A Knight's Tale

Last night was King's Kids bonus night at church. All the kids were supposed to dress up as Knights or Princesses but I forgot to take pictures so Reagan let me take a few pictures of his costume this morning.

Serious Knight

Showing off his sword

Getting ready to slay the dragon

I will try to get a short tutorial put together soon for how I made the costume.

Pinewood Derby

Last year was Reagan's first Pinewood Derby and his car didn't do as well as hoped. But...he had fun working on it with Jared. Here are a couple pictures of last year's car.

Reagan's Packer Superbowl Car

His car was #12 after his favorite QB, Aaron Rogers.
Can you see the "Rogers Belt" on  the top?

This year both Reagan and Evie are competing in the King's Kids Pinewood Derby (and Jared has a car in the adult derby). Reagan decided that he was going to make "Bumblebee" (yes, the transformer not the insect). He also wanted to be #52 after Clay Matthews because he's tough.

Evie wanted a purple sparkle ballet slipper with a ribbon bow on top. She chose #14 because May 14th is her birthday. She LOVED painting her car and told me that she has the most beautiful car ever! Can you tell that she is a girly-girl?

Reagan's 2nd Birth

Reagan has been asking questions about heaven, salvation, and death quite a bit over the last few months. As parents, we feel a great burden to reach our children for Christ but at the same time have not wanted to rush him (or any of them) toward a decision.
This week was different, Reagan's questions really made us think that he was ready for us to go further and share the Gospel completely with him. Last night as we were getting the kids to bed, Jared had the wonderful opportunity to show Reagan how to be saved and Reagan prayed asking God to forgive his sin and save him. :o)

Reagan Notes

Reagan is learning fairly quickly how to spell/write words, and will sometimes even read signs or labels if they are made up of smaller words. He wrote this note with minimal help. It says, "Reagan for dad and mom, 'I never want to leave.'"

An Interview with Reagan (age 5)

Reagan the day before his birthday with his gifts from us.

Reagan turned "5" today and I happened to see this idea on Pinterest for interviewing your kids on each of their birthdays to see how their answers change. I had Jared ask Reagan a set of 20 questions, here are his answers:

1. What is your favorite color? Blue
2. What is your favorite toy? Transformer Optimus Prime and Transformer Bumble Bee and Mobi-Go and even Pluto
3. What is your favorite fruit? Blueberries and Apples
4. What is your favorite tv show? Sportscenter
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Grapes and Sandwiches and Yogurt and even banana sandwiches
6. What is your favorite outfit? My Tank Shirt
7. What is your favorite game? Wii Sports, Wii Fit, and Wii Play, and even Kid Pix
8. What is your favorite snack? Yogurt
9. What is your favorite animal? Crocodile and even an Elephant
10. What is your favorite song? Jesus Loves Me - the new version, but even the old version
11. What is your favorite book? I Love You Stinky Face
12. Who is your best friend? Connor
13. What is your favorite cereal? Lucky Charms
14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Playing Baseball
15. What is your favorite drink? The Fizzies
16. What is your favorite holiday? Christmas and even my birthday
17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? Pluto
18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? I already told you - Lucky Charms and even Pepples and Boulders
19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? Chicken Broccoli, Carrots, Cauliflower, and even Turkey
20. What do you want to be when you grow up? A Football Player

Some Stats on Reagan:

• Height: 44" (71%)
• Weight:  47.2 lbs. (85%)

Some things that he's doing:

1. He can write his own name, Evie, Dad, Mom, and some other small words without help.
2. He can sight-read several words and is also starting to be able to figure out words we spell out loud to each other (so Jared and I will have to create our own language soon).
3. He can tell what time it is on a digital clock.
4. He can fold and put away most of his laundry.
5. He is pretty good and fairly accurate when throwing a football or baseball.
6. He has a great memory most of the time (unless we're telling him to do something that he doesn't enjoy like cleaning up his toys).
7. He can do simple math problems.

Reagan is "3"

Reagan turned "3" on Saturday. Here are some pics from his "party". He told me that he wanted a Super Why cake, so I did my best to make one...

Here is one from church as he was getting ready to go to his new Sunday school class (3-4 year olds).

I took Reagan in for his 3 year checkup today and his doctor says that he is very smart for his age (too smart for his own good most of the time). He is just shy of 38" tall and weighs just over 32lbs.

The Bouncy Chair

We recently pulled all of the baby stuff down from the attic and Reagan has reclaimed the bouncy chair.

Video Clips of Reagan

Reagan is walking:) January 08

Reagan laughing (November 07)

Reagan reading a book.

November 2007

Reagan's Speech

I wish that our digital camera had a mic on it because it was really funny to hear Reagan.
He started out serious and then got all excited, then serious, then excited, and last he does this thing where he scrunches his face up and breathes in and out through his nose really fast.

Showin' Off Those Pearly Whites

Here's Reagan eating breakfast and showing off his 2 little teeth.

Reagan's 1st Burn

Reagan burned his hand on my food at a baby shower a couple of weeks ago. We made him wear a mitten because he kept trying to take the bandaids off.

The 3 Amigos

Reagan, Billy, and Dakota in the Dells.

Winnebago County Fair

Here is Reagan checking out the animals @ the fair for the 1st time.

He just loved the small animals!

Packer Family Night

Reagan enjoyed watching the Packers @ Family Night on Saturday.

He also enjoyed a short nap at the beginning.

Daddy Day

Reagan spent a morning shopping with Daddy during the family reunion. So they had their picture taken in one of those picture boothes at the Mall.

Reagan's Highchair

This is the 1st time Reagan sat in the highchair to eat supper and he loved it!

Reagan's Trip to the Mall

We took Reagan to the mall over July 4th weekend. He loved driving the car and "drinking" Grandma's iced coffe (grandparents!).

Reagan in the "Pool"

It really is just an old calf watering tank that my parents have in their backyard. They call it their "hot tub."

Reagan's 1st Baseball Game

We took our college/career group to a Timber Rattlers' game the beginning of June and Reagan just loved it.

He even did well during the fireworks!