captain underpants

diana and i made friends with one of the parents from ledger's preschool class, so we made plans with her to have the boys go see captain underpants in the theater.  the two of them sat together and had a lot of fun, snickering together through out the movie!  a fun time and great chance to spend some more time with one of his friends since school got out.  ledge has been having a great time the past week or two of summer vacation, but was really missing his class friends.  this was a nice chance to see a friend and have a fun time together.

chad passing through

my brother only comes to town once or twice a year, so we always make a point of spending some time with him when he comes to town.  this time he and his wife (and even their dog!) were driving through on their way to spending a few weeks camping and touring the sights in the upper peninsula.  we spent the day with them and the whole family at sandy pines!  ledger always has a great time with his uncle, so they had fun together.  its kind of silly- ledger thinks miyuki is very beautiful, so he continually wants to give her hugs and stare at her...  she takes it in stride, but its super funny!
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preschool graduation

the big day is finally here- our little guy is graduating preschool!  its been a good year that saw him stretching and growing, learning to spend time with someone other than his parents (gasp!), and even start the huge step of reading!  for the most part he has risen to the challenge, enjoying his school year.  he started off in the fall really excited about preschool, nervous but thrilled at the different fun stuff he would get to do.  as the year went on he kinda lost interest, asking every morning if he really had to go or if he could just skip it for the day.  sorry buddy, if you are sick of it now then you are going to have a tough 13 years ahead...
by the end of the school year he was back into it and excited about graduating!  the night of the ceremony his mema and papa even came to celebrate.  it was a fun and special night!
he was very proud to be done and the first thing he asked was 'so do i start kindergarten tomorrow?'  not quite buddy, we have summer vacation first!
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visiting auntie b!

ledge got to spend some quality time with his auntie!  barbara and james invited ledger to stay with them for a night over the weekend, so diana brought him down and the four of them had a lot of fun together, exploring the woods, being kitties, and just generally having a blast!
ledger is up for visiting auntie any time.
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