On Saturday, Kynzley, myself and our friend Jill tied up our running shoes, sported our white and homemade tie dye gear and hit the pavement for a good cause! We participated in a local color dash to promote mental health, suicide prevention and creating a bully free community! It was so much fun and Kynzley had a blast!! She loves any excuse to dress up funky and sport bright colors.
Side note: While waiting for the race to start, we were enjoying music, bubbles and some free time. Kynzley asked me if we were doing this race for a reason. If when we signed up the money that we gave went to someone or something. As a parent, I took this as a perfect time to use this as an example of something to we always tell our kids - we are nice to everyone! A big part of this event was to remember a high school gentleman that took his life after the effects of bullying. In a way a young child can comprehend I explained what everyone was there for and used it as a teaching tool as to why we are always telling them that we are friends and helpful to everyone.
Kynzley loves (LOVES) to be different and unique! She tends to like to do things that not everyone is doing and look different than her peers around her. I hope this continues the rest of her life - especially adolescent life! I like that she accepts herself being for being loud, colorful and unique and with that accepts the differences in people around her. As a parents, I pray that with her liking to not fit the "norm" she will always stand up for those that also do not fit the "norm". I pray that her uniqueness will help shape her generation that differences make this world great and help put an end to bullying! I hope she is a voice!!
Ready to rock the race!
After she got her hair colored :-)
Hula - hoop queen
Foam party!
And she's ready!
Kynzley, myself and Jill
Color Dash 5K 2016
Go Kynz!!
After! Looking fabulous and colorful!
After the race we met up with the boys and headed to a local festival - an apple hootenanny! It was a great time! We listened to great music, enjoyed the food and beverage vendors and the kiddos enjoyed some s'mores!
Eckers Apple Orchard
Hootenanny 2016
We kept the fun activities going into Sunday as well! Our local corn maze was allowing dogs on the premise to raise money for the local K9 unit. We had so much fun getting lost in the corn, figuring out the clues and playing in the kids area. Brutus was great sport, but was tired from a morning playing with friends. Every check point in the maze he'd laid down and took a break :) It was a fun family afternoon!!
West Salem Corn Maze 2016
Brutus 4.5 months, Benton 2 and Kynzley 6
Check point!
After the corn maze Benton helped daddy with the yard work. I would like to add, last week I raked the yard and had the leaves in nice piles ready to go to the dump. The kids and the dog decided my hard work was their play - the leaves ended up all over the yard again.
BRUTUS UPDATE
Mr. Brutus! He's doing great and is getting bigger and BIGGER every day! He's a major mama's boy and a huge lap dog - literally! Every chance he gets he will try to sit on our lap. Brutus is doing great with his no leash training. Every walk we tend to take his leash off farther and farther from home. He follows his commands great and we haven't had any issues with him running off or even being curious with other dogs or people. He tends to sit and wait for the them to pass or ignores them all together and continues on with our walk. He has officially out weighed Benton and Kynzley now!
One of our favorite activities in the afternoon - picking Kynzley up from school! Brutus lays under the trees, watches the kiddos walk past and patiently waits for Kynzley.
Tooling along on a beautiful morning walk
He jumped in my lap and gave me squeezed - mama's boy!
This weekend Brutus has a sleepover with two of his buddies - Carly and Red! It's hard to remember sometimes that Brutus is still a pretty young pup - this is why, he is the same size as an adult dog!
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