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Ryan

Ryan's first day of school this year was September 9th which is also his birthday. He was SO excited to go to school and turn five all in the same day. Since it was his "special day" he was in charge of the three S's: Snack, Show and Tell, and Story. The night before we made chocolate cupcakes with blue frosting and tropical fish, dolphin, and shark sprinkles with apple juice. For show and tell we brought in the kids' pet hermit crabs with fresh food for Ryan to feed them. he night before he wanted to practice talking about all of the interesting facts he wanted to share about his crabs. I asked Ryan what his favorite book was to share with his friends and he said (in a very big 5 year old voice) "Mommy, my favorite book is the Bible, that's what I am going to bring." I said "Ryan that is great, but maybe we should just choose one story out of the Bible to share." "Hey, I know...we can read about Simon and the fish while we eat our cupcakes with the fish on them!" Without planning too much we had the whole sea theme going with the fish cupcakes, Simon and the fish, and our hermit crabs! It was quite comical watching mommy carry in a plate of cupcakes, Anna (trying to eat a cupcake,) the hermit crabs hanging on by my pinky and a book under my arm. :) Teacher Loekie was so welcoming to all the children, and Ryan felt so special.


Here is Ryan at age 1, he still has that sweet smile. :)

















After I picked Ryan and his best friend Corban up from school, we went to Corban's house to take him home. I let the kids get out and run around for a few minutes while Beth and I stood in the driveway talking. Ryan really likes to follow the rules, including always wearing a helmet, but for smoe reason he just hopped on to Corban's scooter (without a helmet) flew down the driveway, and crashed on some gravel. He slid under our car and hit his head badly enough to go to the Dr. for stitches. (Yes, this is still on his birthday, on his first day of school) Beth watched Anna and Tyler, while I took Ryan and Corban to the Dr., Corban was very sweet and wanted to hold his hand at the Dr. :) Aaron met us there, and the Dr. said that it was not wide but very deep, so they put a special purple glue (medical super glue) in the cut, put a band aide on it, and he was good to go. He was so brave the whole time!


After the Dr. visit, when went home to rest for a while. Ryan got to choose one friend to come with him for a birthday dinner, he asked Corban to come to Red Robin with us. They sang happy birthday to him and he got to have a birthday sundae.

Anna says "Where's my ice cream?" :)
We had a very full day, but Ryan still had a great birthday and thought his scar looked pretty cool. :)





2 comments:

Sarah

Great Pictures. I love the one with Anna and her beautiful blue eyes. You make gorgeous babies.

Tim and Kari O'Brien

These are great stories and pictures and what a trooper! Ryan survived an incredible fifth birthday, first day of school, hole in his head and still had time to celebrate being five! Go Ryan! Yes, you guys do make beautiful babies. Did you say you are having twins this time?!! xo