Ty's Christmas Party

Ty had a Christmas party at preschool where he got to wear pjs and decorate cookies!  He looked so cute and we had a fun time. 

The pjs he is wearing are the ones Trey wore on Ty's first Christmas...oh the memories...I can't believe that tiny baby is so grown up now!

Ty's 1st field trip!

Ty had his first field trip back in October to the pumpkin farm, he even got to ride the big yellow bus!! He was so excited about it and did great!  They got to explore the farm and then go to the field and pick a free pumpkin (any pumpkin they wanted as long as they could carry it!)  It was a great time!

So excited, he just got off the bus!

Searching very hard to the perfect pumpkin!

He took that job very seriously and searched and searched....

He found it!  Half orange half green, but perfect for Ty.

Very excited about it!

Ty's 1st day of Preschool!!!

Ty had a very big thing happen this year!  He started preschool!!  He is going part time, 2 mornings a week for 3 hours.  The first day was pretty good and then the next couple of classes he had some separation issues and then he started looking forward to going and now he is still loving it!  Usually the only thing he tells me about his day is what they had for snack, but he always loves showing me what he brings home in his folder.  He has a few good friends already, one we go to church with so we see him a lot, which Ty gets really excited about and a couple of them he played soccer with, which he thought was 'awesome'!

Showing off the frog he decorated to hang up in his classroom.

Ready to go!

Look at that backpack.  He decided to use one of Trey's old backpacks instead of the new one I bought him.

So handsome!! 

My baby is growing up!

Showing me his hook and where to hang his backpack!

Field Trip!!

Trey's preschool took their annual field trip to a local farm! We had a great time, but we did miss Tucker, since this is the first year he couldn't come because he is in kindergarten now. It was nice though, for me, to only have one big boy. This year they had something new that I absolutely loved, a barn with hundreds of jack-o-lanterns. It was AMAZING...there were so many details in those carved pumpkins...all different characters and things. So, SO COOL! It was dark, so Trey was a little scared and we walked a little fast. I could have spent hours in there looking. We love this place!

Trey the 'big boy'

Now that I have finally caught up a little bit here, I realized that I forgot Trey's first day of preschool for this year..which was on August 30th.

I was a little worried because he has only ever been to school with Tucker, so going on his own could be scary. During summer he went back and forth between being super excited to go on his own to asking to skip his last year of preschool and just go to kindergarten with Tucker. But on the first day, he walked into the classroom, realized it is the exact same as is was before and didn't have any hesitation. He told me I should leave. I was happy there were no tears! He is becoming such a big boy!

He is still loving school, on days he doesn't have school, he asks to go and when I tell him he has school for the day he says "yes, I love school" I am so thankful for his preschool and the teachers there. We LOVE the school.

The first picture is of Trey's mean face (the face batman makes at the bad guys) and he insisted on wearing his backpack like that. Then he did make a nice face for the second picture. Oh and if you notice his shoes..his laces aren't tied...Trey had a special way of tucking in the laces...it was 'his' way of tying!

Family Game Night at preschool!

Friday night at Tucker and Trey's preschool, they had their first Family Game Night! We played Bingo and then watched classic Mickey Mouse cartoons! It was a great way to spend a Friday!!!

Trey playing BINGO

Tucker eating a snack

Ty hanging out while we play

Early Christmas Presents

We (as in Vinny and I) got an early Christmas present from the boys. The boys made them at school and they couldn't wait for us to open them..well we didn't even get to open them, the boys opened the presents themselves. We love the gift and it is something we will treasure forever!

They wrapped the gifts themselves :D

Tucker with his plaque.

Trey with his plaque..his smile is killin' me :P

Living Nativity

Last weekend at the boy's preschool, they had a Living Nativity. It was a lot of fun. The older kids from Sunday School, play Mary and Joseph and all the preschool kids (minus my two shy boys) were dressed up as Angels or Shepperd's. Tucker and Trey decided that they just did not want to dress up and wanted to stay with me instead. I have to admit I was a little bit sad they didn't want to participate, but they can get very shy at times...and I have no idea where they get this shyness from.....wait who and I kidding...I have always been shy, I am getting a little better now, but they definitely get it from me... But we enjoyed watching the little program, it was a great way to get into the real Christmas Spirit. After the program of Jesus' birth, they had a lot of fun activities for the kids. I put Ty in the front pack and he slept the entire time we were there! It was a nice way to spend a Saturday!

Tucker doing the cake walk.

Trey doing the cake walk.

Trey's plate of goodies he won from the cake walk.

Decorating cookies.

Making an ornament.

Trey riding the donkey.

Tucker riding the donkey.

The boys and their teacher riding the camel.

Singing at Church

The boys preschool class sung in church this past Sunday. Tucker and Trey just stood there. Trey just stood up there looking kind of confused and Tucker was smiling at first, but then he got really shy and covered up his eyes with his hands. It was so funny watching them up there...I know they know all the words to all those songs, but they obviously did not want to share their beautiful voices with the rest of the congregation.

Field Trip Fun

This past Wednesday the boys went on a field trip for school and I got to tag along too. It was Trey's first "official" field trip, even though we got to go along with Tucker last year. We went to Dewberry Farm and had fun on a hay ride, picking a pumpkin off the vine, feeding and petting farm animals, and playing around on the other activities at the farm. I love going there..this is actually the 3rd time we have been, but the weather was horrible...it was about 94 degrees with full humidity and because of all the rain we have had, the ground was extremely wet. Surprisingly, the boys didn't really get too muddy, which is so not like them...but I was happy about that. I was a little bummed out because usually they have a big variety of pumpkins, squash, and gourds, but one of the farmers told us that because the weather was hotter than usual, the squash and gourds didn't grow at all. Then because of all the moisture, a bunch of the pumpkins were moldy or rotten..I would say at least half of the entire crop was yucky. Despite the crummy conditions, the boys had a blast. I, however, didn't exactly share their enthusiasm, but I wouldn't miss it..I loved being able to experience these things with them.

Trey by the baby chicks

Trey feeding the goat

Tucker on the hay ride

Tucker in the pumpkin patch...he's making a face because it muddy and the pumpkins are "yucky"....it cracks me up

Tucker in the fort

The boys jumping on the inflatable "Pillow"

Trey going down the roller slide

Tucker going down the roller slide

The boys racing their ducks