Cottrell Family

Little Baby Brother

These two miss their little bud while they are at school! Tummy time isn't just for Roman. Everyone seems to want in on the action to have special talking time with the baby in the house!

Whoo's Cute? .....Roma

Is this not the Cutest Owl you have ever seen?!!! I loved making Roman's costume! After making the hat I just couldn't help myself and made him some wings and onesie!

Roman's face is priceless here. It's like he is asking the question himself.

"Whoo's Cute? Yeah, I know I'm Cute!"

"See, I told you I was CUTE!!!"

Clayton the Black Ninja

Check out those Ninja moves! Whoa you better look out, or this ninja will karate chop ya!

Clay playing around at a pumpkin patch

Fall Fun

October 2012

Pumpkin Carving

Pumpkin Patch

Trick or Treat!

Justin... Mini Ninja...Mighty Stike

Mini Ninja

Takes after his big brother Clay...aka The Black Ninja

Justin noticed tons of decorations where ever we would go! I love how he would point things out to me with such enthusiasm! He pulls you right in with his excitement!

Hayden the Pirate...with knocked out Teeth!

ARRRRGGGGG Ya Matey

Hayden loved being a pirate this year, especially since his missing teeth just added to his costume!!

This kid is such a character!! He seriously makes me laugh at his fun, crazy, over the top personality!

Hayden has been losing teeth like a mad man! He had a necklace he received from school that was in the shape of a tooth that could open up to keep a tooth lost at school safe until the child got home. But Hayden, being Hayden, liked to swing his necklace around and around making it easy for the tooth to fall out. I kept warning him he should go put the necklace away in his room until he wanted to put it under his pillow for the Tooth Fairy to find. Well, he didn't heed the warning...warningS and his tooth went flying and he lost it. We searched and searched and it was no use. Hayden was upset and said "Mom, I still can't find it, even after I prayed." Such a sweet boy. The vacuum cleaner would be the finder of this one. Hayden was really upset. He feared that the Tooth Fairy would not visit him now because he had no tooth to place under his pillow. After talking to him about it and suggesting for him to write a note to the Tooth Fairy and see what she or he (it might be a boy Tooth Fairy, especially since my boys have watched the movie "The Tooth Fairy" with The Rock aka Dwayne Johnson they like the idea of a tough boy Tooth Fairy!) could do.

This is Hayden's note, equipped with a very sad picture of himself. The T-F refers to Tooth Fairy!

Here is what Hayden found under his pillow in the morning along with money from the Tooth Fairy.

Hayden thinks the Tooth Fairy is pretty cool and is an understanding guy!

Total of 5 Teeth gone..

3 on top

2 on bottom

Love this boy!

September 2012

This is what can happen if you have three older brothers!! Is was so funny to watch Roman use all the muscles in his face to figure out just what was on him. The other three were rolling over hysterically laughing!

Roman is 1 month old! He is a great baby, who is happy and easy to care for. Such a character with all his smiles he easily gives! He is very content on his own but also loves to cuddle up and be a part of the family with our Friday movie nights.

Justin is my firecracker! This kid is smart! He will turn four in January and is practicing sight words and spelling with me at home!

Fun Fun Fun at Kristy and Scott's House. Diana was in town still so we had a barbeque with the family. Always fun to get the Humphrey's, Collymore's, and Cottrell's together. We enjoyed swimming, bouncing on the tramp and soaking up some sun!

Kristy is the master at the double stack!! Clayton and Hayden thought this was hilarious!!

I love watching all the kids having so much fun together! Playing with cousin is always a blast, especially when all the Uncles and Aunts and Grandma Cottrell get in on the fun!

1 week old

ROMAN PAUL

Time seems to fly by once your baby has been born! Our family sure does love this little guy!!

Justin has a ball being around Roman. He has his own special time with him while his older brothers are at school.

First Day of School

August 2012

First Day of School

Clayton : 3rd Grade Teacher Ms. Janik

Favorite...

Color: Blue and Purple

Movie: Real Steel and Harry Potter

TV Show: Ninjago and Americas Funnest Videos

Food: Ribs at Applebees

Candy: Dark chocolate

Toy: Legos

Activity: Doing art and crafts.

Hayden: 1st Grade Teacher Mrs. Vasica

Favorite...

Color: Red and blue

Movie: Despicable Me, any super hero movie

TV Show: Americas funniest video, Sponge bob

Food: anything with sausage, ribs, and pork.

Candy: cotton candy and ice cream sandwiches

Toy: Wii

Activity: to Play Wii

I love their answers!! My boys crack me up!

Since Roman was born August 17th, my mom was here to see the boys go to their first day of school! This was really special for my boys to have their grandma walk them to the bus stop and watch them drive off! Too bad that also was the same day she had to fly home. So it was bittersweet since she wouldn't be here when they got home.