so the last time I blogged was Tre's birthday - and man has a lot gone on since then!! and now it was just Colin's birthday... too much to catch everyone up on; but here's the highlights:
*Tre is now in Kindergarten. A change in our plans for his education! We were going to try to keep him back a year to help him develop socially; but the VPK program wouldn't let him in b/c he was too old. So, into Kindergarten he went with us a little cautious of how he would do. About a month into the school year, his teacher said, "what were y'all thinking? he's doing great!" Another really cool thing about being in Florida is that Tre is going to my mom's school - so he gets to stay after school in her room and she brings him home; it's kind of a big deal to him!!
*Tre has also started TBall! He's only had one scrimmage game and one real game, but so far he loves it! We are totally blessed to be around family because they all pitched in to help sponsor us for the season! My mother-in-law bought his glove, my brother bought his bat, and family friends Scott & Stacey bought him his helmet! He's all set for the season and learning lots!
*Colin is now three years old - and usually acting the part. Which means whining, tantrums, and meltdowns are pretty much a daily occurrence! With Tre now at school, though, he really misses his brother during the day; and he loves going to the ball-field and running the bases after Tre's practices. But what he really loves to do now is play dress-up! A friend of ours gave us a bunch of hand-me-down costumes, and the boys love playing pirates, superheroes, or anything else their imaginations come up with each day!! You can check out pictures on facebook when you get a chance!!
*Emma is learning so many words and talking so much now! Her latest word, though, is "no"! But the way she says it is so hilarious... it's not like a typical kid "no" like she's commanding it. It's more like she thinks about something and then casually says "nooo" like she'd rather not do whatever you're asking her. Like I said... hilarious!!!
The kids do funny things almost daily - I promise I'll try to do better at blogging. You can "good grief" me if the next time I blog is Emma's birthday... that would just be ridiculous!!
Jo
Monday, October 4, 2010
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Five Years Old!!!
August 18 - today Tre turns five years old!! He's had an exciting day so far; with more fun stuff to come!
This morning we had pancakes for breakfast! Then we played outside, which lasted only about 20 minutes because it's so blessed hot! So we came inside and Tre and I played some card games. He really likes Go Fish, but today we played Slap Jack and War. After lunch I took Tre out of the house so that Colin could color him a birthday card. I drove Tre to the Arnold Palmer Children's Hospital where he was born. He liked it, but really liked the new Winnie Palmer Hospital next door. I told him that's where Baby Ruhle will be born in December. He was very excited about that! After our drive down memory lane we went to see Oma at her school, then we all three went for a special treat at Cold Stone Creamery!! Tre had chocolate ice cream with gummie bears, Oma and I had strawberry/banana smoothies!
That's been our day so far, but tonight for dinner we're having Tre's favorite, Pizza! After pizza we'll do our family presents: we got him a baseball set (glove, ball, bat), a t-shirt (orange with gray stripes), and a SpiderMan action figure. After presents we'll have cupcakes (chocolate w/ chocolate frosting!). Then we'll finish the evening off with Tre's Meet Your Teacher. He's going to Pre-K up at the La Petite that's at the front of the subdivision. He's VERY excited about school! So it's kind of fitting that meeting his teacher is part of his birthday celebrations!
This Friday we'll have his birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese with immediate family. He's very excited about playing all the games there, and spending time with his cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents!!
Can't believe my boy is five years old!! Ugh, I wanna be five again!! Bleh... anyway! Love to all!!
-Jo
This morning we had pancakes for breakfast! Then we played outside, which lasted only about 20 minutes because it's so blessed hot! So we came inside and Tre and I played some card games. He really likes Go Fish, but today we played Slap Jack and War. After lunch I took Tre out of the house so that Colin could color him a birthday card. I drove Tre to the Arnold Palmer Children's Hospital where he was born. He liked it, but really liked the new Winnie Palmer Hospital next door. I told him that's where Baby Ruhle will be born in December. He was very excited about that! After our drive down memory lane we went to see Oma at her school, then we all three went for a special treat at Cold Stone Creamery!! Tre had chocolate ice cream with gummie bears, Oma and I had strawberry/banana smoothies!
