More Great Quotes

Zach's best friend Scott recently went to Disneyland and got a really cool Lightning McQueen Shirt with lots of screen print racing decals. Since they got back a week ago, Scott has been wearing this shirt everyday, as kids have been known to do. Yesterday Zach says,

"Mom, I'm glad I have a lot of shirts. Scott only has one shirt now. But it does have a lot of cool stickers."

Poor Scott. I don't know why his parents don't buy him more shirts :)

I'm still not used to Brandon knowing how to read. Like it doesn't surprise me when he's reading a book, but when he reads signs or the headlines on TV, I'm always surprised by the questions he asks. Last night walking to the car he says,

"Mom, where is State Farm?"
"What?"
"That sign said, State Farm is there. Where is there?"
"Uh..."
I really had no response.

Our Doggie Door

Nate got tired of waiting for me to go out back with him...he just wanted to go out with his brothers! Jerry fixed the screen...but not until after I got a picture!

Nate's Chuck E. Cheese Birthday...trying again

Ok, so it has been 2 1/2 weeks since Nate's birthday and I'm still trying to get the pictures posted. It seems like whenever I have a minute to do it...I have Blogger issues. So here we go again...

We took the kids to Chuck E. Cheese to celebrate Nate's 1st Birthday. They all had a blast and Nate got to make his cupcake mess there! Happy Birthday Baby!

Tagged

Ok, so Keri tagged me, but I'm going to use Laurie's rules. I like it.

• Post rules on your blog
  
• Answer the six "4" items
  
• Let each person know they've been tagged by leaving a comment

4 things I did yesterday

• Went to Train Museum with Keri and our kids
  
• Watched Kung Fu Panda
  
• Ate a Jimboy's steak quesadilla...yum
  
• Helped Jerry fold laundry after he did 2 loads...what a guy!
  

4 things I look forward to

• Christmas
  
• Vacation
  
• Nate eating without making a ginormous mess. Spell check is actually accepting ginormous.
  
• Eating out
  

4 restaurants I like

• Red Robin
  
• Habit Burger
  
• Chilis
  
• Johnny Carrinos
  

4 things on my wish list (in no particular order)

• A housekeeper
  
• A really cool car
  
• A beach house
• A Disneyland lifetime pass and a private plane to hop down whenever
  

4 favorite TV shows

• Heroes
  
• Lost
  
• Jon and Kate plus 8
  
• ER

4 people I tag

• I'm too late...all my friends have been tagged
  

Happy Birthday Nate!

I can't believe it's been a whole year that we've had this little guy in our lives! We hope you have a great day, buddy! Here's some of our favorite things about Nate:
1. His high-speed crawl
2. How he brightens up and says "da-sa-sa" when he sees the dinosaurs on his wallpaper border
3. The way he points at everything and babbles like you know what he's saying
4. The way he tries to chase his brothers but can never catch them
5. How much he loves to be outside
6. His never-ending appetite for any type of food
7. His blonde bangs hanging in his eyes
8. His big blue eyes
9. His happy clapping
10. His enthusiasm when he greets us...you can never get tired of that!

Soccer Star!

Zach just finished a 6-week soccer class and he totally loved it! You see, Zach is 4 and in every other place in America he could have played soccer on a team this year. Brandon played when he was 4 and we lived in Dixon. But, alas, in Roseville, you have to be 5 and in Kindergarten. So Zach has to wait until next year. Our theory is that since there are already 4700 kids playing in the Roseville Youth Soccer Club, they had to cut out those 4-year olds. Anyway, he was bummed and was glad to start this class. He is really good dribbler and scored a goal about every other scrimmage including once where he scored 2! Way to go Zach! Dad can't wait to coach your team next year!

Toothless Wonder!

Brandon lost his 1st tooth today! So now I guess he really looks like a first grader. He's having fun sticking his finger in the hole, I remember it felt funny when I was a kid. Thanks to my pal Laurie for the tip about dental floss, it worked like a charm. For all you moms waiting for this milestone: when the tooth is really loose you just wrap dental floss around it crossing it in the front, then pull up with the cross. It popped right out and fell on the floor!