A Little Piece of Heaven...2 Year Old Version

What could be better than a weekend with family, playing in the dirt, coloring and swinging for hours at the park? When you are a 2 year old little boy....NOTHING!

Like Father Like Son

Cole's very favorite thing to do with Rhonald is look at his fishing books and fly fishing things...the flies, the reels, the tools. He loves it. We have never pushed it on him but from a very young age he was interested in fishing and everything to go along with it. You can imagine how happy this makes his daddy! My parents live on a golf course and right behind their home is a big pond that is full of perch and crappie. Rhonald and my dad always take the boys down to the pond to fish in the evenings when the golfers have gone home. This year we decided it would be fun to let Cole go too. I let him pick out a fishing pole (he chose a Lightening McQueen pole of course) and bring it with us. He was so excited when Rhonald told him it was time to get his fishing things ready. Cole has been "practicing" in our living room for a week now. Rhonald did not put a hook on Cole's pole so that he would not get hurt but Cole never even noticed. He loved it!!! Tyler and Luke both caught fish and Cole loved "tickling" the fish and watching them in and out of the water. Kylie tried a little fishing too but she was more like me and did not like touching the fish at all! The difference in boys and girls I guess. Cole had so much fun that he has been begging to go again and I know Rhonald cannot wait to take him. Rhonald has already mentioned all of the neat places he thinks they should go as Cole gets older. It was awesome to watch them have so much fun doing something they both really love.

The Hunt

I have never seen as much determination as I saw during our family Easter egg hunt. Cole and Kylie were so excited to find their eggs - and so serious too. They searched and searched the yard for anything they could get their hands on. Kylie was so sweet and shared all of her blue eggs with Cole since he is a boy! Even when we informed them that they had found all of the eggs they kept searching. And what a difference a year makes. Last Easter I had to help Cole find the eggs the entire time but this year he grabbed his bucket and took off like a shot. He did not want, or need, any help at all! That sweet boy was stomping in the flower beds, the woods, everywhere and anywhere he thought there would be an egg. The kids loved opening the eggs and finding what goodies were inside. Cole did become quite a fan of candy over the weekend...something we never have around. At Easter dinner he told everyone that all he wanted to eat was candy and asked for candy every time he thought he could get away with it. Today he told me he was hungry and since it was lunchtime I asked him what he wanted for lunch. He told me "jellybeans!" Oh my - I think we have a monster on our hands...ha ha!

Forever My Baby

"It's a miracle how something so tiny brings such joy."

Happy Easter

We traveled to Nashville to spend Easter weekend with my parents and my brother's family. It was such a relaxing weekend and we had such a great time with everyone. Cole did fabulous on the 9 hour drive there and back (a true blessing). Rhonald and I were able to rest a lot since Cole was busy playing with his cousins and grandparents. We even got to go to dinner and a movie with my brother and sister in law which was so nice. Easter morning was so fun. The kids were excited from opening their Easter baskets and were all dressed up for church. We had a great traditional Easter feast that afternoon and enjoyed the sunshine and each other's company the rest of the day. It was so nice to be together and make more family memories. My favorite thing about this trip was watching Cole play with his 3 1/2 year old cousin, Kylie. He would follow her everywhere and do whatever she said. He loved being with all of his cousins but especially her and he misses her very much. He keeps asking me, "Where Kylie go?" I can't wait until we can all be together again!

Let's Go Fly A Kite

Easter morning was so exciting this year. Cole was really excited about the Easter bunny coming and when he woke up he wanted to look for his basket. His favorite gift from the Easter bunny was a Spider man kite. He had never flown a kite of his own but we have seen several at the park this Spring and he was very interested in them. After his nap that afternoon Rhonald, my dad and our nephews took Cole into the backyard and helped him fly his kite. He was so excited and could not stop smiling and laughing! It was priceless and the sweetest part was when he said...while looking at his Easter basket..."Thank you Easter bunny! Thank you!" That bunny sure knows what a guy likes!!!

A Party Filled Weekend

I apologize...I am so far behind on blogging that I don't even know where to begin. I know you are all dying to know what we have been up to lately so I thought I would start with a weekend full of fun and birthday parties. We were so excited to be able to celebrate little Drew's second birthday with him at Fun City (a new experience for us). Drew's parents went to college with us and it is always fun to see them. Fun City is a lot like Chuck E Cheese and Cole thought it was awesome! So did Rhonald by the way. Cole played so many fun games and rode on so many fun rides...he cried and cried when we had to go home! Sad, but at least we knew he loved it! The funniest thing to me was how long it took my little man to finish his piece of birthday cake. All of the kids were finished and watching Drew open gifts while Cole sat, slowly eating his cake. When Drew got to his gift he did jump up to tell him that it was from him which was sweet! Thank you Wilson's for including us in your big day!

We were lucky enough to help Dylan, a friend from church, celebrate his 3rd birthday with a construction party. Cole thought that was so cool. The thing he loved the most about Dylan's party....the pinata! He had never seen one before and thought it was so much fun. Tabitha, Dylan's mom, let the kiddos decorate bags with truck stickers to put their candy in. You can imagine how neat Cole thought that was. Cole also loved the cake that looked like it had piles of dirt on it with bulldozers. He was in heaven! We were so tired by the end of the weekend but we both agreed that it was so much fun to celebrate these sweet little boys and their families!