And off he went....without training wheels!

Cole did it! He took off and we are SO proud of him.



The begining: Daddy's stern but encouraging words when Cole wanted to give up.

Reid had to pedal like a mad man to keep up and we had to run. Thankfully, Reid decided to ride his big wheel because he can pedal a lot faster on it than the bike.

Look Mommy! No training wheels!
Now, we just have to teach him to stop. ha! I say "we", but Joe did all of the work. Something I've learned about Joe recently, is that he is an incredible teacher. It makes me love him a bit more. ;-)

Cole is number 6.

During the game on Saturday, Cole bumped his nose on another players head. His nose gushed blood and for a moment we thought it may have been broken. The most that Cole has ever bled. As soon as the blood stopped, he got right back in the game. He loves all sports, but soccer and basketball are his favorite.

Papi has not missed a single game. He spends every second playing with Reid and watching Cole play. My Reid wants to play soccer so bad. So, even though he's only on the sidelines, he asks us to put on his soccer gear.

Happy boy!


Night time potty training:::::: Reid had woken up with a dry pull-up for about 2 weeks, so we decided last Monday to try pull-up free nights. Just underwear. So, after 3 overnight accidents last week, we decided that we are allowing him to sleep in pull-ups until he is 14. As long as he doesn't spend the night at friends houses, no one will ever know.  Of course, he has woken up with dry pull-ups since........

Have a great week!

Fix it. Please?

I tried posting something this evening, but it will have to wait. For some reason the images are not showing up.

Blogger, what's going on?????????? Fix it please.

Gringo Turtle Speaking a Little Spanish

April is a busy month for us.  We are taking the kids to Sea World and a 2 night stay in San Antonio.  We are going with the Knott’s and Simmons, so it will be fun. The kids are SOO excited that they get to go to Sea World with Addison, Cooper, Rylee and Parker. We’ve got a crawfish boil, several birthday parties (including Reid’s 3^rd birthday party!), Easter and I’ll be in San Antonio on business for 3 days.  The 4 of us have dentist appointments,  we have soccer every Saturday and I need to step up my training for a 10K that I’m running the first week of May.  Oh and the one thing that we have to do this month that makes me want to cry………………………….. Is “Kindergarten Roundup” for Cole on April 20^th.  This is where we take Cole to the elementary school that he’ll attend in August. He will receive an orientation geared towards Kindergartners and then we all get a tour of the school. 
I'll post pictures soon. For now, here is a video of Cole telling us the months of the year in Spanish. Yes, that is marker on their body and face. They decided that body art was more fun than arts and craft time. Oh and I'm not sure what Reid is doing in the video....

Turtle Tuesday. A Day at the Park.

We love this weather. Soccer games, grilling and eating outside, riding bikes and going to the park to climb, run and fish. Cole is learning to ride his bike without training wheels, but we still have some work. It cracks me up to see him lose control. Kinda sick, I know. :-) Fortunately, Joe is there to catch him almost every time. The time change means more sunlight, which means we'll get to spend more time outside. The downfall? My body will hate feeling like it's waking up at 4am....

Reid is a rabbit. Constantly hopping. I love this picture of him in the air.

Looking for bait with Daddy.

 

Admiring the view and looking for fish.

After school at the park. What Reid decided to do, instead of playing on the slides.

 





 



Paci's and Clovers.

We took Reid's pacifier away during the day on his 2nd birthday. He still has a pacifier at night when he sleeps and during naps on weekends (he hasn't had a paci in over a year during naps at school).
We are completely vetoing his pacifier on his 3rd birthday, but today on the radio I heard that Suri Cruise (Tom Cruise's daughter) still uses a paci at age 5. Does that make it ok for us???????????  ha!   We are embarrased at the fact that Reid STILL has a pacifier to sleep and he's not even 3, but 5????????????????????????????????????? I have to admit, it makes me feel a little better. ; -)

One leaf is for FAITH... The second for HOPE...The third for LOVE... And the fourth for LUCK!

This is a picture of what we believe to be a four leaf clover that Cole found. On the way to the soccer field, Joe actually saw him walk by a clover patch, heard him say "Oh! I'm going to find a four leaf clover", bend down and pick up the first thing he saw (which turned out to be this). When I saw it, I couldn't believe it. Not only is St. Patrick's day next week, but I have looked for these things - EVERYWHERE! When I say "everywhere", I mean it. I have looked in Trinidad, Damascus, Florida, Peru...I still look now at 34! I've always wanted to find one and never, ever had any luck. Then, my 4 year old finds one in seconds.

This lucky boy told me he wished for a pot of gold. : )

Happy St. Patty's week!