Life Lately, According to my phone

 

 "the place with the chips"  Davis Loves!

 Leprechaun Trapper (and yes we caught him, but he escaped leaving behind his stash)

Saturday morning cinnamon rolls with green icing. (St. Patricks Day)

first time bowling

Lately

Lately, pretty much the same ole routine.  You know, we all have them.   Davis is changing more and more to a little boy.  The baby has slipped through my fingers.  [sniff, sniff]  But I love him beyond all measures.  He is the sweetest child.  I know I may be biased, but it has been confirmed by others as well.  He will randomly say, "Momma, I love you."  or "Daddy, you are the best Daddy in the whole world."  With those words we soar.  The other morning, one of his teachers told me he is such a good child and doing so well.  That he was more ready for kindergarten than some of the ones that are old enough to go now.  Of course, I knew these things but it does make a mother proud to hear someone (not biased) say it as well. 

A tidbit I wanted to jot down before it gets lost in time.  Lately we have started taking a somewhat "country" road to school.  On this road, just so happens to be a small farm with Llamas.  We stop every morning, unless there is car behind us, roll down the window and listen and watch.  Davis absolutely loves it.  Some mornings they are just grazing about on the grass, others they are still nestled in the shed and some special days we get to see the "farmer" pouring feed into their troughs.  Such a special treat. 

Ditto

We love to look at Christmas Lights.  There is this house that we have gone to see for the past couple of years.  I truly don't think they could fit another light anywhere in the yard. 

Santa was even there to hand out candy to the kids.  I didn't grab a picture of him this night, honestly I was a little in shock.  I hope to go back and catch another picture of him and his sleigh.  It cracks me up at how shy Davis is around people.  Will not speak for anything.  But not with Santa Claus.  As soon as Santa asked what he wanted for Christmas he just started rattling it off.  My goodness Son!  But it is cute to see how the innocent trust this figure.

Some may wonder what do the neighbors think of all these lights....well....

Christmas Program at School

Yesterday was the Christmas Program at school.  It was precious.  Davis just grinned from ear to ear the whole time.  Such a sweet boy.  They began the program with a prayer and sang Happy Birthday to Jesus.  I love how his school places emphasis on the true meaning of Christmas.

(quality isn't the greatest, I was using our camera for the video)

Display outside the front of the school. 

A cute side note, Davis gave Joseph and Mary a high five as we left.  :o)

Up

Precious boy.  We are watching Up on ABC family and if you have seen it, you know it pulls at your heartstrings.  Davis asked why the people were getting old.  I told him that everyone grows older as time goes by.  He looked at me with tears in his eyes and said, "Mommy I don't want you and Daddy to grow old, it might make me cry." 

My sweet boy, if only I could shield you from the heartache I know that will fall upon you.  I know the pain I feel and have felt at the loss of my daddy and to know he will feel this pain one day crushes my heart.  I intend to create the most amazing memories for him to hold on to.



Pumpkins and Birthday - Playing Catch Up

Where has the time gone? I am so behind in my posts. Let’s start from the beginning of Fall….

We made our annual trip to Mike’s Farm. This year Gigi, Uncle Andy and Nicholas joined us. Like I have said many times in the past, this is one of my absolute favorite places. The food is delicious, the animals are always fun to look at and the hayride is a thrill.

I have wanted to do this each year, and finally got it done this year. I saw on a blog somewhere the idea of displaying each year’s costume.

Here is little man. The Lion Prince 2008, The Precious Pumpkin 2009 (yes, my mom made the costume. Isn’t it adorable!), To Infinitity and Beyond Buzz (2010) and for 2011 …..

Isn’t he the cutest thing? I didn’t have to prompt him, he knew all the right poses to make.

To continue with Captain America…. That was his theme this year for his party. I had intentions for all the little ones to wear their Super Hero costumes, but that didn’t work out. Even mine didn’t want to wear his to the party.

Some of you know, I make these books each year. So far so good, I have to admit it gets harder each year to find the time. But so far this is his collection. Each book starts with the previous years Birthday and carries through to the current years Halloween. I absolutely love them, and will make every effort to continue to do these for him.

We had a great time with all of our family and friends at the party. We were so blessed to have all family members present. 

 MawMaw

 Uncle Anthony, Aunt Nette, Uncle David, Ryne, Aunt Lori

Aunt Nette and Uncle David

Cousin Rhett

Cousin Ryne

Gigi and Nicholas

Christopher and Davis, Uncle Andy and Nicholas, Cousin Stan and Beau

Check out these cuties… 

Tanner, Davis, Alex, Richard 

These are Davis’ friends from school. They are all such sweet boys.  Precious friendships.

Thanksgiving at MawMaws. 
All the cousins.  PawPaw always called them the Roosters and the little Hen.

 

Well, that’s recap of the fall. Much more to come with the Holidays on the way!

"Listen earnestly to anything your children want to tell you, no matter what. If you don't listen eagerly to the little stuff when they are little, they won't tell you the big stuff when they are big, because to them all of it has always been big stuff." - Catherine M. Wallace