My boys have been full of it lately and before I forget I will post these and then go back and fill in all the exciting things we have been doing for the past 2 months.
Parker has turned himself into a little cowboy. On Monday, he snuck into Carson's room and got Carson's boots from the closet. He got himself dressed in some jeans, a button shirt and the boots. He then comes and finds me and asks if he is a cool cowboy. I of course told him he looked like a cool cowboy. The boots never came off until he went to bed. The next morning he comes out of his bedroom and finds me. He is all dressed in the same clothes as yesterday and yes the boots are back on him. The kid is pretty smart and when I told him that he wore those cowboy clothes yesterday he told me, "no those are in the laundry basket. These are Peyton's." Sure enough he had pulled out the same shirt, & same jeans to make himself another cool cowboy. He has wore the boots everyday this week and always asks if he is a cool cowboy.
Today him and Carson were playing Grandpa and Dad. Parker was Grandpa Ric cuz he always wears cowboy boots and Carson was the Dad. Parker walked up to Carson and says, "Dad, you ready to go to the brown store?" My dad always takes the boys to the "Brown Store" (minit market) to get a treat whether in Pima or in Snowflake. This obviously is a memory of Grandpa that will hold on for a long time.
He even wants new cowboy boots and a cowboy hat for his birthday. We shall see...
Ami was over today and playing the wii. Parker loves his aunt Mame. He came and asked me where the lotion was cuz he needed to rub lotion on her feet. He rubbed her feet for 30 minutes with tons of lotion. He also decided to make himself look like a little warrior (see above picture).
Carson is starting school on Monday. He will be attending Kindergarten at Val Vista Lakes Elementary. He goes all day. Last night Chad, Carson and I went to meet the teacher. He has Mrs. Pfeiffer. She is very cute and looks like she will be fun to have. The classroom has lots of cool things he says. A reading station, a writing station, and some toys too. He is getting excited and so am I for this big adventure. I will miss him during the day as he is quite a good little helper with his brothers but we will manage. It's also a big change for me as I hate mornings. I don't know how I will manage to get up but my sleeping in days are over.
He is quite the little swimmer. He goes from one end of the pool to the other. He runs and jumps off the side, does belly flops and also plays timber and falls like a tree. It has been fun taking the kids down to the pool to cool off from all this heat.
Gunner is turning into his nickname that we have called him from day one. Gunner Bear. He is 16 months old and is already starting to throw little fits and tantrums. He watches his brothers way too close. I had them down at the pool yesterday Gunner and I got out to dry off. The older boys wanted to get in the hot tub so I told them they were going to burn themselves but go ahead. Gunner walked over to them and was talking and pointing his little finger at them. I was sitting in a lounge chair right close by the hot tub. I told Gunner to get away. He just looked at me and turned back around to yell at his brothers. I started to get up knowing that he was going to turn around and fall to the ground in one of his tantrums but there was nothing else I could do. I got up and sure enough he turned around and flopped down right into the hot tub. This was the first time he has ever went under and he did it all on his own. I was right there to pull him out but the funny thing is, I knew exactly what was going to happen before I even got up to get him. I love the terrible two's that are starting.
The above picture is him throwing a fit because I took Maci's (Cyndi's baby) bottle away from him and gave it back to her. He loves his fits.
If you watch this video at the end of it shows how Peyton plays the wii. He thinks that if he throws his arms high in the air it will actually make Mario jump higher. It is too cute.
Today Peyton was playing with the Wii remote when Chad got home. He had one end of it in his mouth. Chad told him he better get it out of his mouth. Peyton then comes over to me while wiping the remote off with his shirt and says, "I better wash this off or my dad will smack me!" This kid is crazy funny with the things he says. It was cute and Chad and I just laughed at him.
He is quite the computer and wii nerd. He can beat his brothers and mom in mario kart but only likes to be 1st player. He also does NOT like to lose. He will reset the game in the middle of it if he is loosing. Boy does he have some lessons to learn growing up.
As he was playing Mario Brothers (mom's favorite) he kept dying. Carson thought it was funny cuz Peyton throws fits when he dies. Peyton had had enough and yelled, "Stop laughing at me Carson or you're going to get the hiccups. The boy knows when he laughs too much he gets the hiccups and I guess everyone else does to in Peyton's eyes.
