Good night sweet prince Another day is done You laughed and you played Now sleep little one
You need your rest
The morning draws near
Close your eyes baby boy
You have nothing to fear
Good night my son
Have the sweetest of dreams
There's no telling what pleasures
Tomorrow will bring
Sleep peaceful and sound
for when you awake
The sun will be up
A new day for the take
The time to play is done
The days gone quickly by
Go to sleep now little one
Close your precious eyes
Let the twinkling stars
Shine brightly in your dreams
Hear the quiet lullabies
The moonbeams like to sing
Angels keep close watch
As you sleep throughout the night
There to comfort and protect you
Until the new days light
Sleep in peaceful slumber
The mornings drawing near
Tomorrow is awaiting
It is almost here
Soon the sun will rise
Another day will dawn
Sleep soundly my dear baby
The night is almost gone
Very soon you'll fill Another brand new day With laughter and sweet joy In your special way
~This poem was written by Crystal Cook. She wrote this poem for her two boys who didn’t care too much for sleep when they were little…just like my sweet baby boy Chalin.~
( I know this post doesn't look perfect, but after deleting and recreating it SEVERAL times, I give up. I have no idea why it looks the way I want it to in my little window but then changes when I click the preview button. If any of you have ANY idea, please let me know, because it will save me a lot of frustration in the future, and I might actually create more posts!)
Chalin's Easter festivities began on Thursday this year at MDO. He had an Easter egg hunt with his friends at school, in which I was lucky enough to attend. Those little 2-year-olds were so cute and funny to watch hunt eggs. There were the ones that seemed to be thinking, "You want me to walk all over this field, pick up those plastic things, and put them in my basket? WHY?" Then, there were the ones that were running around picking up eggs like their life depended on it and seemed to be thinking, "A limit of 10 eggs? Pfffftt!" AND then there were a few like Chalin. Those who took their time, walked over to a plastic egg, opened it, attempted to eat the candy, and tossed the plastic egg behind them. "Who needs those plastic eggs? Just give me the candy NOW. My teachers, Mommy, and Daddy might not let me eat it if I wait!"
Next, we celebrated Easter on Friday afternoon with our Nana at her place, where we were able to visit and eat some yummy chocolate cake.
After that we enjoyed at nice Easter Lunch that Grandma DD cooked with her, Papa, Mama Dolly, Justin, and Uncle Lonnie on Saturday.
On Sunday, we attended a wonderful church service and an Easter egg hunt was planned for the kiddos afterward. Chalin stuck to his same plan of hunting eggs, except he was a little faster this time. Chad chased after him, picking up all the plastic, while I was able to snap a few pictures.
After Church, we were able to visit my Mema and wish her a Happy Easter before heading out to my Dad's, known to Chalin as Grandpa John. Chalin had a BLAST. He was able to see tons of his family that he usually only gets to see once or twice a year. He had so much fun with his cousins, riding their battery operated 4-wheelers and cars. After we ate, all the children hunted eggs, and once again, Chalin stuck to his candy eating, plastic egg tossing plan. However, this time, real eggs were involved. He wasn't sure what to think about these: "This is heavier, it makes no sound when I shake it, BUT it is covered in stickers, which I like, so I'll put it in my basket and check it out later..." He also found an egg with some coins in it, and when he opened it, he said loudly with a big smile, "MONEY!" We all had a wonderful Easter and are so blessed to have such an amazing BIG family to spend it with. Thank you, Lora, for taking and sharing pictures!
Easter Outfit
Haddee & Chalin
"This Way!"
Nana & Chalin
Yummy Cake
Church Easter Hunt
Mommy & Chalin watching the cows and pig
Chalin & Raegan
Chalin & Christian
Chalin driving by himself!
"Look what I found!"
"Let's see what's in here..."
"Found one!"
Hunting with Mommy & Daddy
Happy Easter!
A very VERY sleepy, dirty boy after a busy FUN day of Easter festivities.
....grow up to be COWBOYS. Chalin got these cowboy boots from Grandpa John and Mamaw for Christmas. They were actually Chalin's Uncle Corey's first cowboy boots, and he LOVES them. He likes to wear them all throughout the day, but most of the pictures I take are of him in his pajamas because they make me laugh--although, now I think there is a new picture that makes me laugh the most....and it in turn, will most likely get me in trouble one of these days....
"These boots go great with my pjs!"
"I can even put them on all by myself!"
Mommy: "Chalin! WHAT are you doing?!"
And this is the response I got.
"Hmmmm, now that I have my boots on, what should I have for breakfast?"
We celebrated Chalin's 2nd birthday a day early this year on February 6. As you probably know by now, Chalin LOVES trucks and vehicles of ANY kind, so we decided to throw him a construction themed birthday party. I started looking up ideas probably back in December to plan this party, and I ran across some great ideas, most of them coming from a girl I now follow on my blog, "Blue Eyed Blessings." She is so creative, and I'm very glad I found her blog! Chalin, unfortunately was cutting his 2 year molars during his party, so he stayed attached to my hip the entire party; however, I think he still had a good time. He woke up the following morning saying with a smile, "Cha Cha birthday party?" and then going on to tell me who all was at his birthday party. I think his little friends had a good time, too.
"Happy Birthday Chalin!"
