DJ Kingston

He's giving out free high fives to anyone who can

guess the name of the song!!!

Homework Homies

It amazes me how much these 2 truly enjoy

doing homework...fingers crossed it's a

lifetime habit!

Dinner with Daisy

Such a happy and sweet girl - she loves her

Bolland boys and really lights up when they get together!

snow removal for hire!

  Barker got the chance of a lifetime as a 6 year old boy!

Our neighbor brought home his company Bobcat to

clean up the neighborhood and invited Barker along!

He was so excited. When Jared motioned for Barker to come

on up, he looked around like - 'Me...are you

pointing at me?!? I can come up there!?!'

OMSI with Lily

Always so much fun and sweetness

when we get to play with Miss Lily!

(Her parents are pretty darn awesome to)!

Lunch date with Kingston!

He was so excited to show me all the things we

needed to do in order to get ready for lunch!

lost count

Another snow day...no school due to an inch of ice

covering everything. The boys strapped on their football helmets

and made the best of it!

Imagination Land

A land where anything is possible...

Stuffies can talk...

Bothers can get along...

I'm moving there!

Surprise visit from Uncle Matt!

and he schooled us on some old school arcade games!

gaining stregnth

Both boys had a great jiu-jitsu practice today.

Each had several positive remarks from their instructor!

Kingston was able to get many of his partners 'down'  today.

It is amazing how, at such a young age, children are teachers!

This girl was a strong opponent for Kingston, but instead of just

throttling him, she showed him tips on his technique! He was able to

quickly apply the lesson she gave and use it on her...so awesome to watch

them interact as peers and as teacher/student with each other!!!

 Here Kingston is partnered with one of his good buddies, Waylon.

I was afraid they wouldn't be able to spar with each other in fear

hurting their friend. But they were able to turn it 'on' and 'off'

without any hard feelings - so impressive for a 4 year old mind!

In this warm up, Barker (freshly 6) is packing around a nearly 8

year old! (the instructor followed behind as a safeguard in case

Barker lost his grip, but he never did!)

 Around and around they go! The instructor told Barker

he was proud of him, and impressed with how quickly he

was picking things up.

They can't wait to get back in the gym next week!

Snow day #2

If the snow keeps coming down like this, we

won't be going back to school until March!

But, WEEEEEEEEEE, who cares!?!

Blanket fort

...for Spike.

They tried their darndest to make a fort between the couch

and ottoman. Apparently Spike was under the

impression it was for him! They would get everything just

right, then he would squeeze in and basically tear it

down as fast as they made it! Sure kept them busy for quite awhile.

And cracked themselves up the whole time!

Fire Escape Plan

We finally got Barker's Fire Safety poster back from

the Fire Department - this is what won him the trip to

school on the Fire Engine!

Our family 'Fire Escape Plan' is to leave our house

and go across the street to our neighbor's house.

Notice as the stick figure leaves our burning house he is scared/sad.

But as he crosses the street and makes it to the

neighbor's house he feels safe and happy!

(Also note-our house will turn blue & green if it catches fire!) ;)

jiu-jitsu

On a bit of a whim, we popped in on children's

jiu-jitsu practice and the boys were invited to

join in! The instructor, Alex, was extremely

welcoming and even had uniforms for them to wear!!

We were invited back for more 'trial' practices and if the boys

decide it's something they really want to do, there is room for them

to join in with the class that is already in session.

In this pic they are doing a warm-up skill that is

 like a reverse sit-up performed with a buddy.

Barker is paired up with the kiddo in the black

uniform (right) and Kingston is paired up

with the instructor (left).

Both kiddos seemed pretty excited by the whole

experience - needless to say, we will be back for more!

Happy New Year!

A day late...but who's counting!?!