Shoe tying kindergardener

Now that Cruz can tie his shoes, he's allowed to go to kindergarden! 

(Daddy's have their own special way to motivate :)

Soon

This baby boy is coming soon...really soon.  I'm sure not hiding it either with this "big, fat, sexy belly" (as my boys refer to it).  Today a guy at the store looked at me and said, "Whoa!  You are WAY pregnant!"  Why, yes I am sir.  I have about 18 days to go, but who's counting??  I can't wait to hold this little guy.

Lil' Graduate

Cruz on his last day of Preschool (at Grace)

At Impact Sports on his Preschool Party day with his buddies 

Cruz and Soph rockin' out 

Miss Patty

The pressies for the wonderful teachers.  

Funny thing about these is that I was going to have Cruz write what he liked about each teacher.  I asked him so we could write it down on a scratch paper.  For each teacher he said, "Now--which one is that again?  The one with the short hair or the long hair?"  Cruz has had these same teachers for TWO years and didn't even know their names!!  I was dying.  When we saw them at the party Tyce said he wanted to show Miss Patty his paper.  Cruz asked me, "How does he already know their names?"

These ladies are sweethearts and I am so thankful that I will be able to spend the next 5 years with more kids in their preschool.

As for Cruz...onto KINDERGARDEN!!

My name is Tyce

Some -isms for the month:

The kid loves cheese crisps aka quesadillas and calls them "creez pists".

He is recently really obsessed with Beau and when he leaves or if he's gotten hurt he says, "I want my Daddy!"  Sooooo cute.  He's also been known to call Beau at work and ask him, "You wanna come over?" Tyce also says, "Realllllly Dad!"

To me, he talks all day long about just about everything on his little mind and occasionally has lines like, "I'm a BIG kid, that's why Mom!"

He gives cheap shots to Cruz, hitting him for no apparent reason.  Luckily I remember Cruz doing the same to Oshyn, so I am envisioning a time when it no longer happens.  As for now, I put him in the crib for his "time out" and tell him that it makes Mommy sad, Daddy sad, Heavenly Father sad, and Jesus sad when he hits Cruz.  When I go into get him and ask him why he is in the crib he has said to me (more than once), "I hit Jesus?!" with his innocent happy voice.  He doesn't get it, but is an -ism to remember. 

A gamer.  He likes to play games on our phones or on Oshyn's "iPat".  It amazes me what he can find and do without any help. 

He is our snuggler.  We have never had a kid that can climb into bed with us in the morning and get lost in the sheets and fall back asleep.  Its kinda fun.

A cheeseball to the core.  Tyce is always wanting to do something or say something that makes you laugh...and if you do, he'll say or do it 5 million more times.

Mr. Boots.  Everyone knows him for his cowboys boots.  He wears them with just about everything, including basketball shorts.  I love them and am excited that I have another little man that gets to wear them next.

Always up for a good time.  He is a friendly dude and will converse with anyone about anything from ages 1-101 (I'm lying, he talks to babies too!)

What a fun-lovin' crazy we have on our hands.  His vocabulary and way of talking/acting just get more and more grown up daily.  Tyce is a terrific two year old (with occasional terrible two tendencies which make him the real deal).  We love our Tyce!

We're so green

we thought we'd recycle our oldest two...we have a new one coming soon, so it should work out okay.

Hilton Head

We love east coast water & will miss your 71 degrees-ness, but not as much as we missed our little rug rats.  Not that we didn't appreciate a little down time & a date weekend, but life is better with kids, hands down.