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Miles William Rhoten
June 27, 2003


Latest News  New!

Miles is officially a first grader now.  He's more sad than happy to be done with school for the year, though he does seem to be really enjoying his summer vacation.  And he's definitely keeping all of us very busy!  He is attending Nana's Summer Camp 2 days(ish) a week, which is going great so far.  She has gotten him started at the nearby reading program, taken him to a magic show, and enrolled him in a knitting class.  The rest of the week he is at home with either Matt or Molly, and he's filling his time with piano lessons, lots of swimming lessons (which he loves), playdates, and games.  He has also managed to come up with a number of obsessions since he finished school, including setting up a lemonade stand, getting a pet fish, and sudoku.  Miles is intense about the things he's interested in, and his questions about pursuing these new interests are incessant.  He also got a fishing pole for his birthday and is now very interested in going fishing with Grandad.  They plan to work on getting a fishing license later this week.  We anticipate lots of great web photos over the course of the summer from all of these fun activities.

On the same theme of keeping us all busy, Miles just had his 6th birthday.  We had a small celebration at school, a birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese with some friends, and then a family birthday party at home.  Miles loved the attention, the presents, and the cake.  He counted down to his birthday daily, and was overjoyed when the day finally came.  He got a ton of great presents, and will be spending much of the coming week working on thank you notes.  Luckily, he seems to enjoy making cards for people, so hopefully that process won't be too painful!

We've been working hard at finding enough good reading material for Miles.  He's enjoying the respite from having to do his own reading and loves that we're willing to read to him so often rather than always encouraging him to read his school books to us.  Molly and Miles have started going to Starbucks on some of their days together and snuggling together in one of the big chairs drinking their favorite drinks (soy mocha for her, chocolate milk with extra whipped cream for him) while she reads to him.  He pretty much only wants to read chapter books now, and they're interesting enough to Molly that they both really enjoy their afternoons of reading.  Our library is closed for renovation, and there is a limited selection of kids books at the nearby temporary location, but we've still found some good classics there like Henry Huggins and Mr. Popper's Penguins.  We're also using the online intra-library loan system heavily!

(read Miles's Journal Page)


Watch me grow!  New!!

We've added a 6-year-old picture to the "growing" page.  Miles had fun making all sorts of faces for this photo shoot.

We're also watching to see if Miles and Micah look alike - look for yourself on this comparison page.


Photo Gallery

6 Years Old
June 6 - 29

New!  Miles plays games and frisbee, and helps take apart Micah's crib.

6 Years Old Photo Shoot
June 28

New!  Miles really wanted to goof around and be silly during this photo shoot!

Fathers and Birth Days
June 28

New!  Miles had to share his familiy birthday party with Matt, Ron, and Mike, who were all celebrating either father's day or their own birthday.

Chuck E. Cheese's
June 27

New!  Miles celebrated his 6th birthday at Chuck E. Cheese's.

Bedwells
June 21

New!  We met our friends the Bedwells at a park in Seattle for a fun morning playing and chatting.

Last Week of School
June 16 - 19

New!  Miles celebrated his 6th birthday with his friends at school, and we took a few pictures on his last day.

5 Years, 11 Months
May 20 - June 4

Miles enjoys the nice weather we've had, does a science experiment, and snuggles with Micah.

5 Years, 10 1/2 Months
May 6 - 18

Miles helps with some gardening, plays naked in the backyard, and uses the new pulley.

Mother's Day
May 10

Miles helps celebrate Mother's Day

5 Years, 10 Months
 Apr 20 - May 4

Miles goes to the zoo with Gunnar and rides the bus.

Easter 2009
 Apr 12

Miles loved getting a ton of candy, though he seemed to like his balloon launcher, his egg-laying chicken, and his new bakugans even more than the candy.

Cabo San Lucas
 Apr 3 - 11

Miles had a great time swimming and enjoying the sun on our trip to Mexico.

5 Years, 9 Months
Mar 19 - 31

Miles makes a leprechaun trap, climbs a tree, reads at Starbucks, goes to Nev's house, and pulls Listening Bear in the wagon.

5 Years, 8 Months
Feb 24 - Mar 18

Miles eats cotton candy, goes bowling, and has some playdates,

Matt's Birthday
Mar 1

Miles made a card for Matt to help him celebrate his 38th birthday.

5 Years, 7 1/2 Months
Feb 3 - 23

Miles reads a book, rides his bike, helps with recycling, and goes to the Children's Museum with Nathan.

5 Years, 7 Months
Jan 11 - Feb 3

Miles makes a planet mobile, takes pictures of Listening Bear, and goes to the waterslide.

