Sunday, May 31, 2009

Orange you Excited???

This weekend we celebrated Landon's fourth birthday! We are so excited for the blessing of excellent health and lots of fun this past year! He is getting so big and loves life.
We had an "orange" birthday party for him... this was his request for months! When I'd ask him what kind of cake he wanted, he'd answer, "An orange cake with an orange truck on it." So that is what he got!
We had a great time with some family that traveled in from Houston, as well as new friends in Houston.
Here's the cake:



Landon being silly. Imagine that!



With one of his numerous cousins:




Sunday, his actual birthday, we went to Bass Pro Shop after church. Landon "deerly" loves this place!





We are so lucky to have such a great guy in our lives.

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

The children are...

Landon is...
...almost 4! So hard to believe that this TALL boy is the same one who made his debut at 10 pounds, 10 ounces almost 4 years ago.

...playing T-ball. He loves it one game, won't play the next! (one game, he hit the ball, then went and sat in a chair and closed his eyes, saying, "I don't want it!"




...OBSESSED with the Rodeo. Ask anybody who has been around us in the past 2 months, and they will tell you. Everything is a bucking bull. Including the chair he sat on while doing a developmental assessment. It "bucked" him off more than once! He also got a HUGE goose egg last week from jumping off the deck. While mommy and daddy were gone. Thanks, Nicky and Mitzi, for taking care of him!

...FUNNY! He told our good friend Danae the other day to come in to his mommy and daddy's room- their door closed and locked. Ahem.

... so sweet. Yesterday morning while we were eating breakfast, he came around the table to me and hugged me and starting singing, "My favorite mommy, my favorite mommy," over and over again! It brought tears to my eyes. I told him that was my favorite song and he had to sing it to me everyday for the rest of my life!

Allie is...

... TWO! And I'm sure the neighbors know it by the fits she throws sometimes! Don't know where she gets that from.

...so feminine, and a tom-boy at the same time! She loves to have her toenails painted and then loves to plow over her brother like a bulldozer!

...talkative. When she decided to start talking, there was no going back! She loves to talk all the time, and I love hearing her sweet little voice. I love how she says, "uh-huh." It's hard to explain in writing, but it is just precious! I also love when I lay down with her for her nap and she wraps her arms around my neck and says, "Don't leave me!" Sometimes I don't.

...also funny. She told her Sunday school teacher the other day, "I like to move it!" Still cracks me up thinking about it.

... beautiful. Sometimes I just stare at her, and think, "She really is gorgeous." No bias here! :) Oh, and in case you were looking for the newest beauty tip, it is to cover your face with spaghetti sauce. Improves one's looks everytime!