Happy Birthday Kimmie

My sisters birthday was on Thursday (sorry its a late post) but had it not been late you wouldn't have this wonderful picture of her at her dinner at Teds. Of course Teds is always yummy and I always eat way too much. We had a great couple of evenings with the our family and its always nice to stretch our birthdays for as long as we can. Teds was even so gracious to my sister when they sang to her they cut a year off her actual age! I guess she will be 30 forever! The boys had fun and were very good!

My sister is a pre-K teacher and she does a wonderful job. She has a heart for children and loves helping them learn and grow. Any child or parent of a child who enters my sisters classroom has no idea how much they are going to be blessed. She is also a wonderful mother to my sweet nephew Brady. She is so good with him and I wish I had the patience that she does. He looks so much like her and it takes me back to when we were children when I look at him. She was and is an awesome big sister. When we were children she was my protector. She always looked out for me and as we got older she did the same thing and as the annoying little sister I started calling her Mom which she hated and I continued to call her just to bug her. But then we became teenagers and she still put me first, she would always make sure I had the things I needed. I guess this has method of putting others first has just stuck with her because when she went to college she would budget her money mainly her grocery money for her to eat rather lightly (like ramen noodles a lot) so she could save her money to buy children's books for her classroom one day. Now that same method has moved on to her husband and son. I know they know how blessed they are to have such a wonderful wife and mother and I too a sister, but sometimes it helps for us to hear it, So Kimberlee I love you very much! You are the best big sister a girl could ever ask for and I am very thankful for you. May you have another blessed 30th year!!!

every princess needs a cute frog to kiss....

and I have the perfect froggy!



and every witch loves frogs right!?!?!?!?!

Cutest little frog and witch I've ever seen! Happy Halloween

Happy Belated Birthday

So my mom was in Israel on her birthday so I didn't post. So here is her birthday post from me. She is a wonderful mom who has always given more of herself and taken even less. She knew what she wanted for her children and that was enough to make her determined we wouldn't live what she did as a child. She taught us that love is the most important thing you need (besides Jesus), all the other stuff doesn't matter (it can make things nice sometimes, but you truly don't need it). I honestly believed that every one went to college it was just the next step after high school. I cant remember when she started telling us we were going to college, but I can never not remember! She wanted to make sure that we had more than she did and that we knew she believed in us and that whatever we set our minds to, we could accomplish. She loves the Lord with all her heart and is such a great servant. She has a heart for people who are hurting and just need to be loved on. But it makes sense looking back at my childhood, this has always been the person she is. She couldn't love her grandsons anymore and loves to spend time with them. She melts every time she hears "mimi" and she lets them get away with things my sister and I would have never gotten away with. She gives great mom advice and I think my mom was so determined to make a difference in us that why wouldn't I look to her for great advice on how to parent my children. But sometimes it can be a catch 22 because you know she loves our children and she wants to spare them any "unnecessary" spankings!!! (hehe) She is a great mom and I hope she always knows how much she means to us. I love you mom and I know your birthday was perfect! I am glad you got to be there on your birthday!

The Fair

we went to the fair the other night and had a lot of fun. I love to go to the fair every year but Todd isnt that big on it so it is hard to get him to go. so this year with promises of missing out on aiden having so much fun he said ok. We went with the Howells and we really enjoyed going. I over ate like always but finally got my fried snickers that I have been longing to eat for several years and it was amazing! I probably added 5 pounds that night but it was all worth it! The petting zoo was so much fun. Aiden really liked the baby calf and of course what he thought was a puppy but was really baby goats. He fed the camel with me and didnt like it all too much but he never cried! he got to eat his fair share of sweets and he drank a lot of pop (which I never let him do) so he was happy. I think Hunter and he split almost a full funnel cake! crazy! He was really tired when we got home but he had to have a bath because he was one dirty boy. He zonked out after his bath!
Hunter man was happy to be out of the stroller! Look at that sweet face!

Aiden didnt like the real strawberry, just the smoothie! pretty cute huh!!!
this is this years pic in the cozy coupe and here is last years! (we went with my dad!) He is such a big boy now. =-(
He kept telling this calf aww so sweet aw so sweet!

I am glad we talked Chris and Todd into going cause we had a lot of fun. What could be better, we got to eat all the food we wanted to and the boys got to ride around in cars and pet dirty animals!!!

no pics just a meaningful post to me

Ok so I want to put my blog memories into a book one day so I can always go back and look at what Mr Aiden was up to and how cute he was and is. I am sure his grandparents and aunts and uncles will more than likely read but its more of a silly post for me.

so here goes:

He loves loves loves Emma Rue, but I am not so sure that miss Emma loves him as much as he loves her with the exception of when he is eating then she thinks they are best buddies. He loves to tell her how sweet she is, to stop barking and what a bad dog she is. He is really picking up on what Todd and I say.

He also loves to sing. He can sing the bob the builder song, wheels on the bus, and he attempts the Thomas the train song. He refuses to work on his abc's though.

He loves to talk as well. He really does talk quite well for a two year old boy. We can understand him really well and he can carry on a conversation with us. He understands alot too about the English language. He understands mine very well but he also uses his words like yours, his, hers, but of course I dont correct him when he says "hold you". He has said that for a very long time and I still love to hear it so I dont think I will ever correct him on that one.

He is taking vitamins now and calls them his vit-a-mans. But I am glad he will take his vitamins because he is not really into eating anything of good substance. He would live on Cheetos and waffles and donuts if I would let him.

He is also into the movie cars. He has watched it so much that it wont even play in the dvd player anymore. We are going to buy him another one we just havent yet. I think Todd and I are enjoying the break from watching it so much. But he does love his die cast cars. It started out with just two cars but now we have so many of them I cannot keep up with them. He knows each of them and knows when one is missing. It is crazy how many people love to buy him these little cars.

He can also throw a pretty good tantrum as well. We have entered the terrible twos but they really arent all that bad. I just consider myself blessed to have such a great little two year old boy!