Turning 4 and T-Ball

Reid turned 4 this week.  It is hard to believe 4 years ago my life was changed and blessed beyond measure.  Happy Birthday my 4 yr old little peanut.  We had a fun dinosaur party , which he had been counting down the days for since January.  It was lots of fun  , with family and friends.  We had a pinata, a cave, pin the dinosaur bone game, and a cool cake made by Aunt Shanna.  Reid you are full of curiousity, wisdom, adventure, strong- willingness, fun and life.  You  love to save quarters to play the claw, dig in the dirt, watch the three stooges, and learn new things.  You love to go to school and have grown so much in this year , while learning about Jesus, numbers, letters and so much more.  I love you my big grown up boy!!

Reid also this week had his first T-Ball game. He looked so cute in his uniform. Parker also got to wear a shirt that says Lil brother.  Reid is the very youngest one on the team, but he does super.  After about an  hour he is ready to be done. They won the first game!! Mark is helping coach, which I am sure is the first in many years to come.  Now starts the busy days of life, chasing around kids and all their activities. It is so much fun to watch them do new things. The weather has been so beautiful and we love to play outside. We are ready for Easter and always remembering as Reid's bible verses say this month. Jesus died and suffered  for us on the cross. He is alive.  Jesus gives us new Life!!
Blessings!!

Happy 2nd Birthday Parker Cade!!

 I cannot believe it has been 2 yrs since you entered my world.  At the time I was a bit nervous because your brother was not even 2 yet.  He adapted very well and life without you would not even be imaginable.  You have definitely been my baby from the get go.  I really don't think you have left my side for the last 2 yrs.   I don't care though because you have such a sweet way about you.  You love to do whatever your big brother Reid is doing.  I love how your vocabulary has grown overnight.  You are shy, yet daring, little yet loud, smart and sweet.  As you play behind me with your cars, I realize this time will go by way to fast.  I hope you are always momma's boy. I love you sweet baby.

Letters and Elves

And the holiday season has begun.What a better way to start than by writing our letters to Santa and putting them in the mail .  Of course our list changes as we see new things each day. Another new tradition this year was our visit from our Elf on the Shelf. We named him Buddy and he reports back to Santa each day.  We visited Santa but were a little hesitant to sit on his lap. We did however see him  at Daddy's work party last night and we liked him a little better this time.  I am excited for the other holiday things we have left to do, like make our gingerbread house , bake cookies and see lots of family. 

October all in one blog

This month we have gone to the pumpkin patch , carved pumpkins, went to Great Wolf Lodge , Reid experienced his first OU game, played in our never ending leaf piles and of course celebrated Halloween ( I think Reid got to wear his costume 5 different times to various things ).  So there it is, too much to tell all in detail.  I can say we had a busy , but "super fun", as Reid would say, month. I like to think of it as making great memories with my ever so active boys. November, we can't wait to see what you have in store. Although it looks to be a little less busy, so we will see. Except for the piles of leaves , they will never end in our yard with a zillion trees. :) 

All about fun

Just a few fun things we have done the last few weeks.  Life with my boys is always full of fun. 

Reid loves creativity, Parker loves balls and running or screaming.  Including me leaving him at Mother's Day Out and them calling one hour into into to say he cried the entire time since I left.  I am trying to get him use to someone other than me,Mark, or my mom.  One full month paid, maybe better luck next Friday. 

Reid on the other hand loves school .  He cries when he can't go. So funny how different they are. Next week is the fair. Need I say more .......................................:)

School Days, School Days

Reid's first day of 3 yr old preschool was today.  He had been looking forward to it for so long. He picked his own backpack and his outfit out for the day.  It was earlier than we are use to getting around, but we all made it to take him to his first day.  Parker was not real excited and cried alot of the time.  We are so blessed to have two wonderful women teaching him. They just started this preschool this year at our church and it is going to be such a great experience for him.  Parker and I aren't sure what we will do for these three mornings each week, but we will manage.  I just realized as I drove away how time has flown already.  He will always be in school now and never at home all day with me.  I treasure the time I got to spend this last year and look forward to many more as he grows into an amazing little guy. I better stop before I cry again.

Disney Trip 2010

Our trip to Disney was so much fun. We took 12 days, since we drove.  We spent some time at Disney by ourselves and then my family joined us for 3 of those days.  Six total days were spent driving. Man was that a blast:).  Reid did great, Parker needed out every few hours. Let's just say we stopped at alot of fast food play areas along the way.  We spent one day on the way home on the beach and it was beautiful. We may move to Florida someday.  I hope Mark can earn another trip in the upcoming years because the trip was "Magical". 

Since the boys wouldn't , Mark posed with Piglet. Here they are making a huge sand castle on Destin beach. 

Parker loved the sand. 

Reid loved the waves. Not so sure about any of the characters. In fact below is Reid hiding his eyes Under the table when they came around.  So he never got a photo with anyone. 

It was a long walk down many hallways to our room.  This was on our way back to take a nap. 

Parker got to ride alot of the rides with us. 

Buzz Lightyear was a fav, we rode it several times.