Callie Sue Holland

Our sweet girl arrived yesterday at 12:51 pm. 8 pounds 5 ounces, 20 inches. She has a head full of dark hair! Carson and Shane have been so excited for her to arrive, but were completely uninterested in her and kept asking when they got to leave! Silly boys!!

Callie's Room

I can't believe we only have 11 days until my sweet girl arrives! We finally got everything done in her room! Gigi painted the ballet murals on the walls, I love they way it turned out!

Halloween

Tommy made the boys costumes again this year. Carson was a crane and Shane was a bulldozer. They love construction vehicles right now and were so excited to wear their costumes. It was difficult to get them to stay still for a picture!

Random Pictures.....

Shane's normal TV watching position....clothes off.  He constantly takes his clothes off these days!  I'm not sure why, but he loves it.  I don't try to put them back on unless we are going somewhere or people are over because it is pointless, they come right back off! 

The boys found a new use for Daddy's boots.  They filled them with trains then dumped them out for quite a while!

Playing with Lauren

Carson is not napping anymore...usually.   He fell asleep sitting up on the couch while Shane was napping. 

Napping on the floor.  As long as he naps,  I don't care!

Watching TV one morning.  I'm not sure if they had been up late the night before, but they sure look tired for the morning!

One of their favorite things to do is make a comfy spot which is just a large mound of every pillow in the house.  Usually they make it in the living room, but this day they decided Carson's bed was a good spot.

Swimming

I have been horrible about taking pictures this year, but I'm working on it.  I've been trying to leave my camera out so I can catch all the cute things Carson and Shane do.  I got some cute pictures at the pool this week!  The boys love going to the pool and since it has been so hot that's one of the few places I can handle the heat! 

I love this one!  He doesn't put his face in the water, but he loves wearing his goggles!

Enjoying some cherries.

Love the cute smile!

Shane really enjoyed the cherries!! 

Catching up.....

I have been awful about posting pictures on my blog this year!  I am playing catch up and am going to post a picture or two from each month.....



January....Carson and Shane's birthday party!!



February.....On our way to Chuck E Cheese for Shane's birthday. 




March.....Enjoying a day at the zoo.



April....Easter morning



No pictures from May!  I think that was the height of morning sickness!!!

June...At the Zoo



July....Motorcycle Ride!



I really have not taken very many pictures this year!  I am hoping to do better in the last half of the year. 

Icy Fun

We have been stuck inside the last few days because of the crazy weather, but we have found some interesting ways to stay busy.....

 After two days inside, the boys needed some exercise so I set up the bounce house inside.  I wasn't sure it would fit, but it worked!  The only bad thing was the fan that blows the air in was louder than I expected.  Carson and Shane really had fun!

Tuesday morning Carson wanted to go outside and play in the snow.  He didn't understand that it was ice and not snow so I brought some of the sleet in to show him.  Once it melted I put it in a cup and put it back outside.  It refroze and we brought it back in to play.  They loved the big chunk of ice.  I don't think I got any pictures, but Shane loved to put his feet on it!

Last night, I put some beads, rocks, bolts, and money in an ice cube tray and put it outside. 

 We brought them inside this morning to see what happened.  Carson and Shane loved touching the ice cubes.

Then we melted the ice cubes by using warm water and a baster.  This was lots of fun!

Then we sorted all the little objects.  Carson loves to sort, he does it on his own sometimes.  Shane mainly likes to mess up the sorting.  Yes, they have very different personalities!!

This was such a fun activity!  I am planning to do it again in the summer when we can take the ice cubes outside in the heat. 

Let Your Light Shine!

I started a letter of the week program with Carson and Shane.  I thought it would be something fun and educational.  They have really enjoyed it and I have been blown away by what they can do!  The program I am using is called Raising Rock Stars Preschool and it is from a blog I read.  I love this program because it is based on scripture.  I get to teach letters but our main focus is learning God's word.  Each week focuses on a different letter, number, color and sight word.  This week we did the letter L, number 1, color yellow, and the word see.    Each letter also has a memory verse which is the main biblical topic for the week.  This week we talked about letting your light shine!  I thought it would be fun to do a little video of Carson saying his verse.  By Wednesday, he had is down!

After I took the video of Carson, Shane wanted me to do him too.  I thought it would be fun to see what he would say.  I was completely shock at what I heard!  Let me warn you that his video is the most adorable thing you have ever heard!!!

I could not believe he knew the entire verse!!!  What an amazing little guy.   Two days shy of his second birthday and he memorized his first Bible verse and a lengthy one at that!!! 

I didn't take many other pictures of our letter L activities, but here are a few.

Carson writing....he did much better than I expected!  He looks so focused in the picture, but is wasn't quite as peaceful as it looks!

 

Each letter has a power point that goes along with it.  This was by far their favorite thing!  We have done it every day and multiple times the last two days.  They know it word by word.

Here they are holing their lights getting ready to sing This Little Light of Mine!

But this is what they do when the music comes on!  I am singing very expressively and they are reclining on the fire place.  They enjoy the song, but don't want to sing.  It is way more fun to watch me do it myself!

We had such a fun time with the letter L.  I can't wait until next week!