Miley's Birthday

Miley turned three today, but she acts like she is five! She is growing up so fast, she loves being a princess! The other day she informed her grandma that her Dad calls her a princess! This year with Jon away working I was in charge of the cake. To help me I took some tips from the Betty Crocker how to video! Hopefully Jon is proud of what I was able to do, it turned out much better than my lady bug attempt!:)

Miley picked out her first princess doll! Along with the doll, she received many accessories to turn herself into more of a princess. Thank you everyone!

Earlier in the day we went to the pumpkin patch where the kids enjoyed picking the perfect pumpkin, climbing the hay tower and petting the animals, which included a reindeer!

Soccer

Today was Ryker's first soccer game of the season. This year he is number seven and this year they are the Sharks! His team did awesome. Towards the end we were starting to feel a little sorry of the other team. Ryker's team scored many goals, Ryker adding to the list and the other team scored two, and not until the last three minutes! Ryker loves to keep track of the score and is very proud when the other team doesn't score many goals. He's my little competitor!

First Day of School

Ryker counting down the minutes until school started!

My little boy is all grown up. I can't believe that he is now entering school....one in which I don't pay for monthly! He has been in school for a month now and absolutely loves it. I hope his love for school continues as he gets older. He enjoys the fact that there is something new to do everyday such as music, computer lab, library and his favorite PE!

Cadence is ONE

In May, Cadence turned one. I can't believe a year of her live has gone by already. Along with being one, she decided that she no longer wanted to crawl and she has turned into the biggest climber out of any of the children. She will climb into and onto anything she can. Jon once again made the cake and the kids loved decorating and eating their own creations!

Spring and Summer

Spring and summer has had many activities for the kids to do. Ryker played soccer and t-ball and loved every minute of it, especially when the coach pitched to him.

While planting the garden this year, Jon decided to teach Ryker how to drive the forklift. Ryker went one step further and paid close attention to how Jon started it. So not only can he drive it, he can start it as well, watch out dirt creatures here comes Ryker! Miley was along for the ride and Cadence enjoyed playing in the dirt.

Cadence

As the two older ones grow so does Cadence. I can't believe she will soon be one. In the past month she has grown so much. She loves to cruise around with her walker and her hair is starting to come in more. She might catch Miley, when it comes to hair growth!

She also loves to pretend that she can do what the other kids do. Here she is coloring with Ryker.

Birthmark

Also in March, Ryker started to notice that his birthmark had little white hairs growing on it. We consulted a plastic surgeon and were told that it was more likely to develop cancer than any other mole. Therefore we decided to have it removed. Ryker was very brave and after surgery needed very little pain medicine. The surgeon did a fabulous job and Ryker love to show people his scar that looks like a moon!

Before surgery, the mole was getting bigger and darker and we were starting to get more comments on it.

After surgery, the scar is less noticable and most of it is under the chin.

Ryker's Birthday

In March, Ryker turned five. I can't believe that I have a child old enough to go to school next year. It has been very interesting talking to other parents about what schools are good. Since he wasn't able to get into a charter school I have decided to place him in the year round school that we have here. Hopefully all goes well! Ryker loves being five, but now thinks he can do anything. If we tell him he's not old enough he always states, "But I'm five now." This year for his cake he wanted a dinousaur, which Jon did a really good job on. Ryker loves it when Jon works on a cake, especially if he allowed to help. I was allowed to help on this one.....until Jon decided my decorating skills weren't up to his standards, picky. picky!

Miley's Birthday

Since it has been so long since my last post there is much to update. First, in October Miley had her second birthday. Although, if you say she is two now, she gets very upset and informs you that she is 2 1/2. Her personality is getting stronger and stronger! She is very outgoing and will state her mind VERY LOUDLY. :)

Once again Jon was in charge of the cake, Miley loved the butterfly and the flower. The kids are now coming up with ideas of what he should make for Cadence's first birthday.