5 1/2 Photo Shoot
Jan 1

Miles really loves to have his picture taken

5 Years, 6 months
Nov 22 - Jan 1

Miles bakes cookies, does legos, and opens presents from Mike and Alexandra.

Nana and Grandad
Jan. 1, 2009

We opened presents with Nana and Grandad on New Year's Day, after they very kindly babysat overnight so we could celebrate on our own!

Christmas 2008
Dec 22 - 29

We went to Sycamore to spend Christmas with the Scovilles this year.

Snow
Dec 18 - 20

Miles had a ton of fun having snowball fights and sledding.

5 Years, 5 1/2 Months
Nov 2 - 21

Miles plays in our first snowfall of the year, and builds a tiny snowman.

5 Years, 5 Months
Nov 2 - 21

Miles plays a game with Micah, does a craft project, and visits with Ashton.

Christmas Cards
Nov 30

Our family photo shoot.

Christmas Preparations
Nov 28 - Dec 6

Miles helps us decorate for Christmas.

Thanksgiving 2008
Nov 26 - 27

Miles helps us cook and clean for our Thanksgiving Feast.

5 Years, 4 1/2 Months
Nov 2 - 21

Miles performs at the Veterans Day assembly, sings with Micah, paints, and eats popcorn.

Heather and Co.
Nov 15

Heather and her family came over for a bbq.

Halloween 2008, Part 2
Oct 29 - 31

Miles lights the pumpkins, has a Halloween party at school, and goes trick-or-treating.

Halloween 2008, Part I
Oct 23 - 26

We went to the pumpkin patch to pick pumpkins and then carved them into jack-o-lanterns.

5 Years, 3 1/2 Months
Oct 13 - 27

Miles makes lasagna, plays soccer with Nev, checks out the moving van, and reads a book to some teddy bears.

5 Years, 3 Months
Sept 23 - Oct 11

Miles plays in fall leaves, sets of his rocket, plays with Nev, and dances for the camera.

Sycamore
Sept 17 - 21

We went to Sycamore and celebrated Micah's 2nd birthday while we were there.

Micah's Birthday Party #1
Sept 14

We had a small party for Micah with the Showmans, painting, and balloon cake.

Micah's Birthday Cake #1
Sept 14

Miles helped us make a balloon cake for Micah's birthday.

First Day of Kindergarten
Sept 3

The walk to school on his very first day.

5 Years, 2 1/2 Months
Aug 11 - 29

Miles reads a book, dresses as a superhero, and goes to Harrison's birthday party.

5 Years, 2 Months
Aug 11 - 29

Miles graduates from preschool and uses a cordless drill.

5 Years, 1 Month
July 24 - Aug 11

School pictures and a trip to North Star Offices and the Sammamish Trail.

Lake Chelan
July 31 - Aug 7

We had a great time on our 6th annual trip to Lake Chelan with the Showmans.

Bike Videos
July 28

Miles started riding his bike without training wheels tonight, and of course we ran and grabbed the video camera.

K-17s Visit Seattle
July 16 - 23

We had a great time seeing Sarah, Michel, Etienne and Gaby.

4th of July at the Park
July 4

We had a fun time playing in the park.

4th of July
July 4

Miles marches in the kids parade and then watches the grown-up parade.

5 Years, 2 Weeks
July 1 - 3

Miles paints on the patio and shows off his Lego Fire Station.

5 Years Old
June 23 - 30

Miles goes on a field trip and opens family birthday presents.

5 Years Old - Party # 2
June 29

We had a pool party in our backyard for Miles's 2nd 5th birthday party.

5 Years Old - Photo Shoot
June 27

Miles was as silly as ever during this year's photo shoot.

4 Years, 11 3/4 Months
June 20 - 22

Miles has a playdate with Harrison and Isabella, and has fun at Ashton's 5th birthday party.

Texas Videos
June 14 - 19

We went overboard taking videos on our trip to Texas, we had to make a separate page for them.

Texas 2008
June 14 - 19

We flew to Texas to visit Johnnie, Bill, and Janine.  Nana and Grandad met us there.

5th B-day Party #1
June 8

We had the first of Miles's 5th birthday parties at Pump It Up.

4 Years, 11 1/2 Months
May 30 - June 10

Miles plays with modeling clay, watches the clock, pops bubble wrap, and takes a jammies walk.

4 Years, 11 Months
May 15 - 28

Miles plays baseball and dresses up as a Mighty Knight.

Portland
May 24 - 26

We had a great time on our train trip to Portland with the Bedwells.

4 Years, 10 1/2 Months
Apr 30 - May 12

Miles is a superhero, tries out his jump rope, and plays outside.

4 Years, 10 Months
Apr 13 - 28

Miles plays in the hail, is in a fashion show, plays with Harrison, and goes to Gunnar's birthday party.

