Family Pictures

We hired a photographer a couple months ago and these are the pictures we got from our session with her. It's so fun to have new pictures of all of us together!

Happy 8th Birthday Dawson!

Dawson was so excited for his birthday that he counted down to it everyday since Christmas. I could ask him “how many days until your birthday?"... at any given time, and he always knew the answer. He never had to go count up the days. Now that's excitement! For his birthday we went to Chuck E Cheese as a family to party. He had decided on that months in advance. We all had fun playing games and eating pizza. He loved his birthday crown and was excited to open presents. He didn't ask for anything in particular so we just picked a few things out on our own. We gave him a spy gear briefcase full of secret codes, decoders, passports, a pen that is really a flashlight, binoculars, cell phone, etc. It was his favorite gift for sure. We also gave him a journal and a new baseball bat. (He loves his bat. He thinks it's sweet. But, he did say that it stinks that Easton's name is on his bat... ha ha! Said, "it's no fair that Easton's name is a brand"). We had the cake and ice cream at home. But hauled the presents to Chuck E Cheese, because he let us know that's it's not a birthday party at Chuck E Cheese if you don't take your presents there.

8 things you might not know about Dawson...

1. He loves school lunch. His favorite meal there is nacho's with beef and jalepeno's.

2. He is taking piano lessons.

3. He is a grizzly bear in the mornings.

4. He loves the book, The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog. It's been a fave for years.

5. He likes to take baths.

6. He loves Nike t-shirts... the one he is wearing on his birthday (yeah, he wears that every other day).

7. He is playing basketball and is an amazing ball handler... you should see him dribble the ball.

8. He hates to sleep alone. When he has to he does it with the light on.

We love our Dawson!

rollerblades

After Christmas Dallon and Dawson used their Christmas money from Grandma and Nama to buy rollerblades. When Dawson first bought them I don't think he thought he would be able to do it. After owning rollerblades about a week Dawson was feeling pretty good about his new skill. He was bragging himself up. Feeling pretty cool and talking smack to me. Saying… “Are you sure you used to roller blade mom? There is no way you could rollerblade as fast as me.”Then I would comment back about how good I used to be and say things like… “I was a speed skater”… just meaning I could go really fast. (I knew he would like that because he always says he has a speed scooter - it's a scooter that goes real fast). It was obvious he didn't think I could do anything as cool as rollerblade. After going back and forth for days I started to think I was going to have to buy me some blades. So, I did. (My mom used to rollerblade with us kids and I thought she was so cool. I kept thinking about her and how fun she was. I want to be that kind of mom… the fun kind that gets out and plays and acts silly. Who cares if I fall down or look dumb. Let the neighbors laugh right? ha ha). So we went tot the store to buy me a pair of rollerblades. All the boys went with me. You should have seen how excited Dallon and Dawson were that day. We have had so much fun rollerblading together over the last month and a half. I have proven my skating skills to Dawson. Dallon never doubted my talent - sweet boy. Sometimes we just go rollerblade around the neighborhood while Easton naps. Other times we’ve went to the school parking lot. It’s been lots of fun. Every spare second Dawson has he spends rollerblading. He has almost worn his wheels down to nothing in just a month.

At Dallon's basketball games the warm up is an hour before the game starts. So Dawson and I took our blades and skated outside in that area before the game. That was our favorite place we've bladed so far. We are definitely going to do that again. We got these two pics that day. Easton actually took this one of our feet for us. Dawson would skate with me every day if I could.

Dawson said...

"Mom, I can't stop thinking about it!" (with a big smile on his face) I said, thinking about what Dawson? He said... "my baptism day. I am so excited about it that I can't stop thinking about it."

Isn't that cute? He is getting baptized on feb. 19th and he can't wait!

everything is better with your best friend by your side...

I love this little picture. This is how we've gotten Easton thru the last few days of breathing treatments. Easton loves to have Curious George do a breathing treatments when he does. Easton has been sick for a month or so. Two times having strep throat and now bronchiolitis. I can't wait until the little guy feels better.

sew excited

I got a sewing machine for Christmas. It was a total surprise. I used to sew years ago... but it's been a long time, so I'll have some learning to do. I went to my first sewing class last night (3 classes came with the machine). I learned how to thread the machine, the bobbin, and figured out the basics of using my machine. I tried out several different stitches. That's right... I'm a beginner. But I'm excited to learn. And hope that sometime soon I'll be making some fun things. I want to find some fun fabrics. Anyone have some favorite sites you shop at online for neat fabrics?