JDRF 2012

I know I'm really really late posting about this, but May was so super busy that I seriously just forgot...but anyway, this was our 4th year walking for TEAM TY for a cure for juvenile diabetes.  Thankfully, the way Timothy's soccer schedule worked out this year, we were able to all be there for the walk and then go to soccer right after (and just as a side note, I didn't take one single picture of him playing soccer this year, total mom failure right here). 

Because the walk has grown so large, they had to move it again so this year we were at Cheney Stadium in Tacoma, where the Tacoma Rainiers play minor league baseball.  It was so much fun to be there and the kids had a blast.  Timothy made me cry so bad though, about halfway through the walk, he asked me where Tyler was and I told him that he was much faster than us so he was probably closer to the front of the group than in the back like we were (thanks to 2 potty breaks right at the beginning).  He then asked me if Tyler was going to win the race and I told him it wasn't a race and he asked "but if Tyler's really fast and he wins, does that mean he doesn't have to be sick anymore?"...broke my heart, this little guy loves his cousin so much. 

So anyway, here are a few pictures I managed to snap that day, it was a little crazy with all three kids there, but it was still a lot of fun and of course, we are hoping and praying that this will be the year they find a cure for our sweet Tyler. 

Almost Done

Since school starts later up here, our kids still have about 9 days left.  They have been going through all of the end of the year stuff though, and this past week was a big one.  On Thursday, Charlotte's class did their teddy bear picnic.  I wasn't able to be there, and didn't even get a picture, but they all looked pretty cute in their tie dyed shirts.  That afternoon, Timothy's class did their Kindergarten Round Up singing program.  They sang a bunch of cowboy songs and had cookies and punch.  He did great, it's so funny to me that last year in preschool they were always worried about him during performances, that he would goof off or cause problems, but this year it wasn't even an issue.  He's growing up so fast!  Grammy got to come watch him perform and see his classroom, meet his teacher, all that good stuff. 

On Friday morning, they did Donuts with Dad at the school so Brandon and the kids got to come early and eat breakfast together.  It was great, we had a big turn out and the kids had a lot of fun.  That afternoon I was volunteering in Timothy's class and they had an assembly and he received an award for his reading progress.  He was pretty excited and after school we went out for ice cream to celebrate.  While I was in there, I was helping the student teacher finish up the scrapbooks that his teacher has been keeping for each of them all year, I might have cried a little looking through his!  He is growing up to be such a sweet boy, I just love him so much.  He crawled up in my lap tonight and told me that even when he's grown up and big, he'll still cuddle with me. 

So only 9 more days of school and then we're free for the summer.  I'm actually looking forward to it, the commuting back and forth to the school two times each day is getting really old.  They still have field day next week to look forward to and that's about it!  Pretty soon I'll have an almost 4 year old preschooler and a 1st grader (and a pretty cute 16 month old)!!

My cute little cowboy

Singing with his class

All the W.O.W. winners (Wolves of Wonder, their school is the Edgerton Wolves)

My sweet boy and his award

Timothy and his principal, Mrs. Knox

Timothy and his teacher, Mrs. Dent (and the little girl in the background is Molly, Timothy told her that he loves her...and then we had a talk about how we don't need to tell girls that just yet)