Kennedy Family: Happy Birthday Dayton!!!

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Happy Birthday Dayton!!!

Our sweet little Doodlebug is six today! It's funny, when Duncan was 6 I thought of him of being so much more responsible than I think of Dayton being now...maybe it's just a being the oldest thing. But responsible or not, we sure love him. He is so sweet and kind. He is the one in our family that is always concerned about other people's feelings. In fact on Thanksgiving the turkey got done two hours before it was supposed to and my mom said something about the 'stupid turkey' and Dayton told her not to say that because it would hurt its feelings. He just loves everyone and wants them to be happy. He is also our friendliest kid...he loves to meet new people and has no problem being instant friends. Duncan and Tucker are much more hesitant and shy. I love that about Dayton. Below are some pics from this morning...the first one is sweet:

And here's one that shows his newest lost tooth - his FOURTH one! He is so cute with a big gap right in front.

Here's the annual list of birthday questions:

How old are you? Six.
What do you want for your birthday? Bakugans.
What kind of cake are we going to make?You mean cupcakes? Cowboy ones.
What is your favorite food? Chicken pockets.
What is your favorite treat? Brownies.
What is your favorite color? Blue.
What do you like to do? Get Christmas presents and play out in the snow. And build snowmans. And color.
What is something you are good at? Climbin'.
What is something you would like to learn how to do? Climb the monkey bars.
What is your favorite movie? Star Wars...not sure what that's about...I don't think he's even seen it.
What is your favorite song? We're Not Gonna Take It
What do you want to be when you grow up? A rock and roll person.
What is your favorite family activity? Playin' Wii
What do you like most about Church? The snacks that we get out in the end.
Where do you want to serve your mission? Here.
What do you love most about Duncan? He likes to do karate with me
What do you love most about Tucker? He always is nice to me sometimes
What do you love most about Ellie? She's funny
What do you love most about Mommy? You make good dinners.
What do you love most about Daddy? He plays Wii with us.
What makes you happy? When we have snowball fights.

We had a big snowstorm today so I think that influenced his answers a little bit :)

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Update on Us:

Jeff: He has been in fairly good health lately! That's a big deal for him during this time of year. He is extremely thankful that the inversion has left though - he has been finding it rather difficult to breathe for about a month so some good air is very appreciated! He still really loves his job - one of the higher ups actually hinted that he might want Jeff to be a manger over a different department but Jeff likes what he's doing so much that he didn't want to move. And my personal favorite thing - he decided a few weeks ago that he was going to do the dishes from now on. This is huge news. I am loving it!

Jaimee: I always have a hard time coming up with something to say about me.... it's just same old, same old. Anything I do think of to say really belongs more under one of the kids. Ooh, I am trying to do more crafty things lately. I miss having projects to work on. One biggy is trying to make these really complicated blankets for all of the kids. I had intended them to be Christmas presents but then I realized that it will probably take me a year to make them all, so I'm shooting for next year. I'm not exactly great at sewing so I am crossing my fingers that they will turn out.

Duncan: I am trying to find a good soccer team for him to join for the spring season. His coach from fall quit halfway through and the dad who took over for him isn't really into it. He really has had the worst luck with teams. It has been so nice having a kid who is old enough to really help out with the youngest one. There are a lot of times where I put him in charge of Charlie while I get something done and he is awesome at it. He took the test to try and get into the ALL program at school next year so we are waiting to hear on that. I think he will enjoy it if he gets in - but if not no big deal.

Dayton: He was SO excited to get to go to Scouts finally. He has such a hard time waiting for things that Duncan gets to do first. He absolutely loves Scouts and was super excited to get his Bobcat badge last week. He also really likes the choir he started - he moved up from the youngest group to the middle group in Jan. and I was a little worried that he wouldn't like it as well since the younger group does a lot of playing in their class but he still loves going. He is doing really well in school, especially in math. My mom got him Skylanders for Christmas and it's his favorite present ever I think. He spends almost all day on Sat. over at her house playing it.

Tucker: Apparently being good at math runs in the family because Tucker's teacher told me at the last parents teacher conference that he is super smart with numbers and did the best of all the kids at the 'what do you know' meeting before school started. He of course absolutely loves kindergarten. He got sick a couple of times at the beginning of the month and he was so so sad to have to miss school. I think he's a little sleep deprived since he goes to bed at the same time as the other boys but when they all share a room it's a little hard to do otherwise. At least he doesn't have to get up early in the morning.

Ellie: She is loving dance school so much! They had a little in-class recital in Dec. and I just had to laugh watching her. She did what she was supposed to every so often but the rest of the time she just was in her own little world and did whatever. At one point she just laid down on the floor and pretended to sleep. I asked her teacher if she was like that in class and she said pretty much. At least she doesn't disturb the other girls though. Hopefully she will catch on soon that she should follow along the whole time. She is turning into a major daddy's girl. I used to sing her a song at bedtime every night but for the past month or so she asks for Jeff every night. And on the weekend she is thrilled that he gets to 'stay home with her' instead of going to work. I am trying not to get my feelings hurt.

Charlie: I cannot believe that my sweet little boy is almost one!! It kind of makes me sad. Since he is our last one all of the milestones he hits are bittersweet for me. But I try to not dwell on that and just be happy about him. He is so dang cute! His hair is getting so long in the front and is short in back, just like Ellie's was - sort of a reverse mullet. He crawls super fast all over the place now and stand up for small bits of time. I think he tried to take one tiny step the other day, but nothing approaching walking yet. We thought for the longest time that he refused to eat any kind of baby food, but apparently it was just me trying to feed him that he objected to. Now that Jeff does it he eats like a champ. We decided to finally get serious about teaching him to sleep at night but it isn't going that well. With him still sleeping in our room it's a little more difficult than normal. I am hoping that someday soon I won't fall asleep at 9:30 every night watching TV.

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Happy Birthday Dayton!!!

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