Autism Walk 2013

Saturday our family participated in our first walk and it was so much fun!

We did the "Walk for Autism" and our team was large enough to have our team name printed on the back of our shirts.  We were "Team Alex."

It was the perfect day outside.  Not too hot and not too cold.  The kids enjoyed the bounce houses before the walk started.  After the walk we went and enjoyed some pizza at Stevie B's.

We are so grateful for those who walked with us and for those who donated.  We had a lot more people participate with us then we would have ever anticipated and it meant so much to us.  We are looking forward to doing it every year!

(Just a few photos from the day)

Pizza Night!

Billy was lucky enough to head to the Brewer game tonight with the his co-workers so the kids and I had a homemade pizza night.  They enjoyed helping mom put the toppings on (and eating some too)!

After dinner Alex quickly changed out of his angry bird shirt into his Brewer shirt to cheer the Brew Crew on!  

Alex's favorites at 5

Favorite color: Purple
Favorite thing to eat: homemade lunchables
Favorite treat: ice cream
Favorite toy: Skylanders
Favorite place to go to: Toy store
Favorite thing to do with dad: play with him
Favorite thing to do with mom: go to stores
Favorite thing to do with Rhoslyn: run around with her
Favorite shirt to wear: Angry bird shirts
Favorite kind of ice cream: Chocolate and Mint
Who is your best friend: Brayden (from school)
Favorite game to play (not electronic): Angry bird's space trouble

Happy 5th Birthday Alex!!

Alex is officially five today!  

Easter Sunday we celebrated with our family with cake and presents (and Easter lunch).  Today we had a friend party for Alex.  He was so excited about his birthday.  Last night it was 6 pm and Alex asked if it was time for bed yet because he just couldn't wait for his birthday.

When he woke up this morning his presents were on the table just waiting to be opened.  He woke us all up so he could open up his gifts before breakfast.  It is always so fun watching his expressions and how excited he gets.  He loved it all!

He requested bacon, eggs, and toast for breakfast.

By 9:00 he was asking why his friends weren't over yet.  We had to tell him it would be another 3 WHOLE hours before they arrived.  He was so excited and pumped up when his friends started arriving that his heart was just pounding.  He couldn't wait to show them his room and the party decorations.  We had lunch, played games, opened presents, had cake, and the kids had fun playing with all of Alex's toys.

We had SEVEN boys at our house.  So nine kids total including Alex and Rhoslyn and just Billy and I.  It was crazy and we were both exhausted by the time everyone left.  The kids were totally pooped out too.  It was a great day and Alex had a blast!

Tomorrow I will post Alex's favorites at his age right now.

Get ready for picture overload!!

Easter Sunday family gifts.

Banana pudding poke cake that Alex requested.

Alex's Castle.  He was able to open it two days early.

Very cool cake that glowed under a black light!

Birthday morning!

Angry bird toss game.

Angry bird building sets for the kids to play with.

Piggy Bowling!

The kids enjoying pizza for lunch.

Party table.

Alex playing with his friend Cole from school.

The boys in Alex's room.  It was packed!

Blowing out his five candles!


Happy Birthday buddy!  We love you so much and we are so glad you had such a fun birthday.  

Grandparents Day at school

Grandma Jackie and Grandma Lori visited Alex at school Friday for Grandparents Day.

He sure loved having them there.  They had lunch together, did a craft, the kids sang songs, and they also got a tour of the classroom.

Thank you Grandma's for coming and sharing such a special day with him!

Alex says the darndest things...

Yesterday Grandma Lori took Alex on his swimming field trip for school.  In the car Alex told her he wanted to be a Chef when he gets older.  My mom asked him what restaurant he would like to work in and Alex said, "Taco Bell."  It's so funny because he has probably had Taco Bell twice!

Today he is starting a cold and didn't want to eat much when it was lunch time.  About an hour or so later he was hungry.  I told him he could go upstairs and make himself a sandwich.  So he went upstairs to make himself a peanut butter and honey sandwich and he made me a peanut butter peanut butter sandwich.  In case you don't know what that is... it's peanut butter on each piece of bread (Alex's words).  He was so cute about it when he came back down with the sandwiches.  "Mmm my sandwich is really good!  How is your sandwich mom?"

Then he asked this....

"Mom, did you sit on one side and dad sit on the other and eat the noodle until you kissed?" 

I just smiled. =)

Crazy Kids!

Our kids are so funny sometimes!  Last night we were downstairs playing with the kiddo's.  Rhoslyn went off to do something and I asked Billy where she went.  He got up to look and found her by the front door with Alex's hat on, his Yoda slippers, and his jacket on (upside down).  It was too funny and definitely a camera moment!  Then Alex went up and decided he wanted to dress like Rhoslyn and put on her jacket and Dora slippers.

This week I have been working on potty training Rhoslyn.  It has been a total nightmare!  In three days she has only gotten two stickers on her chart.  To clarify that, she gets a sticker for each time she pee's or poops on the potty.  If she fills her chart (five total), she gets a LaLa Loopsy Doll.  I thought getting her something she really wanted would help motivate her to try (this method worked great with Alex). Here is the problem... she is holding her pee.  Today she was dry from about 7:15-4:15.  That is not good.  I put her on the potty a million times (with her pretty much yelling no at me and giving me attitude).  She will sit for half an hour and not go.  At one point I gave up and put a diaper on her around 4:00 this afternoon and what does she do 10 minutes later... stands and pee's in her diaper.  At least she finally pee'd, but then she wanted the diaper off because it had pee in it.

I'm not sure that she will be wearing underwear all day tomorrow.  I am exhausted mentally from the last three days and I feel like we aren't getting anywhere.  Oh yes, and the other day I let her wear underwear for naptime (because she insisted).  She never took a nap so I went into her room and found her underwear on the floor full of poop and she put a new pair of undies on.  Maybe we will give it another month and try again...