Aidan is FIVE!!

Last weekend was a big birthday celebration at our house.  Bryan and Aidan share their birthday on May 31st.  So we usually always use Memorial Day weekend to party it up for the boys!  This year Aidan is 5, no that is not a typo my "baby" really is 5, and he wanted a baseball party.  So we had planned a big wiffle ball game in the field across the street.  The weather was not cooperating though.  Poor Aidan continued to check the windows throughout the day on Saturday and Sunday before his party Sunday afternoon.  Although we didn't get the sunny 80 degree day we had been hoping for, the rain did stop and we were able to get out and play the game in the driveway.  Which was good enough for the birthday boy!

Before all the guest arrived Aidan opened his gifts from MaMa and PaPa, who couldn't make it because the Bulldogs were playing in their Super Regional.  And although Aidan was sad they couldn't make it, he was so surprised by their gift and couldn't have been more excited as he put it on for his party.  Here's a few pics of him opening his presents from Mom and Dad...

A $5 bill for the 5 year old...

The smile on his face says it all!!

All decked out after opening his hat from Mommy and Daddy.  Ready to play ball!  Let the party begin!

Aidan was so excited to see all his friends and family.  He must have asked 100 times if it was party time yet?!  But 4 o'clock finally arrived and so did the guests and we had a blast.  

Our adorable neighbors Abigail and Hannah enjoyed the appetizers!

Maddux did too!

Papa and the boys played some bumper cars in the driveway.

Payton enjoyed the food as well!

Aidan busted some puddles on his scooter. And then the much anticipated moment FINALLY came!! 

It was time to PLAY BALL!!

And guess who was first up to bat?!  Yep #5 the FIVE YEAR OLD!! And he sent it deep!

Payton took his turn as well!

Everyone were such good sports and joined Aidan for a wet, but fun game!  It truly made his birthday dreams come true!!

After the game Aidan sat down with his buddy from preschool to have some lunch.  He was so thrilled Grahm could make it to the party.  They are best buds and really enjoy playing together.

Then it was time for cake.  Grammie made an adorable baseball field cake and baseball cake balls!  So cute!  The boys are very lucky to have such a creative Grammie!

Make a wish and blow out those candles!!

And dig in of course!!  The kiddos loved the cake baseballs!  After the cake was gone it was back out to play, and again we had to make adjustments to our original plans, but we used the water slide as just a regular slide and the kids enjoyed every minute of it!!

Thanks to the Zieglars for letting us borrow this super fun toy!! My boys are now dying to have one!!

After some playtime, it was time for presents!  He received some really cool stuff.  Including this fun soccer goal from Nana and Papa.

The kids played and played until they could barely even keep their eyes open.

I love this pic of Maddux taking a timeout with his juice box. 

As the night came to an end, Aidan passed out his treat bags and told all his friends goodbye.  It was such a great day for my little 5 year old man and I truly thank everyone who came and made him feel so special!

As everyone pulled off in their cars, Payton thought he should do the same!  It's to the bath and bed for you little man, not so fast!

Happy Birthday Aidan!!  We love you and are so proud of the little man you are growing up to be!!  

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Goodbye Preschool!

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Today I took Aidan to his last day of Preschool.  My little man will start Kindergarten in the fall and I could not be more proud of him.  He's grown up so much in the last two years and although this is obviously the goal as a parent, to raise an independent, polite, and helpful little man, it's sad to let go of my first baby.  Here's Aidan on his first day of Preschool in Aug. 2009.

He was so ready to go!!  Nothing has changed about that.  Aidan is such an outgoing little man.  He can walk into a room with total confidence and want to be the leader of the pack.  I love this about him, and hope he will forever have this confidence.  Today as Aidan left I asked him to take the same picture on the steps outside.  Although he's quite a bit taller, his back pack fits much better, and he's much more grownup and mature, he's was still just as eager to GO!!!

So after a goofy pic and a few tears we were on our way with cupcakes in hand so this little man could celebrate his birthday with his friends.  That's right, Aidan turns 5 on Tues!!  So many things to celebrate as our baby is turning into quite the BIG BOY!!  Proud of you Aidan Chance!!  Keep living life to it's fullest and being your fun, energetic, silly self!  We love you!



