First Day of PreSchool

Wade is starting his first year of school this year, and I couldn't be more excited!  And by excited, I mean:  nervous, thrilled, scared, worried, happy, tearful, emotional, anxious, and eager.  :)  Wade is my oldest (as you know!) and everything with him has been unexpected.  As with any first child, you walk blindly as you learn how to be a parent.  With Henry, I felt more confident and felt like I knew what I was doing.

Anyway, Wade started preschool and I wasn't sure how he would react.  When I started preschool, I cried every.single.day.  The teacher would call my mom after she dropped me off to tell me that I was fine and playing with friends because my mom would leave upset because I was upset.  I now have the ability to relate to my own Kindergarten parents when they drop off their precious child and leave him/her in my hands for the entire day.  But, with Wade, he was **thankfully** not like his mother in this aspect.  He LOVED and still loves preschool.  I couldn't ask for a better start to his schooling.  He was actually mad that next morning because I was getting to go to school and he had to take a day off (he only goes every other day).

Every day that he comes home from school, he sings me the new songs he's learned, show me his folder filled with crafts he made, and tells me all the funny things his teacher did.  He is soaking it all up- and loving every minute!

So, here are some pics of his first day of school.  Enjoy! :)

 When you put 2 boys together in front of the camera... they start acting silly :)

 ROBOTS!

 MUSCLES!

 STATUES!

 Mom and Wade on both our first days of school.  *It was my first day of school too- so I wasn't able to take him on his first day.  BOO!!!*

 Can you tell it was a little teary (for me) Obviously, he's excited! haha :)

 Walking in (I had to bribe Ben to take some pictures!)  :)

 Knocking on the door :)  He didn't even want Ben to walk in- he was sooo ready to do this! :)

My boy is growing up!  Where did the time go??!!  I love you Wade Benjamin! 

Sleepover

Wade has his first sleepover a few weeks back.  He wanted to have his friend, Caleb, over.  I was on Christmas break, so it worked out!

We picked Caleb up, got Little Caesar's Pizza, and went home to let the fun begin!  Here's some pics to highlight the fun:

  Playing with ViewMasters- a gem of a find at GoodWill!  Who needs iPads or Wii games???  ha :)

Playing with the Nerf disc shooters-

I think they were telling me to STOP TAKING PICTURES because they attacked me with nerf discs.

It's a HIT!

Time to wind down with a movie... Ratatouille.

What do you get when you add about 7 blankets, an 8 ft banquet table, and some pillows??? 
.............AN AWESOME FORT!!!!!

Time to brush your teeth! Caleb insisted on Wade trying his toothpaste because it was awesome. 

Time for bed!  Caleb has his mouse and Wade has his football.  :)

The next morning we made Christmas ornaments with salt dough. 

We had bacon, eggs, and pancakes for breakfast and Caleb said, "I don't know what you put in this bacon, but it sure is good!"  That just made me laugh :)

Wade and Caleb had so much fun! :)

Dream Pig

So, I was making dinner one night and asked Wade to put the clothes from the washer to the dryer.  Not a hard job- he's been helping me out with little things like this for a while- yes I have a BIG helper!! :)  Anyway, daddy ALWAYS leaves "money's" in his pocket- for who knows what reason, sometimes I think he likes watching Wade get excited about finding "money's" and intentionally puts coins in to make his day :)

Anyway, as I was making dinner- I hear a loud thud- but think nothing of it since both my boys are eager to let me know if something is wrong and I didn't hear anything.  So- I continue to make my dinner.

Next thing I know... I see Wade walking in to the kitchen and said "Mommy, I didn't mean to. I'm sorry."

Here's what I see: (I'll let the pics do the talking...)

My dream pig- I love this thing- We never really said what the money in the dream pig would be for- but it was always an exciting thing to put money into.  Ben would go play poker, and put his winnings in.  If I had extra money at the end of the week that I hadn't spent it would go in the dream pig.  Occasionally our tip money from bartenting would go in there.  It was also always fun to try to guess how much we had saved.  Here's what it looked like before the incident:

And that is what it looked like after...  Now, you might say "just glue it back together"  and to that I say - uh- no.  :)  The change in this thing was heavy, I mean, it was heavy for me... and to think that it nearly missed my son's little toes, scares me.  I'm so grateful that he hopped out of the way- otherwise, we would have a 4yr old with a cast on each foot... not my idea of a Merry Christmas :)
So, I'll look for something else to store my "dream" money in, but for now- my green tupperware is safe.  :)

Take me out to the ballgame...

My dad won tickets to a Reds game in September.... yes, I'm that far behind in my blogging... :)

Anyway, they were AMAZING seats, and he asked my brother, niece (Ava), Ben, and Wade to go with him.  I talked Ben in to taking my camera along to document the adventure:

Go Reds!

This was their view - no zoom :)  great seats!

Ben even got creative with the panoramic feature on my new camera.

Not sure why his hat was turned inside out... go figure??

They had private seats where a waiter came around to ask them if they wanted anything- Ben said it was pretty cool! :)  It was a once in a lifetime experience because we will never spring for expensive seats like that again.  If we go to a Reds game, it's the $5 nosebleed seats for us!  So, I'm glad Wade got to enjoy this game with papaw, daddy, Ava, and Uncle Kyle in style! :)

Happy Birthday, Wade!

My oldest turned 4... FOUR?!?! on October 25.  I can't even begin to know where all that time went.  He was such a good baby, is an awesome big brother, and just down right cool.  :)

We had his birthday party with family the same night we didn't Henry's birthday party... but here are some pics of his birthday morning:

 I want to start the tradition of a doughnut cake for birthday mornings.  cute, right?

I love you Wade.  You are the twinkle in my eye!  Always know that mommy loves you... to the moon and back!!!!  (Wade's knew thing is to say "love yous" with an "s" and he insists I say "love yous"  One time I just said "love you" and he said, "No!  love youSSSS"  Happy birthday big guy :)

Ahoy Matey

Wade went to a Pirate Party this past Friday at Christian's Kinderladen in Batesville, IN.  He went with some of my high school friends' kids.  Let me tell you, this was a super cute party, filled with cupcakes, a parade, goody bag, and a complete Halloween costume for this coming year! :) 

Here are some of the highlights:

Wade waiting for the fun to start... 

Andrew after he found the goodies in his bag:

Arrgg!

Painting a Treasure Chest!  Super cute! :)

Say CHEEEEESE!

Alaina- cute girly pirate!

The whole group.  We only know Wade, Andrew, and Alaina

Playing in the fountain along the parade through Batesville.

Mommy and Captain Wade!

After the parade, the pirates got to eat a cupcake at the Sherman House!

Sarah and Andrew, Me and Wade, Mandy and Alaina

Did someone say cupcake?!?  Arrg!

Super fun, and all for only $20!  Jackpot! :) They also have a Fancy Nancy party... too bad I don't have any girls!