That's been our day so far, but tonight for dinner we're having Tre's favorite, Pizza! After pizza we'll do our family presents: we got him a baseball set (glove, ball, bat), a t-shirt (orange with gray stripes), and a SpiderMan action figure. After presents we'll have cupcakes (chocolate w/ chocolate frosting!). Then we'll finish the evening off with Tre's Meet Your Teacher. He's going to Pre-K up at the La Petite that's at the front of the subdivision. He's VERY excited about school! So it's kind of fitting that meeting his teacher is part of his birthday celebrations!
This Friday we'll have his birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese with immediate family. He's very excited about playing all the games there, and spending time with his cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents!!
Can't believe my boy is five years old!! Ugh, I wanna be five again!! Bleh... anyway! Love to all!!
-Jo
Monday, August 9, 2010
Summer's Almost Over...
So the summer is almost over, and we've been having a blast! We've been to the beach two or three times, we go swimming at least once a week, bowling, movies, and just recently got back from a lake house in Alabama. Overall, not a bad summer at all!!
Kids are doing great! Tre will turn five in just nine days!! He is very excited, and very much looking forward to his Chuck E. Cheese party! He also starts school the Monday after his birthday; he actually goes to meet his teacher on his birthday. It's a good thing he likes school, he'll think it's just part of his birthday celebration!! Colin is also doing good; he's grown so much since we've moved to Fl. He's such a little boy now. He's talking more and more, and looks to Tre on how to react to most things. Which can be good or bad, depending on how whiny Tre is feeling at the time. Emma is also growing like a weed! But she's also talking more! If she doesn't say the word she can at least grunt the intonation of the word. Like "thank you" or "love you" she sorta grunts. But she can say the words: help, momma, daddy, up... and a few more that I can't think of right now. But she really is learning lots and growing so fast!
Our time in Alabama was fun... if not different! The house we stayed at had little technology. It was kind of like living in the 80's!! The TV was so old; there was no remote, and the dial on the TV was one of those turn dials with like ten stations! And there was no cable, and no rabbit ears. We couldn't get anything on the TV! It was a good thing we knew about it going up there cause I packed a bunch of videos! They had a VCR and we brought our portable DVD player, so we got by when we needed it, but we mostly just had the TV off and actually played. Weird, huh?! Anyway, the house was on a lake so we did that most everyday. The first day was bad just because we didn't try to do anything but swim, and that gets old kinda fast. The second day we took out their boat, but it was low on gas so we didn't go very far (maybe one loop around the lake). But because of the boat ride we found the kids some life vests... and that changed the rest of our lake days! The boys would wear their life vests and jump off the dock. Tre was at the point where he was running and jumping off the dock! Of course he liked to jump about a foot from the edge and scare me every time! But whatevs!! And TJ would pick up the boys by the shoulders of the life vests and toss them off the dock. They loved it! They also had a little paddle boat that we took out a couple of times. I liked it, I don't think the boys did very much!! So all in all we had a good time in Alabama; saw some good friends, relaxed for a bit, I read two books! Not too bad at all!!
Now that school is starting soon we're trying to get back into somewhat of a routine. Hopefully jobs are around the corner and that'll help. But overall things are going pretty well here for the Davis family! I'll try to keep everyone updated with everything, even if you might already know it!!
- Jo
Kids are doing great! Tre will turn five in just nine days!! He is very excited, and very much looking forward to his Chuck E. Cheese party! He also starts school the Monday after his birthday; he actually goes to meet his teacher on his birthday. It's a good thing he likes school, he'll think it's just part of his birthday celebration!! Colin is also doing good; he's grown so much since we've moved to Fl. He's such a little boy now. He's talking more and more, and looks to Tre on how to react to most things. Which can be good or bad, depending on how whiny Tre is feeling at the time. Emma is also growing like a weed! But she's also talking more! If she doesn't say the word she can at least grunt the intonation of the word. Like "thank you" or "love you" she sorta grunts. But she can say the words: help, momma, daddy, up... and a few more that I can't think of right now. But she really is learning lots and growing so fast!
