Connor and his Youtube videos

Connor loves to watch Youtube videos while he eats. We have been talking for years about how some animals eat other animals and he loves to watch wild animals hunt. The other day I had finished making him a meal and I was just starting to eat some food myself when he got my attention. "Daddy, look at this hyena! He made a hole inside this giraffe and he's eating it! He's so cute!" I looked at the video, and to my disgust and horror there was a hyena inside the rotting carcass of a giraffe, eating it from the inside out. I lost my appetite. I got a cute picture of him smiling with the video up.

Connor ties his shoes

We've been working on tying shoes with Connor for a while now. He has struggled for a while with it, but Mommy found an easy method on Youtube (I can't find the link now). Anyways, it was still hard for him, but he's been working on it whenever we do football and have to wear his cleats. On Tuesday when we went to practice, I asked Connor to try and tie them on the way there. Just in time, when we pulled up, he did it! All by himself! I had to take a pic of my big guy.

Grandma and Grandpa with the kids

Grandpa and Grandma watched the kids for the weekend while Andrea and I had a mini-trip out of town. They took Connor to his football game, took Paige to the park, and played with the kids quite a bit with their toys and games they got for Christmas. Thankfully it sounds like the kids were good for them and we hope they all enjoyed their time together.

100 days of school for Connor

Connor's school celebrated their 100th day of school this week. Connor's class assignment was to decorate a T-shirt with 100 items. Connor initially wanted to do buttons, but then we came across a cute idea online to do a monster shirt. Connor loved it, so we put it all together over the weekend. It took a lot of googly-eyes, patience, and fingers burned with hot glue.

Date night!

Our neighbor Jim put together a date night for 15 couples in our neighborhood. We all rented a 30 passenger limo bus and went out on the town to party up! We went to "Seven Bridges" for dinner and drinks and then to some bars on Atlantic Beach including Ragtime. There were quite a few people we didn't know and we really had a good time meeting everyone and seeing the town.

Great Grandpa and Great Grandma come in town

This past weekend, Great Grandpa and Great Grandma Vernon came in town to visit. We met them for dinner on Friday and then they came over to our house to see it. We (minus Paige, who was in bed) all played Snorta together, and Connor had so much fun playing with them. They stayed with Grandpa Rick and Grandma Alice at their house for the rest of the weekend, playing games and then we met them for dinner again today on Sunday. We went to Clark's Fish Camp, and got a really good table in the middle of the big room. Lots of animals to see and we all enjoyed it.

We're looking forwards to visiting with them often while they're in Florida. They are in Daytona Beach for the next few months and it's always fun having them so close. Love you guys!

Disney trip - Connor and Mommy with friends

Connor's school was out on Monday and Tuesday this past week so Connor and Mommy decided they would go to Disney! Andrea invited Gina and Janis and they brought their kids along as well. It was a fun group and Connor enjoyed experiencing the park with other kids. They went to the Animal Kingdom on Monday and stayed at the Animal Kingdom Lodge. The view was amazing from their room. There were giraffes that were right outside their balcony. Connor is at a stage where he loves animals so he loved it all.

Andrea took a bunch of great pictures throughout the trip and a video of their room too.

After the trip, I asked Connor about it to see what he'd say. I wasn't too surprised that his favorite part was the new stuffed animals he got!