Mornings At Our House

I love mornings at our house, especially when there is nowhere to run to (which isn't often anymore). Paige is always so happy when she wakes up and the boys rush to see her first thing in the morning. This morning while waiting for Ty's bus Carter asked to hold Paige. Carter loves his sister a little "rambunctiously" sometimes, but can be so tender on occasion, so I had to capture the moment.

Ladybug

Had to show off my new creation. I had no idea "ribbon sculpting" would be so fun and easy. You can't tell by the picture, but this bug coordinated perfectly with her little ladybug outfit!

Hands

Paige found her hands recently and they are providing hours of entertainment!

Still Funny

Everyone loves The Office. Everyone is always telling me how funny it is, so I'm really trying to like it, but I just can't get into it. Like tonight, I watched The Office and I admit, it was humorous, but not laugh out loud funny. I was starting to worry that I had just gotten too serious in my "old age" and didn't have any humor left...until a rerun of Friends came on next--LOVE that show--and I laughed out loud--alot! So I've decided I haven't gotten too serious, shows just aren't as funny. I miss shows like Friends and Seinfeld!

Carter's Friend Birthday Party

Since Carter loves his stuffed animals, I decided to have a birthday party for Carter's neighborhood friends and have all the kids bring their favorite stuffed animal with them.

These were the invitations:

Of course we had to display Carter's favorite stuffed animals:

With a house full of 2 and 3 year olds, the craft can get a little crazy:

The cupcakes (they are supposed to look like animal paws):

So mad I didn't get a picture of the treats the kids took home: bags of goodies in mini dog food bowls with their names in vinyl--gotta love Target dollar spot!

Carter's Family Birthday Party

Even though it was his party theme last year, Carter insisted on a truck theme again for his family party. So trucks it was!

The decorations:

The cake: Carter insisted on pink inside and brown outside. This is how the cake started out, but each time I looked at it through out the day, there were more additions to the cake, thanks to Carter. Apparently he wasn't satisfied with my work.

The birthday boy: If I was more computer savy I would post a video of him opening his presents--he was hilarious! Cheering for everything he received, like he has never received a present before! We now officially have more trucks than I know what to do with!!

No party of Carter's is complete without a pinata!

Paige soaking up some Grandma time at the party:

I know it's not a great picture, but had to show how her little smile turns into a frown. So cute, so sad!

After the party we headed over to the highschool for a charity football game Uncle B was playing in, between the police and firemen, benefiting the Special Olympics. A fun end to a great day.

Growing With Bear: 3 Months

Another month gone by--hard to believe. She is growing up so fast! She is full of smiles and squeals (not so much when I took this picture though)! She loves to watch her brothers and play on her activity mat. She hates her car seat and stroller. Although she's still a little "high maintanence," we are figuring each other out and she is such a joy to have in our family! We love our "sissy."

Kindergarden

Hard to believe that my little guy started Kindergarden this week. I wasn't sure how I was going to react for this big day--mostly I was excited for him and this new phase of his life, because he was so excited. I didn't have any problems until we went down for breakfast and Keith had left the sweetest note for him. That's when it all hit me! It hit me again during orientation when I realized that this was it--he was starting school and this would be his life for the next 16+ years. No more playtime at preschool, no more do whatever we want during the week, no more being the only influence on him. He was on his own, doing this without me, learning and dealing with all that comes with school. I don't know if I'm ready for all that. How did this happen so fast?

Ty has been looking foward to riding the bus to school ever since his preschool took a field trip to the kindergarden building and they got to go on the school bus. While waiting we took his annual first day of school picture(s). Ty loves posing for the camera.

I promised a new back pack for kindergarden and he chose Ironman.

All the mom's in the neighborhood met the bus up at the school to see all the kids get off the bus and enter into school. They were all so excited. Here's Ty with part of his crew. Unfortunately none of these guys are in the same class. Ty does have three others from the neighborhood in his class and a couple from preschool, so he's happy and I'm happy too.

After school and a LONG bus ride home we had a special "Celebration" lunch on the special "Celebrate" plate.

Paigers...

...waiting for Ty's bus.


Thanks Melanie for cute outfit!

Carter Starts School

Carter had his first day of preschool today. I have to admit I was a little worried about how it would go and it started second guessing myself, wondering if he was really ready--but to my surprise, he did great! No crying or worries at all! I think it helped that he was in the same classroom Ty had been in the last two years with all the same toys he always wanted to play with when we dropped Ty off! It also helped to have his little friend and neighbor, Kaleigh, in the class too.

He had to wear his plaid shorts, just like Ty did for his first day. I think he was most excited about taking his new backpack. He picked out a Handy Manny backpack with wheels and has been dying to use it!!

I'm hoping the school year is as successful as his first day was!

Labor Day

Every year my family goes to the Air Show downtown to see the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds fly. The boys can't wait to go--especially Ty and then they play "jets" for weeks after!

Carter was not a big fan of the loud noices this year. (Love the face, Travis)