Everett's 2nd birthday

Our little Everett has turned two years old!

Everett had the traditional second birthday party for our family - a party at the New Braunfels Railroad Museum. All of our boys have had their second birthday parties there. Southern's theme was "two two" (Get it? Instead of choo choo), Remington's theme was Dinosaur Train, and Baylor's theme was Thomas the Tank Engine. Well, Everett LOVES Elmo, and I was worried that he might outgrow Elmo before his third birthday party, so I wanted to have an Elmo theme for him this year. The trick was to incorporate a train somehow since we were at the train museum. I got on eBay and searched "Elmo train" and found a cute little toy train with Elmo driving it and birthday presents in the train car. Perfect! Our theme was born.

Everett had lots of fun at his party exploring the train museum, watching the model trains go, and running around all of the train cars. His party was held in the dining car, and we had sandwiches, chips, fruit and milk on the menu.

To his party, Everett wore train shorts and a custom-made-by-Mommy shirt with a large glittery 2 on the front and his name in red under the 2. The goodie bags had crayons, Elmo notepads, red balloons, and Elmo juice boxes in them. Everett's birthday cake was red velvet with whipped vanilla icing.

After the party, we came back to our house where some of our family stayed around to watch Everett open his presents.

Everett is a very happy baby and loves his mommy, daddy, bubbas, and kitty. He likes taking showers and baths. He always kicks his shoes off. He does not like to change his clothes or diaper. He loves babies and balls. He wants to do everything big brothers do. He has the cutest little accent when he says bye bye - it sounds more like "buh bye". He doesn't like being strapped into the car seat and cries out "unbuckle" as we drive. He likes books and going to the library. He likes sunglasses. He loves "milkshakes" which I make for him at home (a banana blended up with milk). He likes Elmo, Ninja Turtles (which he calls Turtle Power), Dora, Batman, and Shimmer & Shine.

Everett just outgrew his size 6 shoes, wears size 24 mo shorts and 2t pants (since the 24 mo pants are now too short), and size 2t shirts. He wears size 4 diapers and tells me "owie poo poo" when he wants me to change his diaper.

Happy Birthday, Everett!

Baylor's 5th Birthday

This year for Baylor's birthday since it fell on a Wednesday, we didn't have his birthday party on his birthday. We made the most of that Wednesday though! 

Baylor started off the day with a giant stack of homemade pancakes with a candle on top. We sang "Happy Birthday" to him, and he blew out the candle before eating. Then we went to Landa Park where we rode the train, fed the ducks, and played on the playground with friends Natalie, Emily and Ben. We went to the library that afternoon for messy art and then went to the Landa Park zero depth pool where Daddy joined us after work. We followed that with supper at Chick-fil-a and dessert at Rhea's Ice Cream Shop - all of the birthday boy's requests squeezed into one day!

Baylor weighs 43.2 lbs (a hair above 50th percentile) and is 43.4 inches tall (right at 50th percentile). He wears size 5t or youth xs tops and 5t bottoms. He wears a size 13 shoe.

Baylor had a Power Rangers birthday party at the splash pad at Fischer Park that Friday evening. We served cheeseburgers, hot dogs, and chips along with lemonade and bottled waters. He had a bull pinata filled with dum-dum suckers, and everyone got Power Ranger goodie bags. Some of his favorite birthday gifts were his new 2DS from Josh and Grammy, his pedal go cart from D-Dad and Joyce, monster trucks from the Leedys, Batman legos from David and Sharon, office supplies from the Bendings, and Power Ranger toys from his friends Max and Kason.

Baylor's 5th Birthday Interview

1. What are some things you like to do?
play with toys


2. What sports do you like?
soccer


3. What things do you like to do around the house?
eat Macaroni and Cheese, eat cereal


4. What are some of your favorite foods?
peanut butter and jelly, popcorn


5. What do you like to wear?
power rangers shirts


6. What's your favorite color?
white


7. Where are some of your favorite places to go?
Target and Wal-Mart


8. What makes you sad?
when Daddy spank me


9. What do you do when you are sad?
cry


10. What makes you happy?
wearing Power Rangers pants


11. What do you do when you are happy?
I like to do no more stuff


12. Who is your best friend?
I like to play the most with Remington


13. What is your favorite movie and TV show?
Power Rangers and Rescue Bots


14. What are your favorite books?
Power Rangers

Remington's 7th Birthday

This year Remington had a Lego themed birthday party. His invitations had Lego Nexo Knights on them, his cake had Lego figures spelling out his name with a Lego cake topper that he built, and there were Legos and Dum-Dums in his pinata. He had the party at Landa Park after school on his birthday (4-8pm come and go). 

