Promotion Day!

Mathieu was promoted today to TSgt.  We are so proud of him and the hard work it has taken him to achieve this rank.  His ceremony was outside and it was very cold for the little ones.  Caleb did not want to be wrapped in his blankets and the littles tried to keep moving to stay warm. After the ceremony we had a little reception for him with cake and sandwiches.  We had a great time and everyone loved seeing our family in action.  

Happy 7th Birthday Nehemiah!

Breakfast dressed as Obi Wan Kenobi

We love birthdays and Friday was Nehemiah's 7th birthday.  He choose what we ate all day and what to decorate the dining room with. We had homemade chocolate chip muffins for breakfast, Cars mac and cheese for lunch, and homemade chinese for dinner (with two types of chicken and not the usual one). He chose Star Wars as his birthday theme and black, blue, green, and white rings for his streamers.  He also got to go see Star Wars episode 1 in the 3D with Daddy on Saturday.  Mathieu said it was super cool and Nehemiah was saying lines before the actors were.  (Nehemiah has only seen this episode like 3 times!) 

We are incredibly blessed to have Nehemiah in our family.  He has a kind spirit, and a heart for God.  He is a great buddy to Samuel and he loves entertaining Caleb.  He enjoys dressing up with the girls, as he defends them from dragons and monsters dressed as Obi Wan Kenobi or Bible Man.  He slays things with the full Armor of God on and happily spits out verses to back up his slaying.  :)  

Lunch dressed in his Cars hockey jersey

Chinese dinner

His cool Jedi sign

His R2D2 cake

Happy 7th Birthday to our oldest son, Nehemiah! What a blessing he is and we love watching him grow in the Lord. May the force be with you. ( It's a Star Wars themed kinda day :) )

Potty Success

I started introducing Samuel to the potty last Thursday.  As soon as he woke up I showed him the potty  and let him know that that's where we go now.  I put him in underwear and then set a timer for 30 minutes.  We had lots of accidents that first day and the next day we had errands to run.  He told us while we were out that he had to go, even though I had him in a diaper!  Everyday has been much easier and he has woken up from nap and night time dry.  Today we celebrated by going to get new underwear! 

Eating ice cream for going #2 in the potty.

Super proud of his new choo choo underwear 

Saying "I go in the potty!"