Springfield Mo Demolition Derby

Gage and I are proud of Allen for winning the Mad Dog Derby over in Springfield MO last night. We had a great time for our first derby of the year. He won his heat, first place in the feature and the Mad Dog of the evening. As you can tell, he worked hard for the win!

Sunday at the Park

Gage and I needed to run to Parsons last Sunday to run a couple erans. Even though it was pretty cold we went and enjoyed our time there.  Its always nice to get out and enjoy the almost, spring weather.

This Is How Gage rolls...For Now

Gage loves his Ranger.

He received it for his 2nd Christmas when he was 2 1/2 years old. It has been the best investment we have made yet for him.

He rides it whenever possible. The problem is within the past year, he has really started out growing it. Not size wise but power wise.

He still fits in it just fine but things he wants to do with it, it's just not capable of doing. Regardless, he still drives it around all the time and doesn't complain.

I think I'm the one complaining now days since it gets stuck nearly every time I turn around.

One of his favorite things to do though is haul wood from the stack to the fire pit. It's a never ending job, to a 4 year old I guess.

Hot Wheels

 We have so many trick tracks and hot wheel tracks to play with I put them in this tub

 I will admit that I have fun designing the trick tracks

 You can take all the individual tricks and set them up different ways

 Between each trick track there is flat tracks that will take the car to the next trick

 The track works when a hot wheel car hits the blue trigger

 When the car hits the blue trigger then this car goes up, over and around

 I will tell you though, it takes a long time to set it all up

and only a few minutes for my little man to tell me he's done playing with it.

Sick

At 5 am, I woke up to "Mom my belly doesn't feel so good" and seconds later I was helping Gage run for the bathroom.

His babysitter told me the other day she sent two other children home with the flu. So, it's not a complete shock. When I called the school the nurse said, "Oh he has it too?"

Guess you know where I'll be all day today.

Correction

I stand corrected. The puppies name is Mud Bud! I've been saying it wrong and Gage told me this morning that Mud Bud did not like being called Mud Pud.

Friends

Gage has lots of friends. He has friends that are young, friends that are old, friends that are real and now one that is not!

Meet Max. Max was given to Gage as a Christmas present this past year and hasn't slept a single night without snuggling with Gage.

Now, meet Gage's newest friend... Mud Pud the puppy. Mud Pud found Gage at school the other day and came home with him. He gets stepped on some times, he eats Gage's snacks right out of his hand and today he snuck down to the babysitters . 

What? You don't see him? All you see is Max?! Hummm, well, I only see Max as well.

This is all new to us too. We haven't had an imaginary friend until now. We have asked Gage a lot of questions and he always answers them. Mud Pud is brown. He also has brown eyes and sometimes has muddy feet. He likes to lick the toothpaste out of the sink and chase balls.

So, for now we play and sleep with Mud Pud.