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!

Mac's Birthday take two!

So I have finally gotten to the goods.  Here is some of the pictures of Mac's birthday.  We thought that he could use a new bike.  He has mastered the balance bike so we are moving him to two wheels without training wheels.  I think he liked it!

Ryan got Mac a sword and a movie.  You can't go wrong with a sword!

Finally, both our families managed to outfit him with enough weaponry to last a lifetime!  Thanks everyone!!

 All Make wanted as far as cake goes was balls.  So I make him an assortment of ball cupcakes.  They met his standards, so I was happy!

Happy Birthday Mac

Another year has come and gone for this little boy!  I can't believe it but he is now THREE!  It blows my mind how the time goes!  This kid went from being so still as a baby to a never ending bundle of energy! Literally, every min of every day is moving so fast with this kid.  There is nothing in my house that he can't turn into a weapon.  Seriously, EVERYTHING is a sword or shoot gun!!  He is hardly ever seen without multiple swords down his back and a few guns in his pants!  Oh this boy!  I love him, but he keeps me on my toes!!  Here are ten reasons this kid makes me fall in love with him over and over:

10.  Have you seen this kids eyes and smile.  He can suck you in so fast you don't even know that he is manipulating you.

9.  He is always playing some kind of fighting.  I love when he plays that Ryan is the princess and he has to save her from some bad guys!

8.  He has an imagination that cannot be topped.  This kid is always fighting bad guys.  Even the trees seem to be bad guys.

7.  He is my little cuddle bug in the mornings.

6.  He has this voice, oh the voice.  You would think that he just does it sometimes, but I am thinking that it is his real voice.  It's like a man voice/cool teenager voice.  I can't describe it.  If you know Mac you know what I am talking about.

5.  Mac is never shy.  Just the other day I had to stop him from pinching some strangers butt in the checkout line.  Mac had one of those claw arms that pinch and pick things up... well that man almost got the claw pinching his bum!!

4.  Mac is not afraid to try new things.  I can't keep him from doing all sorts of things from water skiing to doing flips off his bet onto the Love Sack!

3.  Mac loves treats!  A man after my own heart!  He can sniff them out a mile away.  I dare say he can hear the rustle of a wrapper from even further away!!

2.  Mac always hugs my neck when I put his shoes on and says: "Mom, you my Friend?"  And I always reply: "Yes, always!"  Sometimes we switch roles and he will hug my neck tight and say "Mom, I'll always be your friend."

1.  What would my life be without this little handful?!?  I hate to even think about a world without this boy in it to keep me on my toes and always falling in love!

McCallum, we love you tons and tons boy!  Don't you ever doubt it!

McCallum Goes to School

I Can hardly believe I am letting this happen!  Now my boy is in school!  He still wont go to Kindergarten for another three years because his birthday is so close to the deadline, but we thought why not start him early anyway!  He was so excited to go to his class for the first time!  I can't believe how big this kid is getting!  Look out world because Mac attack is on the loose!!