Birthday Bash.....Cowboy Style!!!!

WARNING: This post may be long and drawn out -- but hunker down Cowboys and Cowgirls and enjoy the pictures!
This past weekend we had a HUGE birthday bash for Wilson, his fave cousin Stirling, and his good buddy Thomas. It was a Cowboy/Cowgirl themed party with ponies galore! Alot of there sweet friends came out to help celebrate and I think they all had a blast. I wish I could have gotten a picture of every little cowboy/cowgirl that came -- but I think I spent a lot of my time chasing my cowboy hat that kept blowing off my head --- did I mention we had typhoon type wind blowing us around all morning. It was pretty amusing. Ok, Ok....enough typing/talking. On with the pictures!

The guests of honor!!! I think one of those little cowboys must have done something to little Stirling to make her cry ;)

Thomas and Wilson --- Birthday boys!

Wilson's cake -- they each had their own little cake and their friends got fun cupcakes with stick pony cookies!


Birthday Boy #1

THE Birthday Girl on her princess pony

Birthday Boy #2

Cowboy Nathan -- loved the horses until he had a bit of an allergic reaction ( eyes got really red and itchy)

Cowboy Barrett -- isn't he a doll!

Catching a ride in the carriages with my little men!


Little Cousins -- great picture of how windy it is! Can't believe my hat was actually on!

Cowgirls Mally and Claire with their mom Julee!

Cowgirls Sara and Megan ( also our cousins)


Pony riding with a little help from daddy!

Even our cousin Luke came up from Daphne!

Cowboy Prather


Cake Time!!!!!

Pretending to blow candles out --- thanks to all that wind!


Cowboy Spence


Cowboys William and Ford enjoying the goodies!

And that's all folks!!!!!!!

The Greatest Show on Earth

Last night we took these little munchkins to the Circus in Montgomery. They had never been to a "real" circus before so you can imagine the twinkle in their eyes when the show started. It was 2 hours of magic, amazing acrobatics, animals of all kinds and clowns! What more could a kid want?!?!?!? Our pics were limited based on the "no photography" rule instituted once the show began. Seeing how the elephants and lions were literally a few feet from us (our seats were on the front row), Ali and I were on our best "picture taking" behavior. We didn't want to make a hungry lion angry with our flashes :)

And of course, you have to get a fun souvenir at the circus. The boys (and Stirling) picked out these fun glasses that have flashing lights all around them. They thought they were SOOO cool!

ONE FISH, TWO FISH

RED FISH, BLUE FISH!!!!!

That is exactly what we saw all day on Thursday!!!! Off we headed to Atlanta with some sweet friends (the Cleggs) to check out the Aquarium. Little did we know that everyone else in the southeast had the SAME IDEA!!!!!!! It was so much fun and the kids did great--Jennifer and I were the ones that were stressed out by the end of the day. Keeping up with 4 kiddos in a crowd that big about put us over the edge. If they had had a drive through margarita bar in ATL we would have definitely stopped! :)

Matthew, Wilson, Nathan and Brantley

We Survived!!!!!! Thanks Cleggs for a fun adventure ---we had a blast!

Got Cars???????

As with most 3 year olds, there is NEVER a dull moment in the Foster household. This morning as I was checking emails and such at the computer I heard Wilson's sweet little voice calling for me. Along with that little voice I heard a clink,clack,clink,clack coming down the hallway with him. He rounded the corner but I saw nothing with him that would make that noise............until I looked down at the legs of his pjs and noticed they looked a little odd. With the biggest smile Wilson says.........."I put all my cars in my pants!" He was SO PROUD!!!! Check out the pics below to see just how many he managed to get in there.

REALLY?!?!?!?!?!? Just how many did you put in there Wilson?

Wha-la!!!! The hidden stash!

This little kiddo cracks me up!

SMITTEN!!!

Check these two cuties out!!!! This is Claire, aka "Claire Bear" . Wilson's little love bug that he loves, loves, loves!!! They go to preschool together and their daddy's are business partners so we get to spend quite a good amount of time with her. They absolutely adore one another....to stinkin cute. They were born one week apart, thanks to Wilson's early debut and became fast friends and are still going strong. It never fails, when we drive up to school each morning he says, "mommy, I go see Claire Bear!" She already has him wrapped around her little finger.

Thanks Ms. Dannell for taking this pic and passing it along to us.

**He is short, but I promise not as short as this pic displays ;)

God is Good, Snow is Beautiful!

WOW! What a beautiful day we had here in Auburn. As did everyone else in this town, we spent most of our day out in God's beautiful creation ~~~~~The Snow!!!!!!! Auburn truly looked like a "Winter Wonderland". The boys were so excited and pumped about the snow falling fast to the ground. And Rod and myself were a little giddy too. :)
We made lots of fun memories with different friends and family. Enjoy the pics.....too many to chose from so there are tons below.

Row-ee (Rosemary) and Nathan!

Sledding time!!! We met the Reaves and Basdens out on the AU Campus and found the perfect little hill by the AU Library~~~ this was definitely the highlight of Nate's day. We literally had to drag him away when little man could no longer take the cold. Oh so fun! Rod and I even got in on the action.

Wilson & Prather about to take the plunge! They laughed the whole way down.

Here is my proof I participated! After this pic was taken, Rod just let us keep going right past him and we ended up literally stuck in some bushes. Not cool daddy, not cool!!!

The Basdens had this awesome sled! We all got some good use out of it!

Family Time!!!!

After we headed home for hot chocolate, naps and warmth by the fire, we headed out for another round of fun. Off we went to the Wilsons ---let's just say that this fun ended up with quite a few snow ball fights between Nathan, Rod and Brad. The little ones just couldn't keep up.
Look at those blue eyed cousins! Love it!

Nina & Papa even came down to watch the fun unfold.

Nathan is a little serious about his snowball fights --yes that is a snowball he is ABOUT to throw, NOT the head to a snowman. LOOK OUT!!!!!




Trying to keep up!

Ali and I had to show off our matching boots :) Bradley was just hoping we wouldn't drop her.


Back inside and getting warm. These two were hilarious. Wilson just wanted to give Stirling a little love and help warm her up. Too cute!