abe's birthday celebration:
abe's birthday was great. he had the traditional birthday table and then off to school. dave went early to decorate his locker and one of abe's friends had already done it. so dave made it more decorated. (i love max making an 11 with his hand in this pic)
we took donuts to his class at noon and then checked him out for the day. in fact, i checked out sadie and kai so we could spend the day together.
we played laser tag and mini bowling
then we headed to thanksgiving point to the imax theater.
abe didn't want a friend party, but kept asking if we could have a cousin party. i pretty much ignored his request and on his birthday he even asked again if maybe we could get together with family. little did he know a surprise cousin party/sleepover was waiting for him at my parent's house. i told him we had to go there to drop off some laundry but instead an "upside down" party was next on the list of celebrations. my mom had an upside down dinner where the food was upside down and they ate under the table. they played a few games and opened presents. he loved it and was totally surprised!
since all he wanted was to get together with cousins, we had a second cousin party the next day.
we played games and ate cake.
in this picture, abe is holding up two fingers to make an 11, but also because when he turned two, we have a picture of him doing the same thing.
basketball:
basketball has been keeping abe active lately. his team has improved a lot! the highlight of the season--definitely the two buzzer beater games we won. one was in double overtime and so the ref called sudden death. the next two points won the game. abe made a left handed lay-up for the win. the other was abe at the line for foul shots with 6 seconds left and we were down by one. he hit both shots and sealed the deal. he wrote a paper about buzzer beaters and how they are one of the top joys in life, along with beef jerky and a clean house:) he has one tournament game left, just in time to start soccer.
school:
abe's class does a lot of projects. here is the one we worked on when i was so sick.
he is a good student and got all A's on his report card. he is determined to get good grades in his class so he can stay in the GATE program for next year because the teacher next year doesn't believe in homework. i enjoy our drive home from school each day because i find out so much about his day. recently he has been telling me about recess basketball and how his team does each day. they seemed to always lose, but not by too much. i started asking questions and found out he was always on the team with kids that are not very sporty. i asked him how he always ended up on that team and found out he was the team captain everyday and he always picks the kids that never get picked. typical abe.
he finished up being class president and decided to run again and made vice president. he is now done with his term... happy and jobless.
science fair:
i was super not excited about science fair this year since we had so many other things going on. dave helped abe do an experiment with different hooks that hang in the wall to determine which ones hold the most weight and are the best price with the least amount of damage to the wall. after the experiment was done, i let him do the entire display, research, and everything. we didn't even go to the awards night because we had something else going on and i was just happy he finished and it was turned in and we were done. the next day when i picked him up he was carrying his project. i asked him how he did. he said ok, then he pulled out of his backpack a big trophy and said he got picked to go to BYU. he was excited to spend the day at byu and his cousin ended up being his judge...what are the chances?! honestly, i never even checked on-line to see if he won an award, he had such a great day riding the bus, at the science fair, and participating in all the activities. it was a great experience for him.
cello:
abe started playing the cello at school this year. he likes it and his teacher told me he needs to be a cellist.