Mother's Day and Karate Parent Night!!

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First off I must say thank you to my wonderful husband for a perfect Mother's Day!  My day started with an amazing and very rare opportunity to sleep in!!  The Hubby got up with the kiddos and next thing I knew it was 9:30 and I was feeling very rejuvenated!!  It's the little things right?!!

The rest of our day was spent at the zoo.  One of my absolute favorite places to take the boys.  The weather could not have been more perfect for it either.  So we picked up some Subway on the way there and spent the day with the animals!  LOVE days like this!  For some reason I only managed to get one picture on the day, but it was an adorable one, two of my favorite boys riding the safari...

Yes!!  That's Maddux!!  He got his hair cut on Saturday!  Doesn't he look like a completely different kid?!  So cute though!  And I am so excited about not having to fight with him to brush the back of it every morning.  Looking very cool Maddog!!

Last night was a very anticipated night in our house!  It was Karate Parent Night!  Aidan was super excited to show us some of the new moves he's been learning in class.  He was even more excited to spar with Daddy!  He told me about 100 times during the day that I must make sure I brought Daddy some very comfy clothes so he could punch really hard!  Aidan is loving his Karate class and seems to be doing very well at it!  So I'll leave you with a few pics from last night and a video of his spar with his Daddy!  We are very proud of you Aidan!  Keep up the hard work buddy!



Aidan was not intimated by Daddy's towering over him at all!  He was totally up for the challenge!! :)

Here's the video of their big (30 sec.) sparring match! Enjoy!!



Easter 2011

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We spent Easter at my Grandparents' farm this year.  The WHOLE Glasco clan was there, minus Dad and Rick who were coaching, so needless to say it was a full house, but it was a lot of fun and the kids had a blast as they always do at the farm!  Maddux absolutely adores tractors, so he and Grandpa Gerald spend a tremendous amount of time riding every piece of farm equipment in the barn, over and over and over.  Aidan really enjoyed playing with his cousins this year.  The kids are all teenagers now, but are so good to let Aidan tag along and pretend he's as big as they are.  The rest of us caught a couple SIU softball games, and spent a lot of time hanging around the house resting, as the rain kept us indoors the great majority of the weekend.  It is always so relaxing to be at the farm and get away from it all for a day or two.  Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for letting us all crash your house! Literally! :)

On Friday we headed over to Carbondale to watch SIU play some softball.  It was very iffy weather they would actually play or not as it was raining all day.  But after the took off for about the 20th time (by the way it brought back some very wet and smelly memories watching the SIU girls on tarp duty!) they finally were able to play ball!  However, with a little guidance from Auntie G, Maddux found something much more fun to entertain him!  PUDDLES!! 

Auntie G gave him full permission to "dive in" with disbelief he did just that!!  He loved it!!  He was SO proud of himself and completely soaked by the end of this puddle busting excursion!  But he had a blast and after a trip to 710 Bookstore for new clothes, all was well!

The Salukis won both games!  Go Dawgs!!  However, we were really looking forward to Saturday's games where my Mom would throw out the first pitch for the Strikeout Cancer game.  That never happened due to the rain so we were a quite disappointed that we didn't get to see MawMaw's fastball! 

The rain couldn't stop us from visiting with family though, and Saturday afternoon we were able to go over to Grandma Shirley's and have some very yummy food, including Gma's famous dumplings and banana pudding, and play with cousins. 

Maddux put on his bunny glasses and it was time to party!  He even got cousin Drew in on the bunny action!



The boys hunted eggs indoors, and received way too much candy, toys, etc!!  They are so blessed to have so many Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, Grandparents, and GREAT-Grandparents that love them dearly!  This picture of Maddux and Great Grandma Shirley melts my heart!!

After playing way past bedtime we headed back to Grandpa's farm to rest up for Easter morning.  It wasn't quite the restful night I had imagined however, as Aidan woke up about 30 minutes after he fell asleep screaming that his mouth hurt.  I had no idea what this meant, and although he couldn't tell me exactly what hurt, he was obviously in excruciating pain.  Aidan is a child who never shows pain, he once busted his head open and never said a word.  So eventually I put him in the car and made a midnight run to town to pick up Tylenol as we had ran out earlier in the weekend.  I thought I might even end up in the emergency room, but after taking the Tylenol he calmed down, fell asleep on the way home and at about 2 o'clock we were finally all asleep! 

