I'm seein' Orange!

Ryan finally made it to karate tonight and guess what?! Yep, he got his orange belt!!! Go Baby Go! Momma is so proud. :)

Isn't he handsome? He looks so proud, and he should, he's worked hard for this honor.

In other news.... After three days of him being out of school I'm really gonna miss the booger. We've had three great days together. Today was both the busiest and the best. He's really seemed to enjoy my company. We've laughed and tickled so much it has been wonderful. The highlight for me was at lunch today. He asked Meme to take us to lunch and as we went to sit down at the table he says he wants ME to sit beside him! ME!!! :) This is a huge thing because ne never asks me to sit beside him it is always anyone but me. We chatted and snuggled and truly enjoyed each other. I'm one blessed Momma to have such a sweet little boy.

Last night I attempted to capture some genuine smiles from him while I tickled him in my lap with a camera in one hand. This is what I got:

Truly Ryan in a nutshell. :)

Snow Day

Ryan has been home from school for two days now. Monday was a snow day and we went with Meme to take her new baby, Sassy, the tri color collie to the eye vet to be sure she did not have a genetic disorder that would cause blindness. The little cutie passed with flying colors! Although I'm not crazy about dogs this one's pretty special! She is not very Sassy though. :) She is however, my new buddy. Unfortunately I don't have anymore pics to post of her. I'm sure she will be the subject of one or two in the future.
After we got home I told Ryan to go play with his toys. This little boy does not seem to like his toys anymore. All this booger wants to do is play video games or the computer which although they are educational they are video games. We have been putting a big limit to them and told him he needs to play with toys instead. Its apparently not just the games that are the problem.... He FLAT OUT does not want to play with toys. I really don't know why we are getting him any for Christmas. He will do ANYTHING to avoid playing with them. Example:

Yep, that's my boy, cleaning the walls. After about the 5th time of me saying "Ryan go play with your toys" he finally said "Mom, can't I just wash the walls or something?" Well, fine, by all means precious, wash those walls. And he did almost till Daddy came home. See, anything to avoid playing with toys. Quirky little thang.