Colt's Party

Colt had a birthday party at Bouncin' Bears with his cousins. He absolutely loved all of the jumping, climbing, and sliding. And he loved that daddy got to do so much of it with him. We had it on a Tuesday night and the place was empty so it worked out great for us. The kids were able to run all over and we didn't have to worry about them getting lost, all the littler ones could bounce, and best of all the adults could too. The women all did some and had fun but the men were way into it and were all sweating from playing so hard!

Everyone having fun!

Colt could pretty much do it all by himself and just loved it. I think he would have done it for hours!

Ellie was a happy girl but wanted to get in there and jump too!

Dads having fun!

Girls on one side, boys on the other!

On the way to the party I showed Colt his cake and told him it was for him. Here's the conversation:

"Here is your cake Colt, it is for your birthday."

"No, eggs."

"No, it doesn't have any eggs, you can eat it."

"Peanuts"

"No, there are no peanuts either."

"Errergic"

"Yes, you are allergic but there are no eggs, you can eat it."

"Owie, hurt your singer." (finger)

"No, it won't hurt you, you can eat it."

This was all new to me, I didn't even know he had ever been listening when we talked about him being allergic! Poor boy.

Happy birthday Colt! We love you so much! You make our family great!

Love this one!

If you ask him how old he is, he just says "I don't know!"

Thanks for coming and playing everyone! We had a great time and you made Colt's birthday great!

His Thomas balloon he carried around for a few days!

It's Beginning to look a lot like Christmas....

Christmas time is so fun with kids! Everything is exciting and they enjoy every part of it. The kids have had fun learning about doing nice things for others as well as the Christmas traditional stuff.  It has been a busy month so far and I missed getting pictures setting up the tree and a few other things but here's some from around our house.

They are loving playing with Pebbles now. They mostly just put her on a leash and drag her around and I don't know that she loves it.  But they continually ask for a small dog "when I'm ready for one,"

 one that they can hold in their arms.

Colt loves Santa hats. He has constantly got one on his head and is always handing them out to the rest of us to wear. They go up to bed with him too at nap and bed times.

Ellie's winter hat. She looks so cute in her kitty hat!

Playing dress up with Pebbles, getting her ready for her wedding.

Santa buddy.

Gingerbread houses! Livy liked making a gingerbread person from bones and skulls Halloween candy as well as a door and other parts of the house and Rachel just enjoyed eating as much candy and frosting as she could!

Colt stuffed his "attic" full of candy.

This little man ripped open a chocolate advent calender while he was home with Eric, who was in the shower! He came out to see him stuffing his mouth with chocolates!

We had Christmas books all wrapped and put under the tree for opening one a night to read but that only lasted one day. The second day I came into the livingroom to find Colt tearing through them. Everytime he would say "I find it, a book, yay!"

Loving Ellie and the santa hats!

Santa baby

Some of my helpers.

We have been sick around here for two weeks now and are hopefully on the mend now. Hoping you are having a great December and enjoying the Christmas spirit!

Colt's 2!

I can't believe Colt is 2! Sunday was his 2nd birthday that he got to celebrate with a double ear infection and bad cold, but he was a trooper and had a blast singing happy birthday all day long!

He loved ripping through his presents and it was really hard for the girls not to participate, they can't wait for Christmas! He got a scooter, some sharks, a helicopter and remote control car. The girls immediately took over each one of those toys. Luckily he loves them and is ok sharing with them!

Colt's birthday decorations. Went for the streamers this time because on the girls birthday they asked where all the decorations were, like the streamers, the window stuff wasn't cutting it.

Happy Birthday Colt! We love you so much. You are the sweetest, most loving, funny, outgoing, happy and spirited little boy. Everyone who meets you smiles at you and tells me how cute you are. You love taking care of people, especially Ellie. You are a great big brother and are so concerned about all of your sisters. You are comfortable and confident where ever we go and make yourself right at home. Everyone tells me what a good boy you are and you are so fun and happy. I know it! I love having you in our family. You are so special and you make me laugh and smile a hundred times a day. Some days you make me scream too but mostly laugh with all the sweet funny things you do and say. I can't believe it has already been two year! I love you Colt.

So happy listening to Grammy, Poppy, and Hannah sing Happy Birthday to him on the voicemail. He replayed it until the phone wouldn't do it any more!

Now to his next favorite thing to do on his birthday, blow out the candle. He loved hearing Happy Birthday sung to him but then just wanted to blow out the candle. We went through two boxes of matches, not books, boxes. It's his birthday though so I obliged.

Sisters stealing some turns to blow it out!

Blowing the smoke away each time with their hands!

Ellie watching this crazy ritual!

That night we went to look at Christmas lights with Grandma and Grandpa. We had two benches in the back of Eric's truck that we sat on and everyone was bundled up. We had hot chocolate and cookies and enjoyed the lights. It was great. The kids really love looking at the lights this year, even Colt. He is way into it.

Grandma kept Colt nice and insulated! He loved it!

The girls had a great time with dad. They sang Christmas songs and Rachel kept warming Eric's ears with her mitten covered hands. So fun. Hope you had a wonderful birthday Colt. We all love you so very much. You make our lives wonderful.