Six...

On August 27th Marcus turned 6!

And this is how he spent his day:

He was up bright and early for birthday pancakes and the opening of gifts. Then he was off to his 8th day of first grade (1st day without crying!) Charlie, Gwen and I took doughnuts to his class for a treat. Marcus was King for the day! And they did treat him like royalty.
After school he got to open a few more things. His favorite gift: the skateboard.
For the afternoon party we headed to Jump-On-It. This was the crew: Charlie, Marcus, Sumner, Isaac and Porter.

And then we came home for cake and ice cream.

Thanks to all who made Marcus's birthday great!

And I had the time of my life...

We spent all of last week in Island Park, Idaho. We stayed at my uncle's extremely sweet cabin. We played in the water all day every day. I didn't want to come home. Here are a few pics from the trip!

Only regret: We didn't wash the sheets.

First Day of First Grade...

Heaven help me.

A Day in the Life of Charles...

7:30 a.m.- 1st Breakfast

8 a.m.- tells Marcus his breath stinks

9:30 a.m.- plays in the rain

10 a.m.- 2nd Breakfast

11:30 a.m.- mini ice cream cone

11:35 a.m.- tells Marcus to 'drink his ice cream up like a man!'

noon- handful of chips

12:15 p.m.- 1st bowl of Ramen Noodles

12:19 p.m.- 2nd bowl of Ramen Noodles

12:30 p.m.- finishes off Grandpa's fries with fry sauce

1:30-3 p.m.- off to play with cousins (no notes on exactly what happened there.)

3:30 p.m.- finds an old bag of popcorn on the counter. Munches for a bit.

3:33 p.m.-begs for a snack pack of chocolate pudding. We're all out. Settles for chocolate chips.

4:30 p.m.- slice of left over pizza

6:00 p.m.- chicken nuggets with ranch

8:15 p.m.- large red otter pop

9:20 p.m.- chocolate milk

9:35 p.m.- fast asleep

Charlie was lucky today. He never gets to eat this 'good'. We usually have to throw some fruits 'n' vegis in there some where. Sheeeeesh!

Here's the deal...

If you're in Utah County this Saturday you MUST go here: