Happy Birthday Owen

Happy 3 rd Birthday Owen! We had a great birthday weekend!

 

 

 

Nothing says party like balloons!

 

 

 

Aunt Ali and Mom got busy on the cake first thing Saturday morning. Cupcakes with fish and Octopi finished the boat scene. Nope Owen didn't have a bite he is just not a cake guy but he sure liked it!!!

Owen requested a bat for his party. I think he was trying to say pinataThese pictures are out of order but oh well. You get the point! Mo
This kids loved his party he was so excited all week! We had oysters and bbq from smithfields, with slaw , potato salad. Checking out all the great gifts! He even said " Thank you" to everyone! The best part!




I am having trouble with blogger so I will say I had so much help this week putting the party together. Grandma and Grandpa, Granny, Dee, Lindsay, Jake and Donna, Leo, oh I hope I didn't forget anyone! Ali and Troy showed up on Friday night and we had a great weekend of fun fun fun! Thanks for making Owen's third birthday grand, he had so much fun!!!!
We had a play dough and Lego table for the kids.

Happy Valentine's Day

 

Grandma came down for a bit last Sunday and helped the kids do their school valentines.  

 

 

 I just had to get a picture of Owen hanging with the big boys in his pink car with his pink hat on!

 

 

 

Okay so Caitlin wrote this at school can you read it

 

"I dress up Butter Skoch in my Bkeny (binki) I put in my sunglasses and hot (hat) too  and i put on my flip flops on her.. so funny!

 

Here is the picture of butterscotch the pony! All dressed in sunglasses , flip flops and hat and bikini!




 

 Grandma brought down these boxes for the kids, with some goodies in them. When Caitlin saw hers she was so excited and asked Grandma to heat up her rice! Yes she though grandma brought her a box of rice!

 Caitlin eating some cookies Lindsay and Owen made today. We are going to pray for Lindsay and her family this weekend. I hope she is a match and can give her brother the gift of life. Pray for Lindsay!  We ate all the grandma ones in two days! I love sugar cookies!!!!!

  I went out on Saturday night and had a feeling Sunday morning would come too soon. The kids always make me get out of bed for breakfast I knew  I could get rid of them fast if I said there was DD on the table!



Do you like my pick car???

 

 

We lost a great friend this week. We will miss visiting Busia. I will remember her giggle at the end of every sentence. She loved my children like they were her own. RIP Busia! We love you!

 

 

There is Nate hanging with Busia! So many great times!!!!!

Report Cards

Well I didn't take any pictures this week, it was cold and I can't really remember what we did same old same old I guess. So here we are in February lets hope spring is just around the corner! Nathan has really grown up the past few months, he is starting to have more grown up conversations with me after we put the younger two to bed. I usually find a show we both like and sometimes we stay up past 11:00 talking before I realize its time for him to go to bed. He is just so chill, no matter what Owen does to him he just takes it in stride and is such a big helper with his little brother. When he asks me for a car when he turns 16 its going to be hard to say no as long as he takes Owen with him !!!!!!!!!!!!! He got a good report card this week. Report cards prior to third grade are grade less and rather boring and really tell you nothing but Nate is doing well. His teacher comment was as follows

Nathan is a fluent reader and his comprehension is excellent. He reads a variety of literature , which accounts for his well developed vocabulary. Nathan is an exceptional student, both academically and socially. With his natural leadership quality, amiable personality and confidence in academics , Nathan is a positive role model for his peers.

So there you have it, good job Nate!  This week he is reading a new book series called How to Train your dragon" and he loves loves loves them. There are only 9 books in the series and he finished the first four this week so I ordered the rest from the library. He loves to read and most nights I have to tell him to turn off his lights well after 10:00 when I realize he is still awake and reading on a school night.

Caitlin had a good report card as well. Her teacher comment is as follows

Caitlin is my star writer....I love to conference with her at Writing! she adds details ( and sometimes humor)) to her stories and has become very particular about writing the entire story! She is reading on Level G , and can be counted on to help her peers with their reading... Keep it up!

I have no idea what a level G means but I guess that is good. So everyone can read and the science teacher in me is screaming SCIENCE , MATH , CRITICAL THINKING! well they have to start somewhere right!
I also have to say that its Lindsay that goes to the library every Thursday and brings 20 new books into our house for everyone to read. I go online and order the ones I know the kids would like for example last night I put horses and sea turtle books on hold for Caitlin and Nate's how to train a dragon and on  Thursday they will arrive thanks to Lindsay and Owen THANKS!!!!!!!!

Well its the Superbowl tonight and I am going to watch the Baltimore Ravens win, the owner is an SSU grad! Oh yeah baby !!!! From a Seagull to a Raven! BRING IT!!!!!!!!