My 3 Year Old!

My Hayden is 3 years old!  We had such a wonderful day!  We decorated the house the night before, so he woke up to balloons, streamers, and his presents.  He got to choose breakfast, open his presents, and then we headed out to the boy's soccer game!

After the game we took a rest, since we had a big party to get ready for!  Hayden chose to go to McDonald's play place for dinner, of course!  It was a blast!  My parents, my sister's family, and my Grandma Barbara all came with us.  We had some yummy cake, opened more presents, and played on the slides.  

 If you are wondering if he had fun, just take a look at the next picture.  :)

Thanks Mom and Dad for making my boy's day so great!  Happy Birthday to my big boy!  You are such a joy!  We love you!  

We had another party the next day with TJ's family.  He got spoiled again, and of course ate more cake.  :)

Fun at the Farm

Last year we went to baby animal days, and the whole experience was not so great for reasons that are too lengthy to write!  So this year we decided to wait until after it was all over, and go on a warm day with less people.  It was successful!  The boys loved riding the ponies.

They also held some really cute animals!

Thanks Chelsea for planning a great activity!  We have some cute boys!

Hayden Bug

Oh Hayden!  My amazingly cute boy Hayd-ba-jayd!  You bring so much joy to my heart! 

Let's chat about my bug.  He has grown up right before my eyes the past two weeks.  He pretty much potty trained himself.  One day he came to me and said "Mom, I want to go pee pee in the potty".  So of course we ran as fast as we could to the potty, and he has been amazing ever since!  When we are at home he does pretty good with the number two's, but not when we are somewhere else.  We will get there though!  

Hayden is just one of the big boys.  Anything that Carter and Tanner do, you will see Hayden doing.  He has the greatest big brothers!  He loves to shoot hoops with them, and "play" wii with them.  He wants to dress just like them, eat whatever they eat, and sleep when they sleep, which means no more naps for Hayden!  

Hayden has the cutest way of talking.  He slurs his r's to sound like w's, and his g's are d's.  He is starting to grow out of it, and it is making me sad.  

Hayden falls asleep in Mommy and Daddy's bed every night, and then Daddy moves him after he is asleep.  It makes him feel special, since his brothers have bunk beds.  

He has the cutest dimple ever.  I love to kiss it.  

My Hayden will start preschool in September.  I'm so sad just thinking about it right now.  How is my baby old enough?  It's always just been us two home while the big boys were in school.  Weird!  

Hayden thinks it's funny to poke KJ in the eye, or give him a little punch in the face now and then.  I don't know why he thinks it's so funny!  He laughs while he is on time out too.  Last time he hurt him, Kace screamed really hard.  I think Hayden realized that he really hurt him, and he felt bad.  Poor KJ, silly Ba-Jayd.  

 

 I love Hayden's sweet spirit.  He is so tender, and such a cuddly boy.  He gets his feelings hurt easily.  He doesn't like anyone to tell him he can't do something.  He likes to be a big boy.  Lately he has been such a Mommy's boy.  I love it!

Hayden is in love with Mickey Mouse, and Jake and the Neverland Pirates.  He also had a small obsession with How to Train Your Dragon.  He hasn't asked for that movie for a while though.  He loves to play on my computer, and my phone.  He does awesome tricks on the tramp, and has a killer soccer kick.  He loves to play with his cousins, especially Cooper and Elliot.

Hayden James I love you so much!  Thanks for being one of my best friends in the entire world! 

Stop growing up so fast, it is breaking my heart! 

Love,

Mom

Carter Baby

Wow!  Carter!  How do I put into words the joy that you bring to me!  

Carter loves his family.  He likes to be at home.  Going to school is sometimes hard for him, because he feels like he is missing out on something here.  When I drop him off at school we have a routine that we do when we say bye.  It goes something like this.  Two kisses for me, a kiss for KJ, a kiss for Hayden, love you's exchanged, muah's exchanged (our family thing), one more kiss, get out of the car, love you's again, muah's again, bye's, close the car door, wave, blow kisses, run to the doors, turn around and blow kisses one more time.  I love it!  I think I drive away crying every single day cuz he is so cute!  He is so tender, and I love that about him.  TJ and I were just talking about how he shows love so easily.  He can just look at you, and you feel loved. 

If there is one thing that Carter could do all day long, it would be "shooting hoops".  He honestly could play basketball ALL day, and be very happy!  Grandpa Perry put in a new hoop outside of our house for the boys, and that's where you can always find Carter.  There have been many times that people have watched him and said how great he is.  He has such a great shot.  He honestly beats me at pig all the time.  I try my hardest too!  I guess I should stick to volleyball.  :)  

Carter is a very good reader.  He can just grab a book, and sit down and read it to himself, or to Hayden.  He has learned so much this year!  I'm so nervous for him to go to the 1st grade, but I know that he will do so great! 

