"my brain knows everything"

These days when I have conversations with my husband in front of the kids, I have to spell my words, so little ears will not understand,,, well those days are quickly coming to an end.

The other night at dinner I was trying to plan a quiet night with Nathan, so I was telling him we need to put the kids to bed E A R L Y,

all of the sudden Ava said, " I know what you spelled.. early, why do you want us to go to bed early?" Nathan and I just looked at each other in amazement- I said "how did you know what I spelled?" and she replied

"Mom, my brain knows everything"! and that was that, what else could I say. She is very grown for her age and I never know what she will say. As you will see in the picture below she is at the stage where she only wants certain people in her room-poor ethan....

my ethan....

this morning it was just ethan and myself, well cullen too but he stays quiet for the most part.. this never happens that ethan and I have time alone. it was so nice to talk to him and listen to what he had to say, he is so silly and makes me laugh- he does not get to talk much b/c ava takes after her mother and talks all the time, even in her sleep. poor ethan can never get a word in. he felt so special today b/c it was just him and he could say whatever he wanted and talk about whatever he wanted to. i went up to his room and there it was... he has done this before and the first time I saw it I went to get Nathan, we thought maybe there was something wrnog with him, but since then I have heard my friend Michelle say her little boy Cole who is the same age does it too along with other moms... taking out all there trucks, tractors, cars, you name it and lining them up.... so now we know it is just his age..he works very hard to do this and he gets out every little car, truck, etc. that he can find, which can fill up his whole room- he says they are lined up to get gas for the race. this race is small b/c he did nothave time to get all of them out b/c he had to go to school...

he is getting so big- i am having a hard time with my children growing up, everyday goes by faster and faster. but ethan will always be my little man!

here are a few quotes from ethan wallace:

"i will miss you at my school"

"i will call you at there with my cell phone"

"i just love my baby in the whole world"

"my baby is so special"

"next week i be thirt-en, just like Dalton"

Nathan: "Ethan do you think mommy can whoop me?"

Ethan: "well mommy is a good whooper"

Mommy: "where does jacob live?"

Ethan: "jacob live on left"

Mommy: "you are right Ethan, how did you know that?"

Ethan: "cause I smart"

"i want a rocktar for christmas"

Ava and Ethan had their Thanksgiving Feast at school Monday. Ava sang her songs and smiled-no surprise b/c she loves a crowd and attention- Ethan on the other hand had a look on his face kinda like the one in this picture... he did not sing and when he looked at me I would say smile and I would smile big.. but he would just give me a look and shake he head no. Poor guy,, he was not interested in having all eyes on him- he's my shy one!! Happy Thanksgiving everyone... Take time to thank God for all your blessings,,,I know I do every day!

TURNING 5.......

My heart broke Sunday morning as I woke up to my little girl singing.."I am five, oh yeah, I am five"... I can not hardly believe it. Time has gone by so fast. It was just yesterday when we brought her home for the very first time. Nathan and I took her to every room in the house and showed her all around. She was asleep of course but we were so excited! We started calling her our little bug, because I would wrap her up in a blanket so tight and all you could see was her chubby face and she looked just like a little sweet bug. The first word she said, the first steps she took, the first time she wrote her name..... I am so proud Ava is my daughter, one thing that happened a few weeks ago- Ava was at our neighbors house for a birthday party. The birthday girl got a little bossy and all the other girls got upset and left the birthday girl and went to another room to play. The birthday girl started to cry but one little girl stayed with her--- that little girl was my Ava. She did not follow the crowd and even though the bday girl was wrong in acting the way she did, Ava knew it would be wrong to leave her. When the mom told me this story I cried and I am crying now as I write this b/c I was so proud of her and I hope and pray she stays this way as she grows up. This story reminded me of a bible verse, do unto others as you would have done unto you- and she did.

Ava,

I want you to always be silly and dance your silly dances. Your kindness shows wherever you go, continue to be kind to everyone, you never know who's life you will touch. Sing, sing, sing... you are always singing- Your songs brighten my day...I am so proud of you. Your eagerness to learn, your love to do school work, your kind heart, your beautiful smile, your funny laugh.. You are growing up so fast, you can't wait to be a big girl and I can't wish enough that you stay small. I love you more than words.. you are my love, my smile, my little bug!

Our Daddy, Our Hero

This past weekend Nathan accomplished one of his many goals, to run a marathon. His time was 4 hours and 55 min. He has been training for about a year. We are so proud of him. Nathan is so determined and when he sets his mind to it, nothing will stop him until he has completed the task. That is what I have always loved about him. That strong drive he has to never give up. This is one of the reasons he is such a great father, he is such a wonderful role model to our children, teaching them by example- you can do anything if you put your mind to it!

We love you Daddy!!!!

Cullen

3wks old

my love

Welcome to the Jungle....

"WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE"

Today we were coming home from my parents house and Ethan asked me where were we going. I told him we were going home. A few seconds went by and it was very quiet, and then Ethan started to sing "peas take me home", over and over. I thought he was just singing a song that he made up about going home. Then a few min. later Ava starts to sing "Take me down to the paradise city where the grass is green and the girls are pretty, want you please take me home." I was taken back that she was singing a Guns N' roses song but then I thought, Nathan Evans is her daddy. That night at dinner Ethan started to sing his little song again, and I mentioned how cute it was. Then Nathan pointed out that on the way to school this morning the three of them were jammin' to Guns N' Roses, so Ethan had not made up a new song-he was singing good ol' "Paradise City". Needless to say they don't hear that music when mommy takes them to school.. We listen to Veggie Tales....