Soccer Finale

A couple of weeks ago was Kueffer's last soccer clinic for the summer.

It was so much fun watching him learn and really like soccer!

As you can see, it was a very HOT Saturday and
many of the players and parents wimped out and skipped the last week.
Not the Dawdy's!Going in to score a goal on DaddyGOAL! Coach Jared looks as excited as Mommy!

Gimme Five Action Shot

Can't wait for fall soccer league and actual games!
Or whatever you call watching 3 year olds run to whatever goal is closest. ;)

3rd Birthday...Can you 'dig it'!?

It's been a month since Kueffer's BIG 3rd Birthday Party and

Mommy is finally getting around to sharing all of the fun details!

Kueffer wanted a Dino Dig party so Mommy and Daddy had so much fun helping to plan an exciting party for our Big Boy!

Since it was soooo hot outside, Daddy found and put up a Dinosaur pool for the kiddos to keep cool outside. K already putting his new fishing pole to use in the pool!

There was a dino dig for the 'young archeologists' - complete with pith helmets!

We are all having so much fun that we almost forgot about CAKE and Cupcakes!

Going right for the T Rex!

It was an AWESOME party!
Kueffer is so lucky to have such great friends and family to help celebrate!

Shark Week

Well, actually 'Shark Summer' in our case.

Kueffer has been taking swimming lessons with his little friend, Lauren all summer and has had the best time. Lauren's house has a pool in the backyard, so the lessons were at her house and our instructor, Miss Laura came there. It was perfect!
Miss Laura is a 'Klassy Kat' at Kansas State, so Kueffer and Lauren's Daddies were a little bummed that the lessons were held in the morning...sorry, boys! :)

Miss Laura was great with the kids and made the lessons so much fun! Kueffer had such a great time at lessons and a bit of playtime and breakfast after each lesson.
Mommy had a great time as well, chatting with Lauren's Mommy each day.

Kueffer LOVES to swim and really has improved over the summer- floating, jumping in, kicking, doing arm strokes and doing bob after bob after bob...well, you get the picture. He is NOT afraid of the water. Fearless AND thinks he's much bigger than he is. He always wanted to do what the 'big boys' at the pool were doing...Let's just say, Mommy did not get to do any relaxing or sunbathing.Lauren with her new 'mermaid' that Kueffer gave to her after their last lesson together

We would go to lessons in the morning and then swim at the pool in the afternoon. (No, he still didn't nap...ugh!) He'd say 'Mommy, let's be fishies!' ...seriously, who could refuse that cuteness? Mommy and K would 'play shark' and chase after each other- the 'shark' would make a fin with their hands and hum the theme from 'Jaws' ...da da da da dadadadadadadad....Yikes!

We love our 'little fish'!

Monster Pizza

These days Mommy sometimes needs to get a bit creative in order for
Kueffer to get excited about going to the grocery store with her.
Usually this errand is done while K is at PDO, but some days you gotta just do it.
One trick that was used recently was to get Kueffer excited about what we were going to make...Monster Pizza!

We made a list and went shopping- easy, whew! Then back home to make our yummy creation.Started as a Scary Monster
THEN

Kueffer thought it should be a friendly monster...artists!

Mommy and Kueffer had a great time making it...
although all of Kueffer's excitement must have been used in the kitchen
as he did not eat any of it!

"I'm gonna go save the day for a little bit."

Yesterday Kueffer was 'saving the planet'...or whatever was in our house at 9am and he informed Mommy that 'I'm gonna go save the day for a little bit...you be quiet.' Huh?
Kuefferisms have been in abundance lately and keep cracking Daddy and Mommy up...daily, hourly, minutely?! His imagination is ALIVE to say the least. You just never know who may show up at any given moment-
could be 'Hiku' his imaginary friend,
or a friendly monster,
or Gelfred his dinosaur friend. He is one funny kid.
Yesterday his hair was looking very 'Beiber-ish' so Mommy said 'You're a little Justin Beiber'...He quickly informed me that he's 'Not Justin Beiber, I'm Kueffer!'.Kueffer and his teacher, Miss Kelly

Last week was Kueffer last day EVER in PDO. He has been attending since we was 6 months old (one day every other week) until now. Can't believe that it's been over 2 years since the day Mommy left crying at drop off. This too was a hard day for Mommy (yes, there was a bit of crying again) as they are not going to be going to Country Club this fall. Mommy thinks that Kueffer must have left a bit of an impression with the teachers, directors too...they all came by to say goodbye to Kueffer and asked us to come by and visit. He always had something funny to say to them each day when he walked in the door and was always excited to go there. Country Club was so good to us and we will miss it. :)

Gotta love our funny kiddo!

