Happy Valentines Day!

I recently read an article that challenged us women to be the ones to put the extra effort into Valentine's Day. Tom and I normally do not participate in Valentine's Day but after reading the article I thought it would be fun to "Date" my hubby! I will be honest though it's not hard to "date" my hubby; I am absolutely in Love with him that I just love doing anything and everything with him! I am also extremely proud of him but who wouldn't be when you see him doing this regularly! (See photo below)




Every day for 14 days I put out a little item for him with a little note attached!
Day One: 02.01.13


Day Two: 02.02.13


Day Three: 02.03.13


Day Four: 02.04.13


Day Five: 02.05.13


Day Six: 02.06.13


Day Seven: 02.07.13


Day Eight: 02.08.13


Day Nine: 02.09.13


Day Ten: 02.10.13


Day Eleven: 02.11.13


Day Twelve: 02.12.13


Day Thirteen: 02.13.13


Day Fourteen: 02.14.13

January in a Nutshell

Watching MieMie and Papa getting pulled for expired license plate on our street! (01.13.13)


Carter charming us with his smile! (01.16.13)


Daddy and Mason playing on the iPad. (01.16.13)


Sawyer and Mason building a snow fort with Aubrie. (01.18.13)


Carter eating some Cuvler's custard with Mommy! (01.19.13)


Sawyer and Mommy playing Operation together! (01.19.13)


Mason waiting for Carter to open his birthday presents. (01.22.13)


The boys watching a movie together! (01.27.13)


Mason being Mason! (01.27.13)


Carter helping me clean up the floor. (01.29.13)


Eating Scramble Cheez It's with MieMie and Papa. (01.30.13)


Building a cardboard Noah's Ark with Daddy! (01.31.13)

Happy 1st Birthday Carter Paul!

Last night we took one last picture of Carter being a baby; how time flies by. I woke up early to head to the gym and when I came home I found Carter in bed with Daddy and Daddy back sound asleep and then when I got out of the shower I walk out of the bathroom to discover all my boys snuggling together! Daddy took a vacation day so we had the entire day together to celebrate Carter turning 1! We had so much fun eating breakfast together, heading to Madison, opening presents (he got a toy chainsaw from us and his own special chair from MieMie and Papa), enjoying lunch with MieMie at Culver's, eating more cake and ending the day with everyone getting clean!

Carter has grown up so much in the past year and is keeping up with his brothers just fine. Carter is definitely one of a kind and we love it! He is our snuggle bug no matter when you pick him up or who picks him up he will snuggle right in for a nice long hug. He is a character and never ceases to make us laugh by his facial expressions or the little things that he does. He loves wet washcloths and sucking the water out of them, remote controls (drives Daddy crazy with that one), and playing with his tongue.

Carter's 1st Birthday Party

Today we celebrated Carter turning 1 year old early. Everyone was coming into town for the Schoessow Christmas/Gathering so we decided to combine the two parties together! The day was a lot of fun and everyone enjoyed the yummy cake! Carter was more interested in feeding his piece of cake to everyone than actually eating it on his own; he thought it was pretty funny to put his cake in other people's mouths! Last week we had some high temperature days so MieMie's hill ended up being all grass. Uncle Terry found some snow on the side of the house and decided to round up the kids and give sledding a try. Everyone had a lot of fun snow/grass sledding. For everyone else we just had funny hanging out. Uncle Brett and Ava played games on the phone, Ony and Titus enjoyed some cuddle time, Simon tried to figure out what was on Uncle Tom's face, Audrey and Uncle Timmy enjoyed loving on each other, Brenna enjoyed some popcorn and the adults enjoyed the time catching up with the latest news.

T is for Turtle

T is for Turtle - I don't quit; I persevere! This week we learned about no matter how hard something is or how long it takes we should never quit but to keep going! We put this into pratice by cleaning the toy room; it was a big job and it took a long time but we didn't give up! Sawyer also did some new worksheets other than his typical letter writing ones. One was to put a dot on all the letter "T" in the story. Then there was one where he had to put a dot on all the letter "T" and when he did it created a path for the Train to get to the Tracks. I just realized that I never took any pictures this week. So here are some pictures of Mason doing his Tot School!

(10.04.12)

Mason has been developing a love for books. He not only brings them to the counter to read while eating breakfast but I will also find him reading books in his bed even after Sawyer has fallen asleep.(10.13.12) Focus Books: "The Really Groovy Story of the Tortoise and the Hare" by Kristyn Crow "Hi, Harry! The moving sotry of how one slow tortoise slowyly made a friend" by Martin Waddell "Mr. Putter & Tabby Run the Race" by Cynthia Rylant "Yertle the Turtle" by Dr. Seuss Resource: My Father's World www.confessionsofahomeschooler.com

N is for Nest

N is for Nest and God takes good care of me! Just how God takes care of the birds in their nest He also takes care of and protects us! The highlight of our week was being able to go outside and enjoy the beautiful all while collecting things that birds make their nest out of. We then took everything inside and made our own nest. After the boys glued everything onto the paperplate we then put some blue eggs in the nest.

Sawyer is doing an awesome at learning his letters. At times he does confuse the "A" and "N" when writing them but other than that it's going great. Focus Books: "The Magic School Bus Flies from the Nest" "The Best Nest" by P.D. Eastman "Are you my Mother?" by P.D. Eastman "Spike's Best Nest" by Tony Maddox Resouce: My Father's World