Darla turns 6

This is about a week overdue, but Darla celebrated her 6th birthday last week. We took her to Six Flags the day of her birthday. She woke up that morning and opened presents. Two boxes of clothes - she was NOT impressed. But then she got her pink ipod! She was so excited.

Taylor, Jodi and Frank met us out at Six Flags. Right when it opened we headed for the Shock Wave. Darla did NOT want to ride it but we talked her into it. Jodi wasn't there yet, so we were the only 3 people on the ride. Brent rode in the first car and Darla & I were right behind him. When we finished, there still weren't any people waiting so the guy was going to let us ride again but Darla said NO WAY! She rode the Judge Roy Scream, Mini Mine Train, Runaway Mine Train, Bobsled, Conquistador, but her favorite was the Yosemite Same thing.

For her party, we celebrated at Bounce U which was fun for me because I didn't have to clean the house. Memaw brought Bo to the end of the party and he loved the bounce houses so much!! Darla got a bunch of good stuff - Webkinz, gift cards, itunes cards, a Sony ipod holder/radio for her room and $50 cash from Memaw. She specifically asked for money so she could sign up for her deluxe Webkinz membership online!

Darla - we are so, so proud of you honey. You are incredibly smart, you have the kindest heart and a great sense of humor. You are an amazing big sister and we love you so much. XOXO

Tonight Brent is at the lake and Darla is at Nanaw's, so Bo and I got to hang out. He has really started talking in the last couple of weeks. He started at Whistle Stop about a month ago and while he still cries when I drop him off, I think he's starting to like it. His teacher, Becky, is really patient and spends a lot of time with him. He says her name so cute but it sounds a lot like "Blankie" so I'm sure Bo thinks his teacher's name is Blankie.

We've been swimming a few times this summer and he loves the pool. He loves it so much that he has no fear about going in and usually will just walk right off into the pool. He even wears his lifejacket in our backyard while he's playing!

Darla was pretty funny on Wednesday. She stayed home with her daddy instead of going to Whistle Stop. She usually dumps most of her stuffed animals out on the floor in her room and it makes me crazy to go in there and see 500 animals everywhere. When I got home from work on Wednesday I asked her "how do you think I'm going to feel when I go in your room?" She looked at me with the funniest expression and said "I think your going to feel great. I didn't get any of my animals out today." The way she said it was so cute and so matter of fact.

One of Bo's new favorite foods - KETCHUP!!! He'll dip anything in it. Bananas, cereal, grapes, waffles...

Take a look at Mugsy - this is how she stands while Bo's in the highchair just waiting on any tiny crumb to hit the ground.

I was cleaning out Darla's backpack and going through some of her schoolwork today and there's a sheet titled "Summer Plans". Her list for the summer...

1. Go swimming

2. Go shopping

3. Get a Tan

That's my girl! :-)

Also in her folder was a "Me & My Dad" book. They filled in the blanks so I have to share a few of her entries...

"My Dad & I like to eat....cheeseburgers."

"My Dad & I like to watch.....Man v Food."

"My Dad & I like to....play castle stuff."

Another fun discovery this morning...I found Bo in my bathroom playing with one of Darla's baby doll strollers and a box of tampons. He also took the time to wash my flip flops in the toilet. Thanks Bo.

Next week is a big one. Bo starts at Whistle Stop on Monday and Darla has her Kindergarten Song Celebration on Monday too. She said that Mr. Gomez told them "if your parents are crying when you come in the gym, it's because they are so proud of you after watching the slide show". Better take my Kleenex. I can't believe we are already finished with Kindergarten.

I better go - it's very quiet in my house right now and that can't be good.

Peanut Butter

We found out the hard way this week that Bo is allergic to peanut butter. He had his first PB sandwich at the babysitter's on Wednesday. Memaw picked him up early and when they got home we noticed a red rash around his mouth. I called the babysitter and she told me he'd eaten the PB about 15 minutes before Memaw picked him up. He was acting fine and the redness started going away, so we thought "no big deal." Brent & I left to go to a dinner for my work and as we pulled in the parking lot my mom called and said "I think you need to come home." Bo was covered head to toe in an ugly red rash and was itching like crazy. Memaw put the kids in the car and rushed to Acute Kids Care. When we got there, I walked in to find Bo with an oxygen mask on his face and asleep but he looked awful! His whole body was red and he had these huge bumps on his face. His hands & feet were swollen. They had given him a shot and some Benadryl which apparently made him sleepy. He slept for about 20 minutes and then he woke up to say "Bob Bob" (Spongebob) which was on the TV in his room. They monitored him a little longer and then sent us home. Luckily, our prayers were answered and he's fine...we just know we have to be very careful with peanut butter!!

Are they waving at me?

Yesterday Bo was in his high chair eating breakfast (usually a waffle and banana) and he started waving then he'd stop. A few minutes would go by and he'd start waving again...then he'd stop. I couldn't really figure out what he was doing and then I looked at the TV in the kitchen and realized the Today Show was on. Every time they'd cut to the crowd outside, they'd all be waving, and Bo thought they were all waving at him. :-)

A new word

Bo learned a new word today - this morning when I went in Bo's room to get him up, he pointed at a book in his bed and said "book". He's got lots of toys in his bed and usually will play with them for awhile before he starts screaming to get out of his crib in the morning. I love watching him on the baby monitor. This morning it sounded like he was singing because he kept making his voice go up and down, up and down. He can also say his name which is sooo cute!

Darla had her first spill on Saturday. We were at Brown & Kelli's and she fell off the trampoline. It was a pretty bad fall but luckily she just sprained her elbow and scared herself half to death. Aunt Renay was so sweet - she laid on the trampoline with Darla later that night and they looked up at the stars. Darla actually wrote about it for homework this week. The story went something like "Saturday I was at my Uncle Brown & Aunt Kelli's house. Aunt Renay and I laid on the trampoline to look in the night sky at the plethora of stars." Yes, she used the word plethora. She said it was a buzz word at school.

One more funny story about Darla Punkin...the other night I went in her room around 9:15. She's supposed to be asleep at 9 so when she saw me coming down the hall she tried to act like she was asleep. When I went in there she kind of "woke up" out of her fake sleep and said "oh, my left eye was closed and asleep...I'm just waiting on the other one".