Friday, July 8, 2011

And the Rocket's Red Glare








We had an awesome 4th, as we do every year, but this year my mom, sister and Grandma and Granddad came to the Webb family 4th of July bash. The boys had so much fun. I'm so glad they are so close with all their cousins, even second cousins. 
This year Bennett won the peanut hunt, he found the red peanut! He was so sweet he gave his prize to Jaxon, it was one of those paddles with a ball attached to a string. He said he couldn't do it so he gave it to him, then he was sharing his candy with everyone and giving everyone a bite of his snow cone. 
Casey was all over the place.  He loved that he figured out how to climb up and down from the crows nest all by himself and on and off the trampoline. He's such a big kid now, big FEARLESS kid. 
Both the boys are afraid of fireworks apparently. Bennett just doesn't like the noise and Casey doesn't like it all together, he kept clawing into me and burying his face in my neck even if I held his ears. So we went inside the house and watched them on tv and even then he'd cover his eyes and ears. The Schneiders provided us with some pretty sweet Washington fireworks, lets just say they aren't as strict as Oregon. It was like our own private show! So cool! 

Hope every one had a happy safe 4th!

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Raising Cain, The Emotional Lives of Boys. Read it, just do it. It's only 258 pages long and it will change how you view and interact with boys. If you have a boy in your life, whether you're a parent, teacher, mentor or friend, you need to read this.
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