Dalton had grabbed some blackberries out of the fridge for a snack just now. He sat down by me at the table and said, "Ah, this is the life." He borrowed this from his current favorite movie Rio, but it's still funny when he uses what he hears on his own. It's also why we have to be careful what he hears.

Why he's an awesome kid

Dalton likes to ride to school with his car window down. When we turned onto the main road this morning, he told me that it smelled like coffee outside. I asked him which house he thought was making coffee. He responded, "None! God's making coffee this morning!" This went into more discussion about "Does God sleep, eat, go to the bathroom, etc." I just love the way his mind works! It's what challenges us most as his parents, but also what delights us daily.

Maggie Anne was chilling out at the tailgate before the game.

Poor Maggie Anne did not nap last game day and had quite a few meltdowns during the game. Dalton jumped in and tried to comfort her during a particular nasty one.

She then decided that she would take a rest while still standing up. 

A new "take" on picture day

Dalton was telling me before church tonight that tomorrow was picture day. He said we had to find some pictures to take to school with him. I was trying to explain what it meant and he assured me that he was suppose to "take" pictures tomorrow. It is an odd expression now that I think about it. :-)

Dalton on Aging

We were riding to the football game on Saturday and Dalton suddenly said, "When you get really old, you might die a little." This seemed a little random. Then he told us, "There's one teacher at my school who is super, Super old." We had a chuckle in the front seat and agree that this person is probably 30.

Box Tops for Education

This is mostly for our family, but we'll take them from anyone. Dalton's school is collecting the General Mills Box Tops for Education. The school receives $0.10 for each box top and we are collecting them for Dalton's class. If anyone is willing to save for us, we'll pick up when we visit. Thanks!

All that is needed is this little logo from somewhere around the top of the box. I throw ours in a sandwich bag for easier collection.

Dalton took a pretty big fall at school yesterday leaving him with some scrapes and bruises on his face. He milked it for all the pampering we could dish out last night. This morning while he was getting dressed, he told me (unprompted) that he wasn't going to fight with that rock anymore because it would win every time.

Football season has finally arrived!

Fun at Peabody Park

The weather cut us a break and we took the opportunity to get outside. It was a wonderful day!

If there is water to play in, Maggie Anne will find it!