Bear and Big Brother

Nate earned his bear a long time ago, but with the changing of scout leaders and us not hounding them, it took almost 5 months for him to finally have it awarded to him. He was excited to get it.

I am always telling people what a good brother Nathan is. He is so patient with Rylie and little kids. Some days he really plays better with the younger ones and has so much fun entertaining them. Here is another prime example of him being such a good brother. Rylie had made some swards and really wanted someone to play with her and he hopped right in. They had so much fun and make such cute little pirates.

Snow Fun....

Nate has always been so good to play with Rylie and he just knows how to entertain her and have lots of fun with her. Today it snowed soo much and Rylie really wanted to go play in it, and make a snowman. Nate did most of the making of the snowman and Rylie was in charge of all the accessories. I think that together they make a great team and did such a good job.


Here is Rylie showing off snowman #1

Here is Nate working on snowman #2

He is always good to smile for the camera :)

Here is the final product...not too bad

What a cute boy....

Do it herself....

Rylie loves to go and get her hair cut...she is all girl for sure. Awhile back she cut a few strands of hair and we had a BIG talk about how we don't cut our hair EVER. Time went on and she was "growing" her hair out. Her hair grows like mine, it doesn't :) Anyway, a little neighbor girl came over and she had just had a hair cut, a super cute bob type hair cut. This little girl had long gorgeous hair and decided to take matters into her own hands and chopped her hair off. Again I talked to Rylie about how we don't do that. Once she saw this little girls hair all she could think about was getting her hair cut off. I told her I wouldn't let her cut it that long but that she had a hair appointment in a week and we could cut LOTS off (little did she know I had total control on the lots). Anyway we went and got her hair cut, taking off 3-4 inches (which will take FOREVER to grow back). But she was happy and it looked cute. We cut it in an A-line in hopes we could still pull back the front. Well she decided to take scissors to her hair again and cut the right side off. It is hard to tell, because it really looks like it is all tapered in front, but really the front was the longest and now its the shortest. Again we talked about this and she now regrets cutting her hair and I hope she remembers this for a VERY long time. STINKER girl :)

Ice Skating

In March Nates class (and all the 4th grade) at school got to go to the local Ice Rink and skate for about an hour. Nate was soo nervous that he would fall and not have any fun at all, but as you can see from the following picture--he had fun. They walked from school to the ice center in snow which was about 3/4 mile. I am sure their teachers loved that.
I just met him there to help all the kids get their skates tied and on the ice, then I just watched.