Kick-N-Gym

We signed Wesley up for Kick-N-Gym through our gymnastics center this winter.  He started on January 15th in the afternoons.  They learn karate for 35 minutes of the class and then 25 minutes they spend working on gymnastics.  His class has about 8 boys. We are unable to watch Wesley when he is learning karate, but he comes home and shows us everything he has learned.  They have a uniform that they have to wear for the karate portion.  He already loves it and can't wait til Wednesdays.

7 months old

January 8th the babies turned 7 months old. I guess with the holidays last month it feels like they just turned 6 months.  Both babies are feeling better; thank goodness last month was rough.  The babies eat solids during breakfast, lunch and dinner.  They have a bottle in the morning before breakfast, around 10:00, 1:15 and then at bedtime.  We have started them on finger foods this month.  They eat yogurt melts, cereal puffs and crackers.  They have also started practicing using their sippy cups. Luke and Evan wake up around 5:00 am and sometime will turn on their music and go back to sleep and sometimes not.  We usually get them out  of bed around 6 or 6:30 depending on how they are acting. They usually fall asleep for their first morning nape when we are take Wesley to school and then when we go pick him up.  They take an hour and half nap in the afternoons then go to bed around 7:30pm.

 The babies love to help you when you are working on the computer.  I walked away for just a second and Evan was beating on the key board when I returned.

 Luke and Evan love to listen to Wesley play the guitar.  If they are fussy during the day and Mark is at work Wesley will run and find his guitar and play a song for the babies, it quiets them quickly.  Evan found Wesley's hiding spot for his guitar.  

 Evan trying a Mum Mum for the first time.

 Luke trying a Mum Mum for the first time.

 Luke's favorite thing to do.

Luke doesn't think his feet need socks, he thinks they need to go in his mouth.

Wesley loves to help do anything with the babies.  Now that they are eating breakfast he wants to help, so one morning I let him feed Evan. He did a very good job and was very patient.

Evan loves to hold his toes when sitting up.  He is sitting up unassisted on the floor for a minute or so but still isn't able to do it for a long period of time. Evan is very close to crawling.  He will get on all fours rock and then throw himself down.  He is starting to pull himself around but not far. He says da da da da over and over and ba ba.  He loves all food that we give him.

It took a little while to get both looking at me and smiling.  It is getting harder and harder to keep them in the chair sitting still.

Luke up on all fours trying to crawl just isn't there yet.  He rocks back and forth then throws his body down and repeats over and over not going there. Luke loves to bounce in the exercauser.  He says ba ba and da da.  He loves to stick out his tongue and make noises. He is getting better at sitting but still not very confident.

Christmas 2013

This year we had Christmas early with Katie's side of the family. Chad and Christy hosted lunch this time.  We had yummy beef tenderloin, salad, asparagus corn and potatoes.  She also made a yummy homemade cheesecake.

Evan and Luke waiting to open presents after lunch.

Wesley was so excited that he got a set of wine glasses from his Aunt Christy and Uncle Chad.

Uncle Chad helping Luke open a present.

Luke and Evan's Grandma; Mema bought them these cute hats.  They didn't mind them for a minute or so then wanted them off.

A few days before Christmas we made our annual gingerbread house.  When Mark and Wesley opened the box they found that all the sides to the house were broken.  So they improvised and it turned out great.  Wesley loves to decorate these because he sneaks bites of the candy here and there.

Wesley's Pre-K class had a holiday party this year.  They sang a few songs, gave their teacher gifts and had a few snacks.

Christmas Eve morning we got the babies down and started making cookies for Santa.  We made homemade sugar cookies and then let Wesley ice them.  Wesley loves to cook in the kitchen so he was so excited when we started using the big mixer.

Grammy and Papa came over around noon that day.

Wesley loved decorating the cookies.  He would accidentally get icing on his fingers so that he could lick it off.

This was Santa's cookie.  They made it extra big so he would have enough to eat.

 We left the babies with Grammy and Papa and headed to Christmas Eve Church service that afternoon.  When we got back and had dinner it was time to get the reindeer food scattered on the front lawn.

 Evan and I watched from inside as Wesley put out his reindeer food.

 Wesley gathered Santa's cookies and celery for the reindeer and had to taste Santa's milk before he headed off to bed.

 Wesley was soo excited that Christmas morning was finally here.  Once we got all the presents distributed to everyone he had to be the first to open a present.  Santa brought Wesley a beam box; which is a gaming system for the Transformer Rescue bots.

 Luke and Evan playing with one of their new toys.

 Santa brought the twin a car to play in and they both love it.

Wow what a busy day.  We are very blessed to have such a great family.  Can't wait to see what the new year has in store for us. 

Wesley's 5!!!

On Sunday, December 22nd Wesley turned 5.  It seems like the past 5 years have pasted by so quickly. He woke up to find his hallway decorated and the kitchen table decorated. Wesley wanted to keep it up for over a week.  

 Before we headed to church that morning there were a few small presents for him to open. His Uncle Cody, Aunt Anna and cousins sent him a ninjago lego and movie.  He loves legos.

 For breakfast Mark made him pancakes with sprinkles and chocolate chips and a side of bacon.

Wesley, Evan and I putting together his birthday lego. 

Over the past year Wesley has become quit a helpful, smart and energetic boy.  He loves to use his imagination to build different cars, objects, people with Legos.  He loves to run around the house and be crazy.  He loves school, his brothers and God.  Every year we ask Wesley the same questions and then will make a book for him when he gets older.  He know about 20 sight words and is eager to learn more.  He loves to paint and draw. Here are his answers……

What is your favorite color?  Blue

What is your favorite toy?  Legos

What is your favorite fruit? Cuties

What is your favorite TV show? Ninjago, Paw Patrol and Octonauts

What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch?  Chicken nuggets

What is your favorite sport to play?  soccer

What is your favorite game? Hopskotch

What is your favorite snack?  Fruit snack

What is your favorite animal? Zebra and Monkey

What is your favorite song? Cruise

What is your favorite book? Ninjago, Clifford and Ninja Turtle

Who is your best friend?  Chase

What is your favorite cereal? Trix

What is your favorite thing to do outside?  Help Daddy mow the grass

What is your favorite drink? Lemonade

What is your favorite holiday? Easter because Jesus Christ died on the cross

What do you like to take to bed with you at night? Charlie

What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Chocolate Chip waffles  

What do you want for dinner on your birthday? Steak

What do you want to be when you grow up? Fire Fighter

Wesley's 5th birthday party

This year we celebrated Wesley's 5th birthday party at Bouncin Craze.  He had several friends come to celebrate his birthday. When he woke up he was so excited to see presents waiting for him to open from us and Katie's parents and cousins.

This is one of his favorite presents from his party.

He loves to do science experiments so we got him a science experiment book.  He was very excited and wanted to do one.

Party room at Bouncin Craze

Birthday boy

Maybe one day he will look at the camera and smile.

He wanted Ninja Turtle cupcakes for his party.

Everyone eating pizza. You can't have a Ninja Turtle birthday without pizza.

Wesley blowing out his candles.

Opening presents.

Every year we let a few balloons go with our email address and hope that someone will find them and email us.

Watching the balloons go up in the air. We are so proud of Wesley and all the things he has learned.