Happy Birthday Will!!

Today is Will's 4th Birthday!!

He was a good baby. Very laid back...He's a good boy too. Just loud but aren't all boys? hehehe He is a fun boy to be around. He is full of life and energy!! He loves Cars (all sorts but the Disney movie is his favorite!!), trains and animals. And he loves his family.
So today we did something that he would love... I packed us a lunch and we went to zoo. Will wanted to ride the train first so that's what we did!! It was so fun!!

Then we went in to see the animals. It was really nice because it wasn't crowded. I always have picked the most crowded days in the past, but today wasn't I was so thrilled!! And the weather was perfect!! It wasn't too cold or too hot!!


Then we came home and opened and played with our birthday presents!!
Then off to Nonna and PawPaw's for birthday cake. He wanted a pirate cake so this is what I came up with!!


It was a fun day and now I'm exhasted...I'm going to bed!!

We love Jesus and Batman

The kids were watching something on TV. A commercial for Superman came on and the boys were all excited. Taylor says, "Boys, we don't like Superman in this house, he's an alien did you know that?, In this house we believe in Jesus and Batman."
Classic.
Jeremy and I have taught her well.



I feel like I've done a pretty good job of shielding Taylor (and the boys) from all the Sex talk/showing of our generation. And I had this conversation relating to a teen show Taylor was watching that I don't like for her to watch:
Taylor: "Mom, I'm watching (show name)!!"
Me: "Okay, don't get used to it, I don't want you watching that show"
Taylor: "Why?"
Me: (thinking, Hmmm, Well....how do I say this...) "The girl in show is a role model for girls whether she wants to be or not, when you are on a kids/teen show like she is people are going to look up to you."
(looking to see if Taylor wants more...yes, okay how should I put this...)
"Well, she did some things--in life, not on TV-- that weren't very role modelish.......,she had a baby before getting married,"
before I could go on, Tay says.... "How did THAT happen?"
I don't know how exactly to approach that subject with her, is she old enough to know? Or should I keep shielding her. She has asked where babies come from, but all we've told her is that God brings them to people who are married!! And she hasn't asked again.

I didn't put the show name in because I don't want to make a big deal about who it was, if you watch the news it's not that hard to figure out. I'm not wanting to judge her in particular in anyway but she has younger and teen viewers and if we are trying to teach our teens to wait til marriage it doesn't help to have people that are their age and who they want to be like, to be in that kind of the spotlight. Oh well enough about that...

I hate to leave this on a sour note. So....
Will is turning 4 on Tuesday!! I am having a hard time getting used that fact!! =)
He's so big everyone thinks he's 4 already! =) And he keeps talking about getting to go to school and I'm just like slow down bub!!! =) They grow up too fast...

We went to Sea World for the last time last Wednesday. It was the last day they were open so I thought we should go. It was fun, we went to see the Polar Express 4-D Experience and it was really cool!! I would love to see the whole movie in 3-D now!! The glasses were a little too big for Drake but he looked so cute!

Catching Up/Random Thoughts

Since Halloween the rest of the year has just flown by! The three weeks of school in November went by so fast, and Taylor gets a week off of school for Thanksgiving so we took that opportunity to go to see Jeremy's family in New Mexico.(I prefer to be home on Christmas day so we felt like that would be a good time to go!) It was soo fun. Then back to school for three weeks again and Christmas comes!! And those weeks were jammed pack with Christmas parties, and just life....My parents took Jeremy and I to the USAA Christmas party this year and we got to see the bands, Lonestar and Styx, it was awesome!! But this year is going by so fast!! I am soo ready to take the Christmas stuff down though. =) Ready for a new year. I have lots of plans for this new year, cleaning out the house, getting rid of as much debt as possible, and not being sooo broke all the time, I just have to stay out of the stores!!! Will turns 4 on Jan. 6th. I can't believe he's gonna be 4. I think since having him and Drake so close it goes by much faster....But he's finally potty trained, I'm sooo excited about that!!! Here's some pictures from the New Mexico trip, I haven't got my christmas picture on the computer yet!!

Halloween

Well here's the pictures... We were the scooby doo gang!!
The first one is awful but we were all looking up at that one....hehe

Finally!!

Well, he finally did it!! Will is now potty trained!! Last week we decided to just put him in underwear and make him wear them all day no matter what. No diapers!! And it went very well, and now, no accidents!! It only took like two days for him to get used to it! So exciting!! Just had to share!! =)

Halloween Fun!!

Halloween is one of Taylor's favorite days (the others being christmas and her birthday of course)!! Since she can't seem to stop talking about it...and it's on my mind... I decided to post some old Halloween Pictures and a couple of fun dress up pictures, my kids love to dress up!!!

This is Taylor's first Halloween. She was Hello Kitty.
2005-Best Friends, Jasmine and an ACU Cheerleader!!!



2006- Taylor was a rock star and the boys were pirates!!


2007 Batmans and a Witch!!!

Taylor started out young loving to look cool and dress up!!


Pirates....
I love how he has the gun tucked into his diaper and shoes--I don't know why he wasn't wearing pants!!!....=)

Going Swimming?

They always love to get face painted...


My Mom got her this little dress in Chinatown in New York it was soo cute on her!!! =)
I know I am missing some halloween pictures and dress up pictures. I just don't know what folders they got put into. The boys are always either a pirate or batman in all of them!!

October

Well, another month gone, and as always, I'm wondering where did go?!!
Taylor is doing good in second grade. She is really enjoying it now, and we have no tears over drop off. It's alot more work then first grade though, but she's handling it. She's started cheerleading again, and loves it. We got the same coach we had last year, which we were all excited about that because he's really good and he does great with the girls and they all love him!!! =)
Will is doing okay on potty training, he goes but still just not there yet. The doctor says not to worry about it, but I'm a mother, I worry....
He's really enjoying his bible class now though. He loves to go, which is a total 180 from last April/May when Ladies bible class and MOPS ended for the summer. He would run when we got the door of his class, but now he is so excited and loves going!!
Drake is in the terrible twos. I hate calling it that, but it really is....he's learning....He thinks he is three though, just like his brother, and wants to do everything big brother does. It's cute and annoying. He's talking so much now. It's a really fun and annoying age!!!
Taylor is so excited that it's October. She loves Halloween. This year we are all dressing up as the Scoody Doo gang. It's gonna be fun. She wants to decorate the house all up too, so I guess that's what we will be doing this weekend!!