HAPPY BIRTHDAY CRAZY MAN!

Oh my word, our sweet, crazy, hilarious little man is 3!! Blake has been very busy at school, making new friends and hopefully staying out of trouble...He only goes for 2.5 hours, 2 days a week but we are both loving it:) Blake is quite possible one of the funniest kids we have ever met. He has a very sarcastic nature and knows when he is being a nudge! We love you Sweetness! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Nudgy

Sweet Boy:)

Happy Birthday Little Lady!

Old Swampy our crocodile cake

All our friends at The Turtle Back Zoo party

THE BIRTHDAY GIRL:)

Is it really that time again? How can my sweet baby that came into this world so easily, be six years old and barreling through life at warp speed? Miss Olivia has officially turned six. Not only is she going to kindergarten but she has become quite the soccer star! Olivia keeps us on our toes and makes sure she is in on all the business. She is such an amazing big sister to Captain Obnoxious aka Blake and has the patience of a saint when it comes to him:) We are enjoying watching her turn into quite the old soul, wise beyond her years...We love you sweet girl and once again HAPPY BIRTHDAY! xoxo

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A CHAMPION

The month of July has been crazy busy for us. Going to the pool, tball twice a week, and up to Nanny's for Pony Club. Olivia has been practicing riding the pony each week and really wanted a blue ribbon. Now truth be told, she didn't want the blue because it represented 1st place, she wanted it because it was BLUE! Well thankfully on Thursday, she posted perfectly, which means her bum comes out of the saddle in perfect rhythm to the pony's trot and she won a blue ribbon! So excited, both Nanny and me cried. Then we come home, nap, shower and get ready for Tball. She got a trophy and a new hat to commemorate her awesome time at tball.
As for Blake he's along for the ride, getting into trouble, narrowly escaping injury, being his all time happy self:)
dirty Olivia with her new hat and cool trophy So happy, she placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd in her class and won a Reserved Champion as well.

and Cool Guy Blake

you're welcome, Alison:)

Rest in Peace Chi Chi

Our beloved cat Cheech (Chi Chi) passed away on Friday, April 9, 2010. We had celebrated his 10th birthday on March 12th. He was my first cat of my very own and will surely be missed...Below are pictures of the birthday party we threw for him:)

I am not quite sure what is going on with Via's teeth:)

More Drama

Blake didn't want to be outdone by big sister Olivia losing her teeth, so I am sure you know where this is going...Yup he knocked out his front top tooth climbing up our playground ladder outside our house. I, of course, see a tooth on the ladder with no blood on it, and decide it must be a squirrel tooth! Duh! It just didn't seem like that big of a fall and as I was checking all body parts I realized that the tooth I was holding was Blake's indeed! Root and all...

Needless to say, I was a bit traumatized... However, after eating an ice pop Blake said "ok I go on Jumpy House now?" ...Such a boy...Now I haven't been able to get a good picture of Mr. Podunk. but I have about 4 years until his adult tooth grows in, right?

Believe it or not...

OLIVIA LOST HER FIRST TOOTH! She was telling me that her teeth hurt and when we checked in her mouth, there it was all wiggly. Then of course the questions..."Mom, do you think apples will help,? Mom, maybe today,? Mom, does it look looser,? How about now,? Needless to say after 8 days of this, I was over the moon when she was eating an Easy Bake Oven (thank you Auntie Alison) pretzel, out came the tooth. The tooth fairy gave 20 smackers! Olivia had a plan for her money of course. So we went to Toys R Us in the morning to purchase Barbie's peeing and pooping puppies. Such a quality investment:) The pictures to follow are annoyingly out of order!



Onto Blake...HE IS COMPLETELY POTTY TRAINED! Around Christmas he pushed Olivia off the toilet and said "I go." And so the rest is history. We have had a few fights over wearing a pullup at night. After finding his pullup on the floor outside his crib, his jammies put back on inside, and Mr. Blake fast asleep, I decided to let him win. He is dry all the time now if I could only get him to wear underwear. My little Commando.

Blake got a pitching baseball game, he saw it in a catalog, and would ask everyday, "Mama, you buy baseball game now?" Poor kid we finally broke down, since we're not buying diapers anymore, we have some dough to spend.

buying Barbie and the puppies

Crazy missing tooth lady:)