Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Monkey Man

Kyler has been way into climbing trees lately. He liked climbing our maple in our backyard. It was easy for him to get into. The only problem is, it is still a very young tree. After one day of his climbing, Dan had to cut down five or so branches that Kyler cracked. The next day I caught him trying to get into the maple again. I told him he could no longer climb that one. He was irritated and told me he didn't have a tree to climb now. Me being the smart mouth that I am, told him he was free to climb the pine tree which is somewhere between 30 and 40 feet in the air. The branches are so high up I didn't think he could ever get up there. Boy was I wrong! Shortly after I said that Dan walked in the door from work. He told me very casually that I needed to come outside and see something. Kyler figured out a way into the tree and was more than half way up! He is our little monkey and a very determined one at that!

Father's Day

This year for Father's Day Dan didn't really want anything. Since he just got his new car he felt this way about Father's Day and his birthday. The kids love getting involved in gift giving though. So they each painted him a picture and we framed them to hang them up in his office. We decorated our door. Kyler did all the writing on the sign and Addie did the drawing. We blew up Kyler's favorite picture of Dan as a kid. It's Kyler's favorite because Dan is wearing his lederhosen. We found it up at his parents a few months ago and it fits Kyler now. We made him a yummy breakfast before heading to church and the kids were bursting to tell him about the door. I told them it was a secret but they couldn't stop looking at it. We all had a good laugh we Dan opened the door!