what we did

i bought collin some goggles (gobbles- i love how he says that!) he loved them a lot.

cman's school picture. i told keith he looked like he should have a long rat tail and hang out at the skating rink on friday nights. y'all remember that kid? he could skate really well, i'll give him that. no seriously- i think C is very handsome but i'm not digging this look. in my defense daddy took him to school so he wouldn't have thought to do the "once over".

i bought c and c new shoes this week. they were pumped! i had to put my pretty pink shoes in there too. i bought them a few weeks ago. i went in stinky feet to pick up a 5K race packet and i walked out with these. they're worth it!!

we took the boys to the park on monday. keith had been feeling bad so we really laid around all weekend and finally decided to do something. the park was pretty crowded but the boys still had fun.

we went out to eat afterwards. i tell ya, our phones are big entertainment. not sure what we ever did without them. or what my parents did. i guess we actually had to behave or something. yikes.

bulldog bash was last night. they do it every year at C's school. we had a cute friend of C's come along with us. however, i think collin polk had the BEST time. he thought he was a big dog. for reals. look at him go up this big ole thing!! he probably climbed up like 20 times!

and that, my friends, is what we did.

soccer party

sweet Cman had his soccer party at pizza hut a few weeks ago.

he got a cool medal, and a little lovin' from a GREAT coach. we were blessed with a sweet coach AND new friends this year too!

caleb's parent teacher conference and a reality check

yesterday evening we had C's parent-teacher conference. i really wasn't expecting to hear anything earth shattering, i knew that academically he's right on if not better than on target. C's teacher, mistie has been really good for him this year. i've been praying for C's teachers since he was born, and it's always kinda neat to see your prayers answered.

anyway, mistie teared up TWICE telling us about how much she's enjoyed cman this year. she really spent a lot of time bragging on him. keith said she was biased- but isn't that what you want for your child? i've spent all of this time praying for my kids to have favor on their lives and now his teacher really likes him and i'm supposed to consider that a bias? nope :) and really, keith was touched too by all of the nice things she said. he just didn't believe that caleb was a "dream student". we'll take it though! here are just a few of the things that we talked about:

- caleb's one of the few boys in his class that can catch a ball. (yep daddy, i think all that ball practice last year paid off)
- he colors neatly, cuts well, holds his pencil correctly and has good handwriting
- he likes puzzles and thinking games and will spend a lot of time working on them
- he knows his alphabet/sounds, counting, one to one correspondence- all that stuff
- he takes up for himself
- he shares
- he likes to listen to stories and to sing
- and finally, our favorite- there's a little boy in his class who is a little different. he doesn't necessarily qualify as special needs- but there are some issues. mistie said caleb is the only boy who's reached out to him and made a point to play with him. she said this little boy is loving school because of caleb. y'all, seriously- my heart could just burst. how precious is that?

the only thing we really needed to work on is learning his address/phone number, and tying his shoe. yeesh, can i just keep buying the velcro kind?

aaaand now for the reality check.

i have to register caleb for kindergarten february 10th. (heart in stomach). how can it be here already? i was talking to a teacher friend on wednesday and she casually mentioned this date and i really felt myself get a little sick.

i know he needs to go, i know he's ready- but i'm not sure that i am. how did it get here so stinkin' soon? he was a baby yesterday and now i'm ready to send him to school?

i remember when i taught kindergarten and there would be mothers crying in the hallway after dropping their kids off the first day. i didn't get it. now i'm going to be a mother crying in the hallway! well, hopefully not but i feel like i might cry a little during registration. i asked ashley the other day if she would go with me and hold my hand. she said she would, i think she gets it a little. meredith will be there year after next.

aaaand now for the 2nd reality check.

i booked caleb's FIFTH birthday party last night. be near dear Jesus. how can he be 5? i seriously felt a little sick (again) while booking his birthday party. we were actually at a birthday party (at pump it up, so i just went ahead and booked it while we were there) with some friends who had not seen C in a while and they just kept saying- "he looks so different! he looks so big! he looks so grown up!"

y'all, shut it already. my heart just can't take it. i keep telling him i'm going to put a brick on his head so he'll stop growing.

the reality is that C's doing exactly what i want him to do- he's growing in wisdom and love and growing up physically and becoming a little person- but dear Lord, it's bittersweet. i'm sure by the time april rolls around i'll be ready to celebrate- but again, TIME, can you PLEASE for the love of all that's decent and holy SLOW DOWN!

he gets it from his mama

y'all, i'm not known for my sweetness and light when i wake up from a nap. cman gets it honest.

the kid likes a hat and some gloves....

I love this kid! You may remember from some previous posts how much little Cman enjoys himself in a hat.... check these pics out here and here and here here. see, i told you!!

yummy

i was watching some of the videos i have on the blog with little cman and i noticed how he's grown SO much in the past year. he was just yummy in those videos- so stinkin' cute and little. i love that he's getting big, but i miss my little guy too. even though i'm with him 24/7 it still goes by way too fast. here's a little flashback from july of last year- sniff.

just like Daddy

when i tell y'all that my child likes to hunt it's an understatement! k let him look at some of his arrows (without the broadheads- or sharp points)... and then caleb ended up wanting a quiver full.... and today he was using his bow to shoot those arrows. he's been at it all day today! he's got pretty good form too, huh?

i think someday we're going to be watching this footage on some huntin' show after c has won a bunch of bow hunting tournaments. kinda like a tiger woods kinda thing- let's hope he can make mama some money at it!

Noah's party at the Splash Pad

The Splash Pad has been one of our FAVORITE places to go this summer. It's cool, easy, fun and super cheap.

And yes, C is wearing a bathing suit that is sacrilegious orange and blue. It was a gift, he's only worn it in the backyard, and it was his only clean suit.... I've already asked for forgiveness so y'all don't be haters. If we were in Tuscaloosa where people would really notice I'd have just had to endured the temper tantrum and stayed home :)

my little FISH!

Here's my sweet boy on his last day of swimming lessons. We were super proud of him! Scroll down a few posts to watch a video and see some pictures of his first few days of lessons.

Cman's Swim Lessons- Day 4

i'm too sexy for my shirt......

really this is a picture of Cdawg on his first day of swimming lessons :)

palm sunday

Here's Cman with his bell bracelet he made and his "pawm bwanch" from sunday school. He waved it for us and showed us how the people said, "Hosanna!" when Jesus went by on His donkey. The bells were for the celebratin' that folks did- their King had come!