Field Day

Today was Trevin's and Gavin's Field Day.

 

How Far Can I Throw This?

There is something about kids (especially boys) being around water.  They always want to find something to throw in either to see how big a splash they can make, how far something will float downstream or how far from shore they can throw something.

Just look at how happy these boys are.  They found sticks and were having contests to see how far they could throw them.

 That is some form there Gavin.

Trevin's Track Meet

The boy's school district has a track meet for the 5th graders in the spring.  Kaiden missed out on this event because of Covid.  Last week we went to see Trevin.  He won second place ribbons in the high jump and long jump and first place ribbons in his running events.

Photo finish in the 100.  Love the look of determination on his face.

 With his friend after they won the 4 x 1 relay race.

They had an orange ribbon stretched across the finish line for the winner to break through.  Rylan set on Tito's lap and "helped" by holding the end.  The judge would tell him what a good job he was doing when he would walk over to retrieve the end after each race.  At the end he gave Rylan a ribbon for his help.

Yardwork

We decided to do some changes to the backyard.  I don't have the time, energy or motivation to keep the rock garden looking nice all the time.  We are pulling out some of the plants and mulch and putting in sod.  It won't increase our water usage since we already water these areas.  I knew I would need some help so I asked the boys to work with me.

Gavin and Kaiden have been coming over and helping move rock and transplant some of the plants to other areas in the yard.

 This was quite the project to move all this flagstone.  It will be used in other areas of the yard later on.

We found lots of earthworms and Gavin moved several to the vegetable garden for me.

Trevin is Eleven

Trevin turned eleven today.  He had his birthday party last Saturday.

Surrounded by his friends trying on a new hat.  He loves hats like this and wears them all the time.

 His Nana and Papa brought his cake tonight.  We were not able to be there as it is raining cats and dogs and it would be to hard for Tito.

Happy Birthday Trevin!

Kilroy Was Here

 I told Gavin that when he looked at me over the couch like this it reminded me of Kilroy was Here.  Of course, I had to explain the reference.  Now he is doing this all the time.

Third Track Meet

 Kaiden in his track uniform.  He ran the 100 and 200 dash, did long jump and high jump.  He took first place in high jump.