The boys looked very cute on Easter morning all dressed up for church with their Great Grandparents!  I have to admit, I really enjoy dressing them all alike.  Since I have no little girls to "doll up" I use every rare chance I get to play dress up with the boys to my full advantage!  So a photo shoot was definitely in order.  The boys were obviously not nearly as excited about this as I was, but we did manage to get a few good shots!  Thanks Grandpa Gerald for helping us get these sweet pictures!

Aidan was the least interested in the photo shoot as he really just wanted to play with his cousins.  But he did pose on his own for this one!  Forgot to look at the camera though, oh well, take what you can get right?!

This one of all three boys turned out pretty cute!  You can kind of see their three different personalities coming out in this one!

This is the best family pic we could get.  Yes Aidan is darting out of the picture...

And this one might be the best.  My Mom, Great Grandma Shirley and their boys!

But that was as long as we could hold them down, and then it was back to tractor rides, playing with cousins and a little piano playing too!  Love this pic of Payton putting his little fingers to work...

Great Grandma Sue fixed a delicious Easter dinner for us and it was so nice to have over 20 family members gathered together!  The boys were very proud to be eating lunch with their big cousins...



After lunch we rested for a bit and started preparing for the long drive home.  But my sisters and I had to catch the last few innings of SEC softball on TV before heading out!  Love just hanging out with my little sisters and LOVE this picture!

Such a great weekend with family.   With my parents and Geri Ann in Georgia now, these weekends get to be way too far apart and we don't see family in southern IL as often, but when they do happen they are amazing. 

Pre-Easter Festivities!!

We have had a fun weekend filled with Easter activities.  Yesterday morning we visited the Easter Bunny at the mall and then later in the afternoon we went over to our neighbors for a fun evening of egg dying and hunting!  So fun to celebrate the holidays with our boys, and watch their reactions to all the different traditions.

The boys were very excited to go visit the Easter Bunny.  Maddux might have asked 100 times in 1 hour if we were ready to go see the "Easter Rabbit".  He could not wait!  Until he got about 5 feet away...then he was over it!  Ha!  He didn't cry, but he was definitely not feeling comfortable about sitting next to the Rabbit!However, after a little persuading, and a little bribing with a sucker, he sat long enough to get the picture.  But as you will see in the picture below, he wasn't as excited as he was before we left the house that morning. 

Payton on the other hand, NOT having it!  As soon as we began walking toward the Bunny, he locked his legs around my waist and clung to my neck and screamed as loud as his little lungs would allow!  He wanted no where near that Bunny.  I couldn't even get him to let me get him close enough to hold him in the picture.  Last year he was only a few weeks old, and was screaming because he was hungry, but at least we had three boys in the picture, I am ok with screamers, it's all about preserving the memories right?!  But not this year, only two boys with the bunny, Payton was not a fan! Oh well, maybe next year!

Aidan was excited to go see the Bunny yesterday morning, as you can see he was definitely the most cooperative in the picture extravaganza, but what he was most excited about yesterday was his playdate with our next door neighbors for a little egg dying and hunting.  He truly loves to play with Abigail and Hannah and couldn't wait to dye eggs.  The kids had so much fun, and it was a great time with great friends.

Daddy helping the boys with their eggs.

Aidan and Abigail hard at work!

Maddux and Payton had to take a break and start dinner.

Time to hunt those eggs!  The kiddos wait patiently (minus Maddux) for the call upstairs.

Got one!!

Payton was best at eating them and breaking them!

And after every Egg Hunt you should always have cupcakes right?!!  Maddux thinks so!

And Aidan thinks Mommy should STOP taking pics!

That's all for the Easter activities this weekend, a few days of work, school, and lessons and then we are headed to SO IL to spend Easter at the farm.  We are all so excited to see everyone and watch Auntie E's Salukis!  Happy Easter All!!