I'm a slacker.

I'm a slacker. I haven't posted since May. In May I still had a kindergartener. Now I have a first grader. FIRST GRADE!? How did he get so old?


This is the week before school started. We attended the Meet and Greet. Once he met Ms. Bell, he was ready to start school that day! I do believe he has a crush on her!

Dalton on the first day of FIRST grade! He was super happy!

He is doing awesome in first grade. The first grading period he made the honor roll and got the Character Counts award! Can you tell I'm a proud mom? He has improved so much, especially in reading and writing. Here is a note he wrote for me:

Dalton played AYSO fall soccer. This was his first season. His team, the Cobras, finished out the season undefeated. They kicked butt!



Here are the boys and their trophies with Coach Laura at the end of season party.

What have we been doing?

I can't believe it is already May! Dalton has his last day of Kindergarten on May 25th (sniffle). I can't believe my little baby is going to be a in first grade.. So much has happened since my lazy bum has posted..

• Dalton started Kindergarten.. (I just realized how long its been since I posted)
• I chaperoned my first field trip.. to the Zoo. Fun was had by all. I couldn't walk for two days afterwards lol Getting old is NOT fun!
• Field day! Little guy didn't get a ribbon...but was so happy to get out there and try! I am a proud mommy!
• Easter and Easter Egg Hunts in the backyard with our neighbors
• Playdates with his friend Emma..with lots of Just Dance 2 involved
• He lost his first tooth. Tooth fairy left him $5. According to him the most important part of this is that the $5 was all in one dollar bills. ;-)
• We went to the Giant Treehouse in Crossville.. So much fun.. until an excited little boy who is jumping down the stairs starts to fall. I tense to grab him.. and I do..but I tore part of my quadricep muscle. That is some hardcore pain!

Busy time in the Brady house! I am going to do better about posting. Next post will be pictures, but it is time to go get Dalton from school.. So I have to go!

A whole hand!

Guess who is a whole hand now!! Yep, Dalton!! My little guy turned 5 on November 4th.
He was sooooooooo excited! Everyday he thinks of new things 5 year olds can do or do better than 4 year olds!

Here are some pics of his Big Day

My 30th Birthday..

My 30th birthday was December 3rd.. I spent more time than I want to admit dreading this birthday. I had a great day though. I celebrated that night with some friends..

Happy Belated Fourth of July!

I hope everyone had a great 4th! We did. It was very low key.

We swam a bit. Dalton is a fish!! He was a fishie life jacket/arm floatie thing. I will upload a pic of it soon. I don't know how to describe it. But with it my boy swims. He swam beside me to the deep end tonight. Jumped off the side of the pool numerous times. He's getting so big! Then we got dressed and played in the backyard. He rode his race car for awhile, then we played ball. I grilled burgers for dinner. He got out his bubbles and had a great time.

Mom and I had been weeding the unused flower gardens.. his job was to pick up the weeds and put them in the bin. He loved his job. He started squealing.. "A snake..Mommy a snake!!" over and over. I look over there and he has found his first worm. So I tell him, "Dalton, that isn't a snake, its just a worm." He asked if he could touch it..so I said yes. He giggled as he touched it. Then laughed and touched it again..harder. lol I was like Dalton be easy or you will hurt the worm!! Gentle touches, remember? He asked me what the worms name was..and I said I don't know, why don't you name it? What about Leo or Quincy (Little Einsteins)..he refused..and named it........................................................................................................................................................


Dead Worm. No, the worm wasn't dead..and he didn't plan on making it dead.. so I'm not sure where that came from. LMAO He sat down beside the worm..and would occasionally "pet" it and talked to it....

Dalton: Hi Dead worm. I like you. My name is Dalton Errett Brady and I'm this many (holds up 3 fingers). How many are you?
Mommy: Dalton, I think that is a baby worm.
Dalton: Where are its mommy and daddy?
Mommy: I don't know Dalton..maybe they are at their home.
Dalton: OK Dead Worm. You are my best friend. Am I your best friend?

He just jabbered and talked to that poor worm until I told him it was time for dinner.

He leaned down to the ground.. and said, " Bye Dead Worm. I have to eat. Here you eat this leaf." He put about 5 large leaves on top and around little worm. Then he whispered to it, " Don't leave me Dead worm. I come back soon" I told him to come on and go wash up for dinner..and he said, "Mommy I need to give Dead Worm kisses and hugs." LMAO I explained to him that wasn't possible. He decided to just blow him kisses instead.

After dinner, we went back and Dead Worm was gone. Dalton was devastated. I tried to explain to him that he probably went home to his Mommy. Poor guy thinks Dead Worm will be back to play with him tomorrow...they are best friends after all. lmao

Updates..

I have been a very bad blogger...

Updates from Brady Land..

Since November, we have been visited by the sicky germs..well at least Dalton has been visited.

-Strep
-Pink eye both eyes
-upper resp. infection
-pneumonia
-rsv
-nasty stomach virus
-sinus/upper resp.inf

Poor guy.. Hopefully with the warm weather we will get out of this funk.

We went to my sisters in GA the 15-17th of Feb..for my nephew Brady's bday party. Oh, Dalton was so excited. We took her boys and mine to get haircuts..and OMG Dalton looks like a big boy now~! It was this place called "half pints" lol He was so good. So I guess we will be visiting GA every 6-8 weeks! haha

I signed Dalton up for Weeball today. He is sooo excited. I have to go find him a real glove soon. I should hear from his coach by mid march..then come practices and games. Yay!

What else should I blog about...any ideas?

Edit:

I remembered ..

I have a court date on Feb 27th.. Asswipe is in contempt of Child support with the state. Stupid fucker.. I really hate him. Truly. How bad is that?? The worst part of it..is guess who Dalton has been asking about on a regular basis?? Yup..his "Daddy". Last night he even asked to go to "Daddy's house". I told him..right now he's at mommy's house and maybe another time he can go to Daddy's. He accepted that answer..so for now I'm in the clear..but he still asks about him..and it frustrates me..