Cabo
Apr 4 - 12

We traveled to Cabo San Lucas with Matt's company.

4 Years, 9 Months
March 24 - Apr 3

Miles helps Micah help around the house, and gets a new pair of crocs.

Easter
March 21 - 23

Miles colors and hunts for Easter eggs.

4 Years, 8 1/2 Months
March 15 - 23

Miles plays with legos, reads books, and dresses up with Micah.

Springfest
March 20

Miles performed "Hard Knock Life" with his preschool class.

Skiing
March 13

Miles had his first ski lesson with Mike and Alexandra.

Houghton Beach Park
March 9

Miles enjoyed throwing rocks into the lake and trying on sunglasses with Micah.

Sycamore
March 1 - 4

Miles plays with his cousins, goes sledding and bowling, and tries Dance Dance.

4 Years, 8 Months
Feb 10 - 27

Miles celebrates the Chinese New Year and excavates a local park.

4 Years, 7 Months
Jan 23 - Feb 9

Miles helps around the house, snuggles with Micah, and plays with Mike.

Sylvan's Visit
Jan 12 - Jan 21

Sylvan, Sacha, and Jenny came for a visit.

4 Years, 6 1/2 Months
Jan 3 - 20

Miles has a playdate with Fiona and cleans the floor.

Christmas 2007
Dec 21 - Jan 1

Nana and Grandad came to help us celebrate Christmas.

4 Years, 5 1/2 Months
Nov 24 - Dec 20

Miles makes gingerbread men, a gingerbread house, and sits with Micah.

Bowling
Nov 23

Miles has a blast bowling the day after Thanksgiving.

4 Years, 5 Months
Nov 23 - Dec 1

Miles sweeps the garage, roller skates, hammers nails, and plays in the snow.

Christmas Preparations
Nov 23 - Dec 1

Putting lights up outside and decoration our Christmas tree.

Thanksgiving 2007
Nov 21 - 22

Miles helps cook Thanksgiving dinner and has fun playing with Ashton.

4 Years, 4 1/2 Months
Nov 3 - 17

Miles helps us cook, plays with his racetrack, and tries on his new hat.

Samantha and Natalie
Nov 10

Samantha and Natalie came over for a playdate.

Trick Or Treat
Oct 31

On Halloween night we did some trick or treating around the neighborhood.

Pumpkin Soup
Oct 30

We made pumpkin soup.

Valve Halloween Party
Oct 30

Valve had a Halloween Party w/ trick or treating and crafts.

Halloween Pumpkins
Oct 25 - 27

We went to a pumpkin patch and then carved our pumpkins.

4 Years, 4 Months
Oct 7 - Oct 26

Miles makes an apple pie, rakes leaves, plays with Fiona, and decorates for Halloween.

4 Years, 3 Months
Sept 20 - Oct 6

Miles vacuums, does art, and spells words.

Grandma Visits
Sept 22 - Oct 6

A trip to the park.

Hawaii 2007
Sept 27 - Oct 3

Miles loved going to Hawaii - he wants to live there.

Micah's 1st Birthday
Sept 23

Miles had a ton of fun helping celebrate Micah's first birthday.

4 Years, 2 3/4 Months
Sept 10 - 16

Miles plays with Micah and demonstrates his pumping skills.

Camping
Sept 14 - 16

We went camping at Deception Pass with the Bedwells.

Children's Museum
Sept 11

Miles builds a truck in the construction zone, climbs the climbing wall.

4 Years, 2 1/2 Months
Aug 27 - Sept 3

Miles walks Micah around the house, reads with Molly, and has a water fight.

Harrison's 5th Birthday
Sept 1

A few pictures of Miles and Micah enjoying themselves at Harrison's birthday party.

4 Years, 2 Months
Aug 16 - 26

Miles and Micah are spending more and more time together.

4 Years, 1 1/2 Months
July 27 - Aug 15

Miles melts crayons and helps Micah practice walking.

4 Years, 1 Month
July 2 - 27

Swimming class, baseball, fun with Nana, and a wagon ride with Micah.

Lake Chelan 2007
July 12 - 19

We went to Lake Chelan with the Showmans and Nana.

4th of July
July 4

Miles marched in the kids parade and saw his first fireworks display.


Photo Gallery, Year 4
 

Miles's 4th year (6/28/06 - 6/27/07)

Photo Gallery, Year 3
 

Miles's 3rd year (6/28/05 - 6/27/06)

Photo Gallery, Year 2
 

Miles's 2nd year (7/2/04 - 6/27/05)

Photo Gallery, Year 1 

Miles's 1st year (6/27/03 - 6/27/04)