Here are some pictures of his Birthday celebrations. Sorry the photos are out of order:
At their school they have a Valentines Box competition every
year. There are several categories to win under. And Quade
won 3rd place in most creative. He made a dinosaur out of
all items found in Papas shop. He was so excited and very
excited to tell Papa. They worked so hard on it together. He
won a gallon of milk from Dari Mart, $10 to the school book
fair, and a box of chocolates.
Birthday dinner at Domino's
Little boys playing with the big boy on the firetruck
Nerf war!
Quade had his eyes dilated at his eye appointment.
He thought that the glasses were pretty cool.
Cutest boys ever. And man does Finn love Quade.
He used a gift card from his Birthday to get an amphibious
RC car. He's been driving it in the slough around the house.
It actually works pretty well.
Birthday dinner with the troops! Root beer and Pizza as
requested.
I made him this Pin the HORNS on the Buck
for his Birthday activity. Turned out pretty cute
and they had a ball doing it.
Paddle boating to their next clue in the scavenger
hunt.
Quade has been having some teeth issues
lately and needed to get an accessed tooth pulled.
Here he is being so brave. What you can't see is
the TV in the ceiling. He barely knew anything was
happening with a movie playing.
Present time in the playhouse!!
Green and Red Birthday pancakes.
Quade got a carving set for his Birthday from
my parents. He is practicing on some soap to
start out with.
More Birthday fun. Traditional decorations
Quade is doing really well in school. And will be starting baseball in the next month. He has really gotten good at shooting his .22 he got for Christmas too. He loves anything to do with rocks, dinosaurs, knives, guns, building things, shooting, fishing, quads/motorcycles, etc. He is so diverse it's very impressive. And he is so intent on watching and listening to whatever he's interested in that he learns right away. He is so fun to watch as you can almost see the wheels turning in his head as he puts things together. I love that he is still excited for school and the events that are school related. I'm sure it won't be long until the "whole boy" comes out in him and he starts hating anything to do with school. He is going to do the talent show again. He can't decide if he wants to do the harmonica again or sing a song. I love that both kids are brave enough to get up in front of so many people.
Random pictures of Quade throughout the year:
Hunting with Daddy.
Helping ChaCha put new flooring in at his place. I
wasn't quite sure how well these two would work
together, but it turns out they did amazing.
More Birthday decorations.
Fun on the equipment for the shop
Daddy's the funnest in the pool!!!
Twins! He loves dressing like Jordan. And
I think Jordan likes it too. I hear them quite often
ask each other what they're wearing for the day.
Scandinavian fun
Traditional Birthday door decorations
Team pictures. So cute at this age.
Quade using his new hatchet Santa brought him
for Christmas.
We stopped by one afternoon and saw Jordan
at the forestation while he was teaching a class.
The kids got to break windows in a car. They
are so lucky to get to experience all that stuff. Most
adults have never gotten to break car windows.
Summer time fun!
Can you find the monkey in the tree?
5+ hour Monopoly game and Quade took the win!
It was so painful. I won't be playing Monopoly for years.
We visited the Albany carousel. This is where Quade
fell in love with carving. He could have stayed and watched
the carvers ALL day.
1st grade. I just can't believe how big he has
gotten. And so handsome.
He is obsessed with his FitBit he got for
Christmas. He always gets his 10,000 steps. And
this particular day he worked to see if he could
get 20,000! He is a very very determined kid.
Shooting his .22. He is such a great shot.
Makes my heart happy. I gotta get shooting too, so
the kids don't pass me up.
He got to go to a Halloween party and wanted
to go as a Zombie. I think we pulled it off pretty well.
I LOVE making their costumes.
After he got his tooth pulled. He wanted french
fries and frozen yogurt. You got it buddy!
Got to visit a sheep barn during lambing season.
Not exactly sure what this is. I was gone
somewhere and looks like him and Papa
were having some fun as always.
When Jordan picked up the boys from school in the
firetruck.
My little BBQing chef!
Quade has always had an amazing imagination. He
found all the pieces of trash on the playground at school
and then brought them home and made a robot out of them.
And just like that he's 7. But still little enough to need a little
snooze now and then.
