Soccer Camp

Caden had a great time at soccer camp this summer and learned lots of great new skills! He improved several things including his attitude:)

The big group

Caden and his coach for the week, Andy

Fun in OKC

Friday I headed to OKC to shop on tax free weekend! I may be crazy but not stupid so I took Becca with me!

We hit the main stores then rewarded the boys with a trip to Chuck E Cheese. Becca grabbed my phone and documented the fun for me, love that girl!

Carter was loving this roller coaster simulator!

Cole and I played a mean game of air hockey.

Crosby was trying to keep his eye on everyone!

Caden won a ton of tickets.

It was a long but fun day! A huge thanks to Becca for going!!!

Backyard Fun

A huge thanks to Grammie and Papa for the new backyard toy, we are having so much fun!!!

Rodeo Parade

It is once again rodeo time in our town!  So Saturday we headed downtown for a shady spot to watch the parade.  We found a great spot, there was a nice breeze, and it wasn't too hot!  Perfect morning!  I again forgot my camera, so I had to use my phone again. 

The boys were ready...

Crosby had a great time watching the boys and the parade.

Old time fire engine.

getting the candy!

Waiting and watching.

The Shriner Clowns were great again this year!

The hubs and I tried to take a pic, this is the best one :)

At then end were the EVER POPULAR Longhorns!!!

My 5 guys had a blast!!!

Crazy Hair Day

Another fun thing about having boys...you can do wild things to their hair for crazy hair day and it will grow back soon!

Caden is attending soccer camp this week and Friday is crazy hair day.  So I was thinking we shave a mohawk and spray paint it.  Well Cory got home and thought we should step it up a notch and shave a star in it.

You can't tell too much from the front, but as you see each side view the star turned out pretty cool!

The back seems really CRAZY to me!

Then we had to get creative with the paint!  He wanted white because his team is white, but we convinced him to do this...

His team is also representing USA, the other teams are France, England, and Japan.  So I thought we could try this.

A big thanks to Mandy for the stencil idea!  It worked great!

Carter fell asleep early last night because he didn't feel good, so of course this morning he wanted in on the action.  But he didn't want his head shaved (thank goodness!)  So he got some spikes, some blue paint, and of course a USA!

Pool Time Again

We headed out to Boiling Springs today to the pool.  We have gone to the water park a few times and prefer it, but I had to go out to the pool to pay the deposit for a bday party coming up, so why not just swim for a while!  Of course I inlisted the help of Becca so I didn't have to do it alone!  We had a blast!

Cole usually puts on a life jacket in the pool and in our past experience, if he can't touch the bottom he doesn't like it.  He did pretty well in Branson, but not so great at Cory's parents.  So I knew it would be difficult with him because he was used to just walking all around the water park and being able to touch the bottom no problem.  He would not just float around in the life jacket today, just hung on my neck for what seemed like EVER!  Then he took it off and begged for Carter's floaties.  Carter wasn't using them so I said sure...

Cole became an entirely different child!  He was jumping off the side of the pool over and over, yelling "Batman to the rescue!!!"  It was hysterical!

Caden and Carter dove for rockets for a long time!

This little fish could swim all day!

My blessing, Becca and her little man Crosby.

Cole not only jumped off the side of the pool but went down the slides several times, he was EXHAUSTED!  He fell asleep in the chair as we were all drying off and getting ready to go.  Isn't he cute!

Another fun summer afternoon!  I am ready for school to start, but I am loving these relaxing lazy days too!

Summer Fun - Bowling

So we were bored Saturday evening and wanted to do something fun, but stay inside where it was cool, so we came up with bowling...a great inside activity!

It turned out to be a wonderful evening!  The kids behaved and had a great time!  We had them put up bumpers and got a ramp for Cole and Carter to use.  It was great!

Every time Cole would bowl he would pump his fist and say yeah baby.  He was cracking us up!

I know most of the rest of the pics are blurry, but it was hard to get them in action with my iPhone.  Carter was all busines!  Caden and Cole kept going up there with him and he would tell them that he had it and he had to get a strike!  He was SERIOUS!

Crosby had a great time watching everyone!

This is the main action of the night.  All 3 boys were up there on each of their turns as a threesome discussing strategy.  It was hysterical.  After each shot, Carter and Cole would lay on the floor on their stomachs and watch the ball roll down the lane.

Caden did pretty good, considering he would not use the ramp like the other two boys!

So big!

Daddy showing us all how it was done.

This is the best shot of the night.  Caden's face is priceless!

The pink blurry blurb is me, trying to show them how it was done.  I did a bad job, Caden beat me!

My two goofies!

Cory finished first of course, but Caden came in second, I came in third, Cole actually finished fourth, and Carter ended up last.  No one even really cared because we all were having fun!  It was great!

Pulling Up and Getting into Dog Food

Crosby has started pulling up on just about EVERYTHING these days...in fact he is pulling up on my laptop screen while I type this in the floor with him!  So following in typical Reid boy fashion, he immeadiately found the back door, pulled himself up and then realized the dog food was sitting right there. 

So we are on our 4th child who eats dog food and spills dog water.  The hand spanking has begun...I don't want to hear it!  He does look awfully cute doing it though, doesn't he!

Look at me mom, see I really am cute!

He did this all by himself! 

 Are you watching Mom?  I might need help getting back down!

 Splash, splash, this is so much fun.  How did I not know about this earlier?

 Yummy dogfood, can't get enough...GAG! 

 It's pretty gross Crosby, but you are oh so cute doing it!