Show me your teeth

Michael lost his third tooth this week. His first was in January, second in February and third in March. It is hard to tell because his adult teeth came in way before his baby teeth fell out. I decided it was time to document his 1/2 toothless grin.



Since Michael was showing his teeth Mattie and David wanted to show their teeth also.

Glasses

Since Mattie has been a year old she has worn glasses. I can't even count the number of glasses that we have gone through because they have either been broken or lost. Lately Mattie will take her glasses off and well she basically hides them. I searched and searched for glasses one weekend. That Monday I took her to school and the first question I was asked was "no glasses today". In a way it makes me feel bad that she is not wearing her glasses but on the other hand she hides them and finding them is not always easy. Well after school I was doing some cleaning and Mattie was playing with this dog and I look down to see this.



I laughed because I never thought that maybe one of her toys would be wearing the glasses. Since then I have seen her put glasses on her baby dolls and even found them in her toy draw. One day last week Michael could not find his shoes. We were running late for school and searched high and low. Michael had to wear his old shoes which are a tad small. I was mad at him for not being responsible. I soon realized that maybe it was not Michael. I searched Mattie's room again and found his shoes in the oven part of her kitchen. All I can say is this little girl is getting good.

In addition to Mattie wearing glasses, David wears glasses. He is better about keeping them on but every once in a while a pair will disappear. David lost his glasses last November but lucky I had a back up pair. Well over the weekend David came to me upset and said "Mattie broke" and he was holding his glasses. I set them up on the half wall thinking I could fix them and later I was in bathroom and saw David's glasses. I thought how did these get in here and then I realized they were not broken. So some how 4 months later David's old pair of glasses show up. I have no idea where they have been but I can honestly say that Mattie did it.

Air Force One

Flying over the house. It is not everyday that you can say Air Force One flew over your house.






See the blue shirt in the middle of the picture. I watched some guy climb over the fence and he was walking through the desert to get closer for a picture of Air Force One. I'm sorry but what a dummy! With all of the security that was surrounding the airport and the protection that goes into the President. Although I do have to say I was impressed with his ability to get over a barb-wire fence and you would think that a airport that is still used as a military purposes also would have better fencing.







My mom and I took the kids and a friends son to see Air Force One when President Obama flew into Mesa-Gateway Airport. As usual I was running late and was not able to see the motorcade. When I was leaving the house I happened to look up and Air Force One was flying over the house. I went ahead and drove down to the airport and was able to pull over and we could see Air Force one from the side of the road. This is my first time seeing the plane and I'm glad that Michael was able to see it. He and Dan were able to talk about Air Force One that night. Dan told him about what happens when the President comes to town. We talked about the special car that the President rides in and how it gets here. Dan took some of his military books out and showed him pictures. Michael then told us he wanted to join the Air Force and maybe one day he could be a Air Force One Pilot.

Random Pictures

Michael and Mattie fell asleep on my bed tonight. Yes Michael is sleeping with his hand tucked inside his pants. Also this is how Mattie sleeps. She sticks her legs in front of her and then bends over. She will move through the night but most of the time this is how she ends up.




David fell asleep playing with his trains.



Mattie was hanging on the oven door when it came open. (Don't worry it was not on). She just laid on the floor with this expression on her face.

Birthday

I'm usually the one behind the camera so I don't have that many pictures of me and the kids. I was excited to have some pictures of me and the kids celebrating my birthday. My birthday was in December and we had a early dinner (that is what old people do right!) at Outback Steakhouse. I have not had a steak in months and I mean monthS with a big S on the end. That is what I wanted for birthday was a steak and red velvet cheesecake. I got the steak but no cheesecake but did have a third best and that was Bahama Bucks. My birthday was simple which is what I wanted. I was able to help out in Michael's classroom in the morning. The kids new it was my birthday and one boy kept asking me how old I was. I would tell him he had to guess or I was so many years older than he was. He could not figure it out. Every guess was in the range of 60 and 90's. I would laugh and tell him to try again. Dan got me a Kindle and I love it. Anyone knows me, will know that I am a avid reader. Any suggestions? I love having multiple books on hand anytime and I will admit I am also addicted to Scrabble.

Thankful Feast

Mattie's classroom held a Thankful Feast for the parents. It was very cute and the kids sang a few songs and then had a lunch for the parents. I have to say as a mom these are the moments that I look forward to. I love and I'm grateful that I can attend events at the school. I remember as a kid doing different things and having my parents be there. I love having that memory and I am glad that I can do the same. I love the smile on my childrens face when they see me and later at home they will tell me I saw you today at my school.

Mattie realized I was there.







This is Mattie and Madison. Madison's parents are friends of ours. The dads work together and knew each other before we had Mattie and they had Maddie. They are know in pre-school together. The funny thing is @ first they did not get along. Madison use to slap my Mattie. Things have know changed and both can be around each other but under a watchful eye.

David turns 3

David had his third Birthday in November. It was a nice day and we hung around the house and did not make any big plans. No one was feeling good this day. Michael was getting over strep and David was coming down with croup. I still try to make it fun and put balloons over the house and had pizza, cake and ice cream and invited a few of the neighborhood boys over for cake. I took David to the store so we could get him a cake and he held onto the cake box and told me many times "my cake". He also has become really interested in trains and that is what he got for his birthday. He was so excited to play with them. Michael and his friends helped him build the train tracks. It was a great day and nice to just relax and play. My little D man has is growing up and actually is our funny one in the family. He is still shy around other people and also has is very inpatient and can throw wonderful "fits". Other times he is sweet as can be. All in all he is one darn cute kid and I'm thankful for him.

His expression when Dan lite the candles on the cake.