Goodbye Little Friend

Yesterday the boys discovered one of their little finches was acting funny. He was laying still, eyes closed in his food dish. Travis picked him up gently and set him on the bottom of the cage. The boys then notified me, "Mom, what happens when a bird is just sitting still and not moving?" He was dead. My sensitive Tyler began crying immediately. Travis nudged me to confirm what he thought he heard. True. The little bird he named Orange was returned to Heaven.

Today we buried our little pet. We put him in a small box. Tyler used a brick to make a tombstone. He wrote a tear-jerking message on it with permanent marker. What a tender heart he has.

Travis dug a hole by the tree and placed the box inside. He then offered a prayer, "Dear Heavenly Father, please help Orange have a good day in Heaven and please help him be good today in Heaven."

Tyler laid his contribution on the shallow grave. We will miss him but we are glad Jesus let us take care of the bird for a little while.

Where does butter come from?

Why...BUTTERFLIES...of course!

(One liners courtesy of my inquisitive five-year old, Travis.)

Our energetic little Travis always delivers his knowledge (or lack thereof) with such confidence. He was sure his daddy would want to know the true source of his butter. He was a little disappointed when we told him it did not come from butterflies as he thought.

WANTED

...TWO FRONT TEETH!

Tyler just lost his second top front tooth. Isn't he cute? What's really funny is listening to him talk. (It turns out, your front teeth are important when it comes to speaking.) Tyler is not the least bit sad about them being gone because he is $4 richer thanks to the Tooth Fairy.

The Graduate

At the end of May, Travis finally graduated from Pre-K! He had been looking forward to this since his brother graduated two years ago. Not only was I excited for my bright, blue-eyed boy, but I was excited for ME! Perhaps I have been waiting even longer for this day to arrive. Do you realize what this means??? NO MORE DAYCARE FEES!!! HURRAY!

I am one happy, very proud mother.

I did ask Travis what he was supposed to wear for graduation. He said he needed to wear jeans to match the blue gown he would be wearing. I figured it didn't matter so much what he wore if it would be covered up anyway. But do you see a graduation gown on him? Nope. Me neither. Let's just say he was slightly underdress and next time I'll ask his teachers for clarification.

Here he is with his teacher Mrs. Karen.

Jeremy was out of town but we were supported by lots of other family members. Here are the boys with their cousin Braden. (Braden will be in kindergarten next year too.)

CONGRATULATIONS

TRAVIS MICHAEL!!!