February iPhone Photos

I did a little better towards the end of the month taking pictures with my real camera, but as I looked back at these iPhone photos, I just had to document them all.  My boys do some funny, silly, cute stuff that I want to remember.

 

Cole loves Kevin from Home Alone, how scary is that?  Since he has the longest hair in the herd, it made from some perfect Kevin hair one night after bath.

 Carter finished his first real chapter book and hasn't looked back since.  This boy is only in Kindergarten and reading books Caden read as a first grader.  He can't get enough books!  His appetite for reading is amazing!

 One night I decided to be a fun mom at dinner time.  I made letter pancakes, chocolate chip pancakes, and multi colored eggs.  It was all yummy and the boys had a great time choosing what they wanted to eat.  The meal actually was consumed with no fussing and lots of compliments.  That is a blessing!

 These two are more and more alike each day.  They love to pair up and do things, this particular night they were chilling watching a quick cartoon.  So cute!

 We got a snow that caused the boys to miss a couple of days of school (6-8 inches).  So they built their first snowman on their own!  They were pretty proud!

 One evening after AWANA I received a text from a friend with this picture in it.  Carter apparently got up in front of all the Sparks (K-2nd) and recited all the books in the New Testament.  Go Carter!

 During the snow storms, Crosby went missing...we found him playing in his closet.  Cute, silly, boy!

Towards the end of the month, I actually took more pics so stay tuned!

Missing Teeth

In one crazy weekend at our house, we had three teeth go missing.  The tooth fairy is losing her change ever so quickly here at the Reid's.   Carter started the madness with his dead tooth.  It had been loose for a bit, but was getting looser by the minute and he wanted it out.  So since it was dead, we could yank on it a little more than usual.  He was thrilled to have it out!

 

 Later in that same weekend, Carter demanded we check out his other loose front tooth.  I think he eventually wiggled this one out on his own.  Two teeth in one weekend.  He was pretty proud little boy!

 Caden didn't want to be outdone by his little brother. But since his tooth infection before Christmas, he was a little scared about having us pull on his tooth.  After some prodding, he finally let us work on it a little.  I say us, but really it is Daddy doing all the pulling.  I don't pull teeth :) But it finally came out and he was excited.

So the tooth fairy was out three teeth's worth of money for the weekend.  Crazy but fun!

January on the iPhone

During the month of January, I took absolutely no pictures with my real camera. I am not sure what we were doing all month, but we were busy. We had a sweet little girl around 7 months living with us until mid January. Caden finished basketball on Saturdays during January. We got back into our school and church routines. Each child had a few activities at their school I was a part of. We were just busy doing life. So for this month, I have several pictures from my iPhone that sum up the month.

 

We are planning a trip to Brazil in June of 2014, so we began the process of learning Portuguese with Rosetta Stone.  I am sold on this program.  The kids are doing great with it!

 One night while bathing Crosby alone in the hall bath, I realized that he really isn't all that little any more.  My little boy is becoming a big boy and there are no other little boys to follow him.

 Cole has this reaction a few days a week to just the general flow of the day. 

 Once Cole got to the letter M at his preschool. they had Muffins with Moms Day!  Crosby and I had fun enjoying muffins with Cole that day.  We ate muffins and made a moose. 

 One morning at home (Cole doesn't go to school on Tuesday or Thursday) we made some playdough.  I wanted to experiment with a recipe I found in my Sunday School curriculum.  The recipe was called Winter Playdough and called for glitter and paint.  So I didn't color the dough this time and added lots of white and silver glitter and some white paint!  It turned out great.  The boys loved it and so did my AWANA kids and my Sunday School kids!  My Grammy would be proud!

 Caden finished up the second half of his basketball season.  His team had a great season and won all but one game!  He had fun learning more of the game and how to play with others on a team instead of just a game in the driveway with Dad! 

 January 1st we started reading The Story Bible.  If you aren't familiar with that, it is the Bible in more of a Story format.  It's NIV translation.  Google it and check it out.  They have kid versions, teen versions, bible studies to go with it, etc.  It was hard to get the younger boys to focus for long stretches but the important part is that we are sitting together as a family EACH night to read God's word together, discuss it, apply it to our lives, and pray together, AS A FAMILY!  It is life changing!

