Brandon, Alison, Brian, and Kendall

Posts made in August, 2014

Reading Class

Posted by on Aug 16, 2014 in Brian, Family, Kendall | 1 comment

Reading Class

This morning, Brian had another reading class at NC State!  He’s really doing quite well with his reading.  I’m sure he’ll be in a great spot to start first grade.  Today, during the break, he made a fold-up book for Kendall, all about teaching her about colors.  What a thoughtful big brother!  Back at home, we played with toys, and started building two new Star Wars models, the Clone Wars-era Jedi Starfighters belonging to Anakin and Obi-Wan Kenobi.  Brian has some amount of...

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Viking Helmets, Hockey Camp roundup!

Posted by on Aug 15, 2014 in Brian, Family, Kendall | 1 comment

Viking Helmets, Hockey Camp roundup!

Today was Brian’s last day at Hockey Camp (well, hockey week at the Cool Ventures camp at the IcePlex!)  He received a cool hockey medal that he was very proud of. 🙂  Not to be outdone, Kendall wore the pirate eye patch he brought home in a prize bag.  Both kids were excited by the arrival of a pair of plastic viking helmets!  I’d ordered these to go with Brian’s Halloween costume, but didn’t know what style or size they’d really be, or if they’d be...

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Cool Ventures

Posted by on Aug 14, 2014 in Brian, Family, Kendall | 1 comment

Cool Ventures

Brian is having a good time at his Cool Ventures hockey camp this week!  (Despite the drama of the van getting broken into…)  I think this one is probably the most playtime-filled camp he’s been to so far, but maybe it’s good for him to have a week where he can just take it easy, play hockey, watch movies, do easy crafts, and play video games with the other kids.  Also included, photos of Kendall celebrating as she receives some additional water-squirting dragon friends for...

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One of those days..

Posted by on Aug 12, 2014 in Family | 1 comment

One of those days..

You ever have one of those days where things go straight to hell?  Today was one of those.  This morning, I took photos of Brian’s awesome train track layout (which I missed yesterday), and one of the snails that Kendall and I rescued from the sidewalk this morning at Goddard school.  Things were cool the rest of the day, and I picked up Kendall like usual on Tuesdays, until I get the call from Brandon, who was over at the IcePlex with Brian for his skating lessons.  At some point during...

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Sharing an umbrella (and a helmet!)

Posted by on Aug 11, 2014 in Brian, Family, Kendall | 1 comment

Sharing an umbrella (and a helmet!)

Brian and Kendall were cute today–Kendall wearing Brian’s hockey helmet, both in the car, and after we got home!  She is probably going to want one of her own one day.  The kids love these pictures of them walking together under the tiger umbrella that Brian got at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, outside the IcePlex after Brian’s first day at Cool Ventures camp.  Brandon took a photo of our cars being buddies in the parking deck at...

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