Eat more chicken

1st time holding a sparkler....after it went out he dropped it and went to pick it up and guess what...he grabbed the wrong end and burnt his pinky finger....

SLAM DUNK!

Went to chic fil A today and they got hats...Jaron loved it....he calls it "eat more chicken" not chic fil a. "Mommy I want to go to eat more chicken"....I said are you gonna eat some chicken and he said NO.

They just like to play on the play ground...

My handsome little man

We ran into our cousin at Monkey Joes and her and Jacob played together the whole time.

Baby Jonah working hard

Playing with the bubble mower

The last two pictures are at Monkey Joes in the baby section. He LOVED it!!!

Happy 4th Birthday

Well my baby is 4 years old....He's not little anymore. He does not want me to call him my baby anymore. He has been going to pre-K 1 day a week to hold a spot for the school year. He will start in August full time. This was a big step for him because he doesn't eat like normal children. He holds everything in his mouth and takes one hour to eat a sandwich (just an example) He has a very sensitive gag reflex and because he puked so much as a baby eating is not a fun experience for him. He didn't even eat one bite of birthday cake. It brings him to tears if we try to get him to taste anything new. So I said all that to say this. He ate PIZZA at school yesterday. I almost cried when the teacher told me. I had to get a doctors note stating he has oral aversions so he could bring his own lunch. So I sent a banana for breakfast ( he eats them every day at home) and he ate all of it and they offered him so fruit cocktail and he ate it!!! He's never even tasted fruit cocktail. I am amazed. I think it's because he's sitting at a table with all the other kids eating and he just did it! Then for lunch I sent poptarts but she offered him pizza like the other children and he ate it, WITH HIS HANDS! He hates getting his hands sticky or messy. I can't believe he ate it. PRAISE THE LORD! So next Tuesday when he goes I will send his food but I won't tell him it's there and I told her to offer him what everyone else is eating and see what he does. I was so nervous about sending him and praying he wouldn't loose weight. But he proved me wrong. He is growing up and hopefully gonna start eating "normal" very soon.

I took the boys to Monkey Joes for his birthday. THEY LOVED IT! I got a few pictures on my cell phone so they aren't great but I forgot my camera.

1st day at Pre-K

Jaron went to Pre-K last Tuesday for the first time ever. The teacher said he did Excellent! She said she never would have guessed that he'd never been before. He behaved well and she also said she had no problem understanding his speech. THANK GOD. We are done with that. He loved it! He felt so big and proud of himself. It was really precious.

Trying on Jacob shorts.... and showing off his big train tracks.

Playing in the box with Jonah....silly boys.

Mohawk & Football...Growing up fast!

He wanted to try on Jacob's shorts.

Just being silly with his hair...

He walked around with George like this for about 30 minutes. Don't think he realized his shirt had Curious George on it too. So sweet...

He was so cool walking around like this. He would just look at us and smile.

He loved to throw the ball in the kitchen...I'm sure he'll make the team one day, at the rate he's growing.

A rare moment...

They were all sitting playing together....that doesn't happen much so I had to capture the moment. Jacob is so excited to start 1st grade.

More silly faces

Silly faces!

Summer sillies

cool new shades...didn't last 5 days...what was I thinking buying the ones with the wire arms...the plastic ones are much more durable.

loving the pool!!!

jaron put two basketballs in his shirt and said he had big muscles, so Jacob put a football in his shirt....what do you think it looks like? :-)

Beach and Our Pool

Here are some more pictures from our vacation. Jaron loved the sand but hated the ocean...He was terrified. He said "No mommy, wait til I get bigger"

Digging away not sure where to start on a sand castle.

The sun is too bright....we covered them in sunblock so no one got burned but we forgot hats or sunglasses.

Riding in the car back to the condo from the beach...happy to be out of the sun

The kids play area at our condo....They had so much fun!

Do you love that face!? We do....this is the best picture of him smiling so cute.

He loved the pool...not scared at all...just got right in. Since we have been home. Jaron wears his Mickey hat almost every day and he asks me every day if we can go to Disney or can we go to the condo. When we walked in the door to the condo the first night, he said "this is AMAZING" His vocabulary has expanded so much and he is articulating his words so much more. Everyone that talks to him tells me how well they can understand him.