Our time in Alabama was fun... if not different! The house we stayed at had little technology. It was kind of like living in the 80's!! The TV was so old; there was no remote, and the dial on the TV was one of those turn dials with like ten stations! And there was no cable, and no rabbit ears. We couldn't get anything on the TV! It was a good thing we knew about it going up there cause I packed a bunch of videos! They had a VCR and we brought our portable DVD player, so we got by when we needed it, but we mostly just had the TV off and actually played. Weird, huh?! Anyway, the house was on a lake so we did that most everyday. The first day was bad just because we didn't try to do anything but swim, and that gets old kinda fast. The second day we took out their boat, but it was low on gas so we didn't go very far (maybe one loop around the lake). But because of the boat ride we found the kids some life vests... and that changed the rest of our lake days! The boys would wear their life vests and jump off the dock. Tre was at the point where he was running and jumping off the dock! Of course he liked to jump about a foot from the edge and scare me every time! But whatevs!! And TJ would pick up the boys by the shoulders of the life vests and toss them off the dock. They loved it! They also had a little paddle boat that we took out a couple of times. I liked it, I don't think the boys did very much!! So all in all we had a good time in Alabama; saw some good friends, relaxed for a bit, I read two books! Not too bad at all!!
Now that school is starting soon we're trying to get back into somewhat of a routine. Hopefully jobs are around the corner and that'll help. But overall things are going pretty well here for the Davis family! I'll try to keep everyone updated with everything, even if you might already know it!!
- Jo
Friday, June 4, 2010
Little Monsters!
This morning our little monsters were really "Little Monsters"!
Colin is usually our only monster. He goes around the house "rawring" at people. Today he had an accomplice! Emma!! She mimicked her brother, and with arms up would "rawr" at us! It was very cute. And she was quite proud of herself!
When they do it again I'll try to get pictures! But if you see us remind me - you may get to see a live version!
- Jo
Colin is usually our only monster. He goes around the house "rawring" at people. Today he had an accomplice! Emma!! She mimicked her brother, and with arms up would "rawr" at us! It was very cute. And she was quite proud of herself!
When they do it again I'll try to get pictures! But if you see us remind me - you may get to see a live version!
- Jo
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Three Months... Lots of Changes
It's been almost three months since I've last updated the blog... but as many of you know, we've had lot going on! Due to circumstances the Davis family is back in Florida. It's been good, it's been tough at times, but overall our family is transitioning pretty well.
Being back in Florida brings many positives... like seeing our friends & family more often! So far we've seen siblings and parents every week! We're swimming, going to the beach, and even a half-day trip to DisneyWorld! The kids have taken it all in stride. The boys may occasionally mention Alabama or the yellow house; but we just acknowledge that we miss our home, talk about all the good things in Florida, and then move on to the next subject. So far... so good!
I'll continue to update about the kids and all their craziness! But since we are in Florida I'll warn you now - you may get a shout-out (seeing as how it's mostly family that reads the blog anyway!).
- Jo
Being back in Florida brings many positives... like seeing our friends & family more often! So far we've seen siblings and parents every week! We're swimming, going to the beach, and even a half-day trip to DisneyWorld! The kids have taken it all in stride. The boys may occasionally mention Alabama or the yellow house; but we just acknowledge that we miss our home, talk about all the good things in Florida, and then move on to the next subject. So far... so good!
I'll continue to update about the kids and all their craziness! But since we are in Florida I'll warn you now - you may get a shout-out (seeing as how it's mostly family that reads the blog anyway!).
- Jo
Friday, March 12, 2010
Waving
Emma now waves!! It's pretty cute actually... you wave hello or goodbye to her and she sort of moves her arm/hand back and forth. It's the best wave she can do so far, but it's enough!
She's also walking more. I know I told everyone she's walking pretty well, and then the weekend that grandparents were here, she didn't walk at all. Go figure! But, seriously, she's walking! She basically walks from one toy to another, or from our little red table to a couch. So it's only a few steps at a time that she'll take, but she does walk.
