Monster Mash

On Sunday we had all of our friends over for a Monster Mash. Everyone was dressed in their costumes and all looked so cute!
WE had lots of Monster Spooky snacks like Monster Toes, Monster Cakes, Bat Wings, Mad Scientist Slime with gummy body parts and Boogers on a stick.
Nathan has really been into Halloween this year and told me he wanted it to be spooky. He helped me decorate with tons of cob webs all over the stairs . A spooky candy bar by the front door . The dining room was the main attraction because that is where all the food was. We dug out our fog machine and warmed it up. I put on some creepy music and Nathan decorated the whole place with crows, spiders and bats. It looked great but I think it was a little to spooky because once the fog machine kicked in both boys were out of there!
At the party we had lots of fun things to do like decorate pumpkins, make monster faces, color trick or treat bags, make Halloween masks and even had a spider bean bag toss thanks to craft Kelley!
The kids had such a great time. Nathan pretty much told me it was better than any birthday he had and was so happy his friends were here. Nolan ate about 3 bowls of Jello and by the end of the night was running around this place like someone had given him a whole pot of coffee. I guess that is what Halloween is for right?
It was such a great day . I love being able to have great times like this for the boys because I know sooner than later they will be too cool to drink my Zombie punch with Monster Eyes.

King of Kings

A couple weeks ago at the boys school they had a King of Kings festival. It was so neat. The kids came dressed up as knights or princesses and they had all kinds of fun stuff for them to do . There were lots of games , prizes, crafts and snacks for them. Lucky for me the boys both had different days so one knight costume worked out perfectly ! Nolan was first and looked like he was having a great time. He warmed right up once he realized you got prizes for the games! I always love when I get to volunteer and see the boys in their own setting without me. He was talking and chatting with his friends and just looked so big!
Nathan was on Friday and he was very excited to be a knight! That morning was very easy to get ready for school because he had put on his costume as soon as he woke up. He had a good time throwing balls at the humpty dumpty knights on the wall. He was really trying to show off his muscles. His class was one of the last ones which really worked out because they were getting spoiled by all the moms.

School Pictures

Last month was school picture day and we just got them back. Check out these two fall cuties.

5 year stats

Nate went for his 5 year check up this week and he is doing great!
He is 46 inches which puts him in the 95th percentile for height and 43 pounds which is 65th percentile. So pretty much tall and skinny :)
The doctor said according to his stats now he will be 6'3" when he grows up but if he uses Kyle and my height he will be 5'10"! pretty big difference huh. I guess we will wait and see. I have a feeling he will be like his daddy who was huge until high school.
He is healthy and doing great in all areas. The one thing I need to work on with him is his phone number! Can you believe I haven't taught him his phone number. It never even crossed my mind until they asked if he knew it. UH OH! In my defense , the doctor even agreed, in this day and age who really knows more than one or two phone numbers?

Nathans 5th Birthday Party

For Nathans Birthday we asked what theme he wanted and of course it was Cars! We had originally planned to do it at the same park as last year but the heat kept rising and a few weeks before we switched it to Cypress Academy of Gymnastics. I am so glad we switched because this place was sooooooo fun and Nathan had a blast.
The theme was race around the world from the Cars 2 movie. We had different stations and flags to represent Italy ( Nathans favorite country right now ), Japan, France and United Kingdom. Granny sent us lots of goodies from her work that had cars stuff on it . The best was each kid got a Cars2 shirt with all the characters on it.
When we got to the place they have a huge green mountain the kids can play on , It is so neat and is complete with slides, underground tunnels and rock walls. After everyone got there we went to the next station where the kids raced down a trampoline running area and into a huge pit of foam! The coaches even ran with the kids and threw them way up high in the air where they landed in the pit. I thought Nathan would be a little scared but he loved it. He was laughing and running around the whole time. We then headed to the rings! They were way up high in the air and I was sure Nathan would pass on this but once he saw his friends he hoped right up there and swung back and forth just like Tarzan. It looked so fun and they got to land in a fun pit of foam once they let go!
After everyone got to swing from the rings we headed to another station with built up blocks surrounded by trampolines in the floor. The kids could jump and run off of the blocks all they wanted. After a while of this we headed to the party area. All the racers fueled up on nuggets and fruit with some Cars juice boxes. After we were full it was time for some cake!!!!!
Nathan was shy at first but when everyone started singing loud he got a big smile on his face and blew out the candles in the first try.
It was such a great day with all our our great friends and family. We are so lucky that we have such a great group of people to spend these special times with :)

