Today's Toby

Socking up.  

Dear Slumbers,  You are the very best bear a boy could ask for. Thank you for your exemplary service. May we be blessed with many more years of your company. Much love, Toby's Mom  

Toby went to his first hockey game to celebrate Hudson's birthday. A great time was had by all.  

This time the whole family voted early.  Toby is ready to go play football at the adjacent park. Spencer is chanting "Candy! Candy! Candy!", but I think he understands it's about democracy too.  

Toby is hoping he gets tested today, so he's fully focused before swim class.  

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Brothering. Heads together. It's crazy to think that the picture behind them was taken when Toby was starting Kindergarten.  

Posing with Burt, the urban bird. If you haven't encountered Burt, he is the star of a song called Bottle Rocket Astronaut.  

Toby's school is doing a spelling bee which he is very excited about. Here he is working on spelling the words.  

This year's school picture.  

Friday Night we 'camped' in mom's office. The kids have been asking about it since last time, and we wanted to get it in before it got too cold.  

Rolling and hanging. Like you do.  

Books and brothers.  

Thinking snacky thoughts...  

Sometimes when you're mom loves you a lot, you get custom sneakers for your favorite sports teams. These kicks happen to feature the San Antonio Spurs logo.  

This year, the Rhino Romp (a 2-mile race through town) was moved from June to October in favor of cooler weather. Toby was very proud that he ran the whole thing. He's hard to pick out, but this is him racing by.  

Sometimes you need a blog post and your subject doesn't want to cooperate.    

When you're tapping around, but also trying to keep it casual.  

Using a Chinese Yo-Yo as a wand. Not sure what he's going for with the face.  

Spirit week apparently means shorts over pants.  

Hanging in there.  

Looking down at me already.   

Happy to oblige with a pose for the blog before swim class.  

Ready for the weekend.  

When you're reading, it's also important to reflect.  

I was never here. You saw nothing.  

Toby and friend's at Dave & Buster's.  

Toby was also on the Instagram feed on the same day as Spencer.  

Advantages of being stuck in Denver for an extra day was some lounge time by the pool.