Keeping Busy

I have found that in keeping the kids busy, it keeps me sane. The kids find anything fun and amusing. It could be helping with dinner, planting seeds, changing their clothes, blowing bubbles, or rolling their hair in curlers. So here are just a few things the Weagant's have been up to lately. The weather is up and down and we never know when we are going to get to spend some time outside. Being in the house is getting old and the kids are just not tired enough when we put them to bed. I can't wait until summer!

Here we are in the backyard blowing bubbles. It was windy on this day and the bubbles were blowing all over the yard. It was cool to watch.

Mommy's little helpers making enchiladas, the kids favorite dinner. Notice Nolan in the princess dress. Something that we don't do very often, but we give in sometimes because he likes to twirl around. We have successfully convinced Austin that he is too manly to wear a dress-up dress.

This was our evening activity the other night. The bucking bronco. The kids had so much fun getting on Dad and having him knock them off again and again. Quite entertaining.

My little girlie girl loves to have her hair curly, so she convinced me to put Grandma's old curlers in her hair. I did the best I could. Being such a tom boy, I don't know much about these things. Her hair turned out o.k. I told her we could try again much later.

My Baby is Growing Up

Happy Birthday Dear Nolal,

Happy Birthday to you!

"Say Cheese!"

My little All-Star!

Nolan doing what he does Best!

Happy Birthday Nolan!! The terrible two's are here. My sweet little baby is growing up. What am I going to do? No, we are not having another one. We had a great party for Nolan on Saturday at Nana's house. It turned out wonderful. All of our friends and family were there. Sports was our theme. We had everything sports out that we had: basketball hoop, soccer ball net, and Garrett's great invention, cardboard targets for the football throw. We all had a blast and ate lots of junk food. Thank you everyone for a great time and thank you Nana for letting us trash your house and yard.

Avery's Scary Adventure

Before:

After:
Poor Avery went into have her tonsils out on Friday the 13th. Talk about scary. Mommy went to work that day while daddy stayed home and took care of our princess. What a brave little girl she was. She wasn't even scared and all of the nurses loved her for that. That and because she is so cute and adorable! It was a rough first week after that, but she was tough and pulled through like a trooper. I am so proud of her. What a tramatic experience for a four year old. The had to put her down and she woke up scared out her mind. I bet she won't forget that. The before picture we took at 6:00 in the morning. She had to be there at 6:30. You'd never know where she was headed. The after picture was definately a good one. She lived in her PJ's for days. Love you Avery.

No More Cribs

We have been wanting to get the boys bunk beds for a while and we finally decided to accomplish the task in one evening. One very long evening. The journey started at about 3:30 with dropping the kids off at Nana's. We went and bought mattresses. Went and got the bed. Put it all together, took it apart, put it together again, took it apart, put it together again, and picking up the kids. (Garrett and Joe did the putting together and taking apart. I just kept the food and drinks coming.) Finally, at the early hour of 10:30, the kids hit the sack, or should I say the floor. Yes, Austin and Nolan both fell out of their bed. Welp, guess we got that out of the way. Nolan is not liking the change much. Austin loves his new bed and won't sleep. And Avery is jealous that she is not the center of attention. Shall I say, "princess." Here I am trying to get them to go to sleep once again. Thought I would drop a quick note in between screams, getting out of bed, and begging for another drink. We will miss this right? J/K I am loving every minute of being a mom!

When it Rains it Pours

Please tell me that I am not the only one this happens too. So I have been having this feeling all week that something bad is going to happen. Things have been going pretty good around our house lately, ever since we got back from D-land. The kids have been healthy, dad has been home a lot, Mommy has been excercising. But not to my surprise, because of my feeling ,the POOP has hit the fan. Friday night I wanted to do something for myself and go to the Gridley girls basketball game. (where I work) I have been wanting to go all season. So Avery, Nolan, and I went. We got pizza, sat and watched for a while then here we go. Nolan spilled skittles on the court, almost ran right out in the middle of the game, they were wild. So I decided to leave early. We were supposed to meet a friend there, but trying to be the under control mom, we leave. Passing my friend on the way in. Sorry. As I am backing out I hear this crunch. Poop. Yah, I backed into a truck and tore up the bumper and tail light. (hitting the fan). Luckily I didn't see a scratch on the truck. I leave a note anyway. So then there is the axiety of telling Garrett. TEll him, he is actually o.k. Very supportive. Thank heaven. Then I get a call. The bumper of the truck I hit is bent. (poop). Then Garrett gets a call. Uncle Phil passed away. (hitting the fan). Everyone is still o.k. I guess. Getting through it. Then AVery gets this cough and it doesn't stop for two days. (poop) Still coughing. Then the sliding screen door breaks. (hitting the fan). Need I go on. So my plea is this. I need some assurance that I am not the only one that has everything in her house break at one time. (Couch, car, door, toys, bed, sprinkler) . How do you deal with it if you are as lucky as I.

