Love my boys

Parker's 8th Birthday!

Parker turned 8 this year and it's hard to believe how quickly he is growing up. He is very smart and especially good at math, but needs to slow down with his writing. He is a passionate soccer player, playing on a club team for the first time, and he's really doing great. He's still learning to handle the pressure and we are so glad for this learning experience for him. Parker is a great big brother and so funny. He implements new vocabulary words seamlessly and has us laughing constantly. He's as pale as they come, and really doesn't tan or sunburn easily. It's an overall lack of pigment, I think. He had a great year in second grade and is a good friend to all. 

Standard questions:

1. What is your favorite color? Blue and maize, because of Michigan.  
2. What is your favorite toy? The Kung Fu Panda video game. 
3. What is your favorite food? Pizza and hamburger and french fries (they are better together). 
4. What is your favorite tv show? Woody Woodpecker because he says "Who cut the cheese, because whoever did it did a great job!"
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Chicken sticks when I buy lunch school. 
6. What is your favorite outfit?  I like to wear jerseys, especially Real Madrid. 
7. What is your favorite game? Kung Fu Panda on PS4
8. What is your favorite snack? Goldfish
9. What is your favorite animal? Rhino. They are tough and their horn is used for jewelry and it's in danger of being killed because of it. 
10. What is your favorite song? The Greatest Showman Songs (A Million Dreams and This is Me)
11. What is your favorite book? Harry Potter with Dad
12. Who is your best friend? Adan and Nicholas
13. What is your favorite cereal? Crispix
14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Play soccer because I love playing. 
15. What is your favorite drink?  Sprite
16. What is your favorite holiday? Birthday and Christmas 
17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? My journal is on my bed and sometimes I draw on it. 
18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Waffles and sausage
19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? Pizza and hot wings   
20. What do you want to be when you grow up? Soccer player for Real Madrid. 

Austin's 6th birthday!

Austin is 6 and what a sweet little guy he is. He says he likes being the middle brother because he's an older and a younger brother. He is a great peacemaker most of the time and really adores babies, especially his cousin Quinn. He is tender hearted and cried on the last day of kindergarten because he was going to miss his friends so much. He also loves to play soccer, and is trying out a ninja class that he really loves. He is the sweetest singer and sang a solo in the talent show. What a sweetie he is. Happy birthday austin!


Our standard questions: 
1. What is your favorite color? Blue because it's a really pretty color 
2. What is your favorite toy? Legos 
3. What is your favorite food? Chicken nuggets  
4. What is your favorite tv show? Richie Rich
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Chicken sticks from school lunch. Or corn dog
6. What is your favorite outfit?  A long sleeve yellow shirt that says, "Cool runs in my family"
7. What is your favorite game? Ninjago
8. What is your favorite snack? Mango
9. What is your favorite animal? Tiger because they have sharp claws
10. What is your favorite song? "Shake It Off" from Sing
11. What is your favorite book? "Hot Rod Hamster"
12. Who is your best friend? Michael and Brody
13. What is your favorite cereal? Cinnamon Toast Crunch 
14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Jump on the trampoline 
15. What is your favorite drink?  Fruit punch
16. What is your favorite holiday? Easter because you can go on a treasure hunt for eggs 
17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? Q-bear from Kindergarten and my blanket
18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Cereal
19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? Red Robin.    
20. What do you want to be when you grow up? Ninja! 

Jackson's Third Birthday

We sure love our Jackson boy and he just turned THREE! Jackson is awesome. He's pleasant and agreeable most of the time. He rarely throws tantrums but he does like to dump, make a mess, and get into all of our stuff. He can find markers no matter where you hide them. He loves playing soccer and is really quite talented for his age. He watches his brothers intently, and he also loves to play in the backyard with them. He loves going to San Diego, all dogs, anything water related (besides swimming), and he learned to crawl out of his bed and will no longer go in a pack n play. he likes to  come into our bed at 3-4am every morning and tosses and turns till about 5am when he's up for the day. Good thing he's cute. He loves to sing, cuddle, give hugs, and run errands. We love you Jackson.

I wanted to ask him our standard birthday questions since he can talk now and has LOTS of opinions:
1. What is your favorite color? Um black. And turk-boys (turquoise). That's my color.  
2. What is your favorite toy? Bubbles. 
3. What is your favorite food? Diet coke (uh oh!)  
4. What is your favorite tv show? Diapers. No no. Baby Boss Soccer Balls on YouTube. 
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Not Lunch. BUt I do like lunchables.  
6. What is your favorite outfit?  I like to wear soccer jerseys. My favorite pants to wear are my jammie pants.  
7. What is your favorite game? Trouble. 
8. What is your favorite snack? I like nanas. (bananas)
9. What is your favorite animal? Um... mama animals. A zebra animal. 
10. What is your favorite song? "Bad Romance" by Lady Gaga. Gunther's song. What song do you like mom?
11. What is your favorite book? Paw Patrol book. What's your favorite book mom?
12. Who is your best friend? Makoa and Stella and Rose. 
13. What is your favorite cereal? Nanas. Or cereal poop. 
14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? With uh hose and waterballoons and waterguns and bubbles. 
15. What is your favorite drink?  Lemonade. 
16. What is your favorite holiday? Halloween because I like pumpkins. 
17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? I sleep with Emma when she comes to my house.  
18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Donuts and eggs and sausages from Papa. Yummmmy! I like to eat at hotels. 
19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? Brownies and ice cream.  
20. What do you want to be when you grow up? A soccer player. 

*What's the best thing about being three? "I love my birthday."

Update

So I was on Ellen's Game of Games. I taped in June and it just aired in mid-January. It was the best experience. Ellen is so kind and it was such an honor to be on. Everyone who works for her is absolutely the best. Wouldn't that be awesome to be surrounded by happy, positive, energetic people all the time? Sign me up! I played Dizzy Dash and Know or Go. I was proud of not humiliating myself. Not many people knew the answer to the question I got out on, so that made me feel much better.

Jackson is my little buddy. He always repeats that we are best friends. He literally is so easy and mostly goes with the flow. He's talking a lot more these days and he is easy to run errands with. I feel sooo lucky to be enjoying  him so much in this stage. He wants to be just like his big brothers in every way and they are good at including him.

Quinn is the best! She facetimes with us occasionally and she's soooo precious. We love her and hope to see her again soon!

Cutie pies

Bushel and a Peck