The Big "Six"

Last month went ridiculously fast!! Time always slips away during the holidays. I have a lot of updating to do, so this post will be brief...

Well, Braxton is officially six years old. 

Isn't he cute ;)

His personality has changed so much in the last year. He is definitely ALL boy. He loves to draw and is actually pretty good. He has discovered LEGOS....you know, the teeny tiny kind that make you want to say bad things when you step on them. :) He loves to torture his sisters and has officially learned to tie his shoes. He likes to play "Zombies", thank you Daddy for introducing him to The Walking Dead and he is, obviously, diligently working to become the class clown. He has a kind heart and he loves his family. He is my baby boy and most of the time, I love being his Mommy. :)

It's hard to believe that my baby is already half way through his Kindergarten year. The time is flying!! He's finally getting a little taller. Lol!! We are finally up to 5T people!!!!

He had his birthday party a week early, thank you dumb Thanksgiving birthday, but he didn't care. It was, by far, the best turn out we have had to date. He originally wanted a Hulk birthday party, but I couldn't find Hulk stuff anywhere!!! So, last minute as always, I took him to the store to pick out something else and he found pirate stuff. It was sooooo cute!!!!!! I may have suggested, heavily, that pirates were super cool.... ;)

Quick pictures....

PRESENTS!!!

 

CAKE!!!

GAMES!!!

 

FAMILY!!!

He's usually quite the stinker at his parties, but he had a lot of fun this year.  We are truly blessed to have such great friends and family to share these special moments with.

He's growing up so fast and I just can't seem to keep up!! I love this little boy so much and he will always have a special place in this momma's heart!!

Happy 6th Birthday, my precious son!!!!!

"Procrastinate" Is My Middle Name

WOW.....

I am soooo far behind, it may be impossible to catch up.

Let's go back and finish up October....we went to the pumpkin farm for our church's family night mid-October. I think they all had the most fun this year than any other. Madison is finally old enough to really enjoy everything. So lots of fun pictures!!

Taking a ride on the cow train :)

Braxton was a little too small and Kyle was a little too big....the compromise, HILARIOUS!!

What is that random body-shaped shadow almost completely covering Madison???? Epic Fail :(

The BEST part of the day was the dirt hill slide

They started getting creative on their trip to the bottom. Lol!!

Funnel Cake break

:)

Me and my honey :)

This is the closest to country as we get.

Another highlight of the day was going through the obstacle course. I took way more pictures than I could morally upload in a single blog post, but these were some of my favorites...

Needless to say, Bailee really struggled getting across the rope course. Lol!!

Took a lot of convincing, but she finally did it :)

I think he may have gotten a little off course, but I love this picture!!

In a sequence of 5 pictures, Kyle just got beat by a five year old :)

Crawling through the tunnel....which for some reason Bailee thought was hilarious :)

Love my little lady :)

Braxton said, "I don't think so. I'll get my own." Bwhahahahaha!!

And, of course, we had to get a pic in the huge cow chair :)

Farewell Maxwell's!! Until next year....

 A huge shout out to the owners of Maxwell's for giving families the opportunity to make such special memories in a fun and safe way!!

After that, Halloween snuck up QUICK!!! We had our Fall Festival at church and then Trick-or-Treating the very next week.

Left to right...Russian Nesting Doll, Jelly Beans, Snow White and a Ninja

My little cuties

My big cuties

Super-mom and her little pirates

Kenzie and her nerdy friend...Lol!!

Snow White and Ariel

On Halloween, we went to my parent's house before we started Trick-or-Treating.
And, of course, my dad dressed up in his famous Albert Einstein costume.
Not sure why kids are completely terrified by Albert Einstein, but they are forever traumatized for sure.

The kids don't know my dad is behind them...

Until they turned around...Lol!!

They got their candy from Mimi and Papa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 They went Trick-or-Treating door to door, which was a first, in my parent's new neighborhood. It was INSANE!!! Like something you would see in a movie!!! They were trick-or-treaters EVERYWHERE!!! Once they filled their buckets, we went home. This momma was pooped!!

We also managed to carve a pumpkin in there somewhere too. Things were crazy this year, so we decided on carving a family pumpkin.

Letting them clean out the inside was HILARIOUS!!!

Let's Get This Party Started!!

I don't think we are cut out for gutting pumpkins....hahahahaha!!!
And after that, Braxton said, "No thank you."

I am glad to say that they survived with all of their appendages still intact. 

The kids and Pirate Pierre 

And there you have it folks! A ridiculously long post and a retarded amount of pictures thanks to my ability to procrastinate!!

I will do better! I promise!!!

WaCkY WeDnEsDaY!!

It's just another Sunday afternoon. I am sitting here blogging while everyone else takes a nap and I in between loads of laundry. Oh, laundry....my nemesis...

Anyway, I am still on my little mission to catch up on here. I haven't skipped any major happenings though.

The kids had their first Wacky Wednesday at church. They dress up all crazy (my kids do anyway) and meet up at the church to eat dinner before regular class time.

They usually have a special project they work on together also. The main thing I hear them talk about is when they do Snack Pack for Kids. They put together these packs of snacky food that they later pass out at various schools for kids that may not get a good meal over the weekend. Isn't that sad to think about? We talk about these missions that people participate in for third-world countries that are starving to death and that is GREAT!! I think that is necessary to help those that can't help themselves since we are such a wealthy nation. The statistics are absolutely shocking on the number of child deaths there are in this world just from malnourishment and starvation alone!! But sometimes our efforts to help people that seem "out of sight, out of mind" and desperate halfway around the world distracts us from the poverty right here in front of us. We do think of ourselves as the wealthiest nation in the world and I'm not sure if that is 100% correct, but we are pretty darn close to it if not. And yet, we have just as big of a crisis than any other country! How could this be?! It is heart breaking to think about. These are people, a lot of them children, that are in an arms length away from us! This is the United States of America and we have children, HELPLESS children, going to bed hungry every night!!! Just unbelievable.....so, Wacky Wednesday!! Our Children's Minister is such an amazing lady. Just a true gift from God. She has joined efforts with this organization and has involved our youth to teach them such a vital life lesson. So once a month, the kids come together to pack snack packs for hungry kids in our community. Helping one child at a time. I am not a millionaire by any means, but I feel so guilty knowing we could make such minute sacrifices in our family that would probably not even effect our daily living at all and make such a huge impact in our community. Definitely time for our family to sit down and make some changes.

Now, off of my soap box....while we are on the subject of changes, I am proud to say that our chore chart is still going strong and has become pretty successful. We had our first dip into the prize box and it made their hard work seem worth it. Now I am not being some ridiculous parent that puts gift cards or fancy gadgets in there to keep their interest. Madison was the first one to fill up her chart and she chose a 50 cent color pad and Braxton chose a clicky pen. Nothing fancy at all, just a simple thank you for contributing to our family. :)

The girls completed theirs several days later, but were not impressed with the idea of me taking their picture....

Not a whole lot more to update at this point, but we are getting ready to head to Maxwell's Pumpkin Farm tonight. A new family tradition we started two years ago. So, be prepared for my next post....ridiculous amount of pictures, I tell you! Ridiculous!!!