Since he did have school on his birthday, I tried to make the day as special as I could for Remington. He started the day off by coming downstairs to see a lit candle in his pancakes, and Dustin and I sang happy birthday to him before he blew it out. Then, I took cookies (ti-dye sugar cookies that he picked out for me to make) to his class during snacktime at 10am and lunch to him at school at lunchtime (a cheeseburger Happy Meal from McDonald's).

Remington's 7th Birthday Interview

1. What are some things you like to do?
play with my Magna Tiles, read, play in our pool, and play with our Lincoln Logs


2. What sports do you like?
soccer, baseball, golf, tennis, kickball


3. What things do you like to do around the house?
read and spend time with family


4. What are some of your favorite foods?
carrots with dip and apples


5. What do you like to wear?
pants and t-shirts (and bare feet around the house)


6. What's your favorite color?
red


7. Where are some of your favorite places to go?
Mamacita's


8. What makes you sad?
Daddy taking away my Magna Tiles


9. What do you do when you are sad?
whimper


10. What makes you happy?
playing with my Magna Tiles with my brothers


11. What do you do when you are happy?
smile


12. Who is your best friend?
Winston


13. What is your favorite movie and TV show?
Thor Ragnorak and Tom & Jerry


14. What are your favorite books?
comics and Marvel books

Southern's 9th Birthday

This year, Southern requested a football party at the park with some of his closest friends. We enjoyed the day - it was great weather! The kids played flag football, football toss, and played on the swings and playground. There was a football pinata and "tailgating food". Southern picked the menu which was hot dogs, chili, shredded cheese, cantaloupe and honeydew, cheetos, fritos, popcorn, tortilla chips, avocado, refried beans, and salsa. He also requested a big container of Gatorade like they have at football games. He asked if we could dump it over his head after his party was over like they do to the coaches on TV!

Southern's 9th Birthday Interview

1. What are some things you like to do?
read and play video games and play sports


2. What sports do you like?
soccer, basketball, tennis, football, baseball


3. What things do you like to do around the house?
read and play video games


4. What are some of your favorite foods?
chicken alfredo


5. What do you like to wear?
shorts, shirt, and crocs


6. What's your favorite color?
silver


7. Where are some of your favorite places to go?
Torrey Park, Jason's Deli, Mamacita's, Rainforest Cafe, to the Spurs game (AT&T Center), and the library


8. What makes you sad?
no video games or no reading


9. What do you do when you are sad?
read


10. What makes you happy?
playing video games and reading


11. What do you do when you are happy?
play video games and read


12. Who is your best friend?
Konner


13. What is your favorite movie and TV show?
The Secondhand Lions and Mario


14. What are your favorite books?
Percy Jackson and the Olympions, Rings of Fire, Big Nate, Weird But True

Everett 19 months

Our littlest Wyatt baby has grown so much! He has his own little personality and is such a sweetheart (most of the time!).

Everett loves bathtime and will want to hop in with any of us when we take a shower. Sometimes, he'll shower twice a night, one shower right after the other, just hanging out on the shower floor enjoying the water flowing over him. However, he is the only Wyatt baby who has not liked wearing hooded towels. He usually doesn't even like to be dried off with a towel!

His favorite toys are balls. He loves balls! He will walk around clutching a little ball all day, and he has a great throwing arm.

He loves to sit on the counter to get a better view and to get into the action. He helps out in the kitchen when I'm cooking. He helps Baylor unload the dishwasher. He helps unload and load the washer and dryer. He helps Daddy work on projects.

His favorite words are dada, mama, bubba, ball, and bye. He says bye with a little hick accent (baah). He loves to wave, and many mornings are spent standing on the porch waving to Daddy as he drives off to work. He also loves to give kisses.

He likes to do anything his older brothers are doing. He can run around in the backyard with them for hours some days, and other days he just wants to be held by Mommy.

He still isn't a fan of riding in the car seat, but most of the time he's much better about it.

His favorite foods are bananas, bars, waffles, yogurt, sandwiches, chips, popcorn, strawberries, blueberries, corn, crackers, and Mommy's chocolate Shakeology.

Everett wears size 18 month and 24 month clothes, size 4 diapers, and size 5 shoes.

He loves his kitty! Dracky meowing will catch his attention no matter what he is doing. He has learned to slow down and to wait for Dracky to come to him rather than chase him. He knows how to pet softly and enjoys cuddling up with Dracky. He likes to feed him his kitty treats.

He still hasn't had a haircut. We love his baby curls, and I can't bear to cut them off just yet. There is nothing cuter than him right before bathtime running around the house happily screaming with his naked behind showing and those little curls bouncing.

Everett is such a joy. We are so very blessed to have him!!