Carter loves to be like his Dad.  He wants to dress like Dad, play basketball like Dad, sing and dance like Dad, and the list goes on.  Carter was in his very first musical in February!  He was in The Music Man with TJ, and it was the cutest thing you would ever see!  He was in the boys band at the end of the show.  He is excited to be in Joseph this summer too!  Just wait until you see what part he will be playing! :)

Carter and Tanner are playing on the same soccer team this year.  TJ is the coach too.  It's been a lot of fun!  Their first game, Carter scored 4 goals, and Tanner scored 2.  It's funny because at the end of the game, Carter had decided that he made 6 goals instead of 4.  He got in Grandma's car, and said, "I was the best one out there!"  Cutest boy ever!  

Carter is a great leader.  His teacher is always saying what a great leader he is in the classroom.  He is a great leader as a big brother as well.  His brothers love him so much, and want to be just like him.  I think the Lord knew that Carter would make good choices, and be a good example to his siblings.  

This is going to sound crazy, but Carter loves to shop!  Him and I went on a date last week, and he chose to go shopping.  I was totally fine with that choice, because I love to shop too!  He likes to pick out his own clothes.  I think it's cute.  

Carter loves back scratches!  He gets it from his Mom.  He loves to snuggle too.  I think he would sleep on top of Daddy if he would let him.  He tries to sneak into our bed almost every night!  He has it down to an art, and gets away with it about half the time.  

I just love my Carter baby.  He is such a joy to have in our home.  He has such a sweet spirit, and truly wants to do good.  Thank you Carter for being such a great example, and for being my baby.  

 

I love you to the sky and back,

Mom

Tanner Goose

My boys are all growing up so fast!  I need to journal about each one of them, and I decided to start with Tanner.  

Tanner is the sweetest boy you would ever meet.  He has such a tender heart.  He was born with an inner desire to do good.  His preschool teacher told me that he is friends with everyone in his class.  She said that he tries to include everyone.  I love that he is so kind!

Hayden is in love with Tanner.  They have one on one time on Tuesday and Thursday, and they love it!  Hayden will just follow Tanner around all day, and Tanner doesn't even mind.  He helps Hayden, plays with him, and makes him feel so special.  

Tanner holds KJ at least 20 times a day.  Most of the time he picks him up by himself and scares Mommy to death.  He LOVES Kace!  He protects him from Hayden's craziness.  Kace will see Tanner, and start to smile.  It's really cute.  

You know who else loves Tanner?  Mckenna.  Anytime we go to a play place, she has a hold of his hand.  It is the cutest thing ever!  He helps her through the tunnels, and down the slides.  She is in love with my Tanner Goose! 

We have been talking with the boys about talents lately, and how we have to use them for good.  Tanner has so many talents.  One day we were just talking, and Tanner asked if we could name all of his talents.  We got past 10, and he had a huge grin on his face.  He thought that was pretty cool.  Some of the things we named were gymnastics, basketball, helping his brothers, being kind to everyone, drawing, reading, cooking with Mom, making Kace smile, and the list went on and on!  He really is such a good boy.  

Tanner has a tumbling class in preschool that he goes to once a week.  I knew he was really good at it, because he would practice his cartwheels and round offs at home.  One day out of nowhere he did a back flip onto the couch.  So when I got a phone call from the head coach of the gymnastics program, I wasn't too surprised.  He called and told me that Tanner had done two back handsprings by himself in class that day, and he wanted to offer him a gymnastics scholarship.  He gets to take classes twice a week for 2 hours, for free!  The class is mostly older kids, so he gets a little intimidated.  He keeps saying he doesn't want to do it because he is scared.  I hope we can lovingly convince him to keep at it!  TJ and I joke that when he is 18, and 6'7, nobody will be offering him a gymnastics scholarship!  :)

Lately Tanner wants to read all by himself just like Carter does.  He will pick up a book and sound out words all by himself.  He is so smart!  Hopefully by the time summer is over we will have him reading like his big brother.  

Tanner will eat anything!  And he is proud of it!  He always says, hey Mom, I eat everything huh?  And then he will say, except for tomatoes, and broccoli.  But for real, I will put a plate of dinner in front of him, and he will eat it.  He likes everything I make!  I love it!  He not only likes everything, he eats a ton of food!  He is going to be a big boy!  How am I ever going to keep four huge boys fed when they are teenagers!?!?  

Tanner loves the men in his life.  His favorite thing to do is anything with Dad.  Grandpa Perry is one of his bestest friends.  He loves his Uncles too.  He could hang out and tell stories with Andy for days.  He will mention how he misses Papa Wee too.  He loves his Grandpa's!

Tanner loves listening to music on my ipod.  He actually asked me the other day if he could get an ipod for his birthday!  He's 5!  Ipod's already!  But honestly, he walks around the house with his "ear things" in and belts out songs from Shrek the Musical, The Music Man, Bandito, Crazy for You, Tarzan, and the list goes on!  

I could go on and on about Tanner all day!  He is such a special boy.  He is always trying to choose the right, and be helpful.  I'm so grateful that I have him as an example to his cousins, and to me.  I love his beautiful brown eyes, and his handsome smile. 

I love you Tanner!