Happy Birthday MaMa!

We finally managed to get together with MaMa and PaPa so that we could celebrate MaMa's birthday. We gave her a birthday present back in July--we got her car detailed for her while she and PaPa were on their 35th wedding anniversary trip.Singing Happy Birthday to MaMa!
Anniston, MaMa, and Treyson
Thank you for coming up on Friday MaMa! We hope you enjoyed your little birthday celebration AND the coconut creme pie!!

We love you!

Lovin' this boy!

Love this girl....

Mikey's

Treyson is our child who likes to test the boundaries on a daily basis. He had alot of problems at school with not listening and following directions, and was getting time-outs daily. With Treyson, time-outs were not effective. We kept trying to figure out "what will it take to get Treyson's attention?"

Treyson is VERY ATHLETIC! He only wants to wear under armour type clothing (such a bummer since I had bought so many clothes at 75% off last year that he has no interest in). He also only wants to wear running shoes, or his "Mikey's" (as he prefers to call them). He doesn't think that he can do anything without them on. At school, he plays kickball, baseball, and football at play time. Sandbox? No thanks! Slide or monkey bars? Don't have time--too many balls to kick!

We had an "AHA" moment when we realized that the thing nearest and dearest to his heart were his Mikey's and his balls (all 30 of them). When Treyson gets into trouble, he does not go to time out.....his Mikey's do. It is absolutely the most devastating thing to Treyson, because he is so sad that he can't run fast or play at school without his shoes on. We find it hilarious, but hey--whatever works!

Ever since Treyson moved up to the 3 year old classroom (a year early, but that's another story), he has been doing great! No time-outs at school, and listening to his teachers! YAY Treyson! We all decided that Treyson is just a smart little boy, and was bored in the 2-3 class room and needed the challenge of the older class. So proud of him! :)

Hopefully this means the Mikey's can stay on his feet instead of going to time-out!

Almost here!

Exciting news around this household usually involves days with no time-outs, no accidents, and no whining. But last Monday was SUPER DUPER exciting because this arrived in the mail
Wahoo! It's football season!Here's a pic of the kids and Dadoo headed out to watch the fall scrimmage. It's fan day here. Not sure if we'll do the actual "fan day" meet and greet since we've got some other plans this evening that require our kiddos to take a nap!
WOOOOOOO-----PIG----SOOIE!

Our new family favorite...

This was the new treat that Mommy bought at the store to celebrate GREAT starts to our new school year.It is AMAZING! It's like Dairy Queen without the ridiculous price!
There are 4 people that live in this house that want to have this again when we have something to celebrate!
I sense the end of the week becoming a celebration....HA!

Just like their Mommy....

....what can I say, they come by it naturally! (and by the way, they got the floss out themselves and started this.....I actually didn't initiate the flossing this time!)