Cooper story

I wanted to write this in my blog so one day when he looks back he can read about this.
One day we were driving somewhere and Cooper was in the back talking about Christmas. He kept saying I want Santa to bring me this and me this and me this.... You get the point. Well I felt that we needed to have another talk about the true meaning of Christmas. So I started to explain to him about the birth of Jesus and that we are celebrating that God put him here on earth. Then I told him that it is Jesus Birthday. When I said that his little brain just jumped into overdrive and he told me that we needed to have a party for him. Then he paused for a little bit and said well wait how are we going to get to Heaven. As I was explaining that we can not go there right now but one day we will be there, He said oh I know. We just need to go to the store and buy a really tall ladder then we can get there. And then in all seriousness he said and we should bring some ice cream.
Such a sweet story that I will never forget.

Giddy Up

We did something new this year. we went on a horse drawn carriage ride through some neighborhoods in highland park to look at christmas lights. What great memories we made. Loved every moment of it.

Tis the Season

CHoooo Choooo

Trey just celebrated another year of life, so to help him celebrate we went out and spent the day has a family. The morning of his birthday Cooper was asking why we were not having a party like his parties. He said we could invite his friends over and have it in the back yard. (that is what we did for his this past year) He was so worried that his daddy was not having a paryt. I jokingly said well maybe we should have daddy a party at chuck e cheese. Oh man was that the wrong thing to say around a 3 year old. He said that was a great idea. As I was trying to do damage control we loaded up and went to see the trains at north park and then did a little shopping. The whole time Cooper keeps asking us about chuck e cheese. A little later after naps Cooper let us know that he was ready to go to chuck e cheese. I apologized to Trey and said looks like that is where we are having your dinner. We did convince Cooper to go to Gatti town instead and he was fine with that. We did have a great time eating pizza and playing games just the 4 of us. Maybe next year we will get a bounce house for Trey's birthday. lol
We did have an adult night out thanks to Alcia for babysitting and got to go eat and watch the cowboys game with our good friends Robert and Steph.
Happy Birthday Babe. here is to many many more

First Gingerbread house

Cooper, Ryleigh and I built a gingerbread house this year. Cooper spent a lot of time decorating and Ryleigh would just come up and still some candy and run. Such a stink. Our roof pieces broke so our house has a sky light.

just a cute pic

Santas Village

One day last week we went to Santa's Village and let the kids play. The kids had fun going through all the buildings that make up his Village. They have a bank,fire house, police station, bear hospital, and several other little buildings. This year was better than last year because it was not so crowded so the kids enjoyed it a little more, oh and it was a bit warmer. here are some pics of the night

I thought this picture was funny with Cooper's silly face and Ryleigh on the verge of crying. This is not our annual Santa picture that is to come in a later post.

Please bring me....

a riding toy, a scooter, gum, bounce house. This is what Cooper wrote on his letter to santa. Ryleigh she justed thought it was fun to play with a pen.

Annual Girls christmas night

This year we did a cooking class at Central Market and it was one of the best nights we have had. It was so fun to learn new tricks on cooking and laughing through the whole night. We also got to drink while we cooked what could be better. Our dinner turned out Yummmy!!!! After we stuffed ourselves we headed to a late movie and were the only people watching Footloose. Can you believe that nobody else wanted to see that movie at 10pm. A great night that I will not forget

And Jingle is Back

Our Elf on the Shelf has returned for another season of fun. Cooper finally named him this year. His name is Jingle. If has been fun having Jingle around. Cooper loves to first thing in the morning to get up and go look for him. Ryleigh does not get the big deal about this doll thing but she loves the candy he brings every day for their advent calendar. Ha ha

Gobble Gobble

We had a great Thanksgiving. We spent it down in Georgetown and got to spend it with lots of family and friends. Here are a couple of pictures from the day.

Tis the Season

And the tree is up and the little elfs are decorating.

Playoff Bound!!!!

Just kidding about the playoff bound, there is no playoffs in blastball :) Cooper had his last game earlier this month. This was a rough season. Cooper started off doing so well and then half way through he decided that he just did not want to play anymore. It was very frustrating. He would just sit in the dougout. But then thank goodness for his last game the ballplayer came back to life and he had one of the best games he has ever played. We did not have an end of season party this time because of the holidays so we presented trophies and had our snacks. here are some pics

trick or treat

We had a fun Halloween night. The kids got all dressed up and were ready to go get as much candy as they could. Cooper wanted to be buzz lightyear this year so he was. Well at first he wanted to be MR Smee from captain hook. I bet you are wondering were they came from. Well Ryleigh was tinker bell for halloween so I wanted Cooper to be Captain Hook and he told me know because he is mean and that he wanted to be Mr Smee because he is nice. So I was on the hunt for his costume and then decided I was just going to have to make it. Well then a couple of days later he told me that he really wanted to be Buzz so that is what we did. Ryleigh hated her costume from the minute I put it on her she was trying to pull it off. Distraction was the only way we kept her dressed. This year we went to Boo on Ballard which is at downtown Wylie and we did our churches trunk or treat. The kids got more candy than I thought or hoped they would get. Then we came home and went to a couple of houses before it got to cold for Ryleigh to be out and to late. It was fun.

Pumpkin Carving

Here are some pictures of our adventure in pumpkin carving. Cooper did better this year about getting in there and digging out the yucky stuff as he calls it. Ryleigh wanted nothing to do with it until a little later in the process then she was kind of intrigued. The kids did a great job and then we went and put it on the front porch.

Ryleigh's 15 months

I should have posted this back in September when she had her 15 month appt but some how it got forgotten. So better late than never. Ryleigh checked out great at her appt. She weighed in at 20 lbs 14 oz which is the 20% and her height is 32.5 inches and is 97% and her head is 18.8 and is the 90%. She got a lot of shots that day and it took me and the nurse to hold her down. Ryleigh is a lot of fun at this age. Her personality is shining through. She can be so loving and want to cuddle with you while she holds your thumb while she sucks hers. One day I am going to miss that. She is also so very active. She climbs, jumps, runs, and tries to do everything her brother does. She can now climb on our bed and she has managed to teach herself how to get down and her latest trick is she can climb into her crib by climbing up the rocking chair and some how pulling herself into her crib. I have not seen it all happen with my eyes but one day I went into her room and there she was standing in her crib. Then a couple of days later I caught her in the act of standing on the arm of the chair. Time to move the chair. Her vocabulary is getting so good. She can ask for several things so now we dont have to guess. She no longer likes to give kisses which I miss. Hopefully that will change until then she just has to suffer with getting them. She is very attached to her daddy now. When he gets home for lunch or when he comes home for the day she will not let him put her down. She loves to cuddle up with him in the bed. She is starting to get a little bit picky of what she eats. She is still a great eater though. I think that sums her up for the time being. We just love having her as a part of our family.

Even More Pumpkins

Today Shelley and I took the kids for our yearly trip to see the pumpkins. We have been doing this since we had our first babies in 2008. That year was so simple. Cooper and Jax were just babies that were not walking yet so Shelley and I just walked and talked and took a few pictures of 2 boys that had to just sit there because they could not get up and go. And then we enjoyed a great quiet tea sandwich lunch at the restaurant there. Oh how things have changed since then. Now we go and we have 4 kids to round up and they all walk and run and never want to stay with us and lunch is now on a blanket in the grass where the kids can run and play while we beg them to sit and eat. Wow time goes by so fast.



Here is a picture of the boys from todays adventure

And here they are from 2008.