A Tae update

It's been months and months since we posted, so here are a few random photos of Tae from the last 8 months! He's growing into a stunningly smart kid who continues to bring us loads of joy (even on the challenging days!).

 

In the spring tulip fields of Skagit county

Fun and funny kid

Turning five in August

Tae was filmed for a commercial for the Guaranteed Education Tuition program in Washington. He's even pictured on the left sidebar on their website and prominently in their new brochure.

  Building the tallest tower with "Structures"

 Tae in his Halloween costume that we bought at a consignment store that we thought was a dinosaur, but turned out to be an alligator!

Snow day last week!

 Sledding down the driveway

 In front of the Christmas tree

Tae reading the entire Christmas gospel on the phone to his Oregon grandparents on Christmas day, complete with his pants falling down! (At the Christmas Eve service he was one of three child lectors, but he read the whole thing on Christmas day! He's become an incredible reader.)

Blessings in 2014!

Tae's Spring Break trip to Chicago

We took a trip to Chicago the week after Easter to see good friends and spend time in the windy city:

Up at the top of the Willis (Sears) Tower

On "The Ledge" at the top of the tower with friend Jon. It's all glass so you can see the city below - makes your stomach flip flop!

 At the Art Institute of Chicago

Fun with art puzzles at the Art Institute of Chicago

Tae was so excited to see this painting (Mary Cassatt's "The Child's Bath") since there's a print of it at his school.

Beautiful day at the Morton Arboretum

At "the bean" at Millennium Park

Tae is really into dinosaurs right now so he was excited to see "Sue," the Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton at the Field Museum. Here's Sue's head...

 

 And here's the rest of Sue (below) with Tae giving his best T-Rex look

Tae has become an excellent reader, and on our trip he especially liked reading the Bernstain Bear's "Dinosaur Dig" book

Fun with dear friends

And playing Twister for the first time...a definite disadvantage when you have short arms and legs!

And a few photos from Easter on an unusually gorgeous March day in the Pacific Northwest:

 Easter sunrise

 Coloring eggs

 Cute Easter boy

 Spring has sprung!