Fun in the hot Texas sun!

We ended the summer out in the hot Texas sun!

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Fun was had by everyone!

Isaiah's Version of Humpty Dumpty

Isaiah loves to sing and put on a show. He decided to show us his version of Humpty Dumpty tonight. Of course, he had to use Spiderman as Humpty.



I sure do love this boy!

The Final Days of Summer

So, the last day of summer has come and is almost over. It was a summer full of swimming, seeing animals (Sea World!), birthday parties, Paradise Pond visits and just lots of fun. I had the best time with the kids and really cherished the time I got to spend with them. I had big plans for my last week with the kids, but that all changed the day of Isaiah's party. I woke up with a stomach ache, thought I would sleep it off and ended up in the ER having a major surgery (appendix). So the kids went to school the last two weeks of summer so that I could recover. I'm going to try to make up for it this weekend. We're going to take the kids swimming tomorrow and to the zoo on Sunday. Pictures of the last weekend of summer will be coming soon!

Until later,

Melissa

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to my sweet Isaiah, Happy Birthday to you!



Sweet Isaiah,

It is hard to believe that you are now 4! You are such a bright, loving and funny young man. Your daddy and I are so proud to call you our son. I'm not sure if you will ever understand how special you really are to us. I'll never forget the day we got the call that we were going to be parents to a special little boy. We loved you from that moment on. On this special day I can't help but think about your birth mother. She was such a brave young lady. We are forever grateful to her for making us parents. I hope she knows how much you are loved and adored.

Your daddy and I can't wait to see what you are going to do with your life. You have such a great future ahead of you. We love you sweet boy, Happy Birthday!

Love,

Mommy & Daddy

Princess Addison

Oh my dear sweet Addison. She is fiesty, stubborn and certainly knows what she wants(and she finds a way to get it). I have always said that Addison will be a leader. It is just her personality. She is just so strong willed. But she is also adorable, loving and just so darn cute. I love the curls, the smile and everything about her. But man there are some days she makes me want to cry. The conversation from the other night was this:

Isaiah (screaming): "Mom, Addison just peed in my shoe bucket."

Me: "You are kidding, right. Why on earth would she pee in your shoe bucket?"

Isaiah: "No, I'm not teasing you. But she did dump my shoes out first."

Me: "Well, that's good. I'll go check on her."

Sure enough, as I was cooking dinner (Stuff like this always happens when I cook dinner!) Addison dumped out Isaiah's shoe bucket and peed in it.

Me: "Addison Grace why did you pee in the shoe bucket?"

Addison: "Because I needed to and I didn't want to walk to the bathroom."

Me: "That is so gross, we don't pee in shoe buckets."

Addison: "Well, at least I wiped with that shirt."

Seriously, are you kidding me! What on earth am I supposed to say or do in response to that.

But that is my daughter, my sweet, stubborn, curly haired princess! I sure do love her!

Not My Child Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

So, I've decided to give this a try. I do have a lot of moments where I say, "Who's child is that?" all along knowing that they really are MY children!

It was not my sweet loving children who decided to all drink water from the puddle out in the front yard. And I most certainly would not laugh and just grab a camera.





It is not my precious curly haired child who carries her backpack, stuffed with all kinds of things, all around the house at all times. And we certainly do not call her "bag lady."



It was not my little man who had to go the bathroom and just decided to pull down his pants and go in the front yard. And it was not me who just smiled and didn't say a thing. I most certainly would never allow him to do that.

It is not my strong willed child who yelled at swim lessons, "Princesses do not swim!" and refused to do anything at swim lessons. And her sweet little sister did not absolutely love swims lessons!




Until later (I'm sure there will be many more "Not My child" moments in between!),

Melissa

Another Fun Day!

I took the kids to Paradise Pond in Grapevine today. They had such a great time. I would highly recommend it to parents of toddlers and preschoolers!