Have you ever seen a Nod-ling?

Ryland was playing outside today and found a toy. I saw him pick it up, look around and start talking to himself. Then he came up to the back door to show me what he found. I have no clue what it is but apparently he does. He told me it was a "Nod-ling" hat. He then told me a Nod-ling was a creature that lived in the forest. He asked me if he was going to come back for his hat.

I guess we'll just have to wait and see....

A Lizard!!!!

On Thursday, I was cleaning the living room and doing something I don't do very often...dusting. heehee I picked up a magazine to dust the end table when a little green lizard jumped off of the table and behind the couch. I screamed like the little girl I am! I can't stand lizards!!! Ryland was watching tv and said "Mom, what's wrong?" I told him there was a lizard behind the couch and started to dial the neighbors house to see if he would come get the thing out of my house.

He wasn't home so I called James. After laughing at me and saying telling me it's just a lizard, I got off of the phone and waited the hour and a half before he got home. When he got here, he couldn't find it anywhere. My brave 3 year old was helping daddy look for it and then he said he wanted to kill it. Boys.... Well, I had to go to bed knowing there was lizard somewhere in the living room and it was still alive.

The next day, I waited all day, hoping the little green guy would come out so I could at least know the area he was at. James came home from work and was on the phone upstairs and I was in the kitchen when Ryland yelled "I found it!" James rushed down to see if Ryland was telling the truth and he was. Hallelujah, the lizard was caught. He gave it to Ryland to hold outside for a few minutes. Ryland just held him so gently and didn't want to put him back in the bushes. He even asked the lizard if he wanted to go back and the lizard "told" him he didn't. :o)

Long, Long story short...Here is the little lizard and he is back safely in the bushes, hopefully never to enter my house again.

First day of preschool

Ryland had a good 2 days of preschool this week. His teachers say he is a character and ALL boy! I'm not sure what to think of that. :o) I don't know if it's a nice way of saying "you have a wild child!".


He goes into his classroom and barely gets a 'goodbye' out before he's running to play. He comes home so happy and says it was "willy gwreat".

I am enjoying the time as well! It was nice to go into the store and be able to think about what I'm doing. :o)

My little Cubbie...

Ryland is starting AWANA this year at church. AWANA stands for Approved Workman Are Not Ashamed (2 Timothy 2:15). He will be in the 3 year old Cubbies class.

He has a handbook that he will be working in this year and learning scriptures every week. I am so excited for him to be part of this program.

Here we go.....

Mother's Day Out

Ryland is starting Mother's Day Out this year. He is in the 3 year old class so I'm not sure if that's classified as Preschool or not. Anyway, today was his open house. His teachers are very sweet and I know he's gonna have a great time!

He is also finishing his 3rd summer of swim lessons. He's doing really well and I'm very proud of him.

My boy is growing up!

Boys and their toys

We went to the store today and the guys got new remote controls. This has been our afternoon. :o)

There you have it!

Okay, I think I'm all caught up now on my blog...

Have a great weekend everyone!!!

A New Truck

New to us anyway....

James was able to get a new truck this summer. It's a 2008 and was well taken care of by the previous owner. We are very blessed to have this and learned through the shopping experience that God always has the final answer and always knows what's best for us.

Puggles

Ryland was involved in Puggles, a children's program at church. Here are some pictures of his final night, getting his certificate.

Myrtle Beach

James, Ryland and I went camping at Myrtle Beach in May. We stayed at Ocean Lakes Campground and had a wonderful, relaxing time. We played on the beach, at the pool (of course I was in the shade) and took trips to the aquarium, Broadway at the beach, Hard Rock Cafe and putt putt. It was such a great trip for our family and it was nice to be able to enjoy the weather. Ryland's favorite thing to do was to ride on the airplane at a kiddie park. It was so hard to let him do it by himself because it just shows me he's growing up. But I was so proud!

We did go to a store where Ryland could build his own vehicle. It was such a neat place! I think James had more fun than Ryland though. :o)

Hilton Head with the Family

Ash, Erik and boys came to visit a couple of weeks ago. Ryland and I met them in Hilton Head and had a great time. Minus the melt downs that Ryland performed in front of everyone in the resturaunt but I'll just leave the details out on that one. The boys loved playing on the beach. Christian had his boogyboard, Tyler and Ryland played in the water and Logan crawled in the sand. I enjoyed sitting in the shade at the pool. :o) Here are some pics of the boys. They are such good kids! Love you all and hope to see you again soon.....

Christian and Tyler

Logan

One wiped out little boy, Ryland

I'm back....

I had a nice post ready to go last night and them I hit a wrong button and it disappeared on me....

I'm going to try to catch up on what's been going on this summer. :o)