 Also in January, also at Cole's school, I was able to be a sponsor on a field trip.  We loaded all teh kiddos up and took them to WHS to a Stephen Fite concert.  The theme was pirates and my boys LOVED it!  Cole acted like he wasn't having fun, but he did.  Crosby woke up REALLY early that day, so he fell asleep a few songs into the show, but he had fun too!

 One afternoon after our little girl went home, I spent some time chilling with my boys.  They missed their Momma a bit and so I ignored my chores and this particular day, I layed in the recliner and watched a movie with Cole.

 Cole continued his love affair with popscicles into the winter months.  This boy could eat a popsicle EVERY day if we would let him. 

That sums up our month.  I am trying to do better, really I am...just be patient with me :)

Break Time with Becca

One of the perks of Christmas break, was having Becca home!  She got to come over and play a few times, and even went to an afternoon movie with us one day.  We love and miss our Becca so when she is home we take advantage of it!

 

Christmas Day

The forecast called for snow and although we probably wouldn't mind getting stuck in Duncan, I didn't want to be out on the roads in the weather.  We had to drive two cars to Duncan, so I for sure didn't want to drive back to Woodward in the snow, so we headed home early. 

 

We got back to Woodward just in time to set out cookies for Santa.

 

Santa came to visit with a small gift for each kiddo.  They were pretty excited, but since that's all they got it was a pretty calm morning.  We focused on family and Jesus and it was PERFECT!

 

Since we didn't do much that day, I made a photo collage of our day.  Carter and Cole played checkers, Cole was kind of sick, so he rested a BUNCH.  The dogs layed by the fire, Daddy put together a few toys from the grandparents, and we kept a roaring fire going all day!  Perfect family filled day!

 Merry Christmas, with love from the Reid crew

Christmas in Duncan

After we returned from Great Wolf Lodge, we had a small simple Christmas in Duncan with GiGi and Pops.  We had to change up our plans because of an impending snow storm.  So we opened gifts on Christmas Eve and headed back to Woodward.

I think Carter enjoyed his gifts.

 Caden appreciated his new Woodward jacket.

 Caden made a special ornament for GiGi, and I think it's a safe bet to say she LOVED it!

Cole enjoyed his stocking full of fun.

 Cory loved his new t-shirt even though his team isn't doing so well...there is hope :)

 Crosby was thrilled with his new tool belt, even if he's not smiling in the picture.  So hard to get him to stop and pose these days!

 The whole crew (minus Aunt Jana) before church.  Merry Christmas from our herd to yours!

Christmas at Great Wolf Lodge



Of course we had a GREAT time at Great Wolf Lodge!  Who wouldn't?!?!  During the winter season it "snows" inside the lodge and that was fun for everyone.  We were in the perfect position to get snowed on the first morning and the kids LOVED it!

 Cole was the only boy who would take his picture in the chair!

It is hard to take pictures inside the water park, so these are the best we have.  Pops got a pretty good shot of the ENTIRE group!  We spent a lot of time in the wave pool.

 Two of the older boys took turns going on the big rides with Daddy, Momma, Pops, or GiGi.  Cole and Caden had fun!

 Carter wasn't feeling well some of the time, so he just chilled in the wave pool until his energy came back.

Caden and Daddy spent some time shooting baskets.

 Carter got his energy back and hopped across the leap pads.  Cole tried too! 

 Crosby had fun in the kiddie pool pushing down the water.

Carter had to rest a lot so his energy could come back.  I think we started passing around some sort of bug that weekend.

 Cole had a blast at the arcade.  He loved going down to the arcade in his pajamas and playing all the games.  We got lots and lots of tickets.

 Even GiGi got in the action and won the boys lots of tickets at her favorite game.

With our tickets we got a few fun prizes each.  The best prize was the mustache pack.  EVERYONE enjoyed posing with the facial hair!

Momma and Cole

 Daddy and Crosby

 Pops, GiGi, and Caden

Carter and GiGi

 The boys also got cars, a bouncy ball, and card games too.  We had fun relaxing and playing with all of it.

I love going to Great Wolf Lodge.  There is so much to do and it is so nice to be able to come and go to the water park when you want.  We had a great time with GiGi and Pops and that is all that matters to us!