Elmo Photo Shoot 10-10-11

So I threw on Cole's favorite Elmo shirt, thanks Aunt Stacie, and tried to get some Elmo photos for Cole's b-day invitiation.  Here are some of the favorites that didn't make the cut, but are still adorable.  Don't worry...we are not going crazy with the character theme party...The plan is primary color polka dots and stripes with a hint of Elmo. I promise.

Clear Lake Park 10-2-11

One Sunday we were headed to eat and we decided to stop by a new park to check it out.  Cole had a great time on all the new equipment.  He even found a girlfriend at the park...he said "Hello, baby" leaned in and gave her a kiss.  It was hilarious.

Weeeee

Throught the tunnel

Playing with grass

What is this?

Let me show you how it's done.



Waiting to slide down







Saturday Family Outing 9-24-11

Stephen and I like to take Cole to a local park on weekends.  Stephen has been prepping his hunting place for the past few weeks and a couple of weekends back he was in town so we took advantage of some family time and went to the park after breakfast.  Cole loved walking Rambo, a dog that we met, and we had some action on the pier, someone caught a huge sting ray.

On his way to the slide

Who is walking who?

Walking down the pier to check out the commotion

This thing was huge

Saying goodbye to Rambo

Weekend Get Together- 9-10-11

 A few weeks back we had few friends over for smoked chicken. The kids played outside, the boys watched sports, and the ladies watched the kids...the usual. Here are a few pictures of all the fun.

Stacie and Jake

Lisa and her new nephew, Luke

Cole and Dylan

Messy Face

Scrub-a-dub-dub

Let us out of here.

First Day of Preschool



1st day picture

 Today was Cole's first day at school. I think Stephen and I were more nervous than he was. The day started off a little rocky, but ended up as a blessing in disguise. I went downstairs at 6:15 this morning and my battery was dead. I woke up Stephen and we went downstairs to try to jump it and it was a no go. Still dead so...Stephen ran upstairs and got ready, we woke up Cole and threw him and his gear in Stephen's truck and headed to my school...together. I made it just as the tardy bell rang. Cole cried as I shut the car door and I lost it. I was already a little sad about him starting school today.

I had already planned on picking Cole up from school since I couldn't  take him to school that morning so Stephen came back to my work at 1:30 and we headed to the preschool together. When we arrived Cole was passed out on the nap mat...the only problem was that he had just fallen asleep five minutes before we arrived. I figured it would take a while to get used to sleeping in a group setting on a nap mat and I was right. They said that he laid down for a few minutes and then once everyone else fell asleep he tried to get up and walk around and wake up the other kids. The assistant director said she took him to the office and he "helped" her do some things. Eventually she brought him back and then one of the workers rocked him until he passed out and then moved him to the mat.

We took him home to put him down; he cried the whole way and then when we got home he cried another 30 minutes or so in his crib and only slept 45 minutes. What a day. He went to bed super early tonight. He was exhausted.

His report card was excellent despite the no nap. (He is his mother's son...teacher's pet.) It said he was in a happy mood all day, he loved dancing and singing, ate all of his lunch and was a great helper. 

Where are the worksheets?  We are ready to learn.

Labor Day Fun

This past weekend we had a great time spending time as a family.  Stephen was out of town for part of the weekend so Cole and I also got to spend some quality time together. Saturday Stephen was dove hunting so Cole and I headed to a birthday party in Katy.  Sunday after church and a nap, we went to get snow cones and headed to the park.  The weather was perfect.  We got lots of wind from the tropical storm that hit Louisana and a cold front came in and cooled us off.  On Monday we went to breakfast at our favorite taqueria and after Cole's nap we busted out the baby pool and Stephen smoked some chickens.  Here are a few pics from Labor Day.

Our newest friend

So...on our last trip to Dallas I forgot to pack Cole's DVD's.  We had the DVD player, but nothing to play on it.  We made it to Dallas, but Cole was a little bored so we decided to stop at the Wal-mart before we got on the road home.  The Wal-mart in Frisco was fresh out of Baby Einstein so I resorted to the $5.00 bin and found a couple of selections with music and singing that I figured Cole would enjoy.  This is where I went wrong.  Cole is now hooked to a new character because of this purchase....ELMO.  What was I thinking?  He always wants to watch the DVD and he now has a small stuffed Elmo as well as a new school bus with Elmo and his friends. 

The other DVD was also a hit.  It was a Curious Buddies, Nick Jr. DVD.  He calls it "baby" because there is a baby on the cover.  He also sometimes calls it "do" because they sing the scale and he likes to sign along.  Here is Cole, in our bed, watching his favorite DVD..though we now own four other Elmo DVD's that we have added to the collection.