Drive By November update

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Here are some photos of the events that kept us busy in the month of November.

Macy, Molly and I attending a Girl Scout Hoppin' Boppin' Lockin . It was a 50's themed event and the girls had to dress the part. At the Lock in they were taught several things like 50's dance moves, and how to play marbles and jacks .

Logan's football team took part in the St. Clair County's Homecoming activities. He was riding in the parade with his teammates but was on the other side of the float and not visible in the picture. Also, November wrapped up our first football season. The coaches had alot of nice things to say about Logan and his dedication to the team. In the picture you see "Private Psycho Pile" (his nickname given to him by the coaches) holding his trophy .

November 11th Molly turned 7. Molly , Macy and 3 friends celebrated her birthday at Libby Lu's. They were treated to a makeover, hairdo of their choice and some sparkly clothes. The little Diva's then did a dance in front of the shop and sang Happy Birthday to Molly. They had a BALL ! We celebrated her actual birthday with our best friends Doron, Steven and Nathan.

Collin started walking in November just as I was getting worried he would never walk.He was my latest walker, all the others walked by their birthdays. And lastly Collin and Sadie (my niece) on Thanksgiving with their matching bibs before diving into the Turkey dinner.

* For the record Collin is usually not running around the house in a diaper and socks . The picture was taken as we were undressing him for a bath. :)

Catch Up Post- Halloween '06

It was brought to my attention that Moonmania is several BIG events behind. We will do a quick update to catch ya'll up. Halloween was a treat for the kids but Mom was the one who got the trick. Thanks to Burger King chicken sandwich I was very ill with food posioning but managed to get the goblins ready while Brian did the door to door stuff. After working for a month to get all their costumes ready I wasn't about to miss it. The kids came back an hour later with buckets overflowing with candy and they were thrilled.

This years costumes were. Logan and Parker as the Mario Brothers, Molly as a frilly Black Cat, Macy a Fall Princess but was often told what a great Mother Nature she was , and Collin was Macy's Frog Prince . So Molly would have buddy too I was a black cat.

Collin turned 1

Collin had a blast at his 1st birthday party. He loved the cake and ate pretty much the whole thing. Here are some pictures of him enjoying his day.

Parker hard at work

While Parker was doing his homework the other day he was doing this cute little thing with his tongue. Of course I had to take a picture of my only left handed kiddo.

Parker is doing so well in school. I am amazed how fast he is learning. Being he is a young kindergartner just turning 5 in July and how he never went to preschool. So far he has learned his vowels, to recognize letter and numbers, learned the days of the week and months of the year . He has gotten a sticker for good conduct everyday which in and of itself is a shocker.

Everyday he comes home and fills me in on all the important events of the day. These details include who got in trouble, what he had for lunch, who was the teacher helper and if he went to sleep at nap time. Surprising he is loving school and his only gripe is how early he has to get up.

Blue eyed boy

Just thought I would share a pic of my 11 month old blue eyed boy. He is an eating machine throwing back 1 tall jar of meat & veggie baby food and one cup of fruit 2 times a day and whinning for more till we give him some bits of whatever we have too. He can now eat without choking the puffed fruit cereal wheels that dissolve in his mouth . So he thinks those things are just dandy while drinking cuppy of watered down apple juice and watching some Nick jr. show from his confined "safe playground aka baby jail" down stairs (I will post a pic of this soon).

NEWS FLASH

Collin has a TOOTH! It is just barely has broken through the gum. So I guess he will play teething catch up so he can have several by his birthday. Oh fun fun!

Readyyy .. Settt....

This is Logan all decked out in his practice uniform for football. Logan seems to LOVE football and when my kids happy I am happy. It is awesome to see him find something that he loves. He is excited everyday for practice , you can just tell that this is his passion. Fingers crossed he won't get too hurt!

The school year has started!

First day of school was today! Here is a picture of my Middle schooler Logan 5th grade, Macy in 4th, Molly a 1st grader and Parker in kindergarten.

They were happy to get up and out this morning. Everyone was excited about their new shoes and backpacks. Hopefully Logan was able to open his locker and Macy and Molly made some friends. Parker only had a 1/2 day till Monday so when I picked him up he said school was great and the bus is cool but it smells bad.

I will report on the other kids later.

Boys love Dirt!

Collin found his big sister's seeds they had planted on a Girl Scout outting .The seeds were sprouting so nicely in the little dixie cups in the kitchen window until Collin discovered them. You know how it is when they are too quiet you know something is up. This is how we found Collin with his fist full of dirt and a big mess on the floor. I think he had alot of fun getting dirty for the first time.

Yes, We're still alive!

