Skyler's Latest & Greatest

Over the last several months,

Skyler has developed into quite the little boy...

Here's a little of what we mean:

Over the summer, Laron taught Skyler how to kill flies with a fly-swatter. I thought Laron was wasting his time at first, trying to teach a 3-year-old such a tricky skill as that, but Skyler has become quite the fly-killer. This particular day he'd already killed THREE flies on his own! He even has his own fly-swatter that he keeps in his bedroom closet, & when he sees a fly in the house, he runs to go get it & tells Daddy, "Let's go huntin' for flies!" Wow!

Skyler has been obsessed lately with wearing stripes "like Daddy".

Skyler loves fruit!
Over the summer we got some fruit from a neighbor
and whenever Skyler was hungry or needed a snack,
he'd go wash one off & help himself to a healthy snack!


Skyler also loves his little sister Kimberly...
One day I found him carrying Kimberly off somewhere
& I asked him what he was doing.
He said he needed Kimberly to come and play with him.
I guess that's one way to do it!


Skyler also got his first official "job" over the summer.
He is now responsible for emptying out the bathroom garbages
into the kitchen garbage, and BOY does he take pride in his work!
At totally random times, he'll suddenly stop what he's doing,
and say, "Mom, I need to go do my job."
What a great worker you are Skyler!


Skyler loves playing with hangers lately...
It's amazing all the things hangers can become when you're playing.

Skyler has also mastered peeling cucumbers & carrots,
although potatoes seem to be a little harder for him for some reason.
I'm glad to have such a great helper around!

When Skyler says he's full after a meal,
he tries to prove it to us by saying,
"Feel my tummy..." & doing this.
It usually convinces us, unless of course we know otherwise!

One of my favorite things Skyler started doing over the summer

was racing Laron to the corner of our culdesac on his way to work.

He would always get ready in his racing position on the grass next to the sidewalk,

AND THEN...

They'd be off to the corner

with Skyler usually winning

and Laron usually letting him win.

It's a funny tradition I supose,

but it sure made sending Laron off to work a lot easier!

Unfortunately once it got too dark and cold outside during the winter season,

this was a tradition we had to change to the traditional

waving goodbye out the front window...

Not quite the same.

I miss the summer races & hope they start them up again next spring!

Skyler LOVED working with Laron in the garden this year!
Those boys put in a lot of hours out there & Skyler was proud to contribute.
This was one of the biggest carrots from our garden!

And besides all that, he's just a pretty cute kid.

***Here's a few cute things he's said or done lately:

• A couple weeks ago when we were supossed to have a blizzard, I was listening to the radio & then told Skyler what they'd said about it. I told him that they'd said not to be scared, but that the lights might go out & that we needed to have flashlights ready just in case & not go outside in our cars so we'd be safe. Soon afterwards, Skyler suddenly wouldn't leave my side & seemed scared to death about some giant "lizard" that was out to get us. When Laron woke up a little while later, Skyler rushed to his side to tell him all about this giant lizard that was going to come and get us, but that the lady on the radio said not to be scared, but to get our flashlights ready & to stay inside so it wouldn't get us... I guess we'd never really used the term blizzard before, so it was hard convincing him that there was no such lizard.
• At church several weeks ago, Skyler was turned around in his seat glancing around at the people around us when he loudly announced, "Mom, look at that pretty girl over there... Someone needs to marry her!"
• When I left to go visiting teaching the other day, Skyler told me this on the way out the door: "Mom, after you leave, you'll feel something in your heart & it will be me, because I'll be praying that you will drive safely."