Bed Head

photo.JPG, a photo by zeusdawdy on Flickr.

Seriously, how cute is he? This is Matt, by the way. I have been an observer but I'll do my best to post some things here, too.

1st Dentist Appointment

The milestones are starting at THREE...today, Kueffer had his first visit to the Dentist!
Kueffer and Mommy visited Dr. Smith and, seriously, Kueffer did AWESOME!
Daddy and Mommy prepped him a bit by reading this sweet book that the dentist office had sent describing what the dentist visit would be like for him....Thank you, Dr. Smith!

Kueffer had no problem - walked right in and asked to see Dr. Smith! Jumped right up in the BIG dentist chair, let the dental assistant clean and floss his teeth (no biggee!) and then counted to make sure all of his teeth were there...fyi, he had all 20! ;)

Dr. Smith was so sweet to him and pretty funny- He's been doing this a while, obviously. He said that Kueffer's teeth looked great, healthy and no sign of any decay!
Kueffer left the office with all sorts of goodies- new toothbrush, stickers, toothpaste, toys, etc. and couldn't wait to use his new toothpaste when we got home.
Daddy and Mommy are so proud of their little guy with the 'sparkling chompers'! :)

All About 3!

Kueffer visited Dr. Espe for his 3Year check up last Thursday and it was all about being 3!
He grew so much this past year...
weighing in at 33 lbs (in the 75-90% up from 25% at his 2 year appt!!!)

and is 3ft 3 in tall (90% in height)!

Yes, our little K is definitely 3!

Guess who's 3?

photo.JPG, a photo by zeusdawdy on Flickr.

It's hard to believe that our sweet Kueffer is 3 years old. Actually, Daddy and Mommy can't seem to remember life before him;). Kueffer brings such joy to our lives every day. He is smart, funny, loving- we are so blessed and thank God for you each day.
We LOVE you so much, Kueffer!
Happy THIRD Birthday!

Happy 4th of July!

We had a wonderful day at VillageFest! We are so lucky to live in such a 'family friendly' area of Kansas City. Kueffer loved all of the music and entertainment-

Daddy and Mommy loved that it was finally not 100 degrees outside!

Feeding animals at the petting zoo with Daddy

Getting a 'tattoo'

Kueffer and real race car!Getting his 'dinosaur' balloon from the clown

Heading back home!
We hope that you all had an AWESOME 4th of July!

Big Boy Bed!

Last Thursday, Kueffer moved into his BIG BOY BED! He was so excited and slept through the night with no problem. (The Thomas the Train sheets from Aunt Lisa got him even more excited about going to sleep...thanks!) The next morning, he walked upstairs to let us know that it was 'morning time' and he loved his new bed!
It's been almost a week and no problems...he's actually been sleeping much longer each morning. Mommy and Kueffer are still trying to make it on time to Parent's Day Out once this summer! ;)

PS- Daddy did a GREAT job building Kueffer's bed. I know Kueffer thinks it's even more special because his Daddy made it for him.

Happy Father's Day

Kueffer and Mommy are so blessed to have a daddy and husband that wants to spend his free time doing things with us. Many men choose other things... Daddy chooses family time.
We love him so much!
Happy Father's Day!!!!

Branson

Last weekend, Daddy, Kueffer and Mommy went to Branson for a quick and fun filled weekend with family. It was so good seeing Papa and Grandma, Aunt Lisa, Uncle Darryl, Brock and Quinten, Aunt Bobbi, Uncle Clark and Baby Max. Grandma and Papa planned for a fun weekend...and it was a success! :)

We rode the 'Duck' boats and Kueffer LOVED it....he even drove for a bit!

Very serious boat captain!
He also LOVED the quacker...Daddy did not love it as much.
(Mommy loved quacking along as well.)Max and Uncle Clark driving the boat...Max was not too sure about it.

We went to Bass Pro and watched them feed all of the fish.
Kueffer loved seeing the fish and all of the other kiddos there.Looking at all of the fish with Grandma
He is even more ready to go fishing now!Kueffer and Uncle Darryl picking out a fishing pole

We just relaxed and chatted- well as much as you can with a 2 1/2 and 1 1/2 year old-
and enjoyed being with family. :)

Swimming!

Land Shark....no way, Kueffer's got his shark goggles and Spider Man dive sticks and is ready to hit the pool this summer!