Wesley's 5th 'Shark' Birthday

As always, Wesley picked his birthday theme months in advance. He had been asking for months to have Avin at his party- so we did his party a couple weeks in advance while the James were in town. We had another Birthday celebration with my family on his actual birthday. Lucky boy got TWO shark birthday parties!!!!

He was one happy birthday boy!!

A few things about Wesley at age 5:

Wesley LOVES to give compliments. He constantly telling me he loves me, that I'm 'beautiful', 'gorgeous' and the 'best Mom ever' He is so so sweet!

Wesley loves to make new friends. We will go to the park and he will say, 'I hope I make some new friends!' He considers pretty much anyone he's around his friend. He loves to see his friends at Preschool too.

Wesley loves to be called by his nicknames, his favorite is 'Wetzel's Pretzels' I also call him Wessie woo whoo!

Wesley still 'bonks' his head to fall asleep. He has been doing this his entire life and now talks about how he loves to do it! He does it in the car too. He will ask permission if other people around bc he doesn't wanna bother anyone. 

He still says 'Fing' for the word 'Thing' I don't ever want him to say it correctly. It's too cute! 

Wesley and Bentley play SO good together. They will play for hours- he will usually do what Bentley wants to do. They love to play stuffed animals together. They will gather up all the stuffed animals and haul them around the house. 

When Wesley gets excited he will start doing a really spastic happy dance! It is adorable. 

We call Wesley our 'cereal boy' He LOVES to eat Cereal! He could eat it for every meal if we would let him!

Wesley is very sensitive. He is a peacemaker and gets along well with almost everyone. He is truly a blessing in our home and we are thankful every day that he is in our family!!!

Free Chick Day

 Today was free chick day at Wilco! We went out with Logan's family to Battle Ground and picked up 25 fryer chicks. We will raise them for 6 weeks and then take them to the slaughter house to become our Sunday dinners. The boys were just so excited to play with all these baby chicks- they are so cute!

Bentley had fun helping Dad and Grandpa May get the chicken coup ready for the chicks!

February

Dressed in red for church in honor of Valentine's week :)

Happy New Year 2015

We have had a New Years tradition with the Kleins for years and years! We had a large spread of yummy stuff! We played a few games, the kids had a little dance party, we snapped a few 'photobooth' pictures and the highlight of the night- watched the ball drop and threw confetti and party poppers everywhere. It was a great time. The kids didn't show any signs of being tired! They were ALL up past 1:00 AM!

 Bring it on 2015!!!

Christmas in the City

We had been wanting to take the kids to see Santa all month and we finally found time on Christmas Eve Eve! It could not have been better though... the weather was perfect! It was so fun and festive with lots of lights and carolers. The boys enjoyed running around the square... although that was a little stressful for me and Logan. We had a great time though!!

I love the city at Christmas time! It's the best!!

Bentley took this little stage and was dancing to the drum beats. He was cracking me up!!!

The tree was SO BEAUTIFUL this year!!!

Bentley giving me a face hug. He has a tendency to hit- but it is always IMMEDIATELY followed with a sorry and a hug... and sometimes a kiss. In this case it was hard to give me a hug so he was squishing his face up against mine to say sorry. Precious!

It was an exciting day for sure!!!

We went to Macy's to see Santa this year. I was afraid of long lines but it was perfect! Baylor asked Santa for a 'Minecraft game and a Batman Robot' and Wesley asked Santa for a 'Batman toy' even though he told us everyday that he wanted a 'big huge Dark Vader toy' Bentley wasn't crying this year so that was good... but we didn't quite get a smile. Maybe next year!!

Christmas Vacation

I could NOT resist these ELF Jammies from Target!!

Day 1 of Christmas Vacation! YAY!

Baylor had a Grinch Party at school and he came home with Grinch Slime. I went to the Christmas assembly where we all sang Christmas Carols. A small band came from the High School to play along with the songs. When school was out, the band was playing Christmas carols for all to hear. I loved it- it felt very Old Fashioned!

The boys spent a couple nights sleeping by the little Christmas tree and listening to Christmas music. 

I have been wanting to do this for years! We filled the car with blankets and Christmas candy and drove to the Portland Race Track to see the light show. We loved it. The kids said several times. 'Thank you for bringing us here!' They watched Prep and landing on the car ride home. 

Bentley fully embraced Christmas this year! After just a few days he knew all the Christmas movies and was making requests! His favorite was Grinch. He was asking for that all the time, and in the car he wanted to listen to the Grinch Song. He loved them all though, Grinch, Frosty, Charlie Brown... and especially Prep and Landing. He LOVES Prep and Landing (we all do at our house) He loves the part where Magee says... 'BYYYEEEE' He was saying it all.the.time. and he would crack up every time!!! I caught Wesley quoting this movie a few times too.... he would say 'That's so TINSEL.' It was pretty much the cutest thing ever!!!

"BYYEEEE"

Home for the Holidays

Updating our home was much more difficult then I anticipated. We bought our house in July and we are JUST now starting to feel settled in... but the timing is perfect! We love our new home so much. I'm glad we were able to enjoy the holidays in our new home!!

 There's no place like home for the Holidays!!!