just a little with putting things in the right room, but mainly I explored around the yard and swimming pool area.

Mommy drove us home.  Cole's mom took us to the neighborhood pool and that was fun.

Then we rode bikes, wearing helmets which Barbara was really glad to see.  It is now an official rule we can't jump on the ramp with out a helmet.

I ate dinner with Cole's family.  Then I hurried home to take a shower, put on pj's and carry my pillow down to Cole's house so we could have a sleepover at his house.  I love spending time with my friends.

Friday, March 17, 2017

The USports parking lot was empty when Barbara, GGF, and I drove up to what we thought was my last day of soccer camp.    As it turns out, yesterday was the last day of soccer camp, so Barbara met my dad in the Sprout parking lot so he could take me to spend the day with Mimz.

Knox and his dad, and Mimz and I went to the new trampoline place and for four hours Knox and I jumped and climped and had the best time.  Mimz said this place is something else!  I can almost do a forward flip on the trampoline.  I watched other children do them.  I'll have to practice on my trampoline at Mimz' home.

We met Barbara and GGF at Sprouts.  I was ready to get home to play with my Gang of Four.  I played the next few hours with my friends plus a few other neighborhood kids.  Mostly we rode bikes and jumped on my ramp.   None of us wear helmets and that really bothers Barbara.  

My morning was spent at soccer camp.  I forgot to write so I don't know what I did in the afternoon.

Mimz helped us start saving Box Tops for Education.  She gave us several and we added a few.  Then one morning the baggie was gone.  We think GGF moved it but we haven't been able to find it so far.  We started a new baggie and put it in a safer place.

reserved Wednesday
soccer camp

Forgot to write again today.

I know I had fun at soccer camp!

Monday    Mar 13, 2017
Spring Break

My first day of soccer camp at UScore Soccer was lots of fun... lots of work, but still fun.  Barbara took me and after I was all signed in and with my group and coach, she went back home.  The camp was from 9am to 11;30pm. 

We did all kinds of skill training, lots of running, lots of little competitions and obstical competitions.  Barbara came back about 30 minutes early so she could watch me and see what camp was all about.  

I was given an orange camp t-shirt.

We went through Chick-fil-A's drive thru window to get me some chicken nuggets and a vanilla shake.  Barbara took me over to Mimz' home so I could spend the afternoon with Mimz.  Mimz' was having the inside of her house painted.  I was good about staying out of the way.  I laid on my bed with my DS game for a while.  I played with Knox, riding our bikes.

Mommy picked me up after work and took me to my baseball practice.

Barbara went to the lake to help Grandma and Papa do more packing, getting ready to move on Wednesday.  Tuesday the movers come to do prep work, but actual move will be the next day.

My dad is sick again, with the flu.  I sure hope he gets well soon.

Papa, Grandma, and Barbara had a long long day of packing.  Barbara came home with her car full of stuff for recycle, or garage sale.  Grandma will have a bunch more after she gets moved and decides what dosen't work any more.

One of the things Grandma found at her house, was the hat I wore to my first birthday party.  My head is too big for it now.

Aylssa and I played on our bikes on my new bike ramp.  We also ate crawfish for our dinner.

I forgot to write today.

 A close up picture of Mrs. Cat and me!

This is my football team picture.

I asked Mimz to measure me this morning.  March of 2016 I was 47 inches tall and today I was 50 1/4" tall, so I grew three inches in one year. 

Mimz brought me home with plenty of time for Cole and I to have our normal fun time at the bus stop.

I took an early dismissal form to the front office this morning, because Grandma is taking me to the dentist to have my teeth cleaned.   Early dismissal is a fun thing to look forward to all day.

My good thing that happened today was we had music class.

Grandma was waiting in the lobby at 2:30pm when I came around the corner.  Grandma told me the lady in the office asked if she was Bridget Laplante's mother.  She worked in the office at Strock when Bridget went there.

We drove over to Andy's, so I could see and play with AK and Bradley for a few minutes.  AK has a chair that she turns over and she uses it as a slide.  I used it as a hurdle.  I cooed over Bradley but that was about all I could do with him.  

The dentist said I have no cavities.  And when I have a growth spurt, my jaws will get larger and I will have room for my new teeth.  The one crooked one will probably move into place on it's own.

I played for a short while, then Mommy got home and it was time for me to go to a baseball scrimmage.  Mommy and Mimz were my only fans.  Barbara wanted to come, but she was pretty tired from long days this week of taking care of Anna Kate and Bradley so she missed my good hitting.

My first at bat, I had a single.  My second at bat I had a single, but I ran to second because of an error, an overthrow.

Mommy and I went to check on Daddy.  He has had the flu but he is feeling much better.
     

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

 I had 15,000 steps on my FitBit today!

