The boys didn't get very far once they caught onto this tractor at the farm exhibit at the zoo. All the boys on the tractor are from our den. I think they played on that for a good 15 minutes before we had to shoo them off so others could play. They really had a good time.

Everything going pretty well here in the Herzog household. Trevor continues to enjoy 2nd grade so far and has already recieved a "Jackson Jaguar" award for being safe, curteous, and respectful in the library. They give out these little certificates to award good behavior to reinforce it, hopefully. We have already had 2 den meetings this month with our cub scout den and the boys are doing a great job. Amazing how much they have grown over the summer and how much quicker they are at doing things as compared to last year. Next Saturday we are all going on a hike around the zoo and the boys are really excited.
I am enjoying my part-time status at work and getting to spend more time in the afternoon with Trev instead of sending him to day care. Steve continues to work on his projects and has hired an engineer to help him with software development finally. Hopefully that will go well.

Finally got the pics off the camara so I can update. These are from Trev's first day of school. He loves his new teacher and class. This year he actually tells us a bit about his day as opposed to last year when he would tell us that he didn't know what he did all day. A big improvement!

Earlier this summer Trevor decided he had outgrown the Frog and Toad motif in his bedroom and wanted a change. We are just now getting time to paint his room. I had hoped to have it done before school starts but we are cutting it close. Here is a shot of him helping to primer the walls. We had to use a lot since the mural on the wall had so many dark colors in it. Tomorrow we start on the actual paint colors he picked for the room. Stay tuned to see how it turns out. By the way, by the time we were done with the primer that little red paint smock of his was mostly white!

Trevor is really into "science" these days. Here he shows off a project he took from his kids science project book. He did it all by himself with no input or assistance from us. Read the directions very carefully and did each step. As for what it is, I am not sure. Basically he used his play doh to attach a funnel to a pop bottle. His next project.......a worm farm....stay tuned to see if we actually make one.

7th Birthday

I know this is out of sequence but here is Trevor at his 7th birthday party. He wanted the piece of cake that had the baseball on it so that is what he got. It was huge! Of course, he only ate a quarter of it but he was thrilled with it anyway.