January 30, 2010
January 20, 2010
Brett's 3rd birthday
How is it possible that my baby boy is 3 years old?! He is growing up WAY too fast. I just want to put him in a box and keep him this age. He is turning into the sweetest, funniest, and most amazing little boy (or big boy as he would correct me!) Thought I would use his birthday as an excuse to write down a few things I don't want to forget about Brett at this age:
- He still loves all things boy- cars, sports, monster trucks, wrestling, running, playing in the woods, collecting sticks and rocks, tractors, and being outside
-He, I am proud to say, LOVES his momma. He often tells me, "I love you Mommy"- melts my heart every time. And yesterday he said, "I like your pretty shirt Mommy"- I could just eat him up. Don't get me wrong- he loves his Daddy too- but Mommy usually wins out right now. I am told that will change in a year or so- so I am trying to soak up all I can right now.
-He loves all things Toy Story. He has only seen the movie one time- but he loves the characters. He has assigned each member of our family as a character on the movie- I will do a post on that soon.
- He is the absolute BEST big brother. Just today I gave him a rice crispy treat and he would not take it from me until I gave him one to give to Kate too. He will also tell her all the time that she looks pretty after I dress her. He is her biggest cheerleader- I will often overhear him saying, "You can do it Kate- good job Kate". He takes such good care of her and I have loved seeing him take on his role as a big brother- he has done it with such grace and we are so proud of him.
-He says the funniest things and makes me laugh all the time. My mom recently taught him to tell me that I was the best mom in the whole world. Well my cute little guy gets it mixed up and tells me that I am the biggest mommy in the whole world- makes me laugh every time.
-He has such a sweet heart. I can't wait to see how the Lord uses his heart.
-He is still active- very active. If he is awake- he is usually running. He will sit still to watch Curious George (one of his favorites) or a movie- but that is about it.
- He is happy 99.9% of the time. He very rarely whines or complains- and when he does it is usually because he is sick or tired. And he has still never thrown a temper tantrum (thank goodness)
- He loves to play the Wii - and if you don't mind me bragging for a minute- he is really good. And by really good I mean he beats me a lot of the time- and I am not letting him win either. Brian thinks this means he is going to be an athlete- we will see.
WE LOVE YOU BRETT! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
So on the morning of his birthday he wakes up and is so excited about getting a birthday cake. Oops! I was making him a cake for his birthday party, but didn't think about getting him one for his actual birthday. So, after lunch at Moe's (his very favorite place to eat), I take him to the store and tell him he gets to pick out any cake he wants. Most of the cakes are huge and I start to worry but decide you only turn 3 once so I was just going to stay quiet and let him get what he wants- just knowing he was going to pick the enormous Diego cake. Well what does my boy pick? This teeny tiny $5 cake. That's my boy!!
So excited about blowing out the candles
Icing- wonder where he gets his love of icing from?
Showing us how old he is. Isn't he the cutest thing! We tried to teach him how to hold his fingers down, but he came up with this idea all on his own.
Brett's birthday cake for his construction themed party
Kate and Brett checking out the cake (can you believe how much taller he is than Kate!)
Some of the "job sites" for the party. I gave all the kids a "work assignment" card with all the centers I had set up for the party listed on it. They were to do each "assignment" and check it off when they were done. 
Their work aprons complete with everything they would need to get all of their "work" done.
Brett hammering in a nail
Jumping in the Jump Zone- apron, glasses, and all!
Digging with Daddy
Mary Joy all dressed and ready
Kate hammering
Sam getting ready to knock down the tower
Mary Joy making matches with the tractor cards. On one of the days that Brett was sick and we were going stir crazy in the house, we went out and took pictures of different tractors and construction scenes near our house. I then made doubles of the pictures and made a matching game with them.
Sweet Daddy Bob helping Brett paint the house
Bryce, Chloe, and Molly Beth building lego towers
Our "peanut" loving her peanut butter and jelly sandwich
Singing Happy Birthday and blowing out the candles
January 4, 2010
Christmas
We had a wonderful Christmas this year. Brett and Kate are at such fun ages for Christmas. Everything was new to Kate, and the first time Brett could really understand what was going on. They both loved it all- the lights, the decorations, the parties, making a birthday cake for Jesus, and waking up to see that Santa came. We also had a very busy Christmas. My brother stayed with us Dec. 23-25, my best friend Stacy and her husband and two kids stayed with us Dec. 26-29th and then Brett came down with the Swine Flu on Dec. 30th. So from Dec. 30th- Jan. 2 Brett and I stayed upstairs and Brian and Kate stayed downstairs so Kate wouldn't get it as well. Thankfully our plan worked and no one else got it. Poor little guy had strep throat, croup and the swine flu all in the month on December. I am ready for him to be well. My friend Marissa also came to visit from Jan. 5-7. So, that is the reason for the "blog break". I have several posts that I need to do this week to catch up- including my sweet boy's 3rd birthday (can you believe he is 3!)
Anna Grace and Andrew came to make cookies with us. The girls made a few cookies- the boys, on the other hand, just ate the dough!
Several of my friends and their kids went to a nursing home to make crafts and sing to the residents there. We had so much fun. They loved seeing our sweet little ones.
Singing for everyone
Making crafts at our "Happy Birthday Jesus" party. Brett was so excited that he was going to meet Jesus. When we got to my friend Keri's house he said "Oh Boy- where is Jesus mommy?" Sweet boy!
Making ornaments for the birds
Hanging their ornaments
Brian and I took Brett and Kate to "Disney's Rockin' Road Show" a few days before Christmas. Brett LOVES Toy Story and Woody, Buzz, and Jessie were all in the show.
My sweet babies the night before Christmas. Oh how I love them!
Milk for Santa- I am sure he loved the cup that got picked out for him- and the fact that Kate "helped" him drink it.
Cookies for Santa and carrots for the reindeer.
What Santa brought for Brett
What Santa brought for Kate
Coming down the stairs Christmas morning
Kate's first glimpse of Christmas morning
Brett looks at his presents
Kate finds her baby
Kate gets a chair to match her brother's chair
Brett got a soccer ball, a goal, and shin guards. He, to my knowledge, has never seen or heard of shin guards before. I have no idea how he knew what they were or how to put them on.
Kate "eating" her play pizza
All Brett asked for for Christmas was a big Monster Truck. He was SO EXCITED when he walked into our garage and found this (thanks Ma and Daddy Bob)
Testing out his new wheels
Playing in the yard
Kate and Uncle Rob
Ma and Kate
Kenzie and Kate
Testing out the wheels again
The truck is only big enough for one person, but Brett insisted that Kate ride with him- how do you say no to that? This is one of my very favorite pictures.
Are they cute or what!
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