Stuff Joey 's been doing

Joey has a been a busy boy lately.  The school put on a production of Willy Wonka and Joey was on the stage crew.  His big job was to plug in the lights around this golden ticket.  I admit I wasn't thrilled about him doing this because I knew it would be time consuming and I didn't really think he would like it.  But he loved it, and was so happy to be a part of it.
I sat beside this little guy at the play (Aaron Wendt).

He also did Hope of America, which was a patriotic program for 5th graders.  I had no idea it was such a huge deal, so was really surprised when we got there how many kids there were.  It was really impressive.

He loved doing it, and was so proud to be a part of it, too.

Bikes

During one of the Willy Wonka performances some mean, heartless person stole Joey's bike.  He was devastated.  We looked all over, hoping this person had ditched it somewhere nearby, but we weren't able to find it.  So Joey is the proud owner of this brand new bike.

 We started by looking at a thrift store, but they only had girl bikes and little bikes.  But lucky for Tyler one was just his size, and since he's way too big for his trike, he is now the owner of a new bike (which he doesn't know how to ride yet).  And since Joey and Jason took their bikes for a spin someone had to ride Tyler's.  Good thing Jared stepped up to the plate, much to the boy's delight.  Tyler couldn't stop laughing.

 And Uncle Jason tried out the neighbor boy's rip stick, and was told by the boy's little sister, in no uncertain terms, that he wasn't to touch it again because her brother didn't want anyone to touch it.

 So it was sad about Joey's bike, but it turned out ok, just set us back 80 bucks.  Of course we stopped by a yard sale 2 days later and saw the perfect bike.  Of course.  Oh well, he's happy, and that's all that matters.