A New Season of Life - Baseball and Whistling

Three Days Ago...

Cade finally learned to whistle......

and I also had this conversation with Luke...

Luke: "Mom, is today Wednesday?"
Me: "No, it is Monday"
Luke: "What day comes after Monday?"  After thinking for a minute he says "Oh yea, Tuesday"
Me: "Yep thats right, why?"
Luke: "And then the next day will be Wednesday and I will have my scrimmage game!!" (in a high pitched voice)
Me: Now I see where this is going..."Yes, you are right 2 more days until your game."
Luke:  Yeah!!!!

Repeat conversation a few more times throughout the day.

Two Days Ago:

Cade can STILL whistle and does EVERY chance he gets...this can get old after a while. :)  He whistles while he is getting ready, he whistles while he is playing, he whistles during dinner, he whistles at bed time....he is whistling all the time!!! :)

Luke and Cade are telling EVERYONE they come in contact with "Guess what, only 1 more day until my scrimmage game!!!" once again in very high pitched voices.

Luke asks if he could go ahead and lay out his baseball socks and uniform.  I said "honey, I know you are excited but we still have another day.  I think it is a little early to be laying out your uniform...."

Wednesday morning I was awakened at 7:45 by singing and... whistling.
Cade was whistiling his heart out while Luke was singing at the top of his lungs "today I get to play my scrimmage gaaaaaame!!  We are playing the Yaaaaaankees!!!"  Repeat, Repeat

They both had their uniforms laid out before they left for school yesterday morning... They. Are. Ready!!!

So we finally made it to Wednesday!  Last night was the big night and as you can tell they were super excited about their baseball scrimmage game.   Joe had them chanting on the way to the ball park "What time is it?" ... "GAME TIME!!!"  He told me he was just trying to get them pumped up....I don't think they really needed any help in that area!!!  I have to admit though, I was just as excited as they were.  I really have been waiting for this for a long time! I love watching all 3 of my boys out there together doing something they love and me and Allie cheering them on!!!

Can you see the excitement?!!

His favorite baseball pose!

His favorite pose!

Playing ball with their best bud!

Cheerleader Allie! :)

Waiting patiently for their game to start

The wild and crazy bunch in the dugout!

Luke in action!

Cade ready to catch the ball!

They had a great night and played very well!!  The umpire said it was the best T-ball team he had seen this season at the park!!!  :)  We were very proud of them!! Go Cubs!!! :)

Opening day and their first real game is Saturday along with their 5th birthday!! They will have lots of family and friends cheering them on and celebrating their bday so I am praying for no rain (70% chance as of right now :( )!! I will of course post pics of all the fun we have coming up!!!

Zip Lining

So I have been asking Joe to go zip lining with me for almost a year now.  He is afraid of heights and really not much of an adventure seeker so he never really wanted to do it.  Just out of the blue a few weeks ago, he decided that he actually thought it would be good for us to do something new and different and break out of the ordinary a little bit even if it meant conquering something he was a little hesitant about.  So he told me he would actually go zip lining with me.....I'm sure he didn't think we could make it actually happen within the following couple of weeks....

So about a week ago our amazingly wonderful friends, Joi and Robbie, asked if they could watch the kids for us so Joe and I could go out on a date for valentine's day.  Of course we said yes because we would be crazy to say no and then started making our plans!!  Joi and Robbie didn't exactly sign up for an all day adventure with the kids, but when I called and told them what we wanted to do they wonderfully agreed to come spend their ENTIRE Saturday with 3 crazy kiddos so Joe and I could go zip lining!!!  YEAH!!!!  What would we do without Joi and Robbie!!!

So on the coldest, windiest day we have had all winter.....we went up to North Georgia and went zip lining!!  We had sooooo much fun and we were both so thankful that we did it!!  I am so glad Joe pushed his boundaries a little and tried this with me because it was such a cool experience.  Had it not been freezing cold, we would have gotten a lot more pictures, but it was just too cold to take our hands out of our gloves and take pictures!! Here are the few we did take!!