Speaking of grandparents, we celebrated Emma's birthday last weekend with our parents. We had such a good time, and the kids loved seeing them! Emma did alright with her cake, in that she didn't completely wig out with her smash cake, but she didn't exactly eat it either. She just kind of made a mess then looked at me like "now what"? She got lots of clothes (which she really needed!) and bouncy ball toy that the boys play with more than her! But she's officially a one year old, all grown up!!
Tre is on spring break next week so here's hoping for no more rainy days so I can kick them outside as much as possible! Spring is so lovely! That's all for now! Blog soon!
- Jo
She's also walking more. I know I told everyone she's walking pretty well, and then the weekend that grandparents were here, she didn't walk at all. Go figure! But, seriously, she's walking! She basically walks from one toy to another, or from our little red table to a couch. So it's only a few steps at a time that she'll take, but she does walk.
Speaking of grandparents, we celebrated Emma's birthday last weekend with our parents. We had such a good time, and the kids loved seeing them! Emma did alright with her cake, in that she didn't completely wig out with her smash cake, but she didn't exactly eat it either. She just kind of made a mess then looked at me like "now what"? She got lots of clothes (which she really needed!) and bouncy ball toy that the boys play with more than her! But she's officially a one year old, all grown up!!
Tre is on spring break next week so here's hoping for no more rainy days so I can kick them outside as much as possible! Spring is so lovely! That's all for now! Blog soon!
- Jo
Monday, March 1, 2010
March 1
March 1 is a pretty big day around the yellow house. Today is our anniversary (seven years!) and Emma's 1st birthday! We had a pretty good day, but let's talk about our weekend first!
This past weekend TJ was gone from Thursday afternoon until Sunday afternoon to our church's Disciple Now Weekend. So it was me against the kids for three days straight... we barely survived! Thursday was pretty good, but I had to fight the kids to get to bed so I didn't get to work on Emma's birthday project like I wanted. Friday wasn't too bad. Saturday was the hardest. I decided to clean the house and I guess the boys thought that since I was busy they could get away with stuff. While they were outside in the backyard they decided they wanted to go play hide and seek in the front yard. They managed to get toys by the gate and climbed up to unlock the gate and gain their freedom... luckily I was out in the driveway putting stuff in the car and totally caught them! Freedom they did not get!! When TJ got home Sunday I was so relieved, and I think the kids were too!!
But that was then, and today was great!!! I had breakfast with a friend and had a couple of hours on my own while TJ watched Colin and the birthday girl. After a pretty normal day we celebrated Emma's birthday with presents, pizza, and cupcakes! She wasn't too sure of everything, but the boys loved the celebration! And afterward we watched our wedding video, a tradition we've done every year!
This week we have family coming up and we'll celebrate Emma's birthday with a party on Saturday! I think we'll also have a yard sale on Saturday so we have lots to look forward to this week! Just another week in the yellow house!
-Jo
This past weekend TJ was gone from Thursday afternoon until Sunday afternoon to our church's Disciple Now Weekend. So it was me against the kids for three days straight... we barely survived! Thursday was pretty good, but I had to fight the kids to get to bed so I didn't get to work on Emma's birthday project like I wanted. Friday wasn't too bad. Saturday was the hardest. I decided to clean the house and I guess the boys thought that since I was busy they could get away with stuff. While they were outside in the backyard they decided they wanted to go play hide and seek in the front yard. They managed to get toys by the gate and climbed up to unlock the gate and gain their freedom... luckily I was out in the driveway putting stuff in the car and totally caught them! Freedom they did not get!! When TJ got home Sunday I was so relieved, and I think the kids were too!!
But that was then, and today was great!!! I had breakfast with a friend and had a couple of hours on my own while TJ watched Colin and the birthday girl. After a pretty normal day we celebrated Emma's birthday with presents, pizza, and cupcakes! She wasn't too sure of everything, but the boys loved the celebration! And afterward we watched our wedding video, a tradition we've done every year!
This week we have family coming up and we'll celebrate Emma's birthday with a party on Saturday! I think we'll also have a yard sale on Saturday so we have lots to look forward to this week! Just another week in the yellow house!
-Jo
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