Diapers

We have been officially 100% diaper free for one and a half weeks (until February that is) ; )

Hayden has probably been ready to go without diapers at nighttime for a while, but we havent tried to make the change. Until 1 1/2 weeks ago. We put him to bed that night in underwear and he woke up dry and excited. So, we have been diaper free since. He tells me every morning "I'm dry Mommy!" Yah Hayden.

We have officially gotten our children through the diapers and bed rail stages. It has only been almost 8 years... ;) And here we are about to start over AGAIN!! Love it, and can not wait. If you haven't already said it, you can officially say the ESTES household is going to be a MADHOUSE, with all of Gods Children. What could possibly be any better?

Aqua Kids Party

Hannah and Rebecca - Hannah always makes crazy faces, while her friends smile pretty for the camera. Oh, what a silly girl :)

I told her to smile for this one. :)

Practicing swimming on her back

Hannah swimming back to the side after going down the slide into the 8 ft water :)

Hayden swimming to the side after coming off the slide too

Hannah and Ivie being silly
Ivie, Rebecca and Hannah - preschool buddies

Saturday Hannah was invited to her friend, Rebecca, from preschools 6th Birthday Party at Aqua Kids. Turns out the whole family was invited to come. They got to swim for 1 1/2 hours straight. My kids all know how to swim now, but man, 1 1/2 hours of straight swimming requires a little supervision. Hannah never had any issues, but she sure scared Shane and I. I am not sure if she was just playing or not. She never would exactly tell us. We made her rest a few times and she was not happy about that. They had a great time. My kids LOVE being in the pool. I think Hannah is even going to be having her party there as well. A few months ago both girls wanted their b-days there, but I think Hailey has decided on a smaller party with only a few close friends. Works for me :)

Oh and lets say hayden had a few months worth of junk food. He ate like we havent fed him in months. Chicken, pizza, cookies, cake, COKE (that was all that they had for drinks), candy and people kept trying to give him more. He was told no more coke after 1 1/2 FULL cups and someone snuck another full cup of orange soda to him. Hmmmm, not sure they understand why we tell our kids NO! Hayden doesnt normally get soda. He is hyper enough without it. All is good. He went straight to sleep that night. No problems, thank goodness.

Fun Parties!!! Need a break though. This was the 6th party in the past 4 weeks that we WENT to. Note - WENT to, not INVITED too. We were invited to more, but had to draw the line at some. Crazy!!

Turkey Trot- Hannah

Miss Irwins TCU Fans - Ready to Run - they came out of the building holding their signs screaming "TCU TCU" - it was awesome! They were definitely the most spirited Kindergarten class :)

What a great morning! Hannah had her Turkey Trot at school, and Hayden and I got to be there to cheer her on. She did great. She ran 25 laps. That was one lap more than Hailey. Yes, normally Hailey is a better runner at this age, but she was not into the fast running during the Turkey Trot - which is fine. It is all fun! I am just glad they have fun! Hannah was excited and had a great time. Her class was called Miss Irwins TCU fans. They tye dyed their shirts and Hannah wore purple shoestrings and a bow to accessorise - my little princess. It was suppose to rain all day Friday, and started to sprinkle 5 minutes before set up time, but God allowed it to hold off until about 6 minutes AFTER Hayden and I got back home. Yippee!!!

Turkey trot - Hailey

Her hat kept falling off, but she didn't want me to hold it. Silly girl!

Drink break! She was thirsty!

Hailey and Sophia - her new buddy this year

Hailey and her best friend - Kira

"Mrs. Portugals Powerful Pandas"

Hailey only ran 24 laps this year. (which was still awesome) She was not really into running. They also played silly running games. Told them to walk backwards, skip, etc, so that also slowed her down a bit. It was fun to watch though and she had a great time. Hayden was a bit beat by the time we started watching Hailey. He wanted to run with them, but it was too wild. I knew he would get trampled.

Way to go Hailey!!!

Family Day

Monday, the girls were out of school for Veterans Day, so Shane took off as well. Over the weekend everyone was a little under the weather - and SUPER busy, with sports, birthdays, etc. So, Monday we had a family fun day. We went down to the green hill, set up our volleyball net and played a family game. Then we rode bikes and Hannah and Hayden practiced riding down the grass hill with no training wheels. Guess who can officially ride without their training wheels??? HAYDEN!!! Woo Hoo!! Go big boy!!

Hannah and Hayden were buddies today. She read him lots of books and just loved all over him. She is such a great big sister (when she wants to be) :) It was a great day. I love days when we can just focus on the family without all the other distruptions.

Football

Hayden told us the other day that he wants to play football now. We informed him that he has to be 4 to play flag football. So, he is paitently waiting until he can play. We play catch everyday at home. He is getting really good. We already knew he could throw, but catching was a little off. He is catching 2 out of three pretty much most of the time. Woo Hoo! Shane is sure a proud Daddy. And he even is proud to sport Daddies team - Chiefs!!

Blastball Party

Wednesday, Hayden had his blastball Party at Double Daves Pizza. I unfortunately had the wrong lens on my camera, so this was the only picture I was able to get. I had to walk way down a hallway in order to even capture it, and Hayden was not in a picture mood.

His coach bought the team their food, thank goodness since my crazy boy only ate wo bites of salad and then he just wanted to play games. He was so excited about his trophy. It is really cool. After the picture, he ran straight over to the games (trophy in hand), and immediately came back crying. When he ran up to the games, his trophy bumped the game and broke. Coach had some extras, so Hayden was happy again. So was Mommy and Daddy. It was too cool of a trophy.

What a great season, and an awesome coach. Thanks David!!! Way to go Cardinals!

Baptism Lunch celebration at BJ's

Hayden got a special treat.. he stole someones root bear, then he had chocolate milk, lemonade and then water (this is what he was originally suppose to have).

Sweet Victoria :)

Hannah and Joshua - Buddies

After the Baptism and Church service we headed over to BJ's for a Lunch Celebration. I was so shocked at how many people were at the Baptism and the Lunch. We had 53 people at the Baptism and 40 who were able to come eat with us. It is so heartwarming to know so many people care about your family. We had a great time visiting and eating with everyone. By the time we got home at 3:30, we were exhausted. And took a 2 hour much needed nap so we could be re-energized for trick or treating.

Family

Mimi, Papa and Uncle Tim - Mimi wasn't feeling well, so they left after the church service. I did not get a picture of them with the girls :( They have been here since EARLY sat, and I did not get a picture. This will have to do.

Grandma Kelly and Aunt Gloria... Granddad hid when the camera came out. Hannah was a bit distracted as you can see.

Our family... I look like I am 9 mths pregnant... omg! I should delete this, but it documents the memories :)

Uncle Bryan and the "Baptism" Necklaces he gave the girls. Hailey got a cross and Hannah got an angel. They are beautiful and the girls are so excited about them.

I didn't do the best job at getting all the pictures that I would have liked to have gotten, but I am just so excited about how many special friends and family that we have.