Finally an update!!

Ella has been playing t-ball through boparc. She loves it! Which doesn't surprise me because she always enjoys everything she does. Very rarely does this girl complain. She is a blessing from God that is for sure. I posted some pictures below from t-ball. Chris and I have a big decision to make this summer concerning Ella. Her b-day is Sept. 20th so that means she misses the cut-off date for Kindergarten. If your b-day is in Sept. you can test in. We decided to have her take the test. As no surprise to me, she did awesome. Ella had to be in the 90th percentile and she was in the 99th percentile. The psychologist who administered the test said "the results are very accurate and would indicate school success". We are more worried about later since she will be the youngest in her class. Such a hard decision. We hate to hold her back since I know she will be ready...but who knows what the future will hold. I'll update later as to our decision.

Cyrus is growing and speaking so better every day. He know trys to say any word. Lately his favorites has been Oh Man and Thunder, rain... He is a talker! He still loves his cars and trucks. If I counted how many he has it would probably be around 40 or 50. But everytime he gets a new one he is so excited!

So there is a quick update. I'll try to post more later.

This is the new porch built all by himself! He did a great job!

Ella with her teacher Ms. Pat. This was her last day of school at St. Luke's Preschool. Below is Ella with her other teacher Ms. Rochelle along with some of the other kids.

Farm/Ice cream

Here is pictures from WVU farm day. The kids had a great time. We went with Ella's preschool.

Karin and I took the kids out for some ice cream. It was Cy's first time to have his own cone. He loved it! I got some great pictures.

My poser!

Cyrus was trying to take some of Rachael's ice cream.

YUMMY!!

update

I feel like I haven't blogged for awhile so here you go...

We had Cyrus' birthday party last weekend. It went really well. We had it at our church. They have a big gym that is attached to the kitchen. It was a great space for the kids to run around. I will attach some pictures that Nicole took for me but I haven't gotten around to downloading the others. I will soon! I made the cake...it was very difficult but it was very rewarding! I plan on making Ella's next. She wants to do a Minnie Mouse party. I'm not sure about all that black icing!

I took the kids to DQ for ice cream today along with my friend Karin and her kids. I got some cute pictures...again... not downloaded yet- check later I'll post them. It was the first time Cy ate his own ice cream cone. He did rather well...not too much mess.

Here are some pics-

Cyrus' birthday party- the picture of the cake is after it has been cut into. I have better pictures I'll post later.

We went on a tour of the airport with the MOMS club! We got to see a lot of airplanes taking off and landing. It was cool!

NOT YET!

Tonight Chris and I were sitting here watching tv. Chris had just Cyrus to bed. We could hear him in there fooling around. Well, about 5 minutes later here he comes...walking out! Yes walking out! He climbed out of his crib. So I guess Chris and I will be going shopping for a toddler bed tomorrow! Too soon, too soon...

My kids

I am sitting here on the couch with Cy. It is after 9:00 but he doesn't like to go to bed unless his daddy puts him to bed. So I thought I'd do a quick update on what the kids are doing know.

Cyrus is talking so much more. His new words are bandaid sounds like ban aid. He also is saying mine very clearly! He loves to yell at his sister if she isn't doing what I am asking. I do have to brag a little that he knows his main colors and recoginzes many of numbers. I guess that is one plus of having a big sister...or maybe his is just brilliant! He is going to be 2 on the 17th!!! This is just crazy!! We are having a construction theme since he loves his diggers and dump trucks.

Ella is doing great also. she still loves school. She is starting to read words. Her school is working on sight words like me and on... I've been working on rhyming words with her. She is doing really well. Her and Cy like to fight...but Cyrus misses her soooo much when she's at school. When we approach her school he says no Ella no.

We got a new van!!! Yes new!!! I'm super excited. I love it! I have to brag on my husband for a little while. He has been going to the gym between 4 to 6 times a week! He has been so good! Me...well I am trying to get back into running. I had a good run tonight so I am hoping to get up to running at least 4 times a week...we'll see.

So that's all from the Moats family.

Cy's baptism

We had Cyrus' baptism on the 15th. He did pretty well. He cried the entire time but that was expected. Then, we had friends and family over after the ceremony.

My friend Karin made the cake.