Home Depot with Granddad

My parents were in town the first Saturday of May and got to go do the project at Home Depot with Brooks. Here is Brooks all ready to go to work.

Granddad bravely held all the wood together while Brooks wielded the hammer

Mommy had to step in to save Granddad's fingers a few times, especially when Brooks would get distracted by the other kids working on their projects. He would keep swinging away full force with that hammer while looking all over the place.

Brooks' little tool belt has a tape measure and level which Brooks pulled out all on his own to check his work.

A few cute pics

Our friend Joey gave Brooks these "Piderman" PJs. Brooks loves the wings/webs and wanted to sport them with some of Daddy's skit sunglasses.

After enjoying a piece of Daddy's birthday cake

G Day Game

We took Brooks to Athens for the first time for the G Day game. It was so much fun. He loved walking around downtown and North Campus. He was such a trooper and made it the whole day without his usual 3 hour nap. Of course, he fell asleep in the car on the way home around 5:30 and woke only briefly when we moved him to his bed:-)

Playing catch with Daddy on Herty Field

Watching the game with Mommy

Watching the game with Cousin Caleb

Our best attempt all day at a family picture

Cheering on the Bulldogs with Daddy

Easter

The Easter Bunny came to visit Brooks this year :-) Along with the usual eggs with candy, he brought Brooks a baseball glove. Brooks was beside himself with excitement and carried it around all day. He even wanted to take it into church, but we talked him into leaving it in the car.

Family photo at Pop and Gigi's house

Brooks and Caleb riding their "tractor" at Pop and Gigi's

The Easter Bunny left a really big basket at Pop and Gigi's house for the boys. Once it was empty Brooks wanted to use it for the egg hunt in the front yard.

Brooks did a great job collecting eggs and was excited to show off his loot.

Brooks and his bike

Brooks is getting really good at riding his bike. He can ride it all by himself except on a steep uphill. It seems like every day his legs are getting stronger, and he is able to ride longer and more uphill. Here is a video of him on his bike on the way to the playground in our neighborhood.

Super fun Saturday!

We had a beautiful and extremely fun Saturday. We started off the morning with pancakes as usual, and then headed to Home Depot to get some stuff to work in the yard. We were so excited when we got there to find that on the first Saturday of every month they do kid projects. Today, was building at butterfly house. Of course we didn't have our camera with us at Home Depot, so here are some pictures of Brooks with his butterfly house in his Home Depot project apron taken when we got home.

Demonstrating how he used the hammer to put the house together

so proud

Finished product

As we were working out in yard today we realized that Brooks is already starting to sweat profusely from his thick hair in the heat, so... we decided it was time to go ahead and give him his summer buzz cut. After much convincing and the promise of multiple "special treats" this is the finished product. My sweet little angel with his "halo"

Last night we went to the Sequoyah HS baseball game. Daddy saved a lady and her daughter from being hit by a foul ball, so the coach gave him the game ball to give to Brooks. Brooks was so excited! He insisted that it sit by his bed last night while he slept, and it was the first thing he talked about when he got up this morning. Come nap time today he was begging to get to sleep with it, so here he is all tucked in with his Monkey, Zebra, and baseball.

Easter Egg Hunt

We had a neighborhood Easter egg hunt last Saturday. It was Brooks' first, and he loved it. Here are a few pics from the event.

Brooks ready to go.

Off he goes to gather his eggs.

He picked right up on the goal, to get the eggs.

So proud of his basket of eggs. He was super excited when he realized there were "special treats inside those eggs"