Five on Friday

ONE

Brent's New Truck

Once every decade, Brent gets a new vehicle.

Somehow, I manage to go through them much quicker - 

I've had 3 vehicles since Brent last bought a new truck.

Introducing...our newest family member!

TWO

Canvas Champ

We ordered a bunch of canvas prints from Canvas Champ,

and they were really affordable and came out great!

First, these are from our beach trip to San Diego in 2016.

{You can read about it here and here.}

I wasn't convinced we should print since Paige wasn't here yet,

but Brent thought they deserved to be printed.

I'm pregnant, so Paige has enjoyed looking at them and knowing she's in my belly.

We will most likely hang these on the wall here, 

but we are thinking of buying a new piece of furniture here,

so we want to figure that out first.

And of course our porch-traits!

These 2 are smaller and we are deciding where they will go.

These 3 will go together in the living room, and I'm so excited to hang them!

THREE

Headphones for the Girls

We are taking a weekend trip and wanted headphones for the car trip for the kids.

I found these cute ones on Amazon for the girls! Aren't these so cute?!

Drew picked a white bunny, and Paige picked Skye from Paw Patrol

FOUR

School Update

After my post from Tuesday about my worries for school,

we had several updates from our region.

Several schools announced they will go 100% virtual for at least the first 3 weeks of school.

They also wrote letters to our education agency stating they didn't want to return to campus until hospitalizations are 5 or less/day.

Right now we are around 70, so this is going to be a long time.

Then our education agency announced they would fund schools 100% even if they stayed virtual which they weren't doing initially.

Our school hasn't specifically made a statement yet...but I find this interesting.

FIVE

Can't Stop, Won't Stop

I got another bathing suit from Target and have another being delivered.

I also got a super cute romper! Nowhere to wear it but it is too cute.

Brent also gave me a thumbs up for each so high praise from him. {grin}

Reminder: I am not a fashion blogger and can only make weird faces apparently!

I think this is my favorite one yet!!! I didn't want to take it off, ha.

This is so cute, right?

Trent's 11th Year: The Stats

Time to check in on how this guy has grown in his 11th year!

Stats:
Height: 56" {54%}
Weight: 64.5 pounds {18%}
BMI: 14.5 {4%}
Clothes size: 8/M or 10/L
Shoe size: 4.5 {same as me!}

By the numbers:
Inches grown: 2
Pounds gained: 4.5
BMI: down 4% {eek}
Teeth lost: 4, I think??? He has maybe 1 left to lose total and then BRACES
Clothes: He has been an 8 for several years and they are finally getting too small, his jeans are all MEGA high waters
Shoes: up 2 sizes

Same as last year, there aren't huge changes for Trent - it's not like he's learning to walk or eat food, ha. But he is changing and maturing, so it's really neat to see how he matures {or doesn't} from year-to-year.

School - This year was an utter shitshow for Trent. Looking back at last year's post, I said he had his best year ever. He decided to follow that up with his worst in a long time, sigh. Things had finally turned around right before he stopped going to school in FEBRUARY {remember we had the chicken pox issue before quarantine}.

Activities - Trent still loves to play video games on his iPad - especially with his friends. We actually bought him his own iPad for his birthday this year, and he is in heaven. We still limit screen time {although most days it's still more than I intend!}, so he has to find other things to do. He reads constantly. This is often a struggle for me because he has a high school+ reading/comprehension level, but the books that interest him are often more mature than he needs to be reading, so I have to work hard to find books that will interest him but not be too mature. We're debating The Hunger Games right now... He has also become OBSESSED with football. He played basketball again in the winter and didn't enjoy it. If we get to play sports ever again, he wants to play flag football. He pretty much never plays with Legos anymore - although he did some during a recent grounding {desperate times} and has given quite a few to a neighbor's son. 

Friends - Trent's best friend is Jaxon, who is our neighbor's grandson. They are 2 peas in a nerd pod. He also still really loves Miles, and even though Asa moved to Nebraska they still play games on the iPad or FaceTime together. He still likes Evelyn {his first girlfriend} who was at CMS with us and is at Goodwater too, and he had a friend this year at school named Cassidy, but they haven't talked since quarantine.

Family - Trent is nothing if not consistent with how he treats his family. He LOVES Paige and is rarely grumpy with her. He tolerates Drew, although they do enjoy playing Roblox together, and loves nothing more than making her squeal.

He idolizes Brent, will do almost anything with him, listens to him, etc. He continues to fight with me the most - we had a rough June where almost every interaction was an argument. He and I do still read together, although not every day. Right now we're reading Stamped.

Food continues to be a battle, although we largely know what he'll eat and won't eat and he's done great with negotiating for trying new foods. Some days are better than others, but we keep working at it! I would say his favorite food is a hamburger or cheeseburger - but just the meat, no bun. He's not a huge sweets kid, he definitely prefers salty.

He 'graduated' from behavioral therapy in May. I hope he doesn't need to go anymore because it is a sore point for him, but I love his therapist, so I know we have a good resource should we need it again.

Trent is so funny and sarcastic. It can be a blessing and a curse. He loves to make people laugh, but he can get in trouble for pushing things too far! He struggles to respect adults and is sarcastic a little too often with people he shouldn't be {me and his teachers!}.

Trent's favorite person in the world continues to be his Nana. I love the bond those 2 have. I think he would move in over there if we let him.

Trent is my messiest kid {although Paige might be up there}, he gets that from me 100%. He can clean his room and before the day is over, it's messy again. His closet is a wreck, junk under his bed...he just doesn't care!

No matter the ups and downs, overall we've got a really great kid! He is funny, smart, sweet, a great big brother, an awesome friend to have. We love him immensely, and I'm so excited to see what is in store in year 12.