October

October was a busy month! We had lots of fun school stuff, family stuff and church stuff! We had a blast! We wished happy birthday to our wonderful dad! He's the best! We took him to a very high class restaurant (a two cockroach restaurant, in fact) and tried to spoil him with our love! We think he's #1!! We had a fun visit from Grandma Marilee. We enjoyed every minute of having her here and hope she comes back soon! We had a little lull in the middle which we filled up with fun with friends and school stuff, then we had more visitors! Grandpa and Grandma Coleman came for a visit! We had a wonderful time and enjoyed it all so much!!! We hope we can see them again soon!

 a man of many remotes. :)

 somebody LOVES his daddy!

 we drew on this piece of chalk board all through conference, i think this guy is a really good artist! nice work, cole!!

 brookie is a great artist too! i LOVE the way they each draw people differently! so creative and fun! LOVE these darling kiddos!!

 ty and flint at the canal

 cole and brookie at the canal

 happy birthday to the love of my life, the most wonderful man EVER, my favorite guy! he's my hero and i love him with all my heart! hope you had a fantastic birthday! 

 birthday leftovers. :) the kids liked the restaurant we went to and ate really well there, despite the roaches who accompanied us at our table. :)

 the kids and i went with friends, the nortons, to a festival at mistletoe park. we had a blast! they went on a scavenger hunt, made corn husk dolls, played games, roasted marshmallows and cole even tried to eat an apple off a string. :) we had a great time! 

 a fun bean bag tossing game. he did pretty well. :)

 very motivated to eat this elusive apple... :)

 marshmallows!!

 ...i need MORE!...

 m m good!

 finger lickin' good!

 the chief roaster!

 my three musketeers! LOVE these guys!!

 making dolls from corn husks. loads of fun!!!

 ...even for our manly men! (their dolls had legs, not dresses)

 flint enjoyed his doll!

 the cake walk - - - we even won a cake (which we ate for dinner. :))

 the cake winner!

 every activity is better with a fire truck. 

 the cool park where we played and ate cake for dinner. :)

 my cute 4 year old!

 pretty girl!

 flint and his buddy, eli, playing with the kitchen! we love playing with eli and his cute mom!!

 fhe at the robinsons' home with fun families from the ward. we all enjoyed the fire pit, stories and music!

 this cute guy gets my heart!! i love hanging out with him all day!!

 made these cool ornaments while tyler's mom was here. they're for the festival of trees in honor of his grandma flint. a very fun project!

 wish we had more pictures of the fun week we spent with grandma marilee. guess we were too distracted by the fun to take too many pictures. we had a great time with her though!! thanks for coming to see us grandma!!

 coleman earned his swat team costume for halloween!  here he is with his chart! nice work buddy!!

 this little guy is growing up so fast. a whole bag of goldfish is a serving, right?

 the neighbors gave us these fun roller skates (a little big, but oh so fun!)

 we may have a future skater on our hands!! :)

 she did really well!

 this is how we saw this guy for the week or so before halloween! looking pretty official!!

 teething on fingernail polish... yup. third child.

 #1 LOVES #3! brothers are awesome!

 batman at the ward chili cook-off/trunk or treat

 snow white at the ward party. 

 swat guy at the party.

 coleman drew this web and spider (and spider lunch) for us for a halloween decoration. he did a fantastic job! 

 grandpa and grandma coleman were here with us for halloween again this year! it was so fun to spend time with them!! flint really liked grandpa's hat. :)

 the crafts we prepared for our ward's super saturday that kept getting cancelled and re-scheduled. we did finally do it and it was lots of fun!

 brookie and grandpa!

 mom... LOVE YOU!

 coleman's school had a halloween party and i got to go help. it was really fun to see him with all his cute school friends and meet them and some of their parents. :) kindergarten is awesome!!

  mrs. thigpen painted faces!

  

  

  

   

 we all went trick or treating in the robinson's neighborhood. it was fun to be with them and some other fun families from the ward. :)

grandma and grandpa were real troopers to come with us on our long candy intense adventure! :)

A Little More September...

 the artists in action :) i love that they both love to color. flint is by far the youngest art-lover in the family. neither cole nor brookie liked to color at his age, but he seems to enjoy it. :) love these kiddos!

flint's real passion is putting the lid back on anything. this seems to be a favorite! :) admittedly, the cork is pretty interesting. :)

Coleman's SIX

Wow! Where has the time gone? It for sure has flown by! It seems like you were just a little guy and now I look at you - you're tall and thin and responsible. You are fun to talk to. You're smart and funny. You make my heart happy. You are kind and loving toward others. You are obedient and gentle. You're a good friend. You have grown so much and we are so proud of the amazing young man you are becoming! We love you so much!

Here's a little about you:

You like to play. You can keep yourself busy doing about anything. You love to play Legos! You also build with Trios and Zoobs. You like to play make believe games and dress up like superheroes and real life heroes. :) You love to play with friends. You love to jump off of stuff and climb on stuff. You are quite brave and loud. :) You are starting to enjoy drawing and writing. I love the pictures you make. My favorite one is the one you drew of you and Dad. :)

Every morning you get up and get ready for the day all by yourself.  Sometimes you come in and cuddle me in bed and sometimes you set off to play with toys. You're happy every morning and you're always ready to get going with your day. :) Your life is exciting and it makes me happy to watch you grow and learn and do all the things that boys do. :)

You are a bit of a picky eater. You prefer foods that are plain like grilled chicken, steamed veggies (or raw), & BBQed steak. You don't like sauce, but we've found that sweet and sour (you call it sour sweet sauce) is ok and sometimes you like to dip your chicken in honey... You like PB&J, nutella sandwiches, turkey and bread sandwiches & plain baked potatoes (sometimes you like butter on the skins). You'll eat almost any vegetable (as long as it doesn't have sauce on it) and every fruit you've ever tried. You are a healthy eater and we're proud of you. We've recently started requiring you to eat casseroles (you'll thank me later) and dishes with sauce and you don't love it, but you do it and you're still alive, so I guess it's going ok. :)

You started Kindergarten this year and love school. You love your teacher and your friends and you love recess. You ride the bus home and I love to pick you up every day - especially because when I ask how your day was, you always say "GREAT!" You are so positive and full of energy! Everyone loves being around you. Your teachers have commented to me about how smart you are. They say they just love to listen to you talk, and I agree. I do too. :) You are also learning a lot of fun new things and showing us at home. You even like to do your homework (most of the time). You're getting really good at writing and you love counting to 100. You are a good reader when you give yourself a chance. :)You're learning so much and we're so proud of you!

You are also enjoying Primary and are learning a lot at church. You have lots of fun buddies in your class and you're learning a lot there. You are very good at memorizing and have memorized lots of the Articles of Faith. :) You also like to sing. You are a good singer and love the primary songs. Your favorite song is still "I Am A Child of God." I loved it when your bore your testimony about how Heavenly Father answered your prayer and helped you find your airplane.

Coleman Lee! We love you so much! You make life exciting and fun for everyone around you! You are a good example to your brother and sister and to your parents. You are a special member of our family and we adore you! :) Thanks for the hugs and the smiles and the uncontrollable laughter. We enjoy you every minute! xoxoxo