It's gettin' hot in here

With the start of summer (which has been ridiculously hot, so far), we are officially doing "stuff" faster than I can post. Right before the end of the school year, both the boys participated in the tric-a-thon for St. Judes. Fortunately for us, Shane found this awesome pedal car while dumpster diving behind work. And no, things are not that bad financially, that's just who we are. Both boys love the pedal car and it has an adjustable seat. What a sweet score! The competition was so intense that Roland had to break out the driving gloves. My boys do love their accessories.
Duncan enjoyed riding into the brick wall at full speed. Repeatedly. Thankfully helmets are required for participation.

As we were watching TV a few Sundays ago, we saw an ad for a farm about 30 minutes away and said, "What the hay-let's go." This billy goat was so gruff. He nudged all the other animals out of the way so he could eat all the food.
The guys.
Time for the goats to go to the slaughter house.
The best part of all was this gazebo full of corn. It must have been 3 ft deep in shelled corn. We did belly flops and buried each other. Way cool.
Okay, so the slide was pretty awesome also. It is this HUGE piece of culvert pipe that, frankly, made me almost wet myself with the bumping action. It was very fast though and well worth the risk.
The crazies part 1:
part 2:

Cowboy for Hire #036966

Did somebody say "loose canon?" I just wanted to say congratulations to Shane for passing the PE exam (although he is very physically inclined, this has nothing to do with gym class). He is now officially licensed by the state of N.C. as a professional mechanical engineer. With the phenomenal amount of studying involved, difficult subject matter, two kids, and no time, it is really an amazing accomplishment. Not to mention he only slept 3.5 hours the night before.

Can I get a woot woot?

Grad-u-ma-way-tion

A self portrait

As insane as it seems to me, Roland has graduated pre-school! I can't say that he was very excited about it, but that is mostly because he knows that now he will go to "big school," and he really has no idea what that entails. I think that on some innate level, he knows it will require lots of paperwork. Oh, and lest I forget, "The hat makes my head itchy." I feel his pain. Back in the day, all the girls complained about the hats crushing their 6 inch high bangs.
He was such a handsome little man. He and his classmates sang several songs and recited some poems prior to walking the stage. They all did such a great job.




Each student is given a Bible as part of their graduation, as seen below. Roland keeps telling me we need a Bible (which we have), but I pointed out that he now has his own. So he counters, "I mean a real Bible. That one is not real." I do not understand the 5 year old mind sometimes.
Congratulations Baby Man! Mom and Dad are very proud of you and look forward to many more of your milestones.