Nate is 5!

Happy Birthday to my sweet Nathan! You are 5 today and i honestly have no clue how this happened. I swear you were just a baby and am pretty sure we skipped all of year 4 :)
You are still surprising us everyday with you big brain and even bigger heart.
You are in pre school right now and loving it. You have turned into such a big boy overnight. You are sooooo much like your daddy and it seems that everyone except you two see this.
Anytime you really like something or Love someone you tell us that you love it "One Hundred Seventeen Thirty Nine". If anyone is ever told that you love them this much it is a pretty big compliment. It makes me giggle every time I hear you say it.
You love Cars and Dressing up like policemen, firemen, superheroes, pretty much anything that saves something or someone.
You have a wild imagination and love learning about everything. You are big into space and ramble off random facts about planets when we read your space books.
When I ask you what you want to be when you grow up you tell me " A superhero Daddy and the Boss". I think you would be a wonderful Boss and Superhero Daddy one day.
You are a wonderful big brother who loves Nolan so much. I am so happy he has you to look up to.
I am so sad that you are growing so fast but can't wait to see what a wonderful person you are going to be.
We are so proud of you and love you more than you will ever know.

Happy Birthday Sweet Nate!!!

School Days

Well school has started again. I am a little late writing about it. I had some sadness the first couple days with Nathan going. He isn't even in kindergarten yet so I don't know how next year is going to go :)
He is going everyday this year since we are starting our own business. This is very exciting to him, for me not so much . He loves to learn and loves the schedule so he likes it being like "real" school. We also had to switch schools this year because the other one was just to far away to drive every single day. It took over an hour and a half of driving and it just didn't make sense. I loved his old school and teachers so much . Through this whole process I have realized something about myself....... I do not do well with change! ha ha.
Luckily the boys dont take after me or Kyle on this one and have jumped right in to their new school and friends.
Nathans teachers name is Mrs. Westbrook and she is great. There are also two teachers aides that are just as sweet. I really couldn't have asked for anything more. He has come home with tons of great projects they have done and it is only the second week of school. He has already made new friends and has gotten some great notes written home about his great manners and behavior.
Nolan is only going Tuesdays and Thursdays for now. They didn't have an opening in the 5 day a week class for him . I am very thankful because I just don't know if I could have handled that. He had a great first day. When we went back the next week he kept telling me that he wanted to go bye bye and started crying :( I think that one of the other little ones crying upset him . I feel so bad for those teachers because you can see the domino effect once one gets upset.
He has gotten into the grove of things and has no problem going now. He tells me every morning morning when we are walking in " Mommy , I go to playground " . He really loves that playground. His teachers names are Mrs. Norma and Mrs. Cathy. They are very sweet ladies and you can tell Nolan already has them wrapped around his finger. When I got to pick him up every one of the kids are sleeping on their napmats except you know who. He hasn't slept one time and just wanders around playing while the others are sleeping. I think these sweet ladies are going to have to lay down the law with Mr. Nolan. I am curious to see how this will play out :)
All in all it has started out to be a great year and I know these guys are going to learn so much. The only problem is they are growing up to fast.



Yes, Nolan has a black eye for his first day of school. He fell off the potty a few nights ago and bumped his head on the stool and toilet paper holder. Only Nolan.......