Costume Parade

Today the kids got to dress up as a book character. 

EK went as Fern from Charlotte's Web:

And Easton went as Mr. Bump:

First Day (and Week) of School

The night before school started, we were all smiles:

EK is now in 4th grade and Easton is in Kindergarten:

So proud to be sitting at their desks:

By Monday night, Easton was VERY tired. By Tuesday he was running 103 fever, so we stayed home on Wednesday. Then by Friday, we cried all day. This was the look at the end of the week. Poor Baby!

Happy to report that 2nd and 3rd weeks of school have gone much better and no more tears!

Easton Funnies

1. We showed the kids The Sandlot on Friday night. Easton asked to watch it again on Sunday. After the scene in the movie where the kids ride the carnival ride and then throw up all over everyone on the ride, Easton went to Scott and asked him for some money. Scott gave him a quarter and a nickel. Then he asked Easton what he needed it for. Easton said "Because if I can find one of those rides, I am going to ride it". He now carries the quarter and nickel everywhere, just in case we find a carnival ride for him to get on.

2. Easton asked me on the way to school if could have a piece of gum when I picked him up from school. I told him that he could. Then he said "Well, good, because I am going to chew it and then stretch it out really far. Because Mommy, exercise is my life and now gum is my life" I don't know where he gets this stuff!

3. I love it when he says "axealently" instead of "accidentally"

4. On Saturday, Easton had his first soccer game. At half time, he came and ate a few chocolate covered almonds. Then during the second half, he kept running off the field and coming up to me to say "I need another energy snack". We would start yelling at him to get back on the field.

My Cutie

This little boy has so much spunk and likes to make us laugh all the time. 

 He loves Elephant and Piggy books right now and laughs really hard. 

 He calls me about 5 times every night to go into his room. Sometimes when I am really frustrated with going in there, he will look at me and say "Mommy, I just need to tell you something". Then he will take my face and give me a kiss on the cheek.

He is sooo ready to go to PreK. He asks me all the time "Mommy, am I Big 4 now?" (in his mind Big 4 means PreK). He asked me the other morning "Mommy, when I am Big 4, will I still be Yeni's baby?" (Yeni is his favorite sitter) and I told him "Yes, you will always be Yeni's baby" 

Easton Funnies

I don't want to forget some of the silly things that Easton says right now. He cracks us up pretty much every day:

• He calls the radio, his "rodeo"
• His favorite song on the "rodeo" is Shake by Mercy Me. When it comes on, he screams "That's my favorite song". He did that last night as he was supposed to be going to sleep, so I went in, pulled him out of bed and we danced around the room.
• If something goes wrong he says "Dad-shoot"
• Also, he will be talking away (which he does as soon as I pick him up from school) and all of a sudden, he will slap his knee and say "Awww Shoot, I forgot ....."
• We were on our way to a baseball game and Scott asked who wanted nachos. Easton said "My head is thinking it wants some nachos. Yep, it's thinking 'This guy here, he NEEDS some nachos'" while pointing to himself
• He likes to look at us out of the corner of his eye because he knows that will make all of us laugh

Strawberry Picking over Spring Break

Rodeo Houston 2014

Bluebonnets at Washington on the Brazos