Wednesday, May 16, 2012

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CARLI!

She fit so itty bitty in her carseat.
6lbs. 1oz.
The littlest of my children.
A dainty, sweet,beautiful baby girl!
We knew we were having a girl.
But the day she was born, we were in shock that we actually had a little girl!
She is still dainty (at times).
Still sweet (at times).
Still very beautiful!
And sometimes, we look at her and can't believe we have a little girl!
She sure keeps us on our toes!
She is AMAZING!
Today, we celebrate HER! SIX YEARS AGO,
she brought a wonderful world of pink (and sparkle) into our lives!
HAPPY 6th BIRTHDAY CARLI!

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Austin's Picnic

Well it was fun in the sun rain for Austin's Special Olympic's picnic today.
He sure loves his buddies and his teachers!
Mrs.K, Mr.G, and Mrs.J = AWESOME!!!

He came home with his track trophy!
He is SO proud! 



Monday, May 14, 2012

A whole lot of Charlie Boy

Because he's part of our family...just like another child,
our lil' puppy love gets a post all to himself, loaded with pics! Ha!
We've become obsessed with this dog!
He's just too stinkin' cute!
He's such a smart boy!
He's such a good good boy!!
Big time snuggler!
Loves to be held and carried!!
Takes turns sleeping with all of us at night.

 He's extremely friendly! He's never met a stranger!
He demands every one's attention! He will make you pet him or hold him if you set foot in this house.
It's quite ridiculous!
 Loves playing outside.
He takes a toy out there when he does and will bring it in when he's done.
 Figures he should be able to go in the car every time we do!
Huh, who are we kidding, the majority of the time, he goes in the car with us!
 He does really well on walks! Sadly, with my feet problems lately, we haven't been going.
We will very soon!
 Waits at the window in the morning and we he sees Austin's bus pull up,
 he runs to us jumping and then to the front door.

 He also waits there in the afternoon for Austin.
 He knows which entrance everyone comes through during the day and even when it's time for them to come in. Yes, he's sitting on my sofa table, on top of my blog book!

 Bless his heart, he gets dressed up a lot by Carli!
 He hides sometimes, so that he can get a decent nap in...away from Carli.
If Anthony is on the recliner...so is Charlie!


 He even has his own "baby" This stuffed fox that he's had since the day we got him. He drags it everywhere and you see he even sleeps with it!
 Look at that tail waggin'!
He begs ALOT!
Likes to lay and look out the window...for the neighbor's cat!
He's so much FUN!

 We are so happy to have him! We all love him to pieces!

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Nature Girl

Carli LOVES to be outside!
Doesn't matter how early or late in the day.
Doesn't matter how hot, cold, or rainy.
She could care less if anyone else is out there or not.
She does enjoy having her puppy love out there though.
AND having her lil' bff/also in kinder/neighbor out there is a plus too. Sometimes they don't even play in each other's yards, they play through the fence! 
She has little containers with roly polies and snails in them. She calls it their habitat.
She has pots filled with dirt, grass, leaves, and water. She says it's for making her "potions".
The porch always has dirt and rocks on it.
She throws her rainboots on every single day and stays out there forever.
We have big meltdowns when it's time to come inside.
Whew...and when she does come in, it's straight to the bath!
 It is nice out in the backyard.
Lately, we've had quite a bit of butterflies! One particular evening there were three!
 She also has collections of flowers sitting around on the porch.


 She picks all of the flowers from the other neighbor's yard. The flowers grow over onto our side.
 AND these Sunflowers are amazing! So BIG!
These are just a few.
There's even honeysuckles...oh she loves her some honeysuckles too! YUM!
She's such a nature girl!

Friday, May 11, 2012

Wedding

That's right, the letters Q and U got MARRIED!
The kindergartners have now learned that Q and U will always be joined together in words!
Instead of groomsmen and bridesmaids, they had wordsmen and wordsmaids. They each carried words that have Q and U in them.
There was even cake!
Truly, the cutest thing ever!


WOO WEE....look at that stink face!
It's almost a five minute video, (Carli isn't in it), but you have to watch it! Precious!
*scroll down, pause my music and come back up here to click play*

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Mr.Speaker, Austin!

Life Skills had their high school graduation ceremony yesterday.
It's absolutely spectacular! There's nothing more special than this event!
They've been working for months on it.
Austin got to do a special presentation to the art teacher and her students, who decorated the stage.
He really knew his speach
(although the mistress of ceremony gave him the paper to read off of, UGH!)
He did wonderful!
We all were SO proud...and Austin was quite proud of himself too!
Austin and his best bud, Matt, who graduated.
Oh these two...This was a picture text that Austin's teacher sent me yesterday morning.
It's the teacher's aid, Mr. Gilbert (Austin's main man! They are joined at the hip!).
Where oh where would we be without him!

****SCROLL DOWN, PAUSE MY MUSIC, COME BACK UP HERE, PLAY VIDEO!****

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Casa O...

Yep, we went there. As always. Ha! The kids' favorite place.
But, it was Tyler's 14th Birthday AND
 he's been going every year to celebrate his day, since he was FIVE! Can't break tradition!





We all had a great dinner!
Happy 14th Tyler!
Man, we sure love you!!!!!!!!!!!!


Tuesday, May 8, 2012

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TYLER!

This baby boy is 14 YEARS OLD TODAY!
Happy Birthday sweet, precious Boo-Boo Bear!
We LOVE YOU Tyler!

Monday, May 7, 2012

Par-tay on the patio


My sweet Tyler wanted his 14th Birthday Party at Wings N More's Patio.
He had specifics for us to follow.
It was hard for this momma, but I did it, with a lump in my throat.
He picked Saturday May 5th.
We were to not sit with him and his friends.
We could have cake, but no candles and no singing.
I was allowed one picture.



God Brothers-I was allowed this one before everyone else arrived.
Our end of the table was fun! Pictures all around. No one minded.

They all had a fun time! It's exactly what Tyler wanted and that's what matters.
I love watching Tyler with his friends.
They're really "grown".
I can not believe on May 8th, he'll be 14!
Oh, and even though we were at Wings, it was Cinco De Mayo after all. So I had to celebrate with quesadillas and a margarita-ha!