Last of the Summer Fun

These are just a few pics from my phone of our last weeks at home before school starts. 

I started keeping another little boy the second week of August.  He is Crosby's age and once all the older kids get in school, he will keep Crosby entertained for a while so he won't be so lonely!  Anyway, all the hub-bub of having another boy to play with all day is wearing Crosby out!  He naps hard and long each day!

Caden needed something to do this evening and he thought maybe he could cook dinner!  With just a little help from Mom, he cooked the entire meal!  It was great!

My two little imaginative boys playing Batman together one morning in Carter's room.  Melted my heart!

This picture of Crosby and his buddies is so cute!  Cason, Crosby, and Jones just chilling!

Cole is always doing something funny!  Today he put on Caden's glasses and was all giggles.  He thought he was so funny.

Trying to keep this one entertained proves interesting.  He likes to play games like the big boys, but he doesn't like to follow the rules, but make up his own.  This is always a challenge.

While we have had a fun summer, we are ready for our routine!  Can't wait until school starts!

Crazy Cole in the Summer

 I read a blog today that talked about your favorite child.  That is just absurd!  I, like the blogger, love all my children the same (even the ones that just live here temporarily!).  There are some days when one is more frustrating than others, or when one is more loving than others.  But please don't look at this post and think that Cole is my favorite.  He just happens to be the one that does crazy stuff ALL THE TIME and I want photographic proof :)  No, he is just a Momma's boy to the core and is ALWAYS near by!  So as I downloaded pics from my phone today, I found all of these and they are too cute not to share!

This poor kid needs his sleep, but he so desperately wants to stay up late with the big boys!  So on this day after swimming, he crashed in the car on the way to dinner!  But at least he was bathed.  He fell asleep around 6:30 this night and slept until 8 or so the next morning!

How can you ever say no to this precious boy?!?!

 See what I mean, ALWAYS nearby!  More like ALWAYS ON ME!

 Cory took the older three to the monster truck show and texted me this pic! 

 Cole and his best friend Jarrett.  We hadn't seen him in several week and Cole was thrilled to be together at church!

 Not sure where his pickle obsession started, but it didn't help when Cory bought him these!  They are a vegetable right!?!?!

 He can really enjoy just about any treat!  Here is slurping on a stars and stripes popsicle at the water park!

 Again, a few rough days of keeping up with the big boys can wear a kid out!

Love our Coley Bear!

Head Injuries

 So Crosby finally did it!  He bonked his head pretty good and in keeping with Reid Boy tradition, it was on his forehead.  He cried for a bit, but after I took the ice pack off he was fine! 

Crosby - July of 2012 (23 months)

And just so no one thinks I am crazy here is picture proof of the other two!

Cole had to have been between 2 and 3 because I found this pic on my i-phone which I didn't get until after Crosby was born.

Carter was much younger, not even 2  yet.  I blogged this pic in June of 2008 so just around 18 months!

Can you say OUCH?!?!?

Soccer Camp

 Soccer camp time again!  I had to go bigger than last year but I'm not all that creative.  Caden thank goodness knew what he wanted and we went for it!  He got a star again, but this year his hair was much longer so we were able to spike it up!  Carter wanted his hair really short and just a star painted on!  So easy!  They were on the Swedish team this year, so I put that on their heads and of course we argued about spelling, and I had an EPIC FAIL and spelled it wrong!  So embarrassed!  Sorry boys!  Otherwise the coaches LOVED it!  Caden was star head all week!  Their team got the most points all week and won the "World Cup"  They loved camp again!

Rodeo Week

July in Woodward means Elks Rodeo!  We loaded up and went downtown to watch the Longhorns come through.  I am horrible and didn't pack the good camera, so I snapped a few with my phone.

Lined up on main waiting...we can seem them!

Crosby was loving it!

Here they are!

Later that evening we bathed early and snuggled up for some Batman!

Camp GiGi Pops

The end of June was an exciting time for the family!  My sister, Aunt Jana (or Nena as Crosby says) came for a visit!  She got to play all sorts of games with the boys and the LOVED every minute of it!  We even took her to the water park with us.  She swam her tail off with Carter and really all the kids!  We really enjoyed her visit!  Can't wait until the next one!
My parents had to take Jana back to OKC to the airport so they took Caden home with them! WOOHOO!  One kid down!  It's crazy how much one less kid changes the dynamic of the house! 

While Caden was gone, I took the next two oldest in for their dental checkup!  I love this dentist!  They can watch cartoons while getting their teeth cleaned and they never really know what's happening...can you say ZONED OUT!  Ha!
While Caden was gone, Pops did a great job of keeping me posted with pictures and such!  Caden got to go fishing just him and Pops and caught some great looking fish!  Look at that face, he is LOVING life!
After a couple of days alone with Caden, I met my mom halfway and dropped off two more.  Camp GiGi Pops was beginning!  I stole this idea from a friend and my Mom thinks it's a great invention!  The boys go to her house for several days without us and get all kinds of attention from their Grandparents, a win-win for everyone!  But my mom said they have to be potty trained so Crosby and Miss C stayed home with us! 

While the three boys were gone, Crosby was missing them badly!  He plays really well with C but he LOVES his brothers.  So thankful for FaceTime and technology!  He got to talk to each brother for a bit!  I love the smiles on each of their faces as they see each other!

While the boys were in Duncan with my parents they went to Kiddie Land!  I don't remember going there much as a kid, but I was in 8th grade when we moved there.  But they take my kids ALL THE TIME!  And everyone has a good time.  Riding the planes, the train, or even Tilt-A Whirl!  Then they of course had to get snow cones!

When camp was over we met my dad in OKC to pick them up.  Cory thought we should celebrate and have a little movie time with the crew!  So we took all 5 kids to Brave and they all enjoyed it!  I snapped this picture while walking to dinner after the movie. 

As most of you know, I am not really sentimental, but this struck me and I had to get a picture.  Cory took me to dinner in Bricktown and then we walked around for a bit and he proposed to me.  As we walked down a familiar path there I was overcome with the emotions of how blessed we are now and how far we've come!  I thought this picture captured all of that so perfectly!


So this week was a blast!  We played and loved on Aunt Jana, Caden got alone time with GiGi and Pops, then Carter and Cole joined in the fun, and it was a breeze having only two kids here at home, capped off by an ending with movie and dinner in Bricktown!  WOOHOO!

Slumber Party

One night we had family movie night in the living room.  I love how Crosby just fits right in with the boys and will actually watch most of the movie.  Pretty good for not even two yet! Miss C didn't watch so well and ended up going to bed :)
Of course after the movie, they conned Momma into letting them sleep in the living room for a slumber party!  This was the scene the next morning!
Crosby was so worn out from staying up late with them, that he crashed the next day while eating lunch!  Oh the joys of summer!

Basketball Camp

Caden attended basketball camp this year again and LOVED it!  This year the WHS coach partnered with Keiton Page and his dad and had a Keiton Page skills camp.  For those of you outside Oklahoma, Keiton was a point guard for the last four years for our OSU Cowboys!  Great story, a local Oklahoma boy, pretty short (and dare I say it, white) who didn't get many offers from outside schools.  But OSU gave him a scholarship and he was great fun to watch for four years!  So Caden was thrilled he would be at camp!

After Caden started camp, we realized that my dad had coached several camps with Coach Page (Keiton's dad) so that made the camp even more fun for Caden!  He was pretty pumped each day to go!


This is blurry because I had to zoom in from my phone :( But here he is getting his certificate from Keiton himself.  He was really proud of that piece of paper!