Dace is 4! Ye Ha!

(Yes, that is a bite out of the candle. Dace thought it was candy.)

Last week Dace celebrated his 4th birthday cowboy style. He was so cute about it. He was truly excited to see all of his friends. He really wanted to have a "SKUNK" party, but changed his mind last week. Taya worked hard getting all of the cute little Cowboy themed games and activities together. The morning of the party Dace was worried, because he could not find his cowboy hat. He said "I guess we will just have to have a skunk party after all." I reassured him we would find the cowboy hat, which we did. I was a little worried that his party would not be what he expected. All worries evaporated when that night when he thanked me for his "AWESOME" party. I love that little boy! He is growing so fast. I still remind him he is always going to be my little baby, no matter how big he gets.

He had giant cupcakes instead of a cake. Note to me: 3-4 year olds can't physically eat giant cupcakes. They barley got past the frosting.

Love the crumbs on those little "fingies"

Ride'm Cowboy

Classic: Pin the Tail on the Donkey.

Western Coloring pages. Taya thought of everything. Just wait until you see the plans for her Baptism!

Reese's Derby Days Are Done

This car is the last Pinewood Derby that Reese will race. I feel like time is going by so fast. It seems that just last week Reese made his first car, and now it is over. Reese was never concerned with how fast his cars were, as long as they looked good. He insisted on blue flames this year. I think he did a great job, with help from dad. Reese won "Best Paint Job" award.

The racing part didn't go so well. I think he had the slowest car there. He was a good sport about it. He even started racing it backwards (to tell the truth, I think it was faster backwards.)

Dace kept the crowd at the derby entertained between races. He has some killer dance moves.

It's a Round-up

Dace is going to have his first friend party to celebrate his 4th birthday. Because I am a slacker mom I am just getting the invites out today. Any of his sweet little cousins are invited to come. Just let me know so I can have enough cowboy gear, and grub. It will be this Saturday, from 10-11. It will be geared toward the younger 3-4 year old buckos. I have put Taya in charge so it should be quite the party.

The Ladies Man

Dace walks into the room, cocking his head to one side, a wink of his eye, in his best raspy voice says:

You make me want to kiss ya baby. (pronounced bebe.)

Me: What was that?

Dace: Oh that? That's my new one.

A few weeks shy of 4 years old, and he is working on his pick up lines? Should I be worried?

SNOWone Had More Fun

The new year stared with a day full of fun. The Johnsons spent the weekend with us. Uncle Eric had a superb idea to take the wheelers, tubes and sleds out to the reservoir. We had tons of fun. The snow was perfect for tubing. Not so great for building a snowman, but Met made it work. Thank you Johnsons and Pickerings for giving out new year a great start.