Super Bowl Tradition

Our Super Bowl party has become a Super Bowl tradition with kids.  We've been getting together with our neighbors for the Super Bowl to eat supper and have a good time, now with kids in the picture it's even more fun.  We (the moms) watched our kids play, fight and get into mischief more than we watched the game.  (unlike the dads)  It's so much fun watching our kids grow and mature.  Watching Matthew interact with all the other kids made Bradley and I feel so blessed, just to see how far he has come and how "normal" he actually is.  God is an amazing God.

Here are few pictures of some of our gang watching the game and then the cutest picture of our boys eating supper.  There was 16 of us total including 5 boys (5yrs-2yrs) and 3 girls (16yr old, 3yr old and a 3 mos.)  Of course boys will be boys, Matthew has his first "fight" that we witnessed, it was actually a tug of war fight with a play banjo.  Matthew was playing with it but Jackson wanted it so Matthew tugged back away from Jackson who also had a hold of the banjo and said "Mine!", which it actually belonged to Jackson.  Teaching boys, 2 yr olds at that how to "share" is impossible.  However, Jackson went on his merry way and Matthew won the battle.  Bradley and I are somewhat proud of Matthew that he stood up for himself but yet hope this doesn't become a horrible habit.

Our two most adorable little girls at the party was Miss little Lacy, 3 mos.  sleeping through all the chaos and her sweet motherly big sister Lily, 3yrs.  Lily pretend to be all the boys "mother" during the night-between her bossing them around and hugging and kissing them she somehow fits right on in.  The teenage years are going to be very interesting for ALL of us.  Matthew took a real interest in all the things Lily was doing, we caught them two in Lee's bedroom playing and standing on the desk which Lily ended up falling off of.  Low and behold, Matthew got gone and we heard a loud BOOM and Matthew was back in Lee's bedroom trying the same stunt Lily had just done and to no avail he falls just like her.  He seems to think he's invincible when around alot of other kids his age.

I saved the best for last, the most ADORABLE picture ever!!!  Matthew and Brayden are the best pals you'd ever meet.  They were stuck like glue together all night.  They both have alot in common -shy, don't talk very much, and they loved pop guns.  We've been patiently waiting for Matthew's speech to come, which by all means it is but compared his speech to Brayden's it's just about the same.  I hate to compare kids, but this made us feel good, 6 mos behind isnt' so bad, especially when these two understand each other. 

God has blessed us with families but he has also blessed us with "Friends".  This bond we have with each other before our kids came was strong and now even stronger which is something I hope we all pass down to our kids so that they too will stay close to each other as they grow and start there own lives.

Until next time, Good night and God Bless!