Happy 4th Birthday Parker

Today my baby turned four. Parker is such an interesting kid. He is definately a one of a kind type of kid. I LOVE him dearly, but to say the least he's been a difficult child (I think he's a bit OCD-for real). He pretty much thinks that the purpose of my existence is to wait on him 24/7. I AM NOT JOKING!!!! And, just when I think he's asleep after a long day, he yells, "MOM!!!" then tells me a list of things he needs before he can go to sleep. Gosh, it sounds like I don't like him. I really do! I love this monster child so so much. He keeps me laughing all the time and definately keeps me on my toes. I never know what to expect with him. Every moment is an adventure. I don't know what he is going to grow up to be, but he is a VERY smart little boy and he definately knows how to get what he wants. This year he started preschool (the one at the school I teach at) and it works out perfect because the bus picks him up at his sitters and brings him to my school. I LOVE seeing him in the halls and love the hugs he gives me when I sneek into his classroom for a quick visit. After school he just comes to my classroom and hangs out until 3:30, then we go home. It's funny to watch this little tiny kid with a great big backpack on, hop off of the huge school bus, with a gigantic smile on his face. He LOVES his preschool. Here are Parkers top five things he loves:

1-To be outside ALL THE TIME.

2-Cereal-for breakfast, lunch, and dinner if I'd let him.

3-Jaxon-they play so good together.

4-To be in the middle of Tyson and I, we can never sit by each other without him crawling between us.

5-To go to Papa Jay's for a treat.

Building "Bob" the Snowman with his cousins.

Ice skating on Jaxon's B-day in January.

Parker and his best buddie and cousin Eli.

Whenever Parker knows I want to take a picture of him he pulls some funny face. My mom was doing pictures of the kids last week and he kept pulling these faces. She was getting very frustrated with him, but that is just Parker.

He got a bike for his B-day, now if it could only warm up so he could go ride it.

We colored Easter Eggs on his B-day. It's fun to see how creative he is. The old me would help him do it the right way/my way, but I have learned to watch and enjoy their creativity, which hasn't been easy for me to do.

There's that face again, don't ya love the Christmas wrapping paper, I'm not good in that area. Tyson is in Boise on Parker's B-day, so we let him open his presents a day early.

Another silly face, but I LOVE this picture.

I refuse to spend $20+ on a B-day cake, so here is my work. Not much, but he's happy with it.

We've felt guilty about Tyson being gone on his B-day, so we've had like a week of celebrating. Boondocks, Lava, the movies, and tonight family is comming over for cake & Ice-cream.

Happy Birthday Parker!!!!!! I LOVE you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy BIrthday to Jaxon

Jaxon turned 8 today and I can't believe it. He is so excited to be baptized. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this kid! I love it when he crawls in bed with me and snuggles me. I love it when he sees me in the hall at school and gives me a big hug (I hope he NEVER grows out of that). I love to watch him play. He is very creative and has an interesting imagination. I love that he is such a good big brother and for the most part is very patient with Parker. I love that he has a desire to learn new things and loves to read books that teach him new things. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this kid!!!!!!!!!!

I LOVE that he learned how to mow the lawn this summer.

We let him sleep with Parker over Christmas break and it was fun to listen to them talk as they were trying to fall asleep. I hope they will always be best friends.

SICK of sick!!!!!

Ok, I hate to complain about having a sick kid, because honestly we have been blessed with good health in our family and I am really grateful for that, but Jaxon has had to miss lots of fun stuff because he's sick so much. It all started the day he was born, what a rough start, then because of that he has such weak fragile lungs and it seems like he catches EVERYTHING!!!!! This bad air is really making it hard for him. Anybody know of a good miracle vitamin or something that I should be giving him for that extra boost that he really needs right now??? I'm going to try Reliv (I think that's how you spell it). If any of you know of something good please let me know because I am really tired of this and he is more tired of it than I am. This weekend it was the croup and now strep throat. YUCK!!!!!!!!!! But-like I said, I know things could be much worse and I am very thankful that they aren't!!!! Also, I am thankful that I live NOW because there are medications that can make things much better. Whenever he gets sick I can't help but thing of the people who lived long ago, or the pioneers comming across the plains that had to just watch helplessly as their children died. What would they have given to the meds that we have now???