I absolutely want to do this again.....when it is warm!!  After we thawed out, we finished our date with a wonderful dinner and a chick flick!!  What an awesome date my husband took me on!!  I love him and I love when we can just get out and have some fun together!!  Hope you all had a wonderful Valentine's Day!!

Happy Valentine's Day!

My niece Avery is a year old than Allie and we are very lucky to get a lot of her hand-me-down clothes.  So we got this cute outfit from her and my awesome friend Corrie took Allie's pictures! I think they turned out so cute although she is very hard to photograph right now!  Hope you all have a wonderful Valentine's Day!!

Milestones

So last Saturday we set off to work on a big milestone that every child reaches one day.... how to learn to ride a bike without training wheels!! It was a beautiful weekend so we decided to get out and enjoy it!!  As I figured they would, the boys picked it up pretty quickly and did so good.  I wish our new house had a flat driveway or even a flat street so they could practice more, but as the weather gets warmer we will head up to the track and work on it more!!  This was a great start though!!

READY,

SET,

GO!!!!!

READY,

SET,

GO!!!!

Allie enjoyed the beautiful sunshine too!!

Date Night

So Joe and I actually made a few "resoultions" for 2012.  It really wasn't so much resolutions, but just some things we wanted to work on for our family.  One of the things we decided we really needed to start doing was spending some one-on-one time with the boys.  They are always together and have been since the day they were born.  As they are getting older, we started seeing that they really needed some personal attention and time from me and Joe.  They have gotten it here and there since they were born, but we wanted to make it a priority.  So.....we decided that at least once a month we will each take one of them out for a special night and will rotate every month.  So last night Cade and I went on a date and Joe and Luke had "boys night!!"  (Allie stayed home with nana for a girls night) You would have thought it was Christmas morning, the boys were SOOOO excited!!  It just showed me and Joe this was something they really needed and wanted and I'm so glad we are doing it!!!

                         

Unfortunately Joe is a typical man so I didn't get many details on their evening, but I know they had a blast!! :)  Luke was smiling ear to ear when they got home and walked in the door!!  According to Luke "we ate hotdogs together and then daddy took me to ride go-karts!!"  Joe said Luke talked his ear off the whole night and that he loved riding the go-karts and playing games at Mountasia.  It was great for them to spend some boy time together!!

So Cade and I had a date night out to Applebee's and then went to play arcade games at Stars n Strikes.  I asked Cade where he wanted to go eat and he said "how about Applebee's so we can share spicy noodles and have a nice quiet dinner."  And that is exactly what we did!!!  He was so sweet throughout the night sneaking kisses in on my cheek and telling me I looked pretty!  What a gentleman!  Can't wait for our next one-on-one night so I can go on a date with Luke!!  How lucky am I... 3 wonderful men/boys to take me on dates!! ;)

I don't have a picture from Allie's girls night with Nana so I thought I would just leave you with some cute pics I took the other day of her playing outside!

December Recap

So, I think it is pretty widely known that I take a lot of pictures....probably way to many, but I love to take pictures!!  SO....for the month of December I took a lot of pictures....about 400+.  Don't fret though, I will not may you look through all of them!  December was a fun-filled packed month!  Here are just a few of my favorite moments/activities from the month!

Allie DID NOT like Santa...but the boys really enjoyed him this year!

We had a blast at Stone Mountain Christmas!

Family Christmas In TN 

Nerf Gun War!!

Boys vs. Girls!!

We tried Santa again..... STILL did not like him!

Joe and I took the boys to see Phineas and Ferb LIVE at Phillips Arena.  We had a great time just spending the day with them!

Made our annual gingerbread house...at least it didn't completely fall apart like last year!

Trying to keep Allie entertained during the boys school Christmas program....not an easy task these days.  She is walking all over the place and into everything!!

Christmas party at school

Christmas party at school

Christmas Eve. headed to church

Christmas PJ's!!!  Ready for Santa to come!!

We had a great Christmas spending time with family, opening LOTS of presents and most importantly celebrating Jesus' birthday!!  Now we are on to a wonderful new year!!!