Easton-ese

I love when kids are old enough to master most of the English language but still make mistakes.  Currently, these are some of my favorites from Easton.

• "Self-ez" instead of selves. Used at the end of words as well such as ourself-ez.
• "Be-gainst" instead of against.  Used mainly when describing sports games like the Lakers be-gainst the Thunder (sad day).
• "Ener-drink" for sports drinks like Gatorade.  I think he got this when he asked why daddy likes special drinks when he plays softball and I told him they are drinks that help you have more energy.  I love that it is one word for him, just an enerdrink.
• "Nylons" for his cleats.  I have no idea where this one comes from, but I laugh every time he asks me to put on his nylons so he can go outside and play with a soccer ball, etc.

One other funny Easton story.  We were driving in the car yesterday and Easton just happened to be chewing gum (on a side note, he loves gum and is great at spitting it out when he is done).  He started talking in baby talk (one thing that drives me crazy faster than just about anything else) and I told him that he needed to talk normal.  He then says to me, "I can't Mom! When I have gum, I have to speak in Spanish!"

The life

Perhaps it is time for a little bullet point family catch up, no?

• Ronnie is working, and working, and working.  In all seriousness, his schedule is nothing to complain about on a regular basis.  Any free time he finds is spent working on the backyard, or playing on his community softball team.
• KaLee feels like her head is above water and maybe her shoulders will be out soon.  Devynee is nearly six months old which is a magical age wherein she always feels like family life is normal with an additional kid.  She has yet to find time to do her precious "spare time" projects, but thinks there may be a light in the distance with a little of that coming up.  It is what she calls her "busy season" at the office as she plans three huge events between April and September and then gets a seven month break from planning after that.
• Easton is really enjoying the warmer weather that Cheyenne has been blessed with this spring.  He is mastering his bike (with training wheels) and can't wait for T-ball to start up in June.  He'll start swim lessons around the same time.  Gotta love the summer.
• Kendree is such the little personality.  We like to call her the child with "spice" as she knows what she wants ALWAYS and thinks she can do anything that Easton can (and usually isn't too far behind him in mastering it).  She is speaking in complete sentences and it is almost comical to hear the things she says come from someone so miniature in size.  She loves princesses and things that are pretty but then wrestles and plays catch with all the boys.  She loves her little sister and wants to be near her/touching her every. single. second.
• Devynee continues to be an angel baby.  She entertains herself on the floor for over an hour with no help from anyone, takes naps when/where ever I need her to and sleeps through the night.  If I could have every one of my children like her (this is where my sister inserts her argument that all of my kids ARE like her - not quite Erc, not quite), I would have ten more.  I really, honestly, mean that. 
• The family as a whole is doing great.  We spend our days going to Laramie for mama to work, at library story time, riding bikes and taking walks, watching softball games and reading books.  Both of my older kids would have me read to them for hours and that is one thing I will gladly do.  We're working on our backyard this summer.  So far, we have started a retaining wall of railroad ties along the back fence and had our friend come with his backhoe and dig two new window wells for the basement.  I need some more natural light down there!  Slowly, we'll get this all done.  I can't wait for sod.  Everything else is just a step to get to the sod in my mind.

I think that about sums up our happenings.  I promise I'll get some pictures up here soon!