Mimz and GGM were waiting for me at the bus stop.  I showed Mimz how well Cole and I do jumping with the little bike ramp my parents bought me.

Knox was knocking on Mimz' door when we got home.  We were  excited to see each other.  We rode bikes nonstop until we had to quit playing.  We do love to play together. 

I let Mimz read to me for a long time last night.  I still need to practice reading every ight but I am getting better.


I asked Mimz to measure me this morning.  March of 2016 I was 47 inches tall and today I was 50 1/4" tall, so I grew three inches in one year. 

Mimz brought me home with plenty of time for Cole and I to have our normal fun time at the bus stop.

I took an early dismissal form to the front office this morning, because Grandma is taking me to the dentist to have my teeth cleaned.   Early dismissal is a fun thing to look forward to all day.

My good thing that happened today was we had music class.

Grandma was waiting in the lobby at 2:30pm when I came around the corner.  Grandma told me the lady in the office asked if she was Bridget Laplante's mother.  She worked in the office at Strock when Bridget went there.

We drove over to Andy's, so I could see and play with AK and Bradley for a few minutes.  AK has a chair that she turns over and she uses it as a slide.  I used it as a hurdle.  I cooed over Bradley but that was about all I could do with him.  

The dentist said I have no cavities.  And when I have a growth spurt, my jaws will get larger and I will have room for my new teeth.  The one crooked one will probably move into place on it's own.

I played for a short while, then Mommy got home and it was time for me to go to a baseball scrimmage.  Mommy and Mimz were my only fans.  Barbara wanted to come, but she was pretty tired from long days this week of taking care of Anna Kate and Bradley so she missed my good hitting.

My first at bat, I had a single.  My second at bat I had a single, but I ran to second because of an error, an overthrow.

Mommy and I went to check on Daddy.  He has had the flu but he is feeling much better.
     

I don't have any homework this week, but I still need to read.

GGM was waiting for me to jump off the bus.  I told her on Thursday to not come out to wait for my bus because I won't be on it.  I'm getting early dismissal because I have a dentist appointment at 4pm.  Grandma is going to come to school at 2:30pm and get me out of school.  The latest you can get early dismissal is 2:45pm.  My bus generally drops me off around 3:30pm but we want to make sure that we get to my appointment on time.

My baseball practice was cancelled due to rain, so Mommy took me to soccer practice where we worked on different ball drills.   

Barbara went to my Pack meeting.  There was a very small turnout. 16 boys and 16 parents plus leaders.  The boys just played a basketball type game and another fun game that the boys made a lot of noise when they were playing it.  The parents had a parents meeting in the library and they could here the boys having fun.  Barbara took notes so Mommy would know events were in the making:  Zoo trip, Bike Rodeo, Camp Out, Rank Advancing, and Scout Fair.  I can't make the Zoo trip because it is at the same time as my last football game, but I should be able to go to all the other events.

Daddy and Mommy bought me a bike ramp.  I was a little timid the first three or four times I rode my scooter up the ramp, but by the fifth time, I had jumped with my scooter like I'm supposed to.  Then it was time to try it while riding my bike.  Again I was a little timid on my first just and it showed.  Barbara told me to not think of the ramp as the end, but picture myself sailing over the end of the ramp and riding on.  I did that and boy was it fun.  I did three or four more very successful jumps then I had to quit for the night.

A good thing that happened today was that I came in second in a game we played in PE with frizbees.

 In order for me to get to baseball practice on time, Barbara and GGF drove me to St. Edwards Chruch where we would meet Mommy after work.  I got out of the car to run around.  I was having fun acting silly.

A close up of a happy boy.


Mommy got me to baseball practice on time.

reserved Sunday

Faith Formation class

Mar 4, 2017 Saturday

Baseball game at 9am

Soccer game at noon

missed football, but did take snacks

***Sorry we are so far behind.  We have all kind of excuses, none of which are really good enough.  We hope that over Spring Break we will sit down and get caught up again.

Pajama Day at school.  I forgot to tell Mommy until I was getting dressed this morning and since I don't want to wear pj's we didn't have any that would fit me.  I ended up wearing something that would work.   Almost everyone had on pj's including the teachers.

GGM says I have been very good for her these two weeks that she has taken care of me after school.  Since Barbara is taking care of Anna Kate and Bradley, GGM keeps me from 3:30pm until around 6pm.  I always play with my friends, and I am really good about checking in and keeping GGM informed as to where I am and what I am doing.

 Went over to Daddy's this evening.  

reserved Thursday

HEB scavenger hunt
first baseball practice
den meeting

reserved Wednesday

Mimz was at my home waiting for my bus when it arrived.  We drove to her home where I did my homework before running off to play with Knox.

Mommy came over to take me shopping for my baseball gear but I convinced her that she could chose what I needed and I could stay to play with Knox.