Rodeo Time!

Two weeks ago Nathaniel's preschool had a rodeo day and boy was he excited! He love dressing up as a cowboy.  His school served Chick-Fil-A that day and even the cow came for some rodeo fun!  It was like watching America's Funniest Home Videos, a bunch of 3-4 yr. old's who aren't super coordinated.

Nathaniel was waiting for the games to begin. In this game he had to take a hoola hoop and throw it on a wooden longhorn.

Nathaniel was supposed to stand behind the cone, but he just ran up to it and put it directly onto the steer. Ha!

Here Nathaniel was supposed to ride the horse stick.  Instead he just grabbed it and ran to the other side of the room.  Hey, its faster right?

Nathaniel did a much better job with the hay rolling game.  

I don't know what this game was called, but I called it "flying cow patty." The kids had to throw these like frisbees across the room.

So you notice how Nathaniel is wearing his hat sideways?  It's actually my hat so it was a little big for him so he turned it sideways so that it would stay on his head!  Smart kid right?

His teacher is the one on the right, and the other lady was volunteering that day.

It was a great rodeo day!

Nathaniel is 4 years old!

Happy Birthday to Nathaniel!!  He is four years old and I just can't believe it!!  He has the sweetest personality and loves to make new friends.  He loves to play with superheroes, Transformers, Power Rangers, cars, trains, pretty much any boy toy out there!  He loves to play with his friends and loves to get out of the house.  Everyday he asks where we are going.  He is surely not a homebody!  He enjoys going to Preschool and he is learning so much.  One thing he is learning to do is keep his hands to himself.  Nathaniel's love language is physical touch meaning he shows his love and feels most loved when he touches others- whether it is a hug, or a touch on the shoulder.  Nathaniel is learning that not everyone likes to be touched. I'm glad he is learning some healthy boundaries. 

When Nathaniel was born he weighed 6lbs. 9oz and was 19 inches long.  He now weighs 41lbs and is 3feet and 5inches tall!!  He has grown so much!

This year we gave Nathaniel a boy party with his closest buddies.  He said, "This is the best birthday ever!"  He and his buddies enjoyed a great time at Monkey Joes, and then had a pizza party at Cici's.  Lots of energy was expended and they all sat like little angels at Cici's.

It was so hard to get good pictures because they were all constantly moving.

 

Lunch time!!

He made tons of silly faces whille we sang Happy Birthday to him.

 

The next morning was Nathaniel's birthday so I made him his favorite- pancakes! We went to church and then that evening we went to Nana's for a birthday celebration,  He had a wonderful weekend celebrating his fourth birthday!



Birthday morning breakfast!

Party time at Nana's!

 



Nathaniel, we love you so much! We are so proud of you and how kind you are to others. 

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Pumpkin Patch

This year is the fourth year I have gone to the Pumpkin Patch with our friends the Caraway's and the Cummings.  We have kids the born within weeks of each other and they get along great!  This year they all posed so perfectly and so quickly we didn't know what to do!  We were laughing about it because it always took so much effort to get a picture.  I can't believe they have grown up so much!  It warms my heart to see them play so well together.  I have to say that Samuel was not having it yesterday!  He did not want to be put down by the pumpkins so we just took the pics anyways.  Ha, ha!

This is them all when they were about 9-10 months old

Almost 2

 Almost 3

 Almost 4 and Carly is 6.

This is Samuel right before he starts to cry.

Nathaniel and his best buddy Zachary.  They sure do love each other!