"Yookin" For A New Bike

Ryan has grown soooooo much in the past few months. One of the MANY things he has outgrown is his bike. He LOVES his bike (remember he wore holes in his tires). Saturday before Taylor's basketball game we went past the bike shop to "test" ride a few. Tay and I stayed in the car cause it was only suppose to "take a minute." I know better than that!!! Will in a bike shop could take HOURS.

We had been waiting about 15 minutes when I noticed movement out my window...it was Ryan riding a bike. It made me laugh so hard because he looked like a little munchkin on a oversized bike. He didn't have his helmet so he was being overly cautious especially for him. He was so excited with himself for riding such a big bike.

We did not purchase the bike that day but my guess is he will find himself a new love for Valentine's Day!!!

Wordless Wednesday In 3-D

It was so funny to see everyone looking at the tv with their glasses on during halftime of the Super Bowl!

Wordless Wednesday~The Wicked "Warlock" of the West...

has FINALLY fallen asleep!

Check out other Wordless Wednesday pics at...where else Wordless Wednesday!

Picture Tag and 100th POST!

I got picture tagged by Melissa at My Little World: Choo-choos, cars & lipgloss. This is an extra special post too! Not only did I get tagged by a new friend in the blogging world but it also turns out to be MY 100th POST! I am so excited that they both ended up being at the same time because one of the things I wanted to get out of blogging was to meet new people and here I am being tagged by a new friend due to blogging and stalking others blogs ") Thanks Melissa!


So, here are the rules for the Picture Tag:




1) Choose the 4th folder where you store your pictures on your computer


2) Select the 4th picture in the folder


3) Explain the picture


4) Tag 4 people to do the same




So, here it is...I started to laugh so hard when I opened the folder and counted over 4 pics. This is Ryan at Halloween last year. They were praying at preschool before snack time and apparently being Yoda and "using the force" can tire little ones out!



Thanks Melissa for the trip down memory lane!

From me to these wonderful bloggers:

• Dee at Two of A Kind, Working on a Full House
• Ali at Home of the Lazy Dog
• Lynn at The Blair Family
• Lolli at The Essary Family
  

Enjoy ladies and all the rest of us will be waiting to see what you find behind folder #4!!!

***After having to look closer at my picture folders I did notice how HORRIBLY messy and out of order mine are. So, I guess I have some organizing to do. ***

Even Like This?

Today Ryan climbed into my lap and I said to him "I love you sooo much that I could kiss you all over!" And his reply...

"Even if I looked like this?"

Laughing hysterically I replied "Yes" and quickly grabbed the camera!

{Believe}

**Remember to pause the music at the bottom of the page before hitting play on the video.

**We were going down the gravely road when he was singing so he sounds a little jiggly! :)

Apparently Mrs. Bray, the music teacher at Keene Riverview was teaching the kids great Christmas carols with a little twist. My son learned from Brock and Will this rendition of Santa Claus is Coming to Town! I'm sure in the future there will be things that he will learn from those two boys that we won't be so proud of so we must post about the good stuff too! It is so wonderful to have older friends to learn from!!!!!

What a wonderful thing to have young ones around at the holidays! It would be very quiet and boring without their excitement and joy!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Thank Goodness For Little Boys???

Ryan has been testing my every nerve these last few weeks. Up until then I didn't think it was possible for him to be anymore of a turkey...but he has proven me wrong!

I know as a teacher that when the students start acting up we blame it on the upcoming holiday or the change in weather, which is what I could do but what I really believe it is is 100% paybacks from the man upstairs for the way I behaved as child! My mother has been warning me and her warnings have now turned into nothin' but reality!

Here are just a few of the things Mr Ryan has been doing, there are MANY more but I am trying to block at least some of them out of my mind.

Last Thursday Ryan announced to me as we were getting ready to leave for school "I think I'll skip school today." I looked at him with the motherly "What the????" He looked me straight in the eyes smiling and said "It's not like anyone will find out." I had to give him the mother/teacher talk about why we ALL go to school. He listened then said "It's not like I would get into lots of trouble if they found out." I absolutely have lost control of my five year old!

That same day (after I got him to school) he was holding his pencil incorrectly (what is new!?!?) He will not listen to me when I talk to him about holding it right so his teacher, Mrs. Courtney sat down next to him walking him through (for the trillionth time) the right way to hold it. I looked over at him and he wasn't even looking down at his hand. He was looking straight ahead and I noticed a small roll of the eyes as Mrs. Courtney was talking to him. I wanted soooo badly to pick him up by his little ear and drag him out of the building. But I remembered that 1. It wasn't my classroom and 2. I probably didn't need Child Protective Services at my door.

This morning he told me that he really does like school. He said he could list his 3 favorite things about it. In my mind I was really hoping I would get a list of WONDERFULLY educational things. A mother can wish can't she!?!? This was his list:

1. Recess
2. Snack
3. Free Choice Time

As a teacher this is what I heard:

1. Socialize
2. Stuff my face and socialize
3. Socialize

I am so in for it with this wonderful boy that the Lord has blessed us with. I know you are all thinking how cute his list really is and that it is not only a typical boy but just a typical child at this age. I also know I am not suppose to compare children but Taylor NEVER talked this way about school. She couldn't get enough and still can't. She SOOOOO did not get that from me. I guess she is much more like her father and I guess RyJack is just "a bit" like ME. Please pray for us...it will be MANY, LONG years to get him through school!

When In Doubt...

Root for BOTH!

This is the look of a very MIXED-UP and FRUSTRATED BOY!

Imagination: FOUND!

Today Ryan came to me asking to help him get into his Air Force Pilot outfit. I started to giggle because this was his Halloween costume from at least two years ago! I knew there was NO WAY it was going to fit him. But, he wanted it on anyways. So, once we got him dressed he looked like a pilot waiting for a flood!

That was not the funniest part of this dress up adventure...he then wanted his winter snow boots from the top of his closet. As I was putting them on him I said "These are the coolest moon boots ever!" He replied, "Moon boots? I thought they were snow boots.? I guess I am going to the moon on my flight today." I thought I was going to fall off the bed I was laughing so hard. He then ran off to play...

I then found him on my bed dressed, still in all the previous gear I had put on him, along with his Seahawk helmet, Prosser Mustang chin strap, one gardening glove, and one Old Navy sock as the other glove (he said he couldn't find the matching gardening glove). It was absolutely the most adorable thing I had ever seen. I am amazed each day at the things he finds to entertain himself. I was a bit concerned he was missing a strong imagination...apparently I was very, very wrong!

"So Not Simple!"

So I found a couple friends with their cool family blogs and I thought..."I can so do that!" Well, two days later I am still pulling my hair out just trying to pick a template and colors to start this "fun" hobby. Hopefully with a little time tomorrow I might actually have some pictures up and half-way look like a real blogger.