 

Remington's 6th Birthday

Remington's 6th Birthday Interview

1. What are some things you like to do?
I like to play soccer and I like to play water balloons and I like to play Legos and play Hot Wheel Legos.

2. What sports do you like?
Kickball, soccer, and swinging.

3. What things do you like to do around the house?
Play Batman with Baylor and play tag and play flag football. Play with Southern's fidget spinner. Playing with big Pokemon toys with Southern.

4. What are some of your favorite foods?
Cantaloupe

5. What do you like to wear?
I like to wear Pokemon pins and I like to wear school pins and I like to wear different pins and I like to wear Pokemon belts with PokeBalls on them and Pokemon toys in them.

6. What's your favorite color?
Yellow and red and black and blue and pink

7. Where are some of your favorite places to go?
Peter Piper Pizza (but I don't like the pizza), Jason's Deli, and Mamacita's and that Mexican place where we went with Grammy in Yoakum

8. What makes you sad?
Southern pinching me and Southern holds me upside down

9. What do you do when you are sad?
I cry and I go tell if I'm hurt

10. What makes you happy?
Mommy getting me a hug and a kiss and Mommy feeding me sometimes and Mommy helping me dress

11. What do you do when you are happy?
I'm like "Mommy look at that cool Lego set!"

12. Who is your best friend?
Henry and Ryder

13. What is your favorite movie and TV show?
Monster Trucks / Batman and Scooby Doo and all the super hero shows and Mario and Pokemon

14. What are your favorite books?
Flap books, flipping books and how to make paper airplanes book and science books and project books (like you can do things with them and it's in them) and shark books that come with tooths and crab books that come with crab shells and I Spy books and Lego books

And Remington wanted to add another question:

15. What's your favorite kind of instrument?
guitar

The Mommy Quiz

WITHOUT ANY prompting, ask your child these questions and write down EXACTLY what they say. It is a great way to find out what they really think. (R = Remington, age 6, B = Baylor, age 3, and S = Southern, age 8)

I asked each boy separately so they wouldn't copy each others' answers, and then I read them all out loud when they were done.

1. What is something mommy always says to you?
R - I love you
B - kiss meS - pick up your room now

2. What makes mommy happy?
R - me hugging you and kissing you
B - me kiss Mommy and hug MommyS - whenever I pick up my room

3. What makes mommy sad? 

R - whenever I don't clean up my room
B - not clean my roomS - whenever I don't clean up my room

4. How does your mommy make you laugh?
R - whenever she tickles me
B - tickle meS - when you tickle me in my armpits

5. What was your mommy like as a child?
R - you were like sweet to your dad
B - played Batman with D-dadS - nice and adorable and funny

6. How old is your mommy?
R - 22
B - 3S - 31

7. How tall is your mommy?
R - 6 feet
B - 2S - 5 feet

8. What is her favorite thing to do?
R - to sleep and play with Everett
B - play with BatmanS - play with Baylor, Remington, Everett and me

9. What does your mommy do when you're not around? 

R - you clean up the house so it's a surprise for us
B - kiss meS - go on dates with Daddy

10. If your mommy becomes famous, what will it be for?
R - the greatest cleaner
B - kissing meS - how nice she is

11. What is your mommy really good at?
R - exercising
B - playing BatmanS - making me laugh

12. What is your mommy not very good at?
R - reading comics
B - playing BatmanS - talking me into getting rid of my Pokemon cards and fidget spinners

13. What does your mommy do for a job?
R - you don't even have a job
B - play Batman toysS - take care of us but before that she was a worker at Wells Fargo

14.What is your mommy's favorite food?
R - lettuce
B - pizzaS - chicken fried steak

15.What makes you proud of your mommy?
R - by giving us money for a gift
B - playing BatmanS - that I think she might become famous one day

16. If your mommy were a character, who would she be?
R - Bugs Bunny
B - BatmanS - Misty (on Pokemon) but you'd have to have orange hair and wear ponytails a lot

17. What do you and your mommy do together?
R - we sleep sometimes and we celebrate my birthday
B - play BatmanS - play

18. How are you and your mommy the same?
R - we both have the same kind of eyeballs
B - playing BatmanS - we both have longer hair

19. How are you and your mommy different?
R - we don't have the same type of shoes
B - playing BatmanS - we're not the same sex

20. How do you know your mommy loves you?
R - because she shows it to me
B - playing BatmanS - she takes care of me with pride

21. What does your mommy like most about your daddy?
R - I don't know anything about that... Well, he's really careful and doesn't let you get hurt.
B - he's a big guyS - that you guys are friends

22. Where is your mommy's favorite place to go out to eat?
R - Jason's Deli
B - pizza placeS - Sea Island

23. How old was your Mommy when you were born?
R - 13
B - really bigS - 24