The Invitations The Birthday Boy
Since we had Chalin's party in our Church gym, we had lots of great space. We used 1/2 the gym to set up tables for eating and the other 1/2 we used to set up 4 different "centers" to keep the little ones busy and having fun. The first picture is one of Chalin's b-day presents, the sand table, or the "Digging Site," which included all different kinds of scoops and trucks.
This rug was another one of Chalin's birthday presents. We put baskets of cars next to it and the children were able to drive the cars on the street. We called this the "Traffic Site."
The 3rd center was called the "Creative Site," in which we put out crayons and colored pencils, along with plain paper and stencils (different vehicles). As you can see, it was a real hit with the girls at the party! The 4th center was the "Building Site" which included a Mega Blocks table and Mega Blocks to build with.
We had a ton of Chalin's favorite snack foods for everyone to eat, including: strawberries, black berries, pinapples, green apples, fruit dip, vegetable tray, green and black olives, goldfish crackers, club crackers with cheese, pretzels, etc! Drinks (fruit juice pouches for the kiddos and pop & water for adults) were off to the side of the table in a wheel barrel with ice.
Singing "Happy Birthday to You" made Chalin a little embarrassed.
Chalin had 2 birthday cakes. Here is his first one that we put his number 2 candle in.
And here is the 2nd cake....A YUMMY dirt cake that I made in the back of yet another one of Chalin's presents, a huge dump truck. From the remains of it, everyone at the party loved it, too, because it was scraped dry!
Cake and party favors A close up of the party favors, which were actually a tool belt with TONS of things: blow up hammer, stickers, coloring book (trucks for boys, princess for girls), tool filled with candy, truck fruit snacks, truck pencil, a truck, etc. Also, when the children arrived, they were given a construction hat with their name on it (I printed their name on a label and placed it on the hat). Thank you, Patty, for putting these together!
The gift table--Chalin got so many great gifts!
A few pictures of Chalin opening gifts. Also, I found this adorable shirt on Etsy. It was a dump truck with the number 2 on it and his name just below the truck.
Whether it was giving me ideas, helping set up, buying the materials, taking pictures, helping clean up, purchasing a gift, or just blessing us with your presence, THANK YOU!! You helped make Chalin's 2nd birthday party a success, and we are very thankful to have you in our lives. Love you all.
It’s been several months since I have typed a letter to you.We just celebrated your 2nd birthday.I can’t believe I have already been blessed with you in my life for 2 whole years.My goodness, does the time fly.With the help of many special people, we were able to throw you an awesome 2nd b-day party!Of course, the theme was construction because you LOVE dump trucks, garbage trucks, tools, etc.I’ll tell you more about your party a little later.
My, my, my, are you a smart little boy!You know almost all your capital letters.You love to practice your letters by playing with your Magna-doodle and having Mommy and Daddy write letters on the bathtub with your bath crayons.You also love to play and eat off of your alphabet placemat.
You can count to 10 all by yourself!Whenever you finish, you like to say “Yay!” and clap, along with having all your listeners clap and cheer for you, too.You’re quite the little performer.You can tell us how old you are, although we’re still working on holding up 2 fingers.
You can recognize a few colors, such has orange, green, blue, red, pink, and purple.Sometimes you recognize yellow, but we haven’t worked much with black, white, or brown.
You love to sing “Jesus loves me” and the “ABC song.”Once you are finished, we all clap and cheer along with you, which you love.
You went from signing all the time, to signing and saying one or two words, to barely signing and saying 4-5 words at a time!You still like to use your signs for more, milk, and eat, but you say the words, too.It amazes me how much you say and understand at only 2 years old.
You still LOVE school buses, well, any buses for that matter, along with dump trucks, garbage trucks, mail trucks, concrete mixers, UPS trucks, 18 wheelers, fuel trucks, ETC.You also, much to Mommy’s enjoyment, still love, I mean, LOVE to read books.It makes my heart so happy to see you sit in your chair in the living room and dig through your basket of books, trying to find exactly what you’re in the mood to read, and you just flip through the pages, enjoying every moment.I can just see your little mind at work.
You are not only a smart little man, but you are also very funny!You love to “pass gas” and you get a kick out of Mommy saying “What was THAT?!”You laugh hysterically and continue to “pass gas” until your little body won’t allow anymore.I’m really quite amazed at how long this can go on…your Daddy is so proud.Although you attempt to say almost anything, even repeating some phrases you hear that I would rather you not repeat (nothing bad, no worries), you still insist on calling chicken, “bock, bock.”When I say, “Chalin would you like a hot dog or chicken for lunch?” you say, “Bock, bock.”It’s pretty funny and cute.
Chalin you are such an adorable, sweet, wonderful, funny, smart, precious little boy.I can’t wait to see what this next year has in store for us…and I hope you enjoy sleep more this year!
The Saturday before we drove to Dallas for Chad's surgery, our cousin Coyt invited us to his 6th birthday party at Incredible Pizza. Chalin had a blast! Here are some of the things Chalin enjoyed doing while at Incredible Pizza.
Playing skee ball with Daddy
Riding the Choo Choo Train
Riding go carts for the 1st time with Daddy and almost giving Mommy a heart attack.
This probably made the list of favorite "daddy" moments so far.
Watching the balls shoot up and fall out
Winning tickets
Playing skee ball, again
Riding the train, again...
....and again, which totaled at least 20 times!
We had a great time, and as you can tell by the pictures, Chalin REALLY had a blast! I guess we know where Chalin will want to have his party in a few years...Thank you Mimi for taking these pictures on your phone, so that I could post them to the blog!
