Monday, October 30, 2017

Fall Festival Fun

Last weekend the kids had a Fall Festival and Trunk or Treat at their school! The kids were super excited to paint pumpkins, get their faces painted and see their friends.
Pumpkin bowling

Pumpkin painting
This was the first time the girls had their faces painted, and they LOVED it.

Rainbow!

Butterfly!

Sisters ;)
Andrew was pretty excited when he saw the firetruck and had fun sitting in the driver seat!

Fire Truck Heaven

Lindsay even had a turn!

Leaf Stompin'

Our butterfly girl
Here's a Halloween sneak preview.. the kids before the trunk or treat!

Monday, October 2, 2017

DREW is TWO!!

Andrew Brooks Fisher is officially TWO!! 
Andrew Brooks, 2 years old
When you ask, "How old are you?" He will hold up his two index fingers and say "TWO".
"I TWO"
Stats:
height 33  inches 
weight  26 lbs
hair blonde
eyes blue
teeth  6 top,  6 bottom, plus molars?!
diaper size 5 
clothes size 2T 
shoe size: 6


Sleeping: Andrew goes to bed around 7:00-7:30pm and will wake up around 6:30am if we are lucky. He is an early riser, and usually ready to eat breakfast right away. He takes a nap in the afternoons around 1pm for about 1.5 hours. He has started sleeping with a pillow and blanket in his crib, and like to be covered up and tucked in.

Feeling Sassy after his hair cut... He is such a good boy and sits still!
Favorites:
Food... Enchiladas. Meatballs. French Fries. Mac and Cheese. Turkey Butter Sandwiches. Chocolate Milk. Peanut butter crackers. Any fruit, especially loves apples. Pancakes, waffles and oatmeal.. he usually has 1st and 2nd breakfast every morning. Any dessert, especially cookies. He is pretty darn good at using his fork and spoon.
Activities... Playing outside, Reading, Singing
Friends... Jude and Micah. His Sissys
Toys... Anything on wheels.
TV show... Paw Patrol, followed closely by Thomas the Train.
Book...Andrew's most favorite thing to do it to be read to! His favorite books are Thomas the Train and Paw Patrol books. He got some Cars books for his birthday from Aunt Katie and Kat, and they are his new faves!
Song... Andrew LOVES to sing, and his favorite song that he sings is "Baa Baa Black Sheep" followed by "ABC" and "Jesus Loves Me".
Color... BLUE
Andrew talked Lindsay into reading to him... although I don't think she minded one bit!

Dislikes: Vegetables. Can't get him to even try them, unless they are in smoothie form masked with berries. LOL. Waiting his turn. Lotion on his body. Being left by Mama. When Daddy goes to work. When Sissys go to AWANAS and he has to stay home.
Handsome guy headed to Church one morning
Words: "Mommy", "Daddy", "Sissy", "Lulu", "Maddie", "Jude", "Read books", "snack", "garbage truck", "cement truck", "chocolate milk" etc... many many more. He is starting to put together sentences, "I play trucks", "Mommy always come back" (LOL), "go outside", "help! shoe and socks!", "watch TV".
Andrew and the "mint" truck.
Learning: Andrew is a smarty pants, and knows all his colors about 90% of the time. Sometimes confuses pink and purple, but hey, I do that too sometimes ;) He knows all his shapes, and recognizes some letters, mostly ones in his name. He really likes to sing, and I have a CD in the car that has a song called, "Letter Sounds". It says, "Apple, Apple, A-A-A...." and so on. This kid amazes me by knowing about 50% of his letter sounds. He pointed at bubbles and said, "Bubbles Bubbles, B-B-B" and said, "Daddy, Daddy, D-D-D." Good job Andy Boy!

Color Train Sort

Jude (left) and Andrew (right) working on letter "B"

Andrew loves bath time!
Sleeping with a blanket and pillow... can't wait for the weather to turn cooler so he can use his new big boy bedding...thanks Nonna!!
Two books, Night Night song from Daddy and lots of kisses from everybody. Tuck in and he's ready for bed!
Andrew's been going next door for a couple hours on Tuesdays while I attend a CBS meeting. He was so excited to have his own back pack to take with him. He felt like such a big kid like his Sissys. It holds some diapers, wipes, snack and drink!
Proud of his backpack.
Personality: Oh boy, what a kid. Andrew is our shy guy, and will smile bashfully when strangers talk to him; however, he will give a high-five or fist bump. He adores all things on wheels, his Sisters, snacks and playing outside. He is lover, and will give big hugs and kisses. Andrew is ticklish, thoughtful and inquisitive; he has a sensitive heart. He has a mind of his own, and a temper that takes awhile to get going, but watch out, it's explosive! Drew is pretty mellow unless he is hungry or tired.

You are a joy, our sweet Big Boy! We love you so much! Mama & Daddy

Friday, September 29, 2017

Andrew's 2nd Birthday Family Party

Happy 2nd Birthday to our Andy Boo! On September 25th, 2015 our lives were forever changed when we welcomed our sweet boy to the world. I cannot believe it's already been two years.
Happy Meal for a Happy Birthday Boy!
For Andrew's birthday dinner, I made his favorite (of the moment) Enchiladas, Rice & Beans!

Queso, Guac and Salsa...YUM!


A couple days earlier we had some friends come over and play and we celebrated Andrew's birthday by making Cookie Monster cupcakes.
Oops.. ran out of the blue food coloring... had to make white monsters who like cookies. LOL.
We ate hot dogs, chips and dip and all the kids ate outside.




He loved playing with all the kids, running and chasing after them.
Party at the Fishers!

Andrew and Sissy in the sandbox
Later in the evening after we ate dinner he blew out a candle on his Cookie Monster Cupcake...




We skyped with Grammie on Sunday so she could see him open his gifts: Paw Patrol Gear, his favorite show! He loved it! On Monday we opened presents and talked with Papa on the phone and facetimed with Nonna & Grandpa...

Thank you Aunties for my gifts, I LOVE them!!


Madison's face cracks me up. She was pretty excited for him. LOL.


Sweet Boy
Happy 2nd Birthday to our wonderful Andrew! We love you and are so lucky to be your parents! xo

Thursday, September 28, 2017

Andrew's 1st Day of CBS

Andrew Brooks, 23 months
It's that time of year again... first day of Community Bible Study! This is Andrew's 2nd year, and he was so cute on the first day, and even let me do his hair ;) It's been kind of a rocky start, as I was asked to lead a group this year and have to meet on Tuesday, then he comes with me on Wednesday. He's been going to a babysitter for a couple hours each Tuesday, and slowly, he is getting use to it. It is great for him to play with the other kids and eat snacks, but its been a hard transition being away from Mama, especially when we were home all summer with the Sissys  ;) I am so proud of him and excited for all the fun things he will learn this year in the children's program! Love you Drew! xo

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Sesame Place 2017

Our little buddy turned TWO a few days ago, and we celebrated his big day with a visit to Sesame Place! It is only  20 minutes from our house, and we've been meaning to go since we moved here... you can even see it from the freeway. Andrew's favorite character is Cookie Monster, and just like Cookie, Andrew is crazy about cookies ;) 
Happy Birthday Andy!







Andrew was ok with the rides, but LOVED the parade and show.
This is the best view ever!

 He wasn't scared of the characters and was able to name all of them!


He cheered for his favorite, Cookie!

 After a few hot hours at Sesame Place, we went to his favorite restaurant to have Mexican food...
Queso Dip and Guacamole...YUM!
 And then headed over to get ice cream for our Big Boy!!
Happy early birthday baby boy!! We love you! xo