Presley Ann

I cannot believe our sweet girl will be 8 in just a few months. She is beautiful. She is so kind and loves to help others.  She is really into her American Girl doll "Kate", She wants to take her everywhere.  She is a smarty pants and doing great in school.  She is excelling in every subject. She is reading on a 4th grade level and she is in the 2nd grade.  Her teacher loves her and she has won the award for responsibility every year she has been in school.  She is kind of over it, but she really is very responsible and dependable for only being 7.  Sometimes too much so, she likes to boss Knox and Maryn, well she tries :) They are both independent and don't like to take orders from their sister. Presley will come home from school and immediately sit down at the table and do her homework and make sure that I sign all appropriate paper work. Her self confidence is really blossoming. She is trying new things and interacting with new kids. She did great in gymnastics and I admire her tenacity for learning new things.  She is playing basketball on an all boy team, in an all boy league, which has stretched her socially and I am proud of the progress she has made.  Pres is quick witted and sassy. She is all girl, bows, nails, accesories...you name this girl loves it. Anything to do with fashion, especially earrings. She is still my best sleeper and passes out as soon as her head hits her pillow. She is patient with her siblings and her parents :) She is our first, so she is at a disadvantage while we set out to figure out this parenting thing. We love her so much and enjoy her bright personality. She is going to do great things in this world.

Knox Bryan

Our boy is in Kindergarten ! He is growing so fast. He has gotten so tall this year.  He is super strong for a 5 year old.  His wrestling coaches have taught him moves they haven't taught the other 5 year olds because knox has the strength to do things most kids his age can't. He is awesome. He has great coordination and balance. He is very focused and always works hard.  He has done great this wrestling season and we are proud of all of his hard work. You should see this kid do push ups :) He is reading so well. I am really proud of his progress and how eager he has been in learning to read. He is on his 3rd set of BOB books which puts him as a solid 1st grade level reader (or higher) He has gained confidence in his ability to read and learn. He loves Discovery Kids books about insects, pirate ships, the titanic, dinosaurs, and anything that teaches about facts and how things work.  He is a funny kid and always looking to make other laugh.  He has a best friend this year, Alan. They are a good balance for each other.  Knox gets himself dressed in the morning. He is very diligent in making sure his teeth are brushed. He says all the kids in his class have stinky breath so he makes sure that his is fresh :). He still says Daisy Martineau is his girlfriend. He is very well behaved and does great in school.  We are just now out growing freaking out when he gets frustrated (thank goodness ) phew !! He likes things to be just so and he takes very good care of his things. He is good at keeping his room clean.  He loves our dog Lucy and she now sleeps at the foot of his bed.  We love our handsome boy and we are so proud him.

Maryn Jane

So since it has been a while I wanted to do a post on each child and talk about how much they have grown and changed over the last months.  Maryn Jane is the sassiest, fiestiest, funnest, prettiest 3 year old I know.  She is quick witted and humurous.  You never have to wonder what she is thinking. She is in the 3 year old phase of making sure she notices and points out (not just to me :) The differences in people around her. Always loud enough for everyone to hear and it makes me cringe (and giggle). Examples: "Why is her black?" To a black cashier, "Her has a big butt" to a family memeber, How was Presleys basketball game "It was lame", about her friend at preK " I not like her because her hair isn't black like mine", "oh wait, I do like her just not her hair", To presley "I not your sister anymore", To Presley "not be in my business", To Knox, "I not talking to you"...I could go on and on. This little one is ready to face the world. I love her confidence and her sweetness. She is caring and gentle. Maryn loves Presley and Knox and is eager to do the things that they do.  Knox said he wants to play football and Maryn said "Ya, and I can yell Go Knox". She loves to dress herself just like Presley. She needs less sleep than her siblings :) She loves her cousins. She still talks about being at Papaws funeral and getting "lost", she had wondered up on the stage at church and it was really dark, we heard her crying but it obviously left an impression. She loves gymnastics and her teachers love her too.  She is very mature for her age, Im assuming this is from having older siblings.  She brightens our day. She is precious and we love her so much :)

Where to begin...

I haven't posted since February !!! And with 3 kids we have had a lot go on ! Ugh, so I am going to try and do an abreviated update mostly with just pics and a few memories from the events. I hate that I have missed posting a lot of the funny things they have said and that I have forgotten who said what but I will do my best to do a catch up. I blog mostly as a journal for them. I hope all is well and I look forward to rejoining the blogging world :)

4th Place...

Knox wrestled in his 2nd real tournament of his wrestling season. We don't wrestle every weekend because 1. He is 4 ( therefore winning is a stretch) 2. The tournaments last FOREVER and 3. We like to do things on the weekends :). He wrestled in the Tot 2006/2007 , 45 lb weight class. He actually only weighs 41 lbs so he was on the low end of his weight class and the younger end as well since he is a 2007. He wrestled his first match and WON 11-5 ! I was so nervous and excited I was shaking for a while after the match...Oh how I dread it when he is older :). He lost his next 3 matches but did so good. Just by winning the first match he placed 4th. Not sure how that bracket was set up, but I don't care, he placed. Knox always asks when he is going to get his medal. One of the reasons he likes to wrestle is for the hope of a trophy. So when he heard that he was going to get a medal our boy was so excited. So they call his name and they gave him a yellow ribbon. Really ?! He turned to me and asked "what is this?" "Where is my medal?" He was heartbroken and not the least bit thrilled about placing anymore. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd got medals. Luckily I know the guy running the tournament and and quickly ask him if there are any extra could knox have a Medal instead of a ribbon and he quickly took Knox over and put the Medal over his head :) I think the pictures speak for themselves...taken only 1 minute a part :)

Date night...

Since the kids have started school this year it seems as though we don't get to spend much time with them, especially individual time. By the time I have picked up Presley and Knox in the afternoon it is almost 4pm by the time we get home. Then we have snack, homework, sometimes ball practice, dinner, bath, and reading all to get done before 7. So we started doing date nights with them on Friday night. We don't tell them what the activity is going to be and we let them choose where they would like to eat. It started I take Pres, the next week Bry takes Knox, then we would switch to opposite parent, Bry take Pres, the next week I take Knox. Okay so Maryn hasn't moved into the rotation yet. She gets time with me all day so when she starts Pre-K she will move into the rotation. Here is a run down of our dates so far and pictures to follow :)

Week 1: Presley and I went to mellowmushroom for pizza, Ben and Jerrys for Ice cream and then to see Dolphin Tale. We had so much fun

Week 2: Bryan took Knox to dinner at Checkers and then to the Race track to watch some loud cars. Knox was a little anxious due to the noise but ended up loving it !

Week 3: Bryan took Presley to a Hibachi grill and then to a gooney golf place. She loved playing mini putt it was her first time and loved the time she spent with her daddy.

Week 4: I took Knox to chuckecheese for dinner and games. I got him 50 tokens and he had a hard time using them all :) He just wanted to go pick a prize. We went to chik fil a for ice cream after and he fell asleep on the way home.

Week 5: I took Presley to dinner at Chik-fil-a. Then we headed to River city pottery where we painted a soup cup and a bowl. They are being fired and we will pick them up this Friday. Then we headed over to Brusters and got a dinosaur cookie sundae :)

Halloween 2011

HAPPY HALLOWEEN From- SNOW WHITE, OPTIMUS PRIME,and THE ITSY BITSY SPIDER :)

Kiddos and cute Callie :)