Joey Has Glasses!

We noticed Joe was doing alot of excessive blinking. Seemed odd, as he had never done that before, so we decided to take him in for an eye exam. He went in a regular, normal (ok, that might be stretching it a bit...) 7 year old boy...

Came out a farsighted, reading glasses kid!

Bratty Ryan says, "Neener Neener Neener!!! Joey is a..."

(Ok, maybe he wasn't saying that, but it just looked like it would be something a

bratty kid would want to say to someone with glasses.)

Joe seems to be adjusting just fine...

Here he is doing his homework with no complaints.

Cross Country...

Nicki decided to go out for Cross Country.

Not sure if she really loves to run, or if she was in it for the fact that she could

hang out with her BFF, Julia. :)

Here is the first, 2nd, and last meet times.

Notice Nicki and Julia finish together everytime...BUT...

each one is a minute better.

They ran a mile and 1/2, so from 14min to 12 min., is not too bad for the 4th grade!

1st race...

2nd Race...

3rd Race...

Still Smiling...

Ryan's 3rd Birthday...

Talkin' to "Mamaw" on the phone...

First sight of his birthday presents.

Ryan got a new workbench which included these nifty goggles.

The only problem was, he couldn't figure out which side of his nose the

goggles were to go on!

It was tons of fun when Uncle Chris, Auntie Erica, Andrew,

Emily, Katie and Nathan all came by...

"It's my party and I'll cry if I want to!!"

My intentions with Ryans cake were to make this bundt cake...

and then turn it into a MIRACULOUS, FABULOUS, AWESOME

#3!!! Oh what plans I had for this cute little cake!!!

Then when I finally figured out that the cake was not working out as I had planned...

I let Ryan decorate it and call it his own!! :)

(I won't even get into how everyone was telling me how terrible the cake was that evening! I don't know what on earth happened...the recipe sounded great. It smelled yummy. Other than my #3...it looked like it was supposed to...then we tasted it. OH MY!! Definately NOT something I was proud to serve to the in-laws!

Grossvater and Grossi came by that night for a taste of our

FABULOUS non-#3 cake...hmmm...(clearing throat right about now...)

Guess it was too much partying for the Birthday boy,

as he spent the next three days on this couch with a yucky cold.

(Could it have been the CAKE??!!)

Ryan is 3 today!!!

Hope your day is Tiggeriffic!!! :)

Through the years...