Beating and Imitating Granpa

Ryan has really begun to love playing chess. Thankfully I can still usually beat him, but I have no gift for strategy ("I need the man in black!"). Daddy is better than I am, but Ryan was still happy to have a new opponent. He was especially thrilled to beat Granpa the second game they played!


While Granpa was here he had cold cereal one morning (hey, I did cook the other two mornings!) and apparently Ryan thought it was pretty cool that Granpa mixed Life and Cheerios in the same bowl together because now he's doing it too!

The Gospel According to Mater

I was rather amused the other day when I heard what sounded like a Sunday school lesson coming from Abby's room, complete with Bible songs and prayers. I went to check it out and found that Ryan had set up his Cars toys for a church service in which Mater was the preacher!

Geared Up

Ryan and Abby all geared up and ready to fight the bad guys (which often ends up being me).

Eye Appointment

Ryan had an appointment with his eye surgeon Friday. We have been going in about every five or six months to check on his progress. This time she hinted that we might need to do some patching again at some point, but for now she is happy with his vision and the positioning of his eyes. One eye has better vision than the other, but she said it's good to have a strong eye. So we go back to see her again in November, and then she said we may be able to go down to one visit per year!

Catching a Blessing

I'm not sure why, but I am always so blessed when I "catch" Ryan reading to Abigail. Sometimes he does it because I ask him to, but often I will find him doing it just for the fun or because she asked him to. In this picture he is finishing up the last chapters of Nim's Island.

The Talker

Ryan is quite the chatterbox at times. The other day as Daddy and I were trying to have a conversation, he was chattering away at no one in particular. I said to him, "You really like to talk, don't you?" To which he replied, "Yeah, I've got a lot on my mind."

Try, Try Again

We keep a small Etch-a-Sketch in the van for the kids to play with, but Ryan doesn't draw with it for very long. He gets frustrated because he can't make it draw what he wants (I have the same problem!). Yesterday, as we were getting out of the van I hear an excited little boy saying, "Look, I finally drew something good on the Etch-a-Sketch!" Can you guess what it is?

Hint: Just like the previous post, it has a Star Wars theme.