Calm, Cool & Collected

On Friday, Cole was nominated as "Terrific Kid" by his first grade teacher=>red carpet treatment & award recognition in school assembly :) Fun 'cuz we rec'd letter earlier in the week, but it was supposed to be kept a surprise to him until that very day!!












You'll have to forgive the poor pic quality as I was covering the camera while the main Parker photog was otherwise occupied with his youngest but one of his biggest fans:) Whatever it takes to soothe the lil' guy when he's teething or else the whole gym would've heard Luke instead of Mrs Engle-ugh! And just in case you wondered, here's the namesake of the school-Mr Zeiger himself:) with his wife in a bright Kiwanis jacket since they sponsor the award...













Afterward we had to find Cole in his classroom 'cuz he skipped the little reception in hopes to get out on the playground in time...such a boy! He earned more points in his family's mind when he invited his little bro out to recess with him:)
















Then to make sure he continued to practice what he preached re: positive attitude, we attended his girlfriend's baptism on Sat:) (Actually Dane is pretty infatuated too, so might be a toss-up who's more into the Dent girls but all the more reason to support her...) Here they are giving Maren a gourmet cupcake in honor of her special day; we picked that out @ store instead of an actual white flower 'cuz it tasted better & had same effect:)