Ethan's 5th Birthday Party

What an exhausting day! Can you imagine about 10 rambunctious 5-year-old boys & their siblings & parents in one house (family as well)! It was insane!!! They had a wonderful time and it was worth all of the craziness. Next year, I do believe that we will begin a much more scaled down version. Also, I have figured out that with each consecutive child, you get smarter. You don't do less for each child, you just do things that make more sense. Also, I don't take less pictures with Caroline & Wyatt, I just realized that taking 523 of the same thing just plain isn't necessary. It is about quality, not quantity. Besides, I have to scrapbook them all...scary thought at this point! Anyway, speaking of pictures, enjoy...

Ethan in his Transformer costume!

Caroline wanted to be in the middle of the fun, but we feared for her safety with the deluge of arms tearing away at gifts...HA!

Ethan loves his new toy!

Caroline & Nana

Ethan & Uncle Matt putting together one of his toys...Matt has the patience of Job! The perfect project for the both of them.

Making cake for Ethan's birthday party

Licking the batter (don't worry, he didn't get his spit in the cake).
Look at those chubby cheeks. Grumps, I think he has your curly hair...lucky!

The day before Ethan's birthday was spent in the kitchen. Ethan helped Mommy make his cake (he really just wanted to lick the batter), and cut out space shuttle cookies. We had a "blast" and a big ol' mess. He is so excited about his party...those pics will come tomorrow.

Then just hung out with Daddy. He loves to hang like a monkey from a tree. Look at those cheeks!

Kids in a box

The kids (Ethan & Caroline) decided that they wanted to empty out her toybox & play. Well, as kids do, they had more fun getting inside than playing with all of the toys. These 2 are hysterical! They love on each other and are so precious to one another. Ethan is so patient with her and is her little daddy. She just smacks him around and then loves on him, and repeats it over and over. She is quite a pistol!

Wyatt actually slept through the whole ruckus that was going on in her room, but he sleeps better with noise anyway. He had a really rough night last night, but seems to be over it today (see picture below). What an angel!

Ethan & Caroline - in - a - box!

Here's how you do it sis...

Does this look like trouble or what!
...& Wyatt sleeps through the whole thing!

Ethan's 5th Birthday

Ethan is obsessed with all things NASA. For his birthday, he got an astronaut suit & helmet & some other space related things. He is so proud! Since we are getting double duty from the astronaut suit for Halloween, we are giving you a little preview of Caroline in her costume too. I don't know what it is, but it had a tutu and that was all it took for me to throw the cash at the checkout girl. She was very curious about her antennae, they didn't stay on long...much like her hairbows and pigtails everyday. I didn't expect anything different.

During our "dress up time", Caroline...well...gave us a little present in her diaper, so we nicknamed her the "poop fairy" for the evening. Ha! We have decided that when you become a parent (especially of 3), many of your discussions turn to potty talk.

Our trip to see Grandpa Myers

September 30th trip to Comanche. Caroline fussed the entire way there and back...lots of fun. We did get to see Grandpa and had a nice time despite the very long trip.

Big smiles!

Wyatt looks like he is thinking really hard!

Wyatt

Our little Wyatt at 2 months.