On a positive note. I am so lucky t0 have such a supportive husband. He has seen be through the best and worst times. And I know that sometimes both of us just want to pack up and get away from it all. We have always survived. I am also thankful for my three beautiful children which I love dearly and hate that these hard times sometimes put me in the worst moods. How can someone not smile back at their beautiful faces. They could brighten the gloomiest days.

Yeah Christmas !!!

What a busy and fun Christmas Season! I have to say I went into it gun ho about taking pictures and putting them on my blog and in my scrap books (which I haven't done since Nolan was born), but my picture taking mood ran out. So here we go:


Celebrating Christmas for the Weagants!

#1 Daycare Christmas Program

The daycare Christmas Program consists of the kids getting together and singing 3-4 songs and looking oh so cute in their atlers. OUr daycare is the awesomest. Not only do they do the program, but they feed us and give the kids gifts at the end. We love Sherry and Becky and don't know what we would do without them. So, Avery carried the group with her stong musical skills. Loud and proud my little princess sang. Austin was the yeller of the group, yelling lines here and there. What a crack up! Nolan was putting on the show with dancing and saying the last word of each line and a little bit more here and there. He did manage to keep his atlers on this year.

#2 White Elephant Ornament Exchange in Anderson

We went to Anderson on the 20th and got to see alot of Garretts Aunts, Uncles, and cousins. We all had a lot of fun eating, playing and visiting. The kids even got in on the ornament escapade and Austin ended up coming home with three ornaments instead of the regular one.

#3 Christmas Eve with Nana, Lance, Megan, and Wyatt

We were blessed to have Garretts mom and brother's family come over and visit with us on Christmas Eve. Our cousin Wyatt is getting around amazingly and fits right in with all the kids. We had fun taking pictures and opening presents. Austin's favorite gift was his Cowboys football uniform. Let's just say he slept in it. When he wasn't wearing his helmet, Nolan was. Nolan didn't want his presents, he wanted his big brothers.

#4 Christmas Morning!
Yes, surprisingly, the man in the red suit showed up with a bundle of toys. ONe even for Mommy! :) We had a hard time tearing Avery away from her new princess castle. Even today she was telling me, Santa brought me exactly what I wanted. Yes, he is the man, or the woman, I have to say. The train table that SAnta worked so hard on to get the track just right was tore up in seconds and Nolan's little four wheeler was rode by the big brother as he was interested in little brother's gift. What is up with the boys. Share and share alike!

#5 Christmas at Grammi's
We were blessed again to spend time with family. Almost all of us were there on Christmas day. Minus Chris again. We forgive him though, as he brought back a new fiance. Worth the trip. So now two of my brothers are getting married this summer! What fun we will have! Congrats to Wes and Tesha and Chris and Alyssa! We love you. Anyways, Grammi's was the usual craziness. Wild, fun, and messy!


#6 Disneyland!
The day after Christmas we left for 6 days to Disneyland! We had a great time. All of us kids got to ride rides, watch shows, and join in some shows even! We stayed up late for fireworks, got wet on Splash Mountain (my personal favorite), went on Pirates (or "Powits" as Nolan says) our usual five times, and came home dead tired. But it was all worth it!!! Thank you Maggie for all your help. Couldn't do it without you!

The Tree Is Up !

Peek-A-Boo!

Get a little closer!

Christmas with the kids gets funner and funner every year. Putting up the tree this year was way easy because the kids did most of it. They had a blast. I had to laugh because they would put like four ornaments in the same spot and the limb would just be drooping there. We gave them some good pointers and the tree is beautiful.
Good job guys!