Big Girl!!!

Ella is turning into such a big girl! She thinks she is too big for her highchair and needs to sit at the table with her brothers. She has been climbing out of her highchair lately, so we decided to pull out Hudson's booster seat and give it a try.....she LO VES it!!! She sits with the family at the table and doesn't try to climb out- yeah! These pics are of her eating her supper from a bowl and using utensils for the first time!!! She did pretty good to be 14 months old! She definitely is growing up faster than I'd like for her to!

Happy Birthday Hunter!

My stepbrother's little boy, Hunter, celebrated his 2nd birthday yesterday. They had a "splash" party in the backyard with pools, a slip-n-slide, and outdoor toys galore. All 3 of the kids had a blast!! Ella hung right in there with her big brothers....she was slippin & sliden with the best of them. They were exhausted when we left and were asleep within seconds of us pulling out of the driveway! Happy Birthday Hunter!!

Hunter, The birthday boy!

The Cake!

Hudson slippin N sliden!

Brady slippin N sliden

Hunter relaxing in the pool!

Mary Katharine & Ella

Hudson's favorite toy!

Move Over Emeril!!

Back to School!

Brady started back to school today. He's in K4 at Park Place Christian Academy. He was so cute this morning when he was getting ready....I was telling him how he was such a big boy and how he gets to move upstairs this year and how much he's going to learn this year. He looked straight up at me with the sweetest look on his face and asked, "I'm I going to learn to read today?" It was soooo precious. He is just so eager to learn! I just hope he stays that way!

We have a new teacher this year, Mrs. Bass. Although his K3 teacher is one of a kind and will always be so dear to us, I really think he's going to have a good year with Mrs. Bass. She seems really sweet and full of energy (which is a big plus for teaching K4). He's growing up way too fast! I still cannot believe that he will be five in September. Someone, please tell me how five years can pass in just the blink of eye!

Jellystone Park

Today, some friends and I took our kids to Yogi Bear's Jellystone park which is a campground park on Pelahatchie Lake. It's about 15 minutes from my house and they open their facilities to noncampers as well. It's a nice campground area with a splashground (it's actually a large playground with geysers & slides in a small pool), a zero entry pool, a beach area & lake, paddle-boats, put-put golf, tennis courts, and a gameroom. Not only is this place clean and SUPER kid friendly, but it's also "pocket-book" friendly as well. It's $6 per person (on weekdays, $9 on weekends) and that covers everything!! They have a hay ride through the campground and supply you with water guns to shoot at the campers as they pass by....of course my kids thought that was great! Oh, yeah you can also bring a cooler with your own drinks, lunches, & snacks (once again, pocketbook friendly)! If you live in the area, I highly recommend you try it out.....it's definitely the best kept secret around!!! My kids had a blast.....Brady put it best, "tons and tons of water fun!" Needless to say, they were worn out when we left. No kidding, Hudson & Ella were asleep before we pulled out of the parking lot. I was able to get a picture of Ella in her bed once I transitioned her from the car to her crib.....she never budged! Here's some pics from our day!

Macaroni & Cheese, Please!

These pictures are from a couple of weeks ago, but I wanted to post them anyway. I meant to do it right after I took them, but somehow got distracted and then forgot about them. Anyway, I was feeding the kids lunch one day and walked out of the kitchen and into the laudry room to start a load of clothes (we're talking about maybe 15 feet from my kitchen). About 3 minutes later when I returned to the kitchen this is how I found Hudson:

So I walked into the kitchen and said, "Hudson, what are you doing?" His reply was, "Look at me Moma, I'm being silly!" I asked if his mac-n-cheese was too hot and he said "nope, I'm just being silly." He was actually standing in the refrigerator eating his macaroni & cheese, but the best part was he had no utensils.....just eating straight from the plate with his mouth!! Gotta love a kid who likes bring a little humor to the table (oh excuse me, refrigerator). He never ceases to make us laugh!!

Where's Ella?

Ella has become such a little "busy" body. She is everywhere and into everything!! Her two favorite pastimes seem to be putting whatever she can find in her mouth and climbing into or onto whatever she can find. Now, you would think she would follow her brother's around and do whatever they are doing....but, no it's just the opposite here. Ella will go M.I.A. for a few seconds and then we're off on a mission to find her and see what she's into now. As soon as we find her Brady and Hudson join her in her mischief. Here's a few pics of me catching Ella in a few of her adventures. In the past few days she has started climbing in the toy basket, climbing in the media cabinet, the bathroom cabinet, boxes in Andy's office, and my linen closet! Oh yeah, she even climbed into the shelf of laundry detergent at the store the other day! It's "triple the trouble" at our house....Oh the joys and laughter of three children ages 4 and under!!