Santa

Declan is at the perfect age for Santa and the holiday season this year. He is so excited, nervous and eager to see and learn it all. We visited Santa at our church this past Sunday. Here are a few pictures from our night.

Declan patiently waited his turn holding on to Colin's hand the whole time.

 

 I love Liam's look of amazement and wonder as he checks out Santa.

 

 

Declan a bit nervous but hangs on tight as Santa talks to Tristan and Colin.

The four big boys. Declan "saying" please to Santa.

 

All five boys with Santa.

 

Merry Christmas!!!

 

Declan excited to tell me he just saw SANTA!

Belated Halloween

Yes I realize it's three days until Thanksgiving and Halloween is long over but I thought I'd still share.

 

This year we had a hobo, Scooby Doo, 2 ninjas, a cute monster skeleton, and a scary faced ghoul.

 

 

 

Liam waiting for trick-or-treaters

 

 

Sure hope this doesnt' happen to

everyone when they turn 40!

 

 

That's a lot of candles
Happy 40th Birthday Greg!!!

 

On the move

I know crazy two posts in a week. Hopefully I can get to at least one a week there is a lot of catching up to do. 
For starters check out this little guy.

He just turned 7 months!! Grayson seems to be growing pretty fast these days for starting out so slow. He is a happy baby who struggles with acid reflux yet still tries to smile through it. He has been rolling around for almost two months, just started army crawling and is working on sitting up alone. His face lights up with an ear to ear smile when any of his big brothers come over to play.  Enjoy a few photos of Grayson from the past few months. Just click the link below.
Grayson May- September

School Time

A month ago school started back for these three.

Tristan is in fifth grade, Colin is in fourth grade and Liam started Kindergarten. They are all enjoying school so far. Liam is in the dual language program which means he is taught in both English and Spanish.  For one week he starts the day in the Spanish class in the morning then changes after lunch, then the next week it switches.  It is a great program he can already speaks Spanish with Colin they think it's funny when they say something I don't know. Liam loves school, all day kindergarten did take a little getting used to. It is a bit longer than his two and a half hour preschool.

Happy Birthday

Declan is two!! My sweet little boy is growing so fast. He loves playing with his big brothers and taking care of his baby brother. He is a ornery, silly, loving, happy guy. Delcan loves The Backyadigans, playing outside, swimming and jumping. I love watching him explore and learn. He doesn't eat a thing yet, somehow grows. He is still my best sleeper taking three hour naps and asking to go to bed. Before you know it he will be five like this guy.

Liam turned five on June 11 and pretty much asked everyday since if he was starting kindergarten. It took some time for him to realize that just because you are five you still have to wait for school to start in August. It's amazing how old five can seem to the mama. On the one hand he is still my little guy but on the other he's my big five year old trying to reason his way through the world. Liam loves science and is always trying to understand and figure out how things work. He is smack dab in the middle between the big boys who he wants to be just like and the little boys who look up to him.

And Colin is 9! He turned nine on May 28th. He is an awesome baseball player, Lego builder, story writer and artists. He loves to swim, play soccer in the backyard, go on bike rides and explore as much as he can. His laugh is in toxic and his dimple is so cute. He has a wild imagination, and a unique ability to create an amazing world in Wizard 101 (a computer game). It is so intricate and yet so real to him. Minecraft (another world making game) has taken over a bit this summer.

Ten, Diese, Diez, Acest

No matter how you say it Tristan is now 10 years old!!!!
Tristan celebrated his tenth birthday on April 22. It was pretty low key since he was not feeling well. We kicked off the weekend with the school carnival on friday which they kindly always have on his birthday weekend. The morning of his birthday started slow with breakfast and presents then it was off  to the ballpark for a game. They won!!   We then went to Hu Hot for Tristan's birthday linner (lunch/dinner) as it turned out. He loves being able to pick what he wants from the buffet and watch the guys cook it on the big flat grill. But I think the best part is the s'mores you can make at your table. We then had a peanut butter chocolate cake at Gramma and Papa's house.  Where he got a catchers mit and immediatly went outside with Colin to break it in. They played for a good two hours. Guess it was a success. I say it every year I can't believe how old he is getting but 10! Geez he is old. He is also wonderful.

The following Monday when the boys had no school Tristan invited two friends to celebrate at Sempeks bowling. Which also included laser tag and go karts (let's hope he gets better at driving in the next 6 years). A simple but tons of fun day!!!

Easter 2012

It was a beautiful day this year! The weather was perfect for egg hunting. The boys and Gramma dyed around 54 eggs give or take with a few that were broken in the process.  Declan didn't quite get the gentle part but he sure had a great time.
We enjoyed a great lunch made by Gramma, hunting for eggs, playing horse shoes (who knew it would be such a hit) and spending time family. Click the link for a few pictures from the day.

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