Ault Field Day

Today was Jake's field day at school. It was very hot, but we all had a good time. It is not like the old days where teams compete against each other and you get ribbons and stuff. This day and age nobody is a loser, every one is a winner. They had different stations set up where they spent 4 minutes at each station doing relays. I am finding out quickly that end of the school year is a very busy time. Lots of activities going on.

Jake's 5th grade buddy

Josh's Cubbies Year End Celebration

Josh had his first year end graduation for Awana "Cubbies". He looked so cute in his vest and singing his song to everyone. He looked like he had a little stage fright but chimed in towards the end. Too cute!

Jake makes the swim team!

I signed Jake up for a swim clinc as a trial to see if they can make the swim team. They practiced twice a week for three weeks and at the end of the clinic supposedly if they could swim across the pool they make the swim team. I thought there was no way that he would be ready for the team this year. At the end of the clinic he recieved his paper that said he made it! I guess they changed their criteria and he only had to be able to swim 15 feet. After much consideration, I decided to let him go for it! He has been practicing 4 days a week for a couple of weeks and they had their first swim meet this past Sunday. I was so nervous for him since he still was not swimming unassited and had only swam the legnth of the pool with a kickboard. When I asked the head coach what we should do for the meet if he still wasn't quite swimming, she said "you show up". I guess they need to get times to put on future heat sheets. They are required to do two events (25 freestyle and 25 backstroke). How the heck was he going to do backstroke when they had never even showed him? Friday before the meet they were quickly going over backstroke, diving off the starting blocks and the air horn to start them off the block. Talk about sink or swim. After all weekend of nail biting and lots of comfort food, it was time for his meet. He did so awesome! I am so proud of him. I couldn't believe the fabulous stroke that he had when doing the freestyle, eventhough he had to stop and hang on the rope for every breath(apparantly its legal with the little ones). He succesfully completed both events. I am so excited for the rest of the season and to see how well he improves. Swim team rocks.

The Birthday Boy!!!

Josh made it to 4! He had an awesome birthday weekend. His Hot Wheel party day began at 6:00am saturday morning where he awoke to a room of balloons and quickly let Jacob know that this is his birthday and he could do whatever he wanted. At one point poor Jacob even asked Grandma if he had to be his slave. We celebrated at Chuck E Cheese and Josh had such a blast running from game to game. Jake hung out at the skeet ball the entire time. Grandma and Grandpa Denton made there first camping trip so the boys stayed with them on Saturday night. I think they stayed up until almost 11pm playing Monopoly, Jr! On Sunday, Uncle Timmy and Aunt Andi had a 4 hour layover in Houston coming back from a wedding. We were able to pick them up from the airport and take them to lunch and celebrate Uncle Timmy's birthday which is the 28th. Uncle Timmy and Josh quickly became best friends after Josh received batman wii as a present. It was really great to see Tim and Andi. Josh wore his party hat all weekend and I can't seem to get him to take it off. He even wore it to the Gym this morning.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOSH-Y, WE LOVE YOU!

No More Training Wheels

Jake mastered riding a bike with no training wheels. For the last 1.5 years he would rarely even attempt to ride his bike with out the training wheels for fear of falling over. After seeing a fellow schoolmate learn in 2 days he gave it a try. After a couple of days of trying, he has succeeded on one of his old bikes. Next step will be to upgrade to his current bike which is quite a bit larger. Outstanding job Jake!

Weatherman Jake

The Museum of Natural Science had a News camera and screen that was not working, but that didn't stop Jake from acting out his own weather report. This is the weatherman of the next generation. You really should look out for that Rain! Funny thing is that it was 75 degrees that day and sunny with few clouds in the sky.

Sunday Afternoon

On Sunday we went to the Houston Museum of Natural Science and also visited Hermann Park near downtown Houston. The boys rode a train around the park and thoroughly enjoyed the dinosaur exhibit at the museum.

First Official Spring Break

Last week was Jake and Josh's first spring break. The boys and I drove up to Dallas to visit the Grandma's and Grandpa's. They had so much fun, after Josh got over wii withdraws. My parents have a new toy so the boys gladly helped break it in and camped out in the driveway at Gma and Gpa Denton's. They also enjoyed a night out to Chuck E Cheese for pizza and fun.



Half way through the week we headed to over to Gma and Gpa Pattons for swimming and wii. They were able to play in the water for the first time since last summer. Another highlight was going to Krispy Kreme for donuts. Josh calls himself the Donut King. The only downer of the trip was getting a call from my dad telling me that mom was in the emergency room and was prepping for surgery to remove her gall bladder. She is at home recovering and will be just fine. Overall we had a great week for visiting family and friends.

Bluebonnets are in bloom and I couldn't resist pulling over and taking a couple of pictures. The boys didn't cooperate but I tried.

Rodeo Time

We decided to venture out to the Rodeo again this year. We were not able to make it to the actual rodeo but we walked around the fair grounds and also visited the childrens section. The boys had a blast! We promised them before we left we would let them ride one ride each. Josh had his eye on the ferris wheel and Jake (for some odd reason) was feeling a little on the wild side and decided that he wanted to ride the roller coaster.

Here is Josh just before riding on the Ferris Wheel.

Here is Josh on the Ferris Wheel. He was larger than life and had a smile ear to ear.

Here is Jake before the roller coaster.

Here is Jake terrified.

Here is Jake after the roller coaster. I am fairly certain that he will not be riding a roller coaster for a long time.
Here is Josh leaving the rodeo with a major meltdown because he wanted to ride two rides. He went first and forgot that the Ferris wheel wasn't the ride he wanted and really meant that he wanted the roller coaster. And Jake Still feeling the effects of the aftermath from his ride. Needless to say the walk to the car and the ride home was not one of the Patton family's finer momemts.

Cowboy Josh

I hope all of you Jacob and Joshua blogger fans haven't given up on me yet. I have been such a bad blogger and honestly have not taken very many pictures lately. Hopefully I can get back on the bandwagon soon.

The Houston Rodeo is headed to town so Josh had western day at preschool. I was worried since he does not have boots or a cowboy hat and plus the fact that I have zero creativity. At the last minute this morning, I scrounged around the house and this is what I came up with. One of Jake's old shirts, dad's cowboy hat and a bandana. I think he looked so cute. At first I had him in overalls and thought no that looks to farmer Joe. He did think that his his overalls were pretty funny and thought he might like to where them. I think he looked so cute.