SIX

Wow, how the time gets away from me!  Not only am I blogging this late, but my girl is now six years old!  What happened to that baby?  Now I have a six year old who reads and goes to school!  Wow, how the time goes!!

Well, I can happily report that this girl got what she wanted.  She got to shop with her Nana and Grammy for clothes.  She got a bike, and her brother got her a bow!  Pretty good.  Plus, I was able to make the barbie cake to her liking too!  Silly girl!!  She knows what she wants and that's for sure!!

Happy Birthday to my FAVORITE girl I know!

Christmas

I got so busy with some home projects that I have neglected to write about Christmas!  Needless to say, Santa found our house, the kids were spoiled, and we had a great holiday!  This year the kids both got little tents.  They were great.  Our kids are really interested in building forts so we figured this would be an easy and fun way to keep doing that while also cutting down on the mess that comes with building forts.  In addition, Mac got some cool blocks with army guys so that he can build forts and shoot the bad guys off the walls.  The funny thing is that he has named the army guys "Armians."  He wont let them go by any other name.  Ryan got the dream lit she had been asking for and a new bed spread.  Among countless other gifts, the kids were really happy with Christmas!  I think that it's probably a good thing that it only comes once a year--we would have to get another shed for storage if not!

Thanks to all our family that made this holiday so much fun!  We love you all!

More for the books

Mac has been really making us laugh as of late.  Just the other night I was reading him a book before bed and he asked me about Jesus.

Mac: Mom, does Jesus have ALL the powers?
Me: Yes.  He even mad you and the earth, and the animals.  He even made the water and the stars, the moon, and the sun.  He has power to do anything.
Mac: So where does he keep all the powers mom?
Me: I don't really know buddy, I just know that Jesus has a lot of power.
Mac: Probably in his pockets.
Me: Probably, that seems like a safe place to keep powers.

I was laughing so hard on the inside.  Here I am thinking that I had a good opportunity to talk to my son about the creation and possibly share my simple testimony of God and Mac is thinking Literally.  Oh that boy!  I think he still got something good out of it all though.  Hey, I think I learned something too... I know where Jesus keeps all that power!

Last night Jared was talking with his parents about the power outage at our house.  The power went out at 8:30 in the morning and didn't come back till almost 11 that night.  As he was talking about the power outage Mac came up to him and was tugging on Jared and hitting his leg to get his attention.  Finally, Jared stopped and gave Mac some attention...

Daddy, does Jesus still have his powers?
Yes Mac, Jesus still has all of his powers.
Okay... and just walked away.

I guess he is really thinking a lot about the nature of God these days.  I love it and hope he keeps asking his questions!!

Merry Christmas

Never want to forget

I try to post little stories that I never want to forget so that I can look back and laugh when my kids are all grown up.  This is on of those moments!

Jared said that he was with the kids one night while I was gone, and he really wanted to go get a drink.  He got the kids all in the car and was on his way to the gas station when he and Ryan had this conversation...

Jared: lets get in the car so we can go get daddy a drink (Diet Mountain Dew).
Ryan: Can we get one too?
Jared: No, you have apple juice at home.
Ryan: Please!
Jared: No, you have apple juice at home you can have.
Ryan: Daddy, what if your daddy took you to the gas station and bought himself a drink and didn't buy you one?  How would that make you feel?
Jared: You're right.  I'll get you a drink too.

Smart little girl!  I am a little worried about what Ryan as a teenager is going to be like!!

Also, I posted Halloween before we actually got to go trick-or-treating so I need to share this as well.

The kids literally ran from house to house!  They we so excited to be getting so much candy.  Each house we would go to they would ring the door bell and wait.  When the door open the kids froze.  I would coach them by saying something like... "Say Trick-Or-Treat; however, they hardly ever had the guts to say anything to strangers.  They would just wait to be given the candy.  Then as we would leave each house I would say "what do you say?"  I was implying that they need to say thank you for the candy.  Ryan, being the smart five year old got it and would say thank you.  However, Mac had a different take on this and would yell "NEXT HOUSE!"  He always keeps his eye on the prize!

At one point in the night it was time to turn and head back down the street, we had already gotten more than enough candy to last forever.  So I said to Mac, "lets head back down to Papa's house so you can show him how much candy you got."  He was so excited that he started to head toward papa's house.  As he approached the curb to cross the street with me he did a move just like in the movies.  He jumped off the curb and fist pumped at the same time while yelling "BEST CANDY EVER!!"  I was laughing so hard!  I could barely calm myself to tell Jared and him mom what I had just witnessed!!

Kids!  I'm going to be so sad when my kids are all grown up!  Why can't they always stay small like this!!

Let it Begin!

Last Friday, October 18, Ryan lost her first tooth!  I couldn't believe it was happening so soon!!  I really don't like loose teeth so it was painful for me to watch her wiggle that tooth around all day.  Finally she got that sucker out... with the help of her dad of course.  Just like she does, the Tooth Fairy came and left a dollar under her pillow!

Halloween

We went to Gardner Village for our annual Halloween day with Nana.  It was so much fun.  Lisa also brought the cousins Bodee and Paisley.  It was so much fun!  Ryan and Mac had a blast with the kids, and as always, Nana S. Never disappoints!  This is Ryan in her Halloween costume.  She is the Queen of the Ocean-the dress has shells all over it and the belt is a sand dollar.  All Mac cared about when picking a costume was if he could carry a sword... so Pirate it is!  He is an awesome Pirate too!

After having lunch we did the Pony rides.  Ryan rode Stedson, Bodee rode Riley, Paisley rode Coopoer, and Mac rode Silver.  I'm pretty sure I have seen dogs bigger than that pony!  It was a hoot.  The kids even got to hold a rabbit before we made our way over to get the kids faces painted.

I think the highlight for the kids is the face painting.  Ryan looks forward to it all year round.  She loves the glitter!  Paisley wasn't so sure about the whole thing but she ended up getting her face painted too.  It was Mac that had us all laughing.  He sat and waited for Ryan and Bodee to finish then hoped up on the stool.  He knew just what to do.  Before he choose his colors he closed his eyes, tilted his head up and didn't move.  We could barely get him to open his eyes to pick a color!  It was so funny.

 This is the face Mac made the entire time he was on the stool.  He wouldn't even open his eyes to pick a color to pain on his face.  So funny!