This Is Keats

The above pics were taken for Keaton's scrapbook, marking the big Kindergarten Event....and I hope to one day actually scrapbook something, anything, for my boys!

This, or a photo very much like it, will be transformed into invitations to Keaton's Lego birthday party next month.

We had Jamey for a day a couple of weeks ago. He and Keats have soooo much fun together!

*****Some fun information about Keaton*****

Favorite Activities: Building with Legos, soccer, playing Monopoly with his daddy, wrestling with Sully, more Legos, building with Bionicles or K'nex, more soccer, playing on our iTouch iPods, printing out coloring pages of Star Wars and superheroes and lots of coloring/drawing.

Favorite Things To Say: "Awesome!!"***"Mom, look!!"***"No, Sully!"

Foods He Likes: Super-duper juicy pears, hummus, literally any candy/cookie/cake, steak with A1 sauce (and lots of it!) (like he can eat a whole man-sized steak!), salmon, broccoli, sugar snap peas, mac n' cheese, ice cream.

Foods He Doesn't Like: Carrots, salad, any kind of mixture of veggies, bell peppers (any color, he literally gags), tomatoes (though he loves ketchup and any kind of marinara/spaghetti sauce).

General Things He Doesn't Like: Being picked up and spun around, heights (especially if there is any wiggling/movement involved), clothes that he thinks look decidedly uncool, shoes that feel funny in any way.

Sweetest Thing About Keats: He writes notes to me, several times a day, that say "Keats loves Mama." As if that wasn't cute enough, he draws a heart for "love" and frequently puts the "s" before the heart, or puts my name first...so his messages say something like "Mama s(heart) Keats"...melts my heart every single time. If it is on paper, I keep every single note; many times he just walks up to me with the message drawn on his MagnaDoodle board. He also does the sign language "I Love You" and will just say "hey mom" and when I look at him he holds up his hand with the sign (which is thumb, pointer finger, and pinky extended for I, L, and Y). He is such a BOY with all the Legos & battle ships & weapons & robots & everything is shooting or attacking everything else...so I love love love that he has this sweet side.

One Amazing Thing About Keats: He is obsessed with human anatomy and knows an amazing amount for such a little guy! He can tell me when his bladder hurts (like when he hasn't peed in fifteen hours & it hurts a little after he goes). He knows that the "blue veins" take blood back to the heart & the "red veins" (arteries, lol) take blood down to your feet & to your brain. He likes to look at anatomy books with me before bed. He particularly likes the bones & muscles but he likes to giggle at the close-ups of our noses or bottoms, too. ;o)