Happy 5th Birthday Beau!

Beau had a Cars themed Pool Party for his 5th birthday in June. A week or so before the party, he told me he was "over" Cars and liked trains again. Nice. He still had a Cars birthday cake,invitations, balloons, and plates. My sweet neighbor made his cake and it was delish! She makes the best cookie cakes, cupcakes, and cakes I have ever tasted (besides Olexa's).


We had it at the mtn brook YMCA. It was an overcast day, and I was worried it would rain out the party. The kids were able to swim for the first hour of the party, and then the rain started. We were able to run upstairs and enjoy the cake in the party room. Beau loved splashing around and swimming with his dad, papa, and friends. Joseph (who was 17 months old) drank in way too much pool water (from all the splashing). He threw up for hours when we got home. Lovely!

4K Graduation

Beau graduated from 4K in May. His class learned songs to sing that were a "secret" until graduation. His class had made pretend graduation hats that they brought home the day before graduation. He did not want to show it to us, and definitely did not want to wear it! The day of graduation, we stood outside our house and took pictures of Beau with our neighbor, who was in his class. Neither one of them were really that excited about the pics or going to school. I guess they were nervous. Beau told me on the way to school, that he didn't think he needed to go to school on graduation. :( Poor guy. By the time graduation rolled around, he was all smiles. (We have terrible pics of that ceremony from our phones, but we do have it on dvd to always remember it) The entire 4K did an end of year video. On it, the kids had to say what they wanted to be when they grew up. Sweet Beau said he wanted to be a plumber like his daddy. :)

Marching in with his class to the Graduation Song (in the blue vest)

His whole 4K group of kids (3 classes total)

Getting ready to walk up and get his diploma from his teacher Ms. Judy

A blurry picture of his graduation cap. Still handsome!

After graduation, we went to dinner at Pablo's with Nona and Papa. His favorite place to eat dinner. :)

Art Show

Beau had an Art Show at school in April. He loved getting to show us around his school, and letting us look at all his artwork. He was very excited that his Aunt Betty got to come to the show with him. :) Here are some of his masterpieces!

Standing next to his clay bug

Brother trying to share his chair

Beau's teacher put most of their artwork on a big sheet of butcher paper, so we could take it all home easier.

Happy Easter!

On Good Friday, Beau had an Easter Egg hunt at school. I was able to come help with it and be there for his class party. He wants me at every class party and every field trip that he goes on. Love that he wants me with him a lot! We came home and sorted all of his Easter egg goodies...some had to go to Daddy because we were unsure if they contained nuts. Beau is so good at not complaining about this part of his life. He seems so mature with his peanut/tree nut allergy, which makes my heart so happy, yet so sad, at the same time. Still praying for the day when he will be allergy free

We went on Saturday to see Mrs. Patty Cake Live! Beau loves her Easter Eggstraveganza dvd, so he was excited to go. Joseph, however, was not thrilled to go. He did not care for Mrs. Patty Cake, and just wanted to run around the sanctuary. After her performance, the kids had another Easter Egg Hunt. We sorted the goodies, and more goodies went into Daddy's pile due to the nut factor.


We dyed Easter Eggs that night and talked about the importance of the next day. We had a great Resurrection Sunday service at church. Beau likes to talk about Heaven and who all we will see when we get there. He also likes to talk about how he can eat anything he wants to when he goes there because his body will not have any allergies. What a precious child! We went to see my mom after church, who was at Lakeshore Rehab/therapy. My mom and dad gave the boys their Easter basket goodies and the kids had a good time running around the courtyard there. We headed to Sylacauga and had lunch with Rodney's family. Then, that night we had Easter dinner with my family. The boys racked up on Easter baskets, treats, and toys, and mommy and daddy were exhausted from the long day!


Us at Mrs. Patty Cake:





Hunting Eggs with Granny and T

Happy Valentine's Day!

So, it is September and I am just getting around to posting from last year. Oh well.....here goes my best attempt to catch up! :) I got the Boys the same things for Valentine's Day...2 of everything seems like it cuts down on the fighting around here :) I ordered Beau a spiderman. We went to Whole Foods and got Beau's 4K teacher, Ms. Judy, some flowers. He was so cute giving them to her on Valentine's morning. He had a great time at school giving out valentines and receiving them from his friends. Joseph and I and Beau made a heart shaped cake to celebrate also. Beau made sure to put lots of sprinkles on it.

Happy 1st Birthday Joseph

Joseph has been such a blessing and a sweet reminder of how faithful God is. He turned 1 on January 1st. We had a family birthday party at our house for him. We had cupcakes and a few snacks. He had no idea it was a party for him, and he just ran around seeing everyone.

He weighed in at 29 lbs and 30 1/2 inches tall at his 1 yr check up. Whoa!!! He is huge. Beau calls him a giant baby! He loves to play and can climb on everything. He started walking at 11 months old, and now runs everywhere. He loves to sleep with his giraffe lovies and his blanket. He sucks his thumb when he is tired. He loves snacks...crackers, graham cracker sticks, cheese cubes, cereal bars, veggie straws, yogurt, fruit, bread, but will not really eat meat or pastas yet. We will try to give him a bite of our dinner, and he smiles and turns his head away. Ridiculous!


Joseph with his cousins...Blake and Jenna


Beau playing cars with his cousin Addison

Joseph did not like his cupcake...he just smeared the icing all in his hair--we told him he was missing out because our neighbor, Mrs. Kim, made the most delicious cupcakes for him! I ordered edible, safari animal cupcake toppers for the cupcakes. They looked so cute, but never got a close up pic of them. Joseph and Beau had giraffe cupcake toppers and everyone else had monkeys, zebras, or tigers.

Christmas 2011

We had such a fun Christmas this year. Beau learned a lot about Santa and Elves and Jesus too, at school. We left out reindeer food, milk and cookies for Santa, and had a birthday cake for Jesus. Beau really never would tell us if he thought Santa came to our house...I think he is still scared of him, so we let it go. We enjoyed a Christmas morning at home and then celebrating with Rodney's family and then with my family. Beau LOVED all the cars he got and Joseph enjoyed all the fun toys he got as well.



Beau dressed up as a lamb for his nativity play at school