Lately!

Anderson had Western Day at his school. He was very excited to dress up and proceeded to wear his boots (which were borrowed from a sweet friend) ALL DAY LONG. He mastered "YeHaw" complete with a tip of the hat very quickly!

Anderson LOVES having his friend Nathan over to play. The afternoons when he comes for a visit are literally the highlight of Anderson's week. They play really well together and it's so much fun to watch them.

Everett is still into everything, literally. On this particular morning, it was the left-opened pantry door. Those boxes filled with rolls of funny paper were just too much to resist!

Spring rain means umbrella time!

What 3 year old doesn't love getting to use an umbrella and raincoat?

Anderson's 3rd Birthday Party

Since Anderson is obsessed with all things Disney Cars, he requested a Lightening McQueen party this year. We held his party at Pump It Up, which is a large inflatable, jump-house facility. In the weeks leading up to his party, Anderson had so much fun helping me prepare everything. He loved putting the names on his friends' goody-bags, he loved talking about the food we were having, and picking out his cake was so exciting. Here are some pictures from the fun!

A family trip down the giant slide!

Daddy, Anderson & Everett coming down the slide

Aunt Reagan & Everett

Anderson & his buddy Brody Anderson's Cupcake Cake

Some of the Cars Snacks

Tire Donuts

Cake Time! Presents at home Anderson & Everett's birthday gift from Mommy & Daddy

Anderson's 3rd Birthday Interview

Q: What is your name?
A: Anderson

Q: How do you spell your name?
A: A-D-E-R-S-O-N

Q: What animal do you like?
A: zebra, giraffe

Q: What is your favorite color?
A: blue

Q: Where do you like to go?
A: library, toy store

Q: What store do you like to go to?
A: grocery

Q: What do you like to play?
A: fire trucks, scooter, toys, garbage trucks

Q: What do you like to do outside?
A: bark like Riley, throw the football

Q: What do you like to do with daddy?
A: fix the racecar

Q: Where does Daddy go during the day and what does he do?
A: work - play

Q: What do you like to do with Mommy?
A: play Mater Fishing Game, play in the ball pit

Q: What does Mommy do all day?
A: Put on clothes

Q: Who are your best friends?
A: Brody, Nathan, Phoebe, Mommy, Daddy, Carter, Kate

Q: What do you like to do with your friends?
A: play with garbage trucks

Q: What is your favorite Bible story?
A: Jesus

Q: What do you do when you are three years old?
A: eat cake

Q: Where do you live?
A: Carrollton

Q: What food do you most like to eat?
A: bananas, dinner, strawberries, candy

Q: What do you like to drink?
A: lemonade, orange juice, milk

Q: Where do you go to school?
A: With my lunchbox

Q: Who are your teachers?
A: Miss Ann, Miss Leslie, Miss Yolanda

Q: What is your favorite song?
A: Life is a Highway, Mickey’s Counting in the Clubhouse

Q: What is your favorite book?
A: Lightening McQueen Rhyme Time

Q: Who is in your family?
A: Carter, Kate, Grammy, Boots, Daddy, Mommy, Riley, Everett, Nana B, Grandpa Billy, Ryland, PaPaw, Grandma Ellen

Q: What do you want to do when you get bigger?
A: Be 3, eat my cake, be a Lightening McQueen Driver

E and his love of TP

I'm serious- you turn for 1 minute with this guy and he's into something. Tonight, it was after his bath. Everett was out of the tub and dried off, so I stepped into his room to get his diaper and PJs ready. What did I find when I came back into the bathroom (literally 10 feet away)? My little Everett had unrolled all the toilet paper while Big Bro just sat there and laughed about the whole deal.

I do always have my IPhone playing on Pandora's Toddler Folk Songs (I highly recommend!) station during bath/PJ time, so I was able to easily grab it and take a video. The funny thing, though, is that after I finished recording and went to clean up the mess, I noticed that a large area of the toilet paper had a large, wet, yellow area in it. Yes, Everett must have thought that large mass of toilet paper made for a nice diaper. I laughed, but was very thankful that he peed in the toilet paper rather than on the floor!

Oh, Everett Everett Everett....

This little boy is into everything. If there's a drawer, door, or cabinet to be opened, he'll be right there. The other day Everett was playing in his room while I put some toys away in Anderson's room. While he was only out of my sight for about 3 minutes, this is what I walked back into his room to see: Yes, he had opened his pajama drawer and emptied it out piece by piece and then thought it looked like the perfect place to crawl inside. So, I got him out, cleaned it all up. A few minutes later, he's at it again, only now we're in the middle drawer: The next day, I caught him in action again! This time it was the kitchen cabinet. Those towels just HAD to come out! Luckily, what I have not captured on film is Everett's favorite place to "get into". The toilet. Yes, he's fascinated. I've found him with those little hands inside a few times now. (With a potty-trained 3 year old, we can't put one of those fancy toilet locks on the potty!) He also LOVES toilet paper! Pulling it, tearing it, eating it, dragging it. So, the bathroom doors in our house are now closed at all times. Anderson has sweetly started echoing what he must hear often throughout the day: "No no, Baby."

At Least We Know His Head is Safe!

Anderson has taken to wearing his Lightening McQueen helmet quite often- most often when he's not riding his scooter. I think he feels like it's a super-cool hat!

At the park- actually a pretty handy place to be wearing a helmet!

Out to dinner- here we looked like the crazy parents who let their child dress themselves. What you don't see is that he's also wearing his bright yellow crocs and a shirt with a large piece of broccoli on it. Quite the sight!

St. Patrick's Day Fun

Grammy with her two Charmers

Anderson & Brody hitting the slides
Anderson on the hunt for gold left by the leprechaun
He collected quite the sweet stash!
Cupcakes!

Everett & Grammy

Brothers swinging

My happy cutie pie!

My handsome big boy!

Everett loves the swing!