Blue Cougs n Ham: March 2014

Saturday, March 8, 2014

Party at Easton's!!!

Easton was so excited about his birthday party. He could hardly wait until everyone showed up, it was "just too hard" to wait for it all. For months Easton had been talking about the race car party with a piñata with a race car cake and with his friends coming. So here is the big day! Drew, Dallin, and Mason all pitched in and helped a ton to make it a special day for Easton.

Thanks to Drew and Dallin there was a track and trains! They took an idea and flew with it!

BBQ!

I know his face is hard to see, but look close and you can feel his excitement over beating this piñata!

Collecting the loot.

His normal picture stance!

Happy Birthday my 5 year old! We love you so much!

Monday, March 3, 2014

Give me 5

The weekend of Easton's birthday was a whole lot of fun! Easton was a ball of excitement. He has been talking about his birthday for the past 6 months and it FINALLY got here! On his actual birthday he had to wait and wait and wait for brothers and dad to get home. It was so hard for him. He just couldn't understand why he couldn't open his presents without them. But amazingly he survived and once dad got home it was present time. After presents we went and had dinner at Easton's pick of Applebee's and then home for a doughnut cake.

Skylanders!

A picture of the video maker.

A little about my five year old:
- He can tell a story or make up a game like no other. And it is like the Energizer bunny…it goes on and on and on.
- He has a cute little voice that people love to listen to.
- He says hello and hola to random people all the time. It brings a lot of smiles to others.
- He has a great imagination and it leads to some very fun games for him and his friends. From robots to ninjas, he can make up a scenario that can last whole afternoons.
- He loves to be able to do things on his own. He will ask things like, "can I make a sandwich on my own?" to which I will reply, "Yes." and he always replies, "YEESSS!!!" It is so cute.
- He loves to help you (with everything but his own specific chores). With whatever, he just wants to be with his family.
- He loves to be with his brothers.
- He has great motor skills due to following his brothers in all things.
- He gives us lots of hugs and kids.
- Whenever our nana leaves he says, "Ciao bebe!" really loud and she always laughs.
- He loves peanut butter and jelly open faces (for any meal of the day), chocolate milk, tacos, carrots, and raspberries.
- He is so animated when he talks. I love watching his face and his whole body when he talks.
- He is loyal to his friends. He loves being a social bug with those he knows. It takes him a little while to warm up, but once he does he takes that person in and loves to be with them.
- He is definitely the baby! And we love it that way.
- Love you my Easton!

Beating the Heat

Friends and Sprinklers! In February of course!

Thanks Noah and Luke for so much fun!

Stories to Share

I wanted a little space to share funny everyday happenings. So this is it ---

Dec. 3, '11 -- John Deere Water Chile had invited the John Deere Financial Chile employees and families to join them for their Holiday celebration. We traveled to the event which was about a 45 minute drive to a place we had never been to before. We took several detours prior to arriving and it was this day that Easton began to say "RECALCULATING". Sounds funny come from him instead of from Hailey, which is the name of the female voice on the GPS.

Nov. 14, '11 -- After arriving in Santiago and a long flight on Sunday, we were trying to get settled in our new home. We went to the grocery store to get the necessities and upon our return Easton declared the following. "I am not getting out of the car. this is not my house."

Sep. 21, '08 -- Then tonight we sat down and Mason announced that Mark needed to be president so that he could get all the candy he wanted for free. Priorities, priorities, priorities.

Aug. 12, '08 -- Yesterday I was doing laundry, seperating the clothes, and as I was checking pockets I pulled out a little stone from Drew's pants. This is one of my favorite things to pull out of my kids pants. I am always amazed and awed by my children. They find happiness in the things that I pass by everyday and fail to notice. The little things in life count and as I pull those rocks out of my kids pockets I am reminded just how much joy there is to find in this life. Thank you to my children and the inspiration they give me!

Jun. 19, '08 -- So I was upstairs and I heard Dallin and Drew go out into the garage. I went out there and they were playing in the car. I told them to get out and come inside. I then proceeded to tell them that the car was not a toy and to not go out there and play. Dallin looks at me and says, " Mom, it's a "TOY"ota Sienna, with a huge emphasis on the toy part. Really, a six year old should not be able to come up with that kind of comeback. I just laughed....

You had to have seen the Disney movie Cars to really appreciate this. So I'm running into the grocery store with the kids and as I am about to go inside Dallin and Drew stop and start pointing to something, while jumping up and down, laughing, and screaming "Fred! Mom it's Fred! Fred!" A couple of seconds later this large Ford Bronco that obviously weathered MANY Iowa winters and salt on the roads drives by. It is rusted all over, the place above the wheels no longer exists due to all the rust eating it away. The men in the Bronco had their windows down and just waved at the boys. I'm not sure they had any idea why my kids were so excited to see their car. I just laughed out loud! (Fred happens to be an extremely rusty car that is one of the main character's fans)