gotta love his style

Thank you for God

Lately Atticus has been praying and it is so sweet. He always starts out with Thank you for God. At first I just thought it was cute, then one night I really started thinking about what he was saying. Although, I'm not sure if this is what he means but for me it means that I'm thankful that I'm not alone in this life. That God didn't just create us and leave us alone to fend for ourselves. Again I think this is a little over reaching to think this is what Atticus thinks, but his prayer helps me to be thankful for God too.

Alexandra's first day of First Grade

She looks so much like a 1st grader in this pic. She did great when we got to school. Stood in her line and went in when the aide told her too. I came to her class after I was done working and saw her, hugged her and stayed for a min. She smiled and blew kisses to me when I left. She had a huge smile on her face. I think once I knew she was ok and would do good, I fell apart. She's my baby girl and I'm so proud of who she's becoming. It was great to hear all about her classroom, lunch and her teacher. She game me lots of stuff when she got home. Paperwork for mom. I think she's gonna flourish in 1st grade.

my birthday card from the Davidson's

The kids had way too much fun with the Birthday Cards sent from Allyson, Ian and Collin.

More Erbe Dance Moves

What I love about this video is Sebastian being so irritated with Atticus taking the limelight. I think all three of them are Hams.

Paul reading to the Boys

Why Paul decided to read this book that way, I'm not sure but it was funny!!!

My little Guy is three today

It's interesting to me that birthday's sneek up on me so much. I love the fact that Atticus can speak his mind to me and tell me what he wants. I love that he is very independent and has an opinion on everything. He's almost out of diapers. He's been using the potty more and more and that makes me very happy. Happy Birthday little guy! I love ya lots.

Alexandra will go to all day school this year. I think it finally hit her because she came into my room after bedtime and was crying that she would miss me while she is gone all day at school. I told her she would do great and that I would pick her up in the afternoon not the evening so we would have lots of time together. She said two or three times that she's not good at math so she wouldn't do good in 1st grade. It must be something she's concerned about. I told her the teacher would help her and that she's still learning, she'll get it though. I wanted to cry with her and tell her I would miss her too but I didn't think that would help her at that moment. But this transition is hard for me too :)

Alexandra's dance

All is peaceful, all is right. Alexandra watched this video and said I didn't even realize they were screaming and fighting. She just blocked it out. :)

The Erbe Groove

This is so typical of our house on any given night.

Atticus and Uncle Charlie

Atticus was having a blast with Uncle Charlie in the pool.

Fun in the Grimes' Pool

Both Atticus and Alexandra decided to jump off the diving board in the pool. They had so much fun as you can see.

Potty Training Woes

I tell ya, I thought Sebastian was a tough one to potty train. Oh, no the worst was yet to come. I know that Atticus gets what to do. If I take him into the bathroom about 20 min after he drinks something he will go. He fights though tooth and nail to get into the bathroom to go. If I don't make him go into the bathroom, he'll pee in his pants and not tell me. I am just at wits end. I have tried motivation, candy, toys and nothing is working. I did tell him that he cannot go to school if he doesn't use the potty. I'm gonna stick to it. He did tell me that when he was three he would be a big boy and then he would use the potty. He'll be three on Aug. 17th. I hope he keeps his word.

Alexandra's trick candles

I didn't realize when I bought the candles for Alexandra's cake that they were the ones that won't go out. We were all a little surprised when they wouldn't go out. I ended up putting them in a glass of water to get them out. Poor girl.

Atticus the Rock Star

Grandma and Grandpa Erbe have this guitar and all the kids love to play with it. Atticus loves to show off his mad skills.

A Madagascar rap via Alexandra

This started out being a Madagascar play, but the boys got distracted so Alexandra turned it into a song/rap. I couldn't believe she just kept going and going.

Oga with the Erbes

Alexandra decides to teach an Oga class to Sebastian and Atticus.

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Deep thoughts with Alexandra

We had a field trip today with Alexandra's kindergarten class. I was in charge of Alexandra and another little girl. Alexandra told me that this little girl only has a daddy, she doesn't have a mommy. I tried hard today to make this little girl feel special and that I was glad to have her hang with us today. Alexandra was a little jealous of the attention I was showing this little girl. I started to talk to her about it tonight and she asked me what happened to this little girls mommy. I don't know what has happened to the mommy. I tried to explain to her that it doesn't really matter what happened, it's our job to make sure that she knows she's cared for. I started to cry and told Alexandra that it makes me sad that this girl doesn't have a mommy and I wanted to make sure she knew today that she was special. Alexandra said, why do mommies leave sometimes? What a hard question. I told her sometimes mommies and daddies decide they don't want to married anymore so they get a divorce. "What's a divorce" she said. It told her that it's when a mommy and daddy don't live together anymore so you would only get to see one of them once in a while. I told her that she didn't need to think about that happening to us cause Daddy and I weren't going to do that. I told her Daddy and I might be upset with each other or we might fight but we will stay together with her and the boys. She asked me why I was crying and I said because it's not easy when kids don't have their mommy and daddy all the time, It makes me sad. Just a hard thing to talk about with your 5 year old. Just a hard thing.

While mom mows the lawn in front, the boys...

find the hose in the back and spray each other. They came around to the front and I said, what did you do?" Sebastian says "sorry mom, but we were having fun." Priceless.

Bubba's new bed

Sebastian was devastated when we transitioned to the big bed. Atticus wanted us to throw him a party. He was so excited with his new bed.