I know , I know it has been well over a month since I have posted. Life has been in the fast lane lately. Just to give a summary of what has been keeping us so busy.
*Trip to Virginia with Maw and Grand daddy
*Girl Scout Camp
*Brian and I celebrated our 11th Anniversary
*Macy and Parker's Birthdays
*Juvenile Arthritis Conference
*Keeping Sadie for a few weeks
*A bunch of Dr. appointments
*And alot of swimming

Posted is a picture of my kids and Randys kids at Macy and Parker's birthday and Collin swimming. School starts next week so I SHOULD have more free time.

9 Things About my 9 mth old

1. Collin has the biggest blue eyes and everyone comments on them.

2. Collin can crawl and pull up on things and is beginning to cruise furniture.

3. This kiddo loves to growl, we call it his monster voice.

4. Collin eats everything. Any baby food he gobbles up totalling 4 -5 jars a day.

5. Da Da is his favorite word. He can say Bub ba and Ni Ni too. But refuses to say Momma .

6. He is crazy for his siblings, but his sisters baby him the most.

7. Collin loves his feet and is even known to suck his big toe.

8. Today he weighed 17 pounds 2 oz and was 26 inches long.

9. And lastly Collin is such a good baby and we feel so very blessed.

Sweet Brother Moment

Anyone who has been around Parker long knows he has a very colorful imagination and he can talk your ear off. He was entertaining Collin this morning while the girls and I were folding laundry. Parker was making up a story to go along with the pictures in the book. I guess Collin thought it was a bedtime story. Hehehe!

First Grade her she comes!!!

Molly had her graduation from Kindergarten last week. She held the letter P up during one of the songs and she also held a rainbow at the beginning but I wasn't able to get a picture. After the preformance we went back to her classroom to get her certificate and take a picture with her teacher. All the parents gasp and got alittle teary eyed when Mrs.Bailey the Principal had the children stand and she introduced them as the future Class of 2018! YIKES!

Caught Red Handed!

Last Thursday I entered Collin's room to get him up from his nap. He wasn't crying he was just in there talking away and blowing raspberries. But much to my surprise when I opened the door there he STOOD in his bed. I am pretty sure this was a first for him. Oh man did he think he was cute! I guess he wanted to have a new trick to start off the 8 month of his life.

Meet Spike

Parker is now sporting a new spikey hair do that he demanded he really needed. Parker's new spunky look fits his unique personality well. And it definitely gave him something to tell everyone about, and trust me he's told anyone who will listen.

Other PJ news is we registered for Kindergarten last week and he was so very excited. They tested his sight and hearing while I filled out the paperwork. He left out of the school proud as a peacock with 2 big stickers on his shirt and some coloring sheets. He will be going to Kindergarten Kamp in July to ease him into entering big school. I know he will do great!

Puppy Love

Collin recently has discovered Patty. Patty is our 7 year old Dachshund, she has survived living with 2 other babies that grew into toddlers that loved to chase after her. Collin likes to watch Patty,reach out and gently pat her then laugh. Once he can crawl she better watch out but I can see his favorite past time being pestering her.

Double Digits

Logan turned 10 years old on April 26th and here are some pictures for his Birthday. Brian and I bought him a new bike. Logan got his last bike for his 4th birthday, of course it was WAY to big for him to ride at 4 so he had years to grew into it. Since recently taking interest in bike riding we upgraded him to a "cooler" bike built for a 10 year old.

Maw and Das took Logan out for Japanese. There is a picture of Logan using chopsticks and digging into some sushi. His dinner was complete with a birthday song by the staff and a special dessert.

Lastly, there is pictures of his party and his cake. He had a great birthday, getting a new skateboard and giftcards and money. What more could a 10 year old want!

Beach/Mobile Trip

Last weekend we headed down south for a long weekend. We hit the zoo ,beach,Battleship and attended a banquet for the Battleship. The kids loved dancing and the older folks got a kick out of watching them.

The kids enjoyed the beach but Collin was not really impressed with the sand. He immediately got a handful of sand and put it right in his mouth which he did not like. We did get a few cute pictures of his first beach trip.

We had a fun relaxing weekend and look forward to doing it again.

(Yes I know the slideshow is alittle grainy, I am still learning so bear with me)

Hippity Hoppity Easter 2006

Just making a drive-by post to put up some Easter pictures. We had an nice day but a long day. It included Easter baskets, church,a yummy meal,hiding plastic eggs and hanging out with family around the pool. Here are a few snap shots for you to enjoy.

Happy Birthday Brian!

It takes a special man to lower himself to grill in the rain covering himself with a pink Barbie umbrella! That's just how dedicated Brian is to our family. I am so very lucky to share my life with him and I look forward to the many years ahead. Happy Birthday Honey!