Miss Personality

Just goin through my 500 different folders of

"events needing to be blogged" and I came across these gems...

Uh...was she on one this day or what??

Tyler's turn

Yes, December is full of celebrations around here and we love it!
{For the most part} ...

So, Tyler turned six. I'm not sure why it feels like
six is so much older than five to me but it does.
And it is hard to believe I have six year old!
CRAZY....
Tyler is our sweet boy.
He is so aware of emotions, especially
in others. He is the first one to pass out a hug when needed and
let me tell you, with two little sisters around,
they are needed!
He is a typical big brother: protective, bossy, loving, teacher,
teaser, comforter, example, etc.
{Love the pajamas?? This is just a perfect BIG brother picture of him}

We are so proud of
him and his desire to be good. He has a love
for life that is contagious and we feel blessed having him
in our family.

His top 6 favorite things right now:
*school-loves, loves, loves it!
*playing legos-he is so creative with them
*anything to do with friends-he is our social one {although
I'm sure Brooke will give him a run for his money}
*having movie night with popcorn
*playing sports-favorite right now is basketball
*going on vacation-takes after his mom on this one!

Happy Birthday Buddy!

Where was I??

That's right...my little preschooler. Well, what do you know, it just happens to be her birthday as well {I knew if I waited long enough I could cover two events in one post :) }

As far as preschool goes....
she loves it...can't get enough of it.
It is a good day when it's school day!
Here are a few pictures of her first day of school.
{What a poser!}
Onto the birthday.....

What a sweetheart our little birthday girl is.
She feels us with so much happiness and we feel extremely blessed to have her in our family.
Some of her top favorite things:

*Tyler and Brooke
*playing dress-ups with her friends
*dancing and singing
*doing her hair and putting mom's make-up on
*going on vacation
*sleeping in Tyler's room
*helping mom clean {one of my favorites!}
*loves to color and draw
*playing outside
*not wearing her coat when it's freezing outside

She truly is our girly-girl. She doesn't like to take her bows out until she has
brushed her teeth and the day has officially come to an end.
{Uh, not so sure where that came from}
Here are just some random pictures that show a little of her HUGE personality that we get to enjoy daily. How did we get so lucky??

Happy Birthday cute Kate!
We love you!

Kindergarten

My BIG boy started Kindergarten this week.
He was so excited,
which made ME so excited,
which made for a little less tears shed
by his emotional mommy :)

(He asked if he could pick the "first day of school lunch"
and make it himself.
He really milked the whole first day of school thing
...you would have thought it was his birthday!)
(Tyler with his friends Diego and Max waiting for the bell to FINALLY ring!!)

Really, I do love that he has such a great attitude about new
things. It makes the whole "letting go" thing much easier.
I'm such a wimp!

For journal purposes I need to write down some of the quotes he
has said throughout the week so I don't forget them...or so I
can have him read them when the "newness" wears off!

"Is today school? Yes! I seriously thought this day
would never come?"
"Can I just go to school for the rest of my life, everyday?
Because I really do love it so much."
"It's okay mom, I can just walk home by myself now...I have
like a million friends that can walk with me." (nice try, sweetie)
"I just can't wait to go meet all my new friends!"
"Mom, guess what? I sit by the cutest girl in the whole class!"
(This one killed me! This boy cannot already be girl crazy!)
"You are going to ask me how school was, I know.
Well, it was even better than yesterday!"

I would say it's safe to assume he has enjoyed the first week of school, wouldn't you?

Now, onto my little preschooler....

Jeff's idea of Paradise

One boat,

one skier,
one course,
on one private lake...
(This is my weak attempt at getting a good picture
of Jeff "ripping it up!"...next time, maybe)

with happy,
entertained kids...

Kate "making up her new friends"...as she would say.

I love her eyes in this one...so pretty!
This is how all her pictures were. I love
that she was still giving her "cheeser"
despite the BRIGHT sun in her face!
She's not really one for sharing the spotlight :)
Where's that big smile for the camera now???

and GREAT company.
I love this picture for two reasons.
#1-two of my favorite people in the world are
with me and
#2-the kids in the background. They were having so much
fun on that thing!

It was so fun being able to catch up with the
Coberly's...we don't see them near enough!

Thanks for such a fun night everyone!
We can't wait to go back.

Clowns

You better believe I sleep with
one eye open now!

(Hmmm...I wonder who could have given
them the idea??.....Grandpa!!
Trouble, I tell ya)

My little terror

Let's not talk about May quite yet.
There really was only Kate's dance recital,
Tyler's soccer games, his T-ball games, Mother's Day, pre-school graduation,
Memorial Day festivities, and much, much more.
But...we can get to all that later.
(I'm convinced the post-date edit button was made for me.)
For now we need to talk about how it is possible something
so small and so stinkin' cute can make
such an enormous mess in less than 5 minutes!
And then be oh so proud of herself.

Honestly, I don't know why the one basket got so lucky.

And onto to the next item of business...

Ah-ha, Kate's kitchen, her favorite...

"Done for now, go ahead and pick it all up for me"

Watch out world!

This girl is unstoppable-

Really.

baseball season

BRING
IT
ON!!!

(I was told this is "game face")

Tyler's first time up to bat...(ever)...and
he asks for the "T" to be taken away.
This boy can swing!
You should have seen his face as he was
running to first base,
he was beaming!
Love it.

a message from Brooke

"Guess what everyone."

"I turned ONE (well, back on March 15th-mom's a little slow).

I had to keep reminding everyone just how old I am now.
(Messy finger and all)... ONE!! Where did that

year go??"

The party got started with a little shout out to
me and then I got stripped (loved it!) and
got to dig into this yummy cake! Mom didn't
even tell me "NO!" What a dream!
"Yum!"
"Really? I can keep going?"
"Sweet! This is the best day ever!"
After making a complete mess of ourselves
(yes, ALL the other kids joined me), we
cleaned up and then hit the dance floor. At first
I just watched my big sister
Kate and cousin Morgan do their thing, and then...
...I figured, why not join them!!

"Boy, was it a fun party!
Sorry if you missed it.
Maybe next year, right?"

Oh yeah, my mom likes to record my stats for journal purposes so here they are:

Weight: 20lbs 5 oz. 45%
Height: 30.25" 90%
Head: 18.5" 90% (must be
lots of brains in there!)

Bye...for now.