Jake's Character Parade

 The cutest Peter Pan ever!

 Jake's class

 Mrs. Winemiller

 Jake and his good buddy, Gabriel.

Jake's class had their character parade this morning, and he dressed as Peter Pan.  I'll be honest, I thought for sure he'd chicken out of wearing this costume, but he rocked it!  What he didn't rock, though, was seeing his mom.  How is he already too cool for me in Kindergarten?  Jeez!!  He acted like he didn't know me!!  Oh well, at least I have 2 other kids- maybe one of them won't be embarrassed of the ole mom-a-roo.  :(  Happy Halloween! 

8 Weeks!

 

 

This sweet boy turned 8 weeks old today!!  Not much new is going on except he has developed some serious baby acne.  Neither of my other two boys had it, so it's kind of freaking me out.  Poor baby just looks a hot mess between his baby acne and crusty eyes from his blocked tear ducts.  I sure hope it clears up soon so people will quit looking at him like something is wrong with him!

I know it's hard to tell from these pictures, but his eyes are still awfully blue.  I know we've got a while, but I don't think his eyes will end up turning brown like Jake's and Tyson's.  Walker's eyes stayed this blue for almost the first year and then turned hazel, and I bet Anderson's will, too.  Also, his hair is starting to grow back in on top where it fell out a few weeks ago.  It looks to be growing back in brown, so we'll see if that sticks or turns blond like the other two.

Anyways, more later.  Gotta run grab some sleep while I can. :)

Pre-Halloween Fun

 Batman and Peter Pan

 Jake's pumpkin, a Gremlin

Walker's pumpkin, a "W" for Walker.

 

Happy Halloween Eve!!  I don't know about y'all, but I have 2 very excited little boys who can't wait for tomorrow.

 

We carved our pumpkins yesterday in hopes that they wouldn't rot before Halloween, unlike years past.  Just to be on the safe side, I left them inside in the A.C.  Dang this Florida heat!  It was in the high 80's all day today and 86 tonight for trunk or treating.  Where is Fall already?  Ha!

 

So, like I said, tonight was our church's trunk or treating.  Oh my goodness, I think my boys had more fun at that than they will have trick or treating tomorrow night.  Have I ever mentioned how much we love and the boys love our church?  We are so blessed!  Anyways, I knew the boys would be wild men, so I wouldn't let them wear their real Halloween costumes.  They were fine with that and quickly came up with alternatives.  Jake was Peter Pan, which is his costume for his class's character parade tomorrow, and Walker chose Batman, which was Jake's costume (click here) when he was 3.

 

Stay tuned for Halloween pictures!  Happy Halloween!  

UConn Game/Anderson's First Game!

Team Summers

 The Wensyel family

 Here you go, Coach Callahan!  Your 5 seconds of fame on the Summers' blog! ;)

 

 

UCF beat UConn 62-17 this past Saturday, increasing our ranking to #19 on the AP poll and maintaining our first place (tied with one other team, though) in the conference!  Woo hoo!

 

The boys and I booked it back from St. Simons to get to the game by halftime.  This was Anderson's first football game and the boys' first game this season.  Everything went well until about 3 minutes left in the game- Anderson was STARVING, so I had to feed him.  Well, of course, he takes about 20 minutes to eat, so we were late getting out of the stands and to the locker room to see the players come out.  To make matters worse, he had a massive blow-out at the end of the feeding; it took me, another coach's wife, and my friend, Angie to change.  OMG!!  The whole game (well, second half), I was sitting there thinking "I might can do this by myself after all...I got this!"  Oh no, I didn't have it.  I will totally be looking to leave at least 1 or 2 thirds of my children home for the next game!  Ha!

 

Way to go Knights!  We're as proud as always, Tyson, of your hard work!!

 

Right after Tyson's linebacker got an interception.  He was just a little bit excited. :)

St. Simons for Fall Break

 Mom and the boys

 Playing at the pier playground.

 Me and my boys :)

 

 Cousins!!  Gracie (almost 2), Jace (4), Walker (3), and Jake (5)

 Feeding the ducks, fish, and turtles

 One of the ducks had just had some babies.

 We took some beach pics of my parents and the kids while we were there.

The boys had fall break last week, so we met my parents and my sister and her kids in St. Simons for an extended weekend.  I'll be honest, I've been dreading this trip for a while because of the drive.  It's a 4 hour trip there from Orlando, and between a 5 year old who has to go potty at least every hour, a 3 year old who has to have his DVD changed every 45 minutes, and a 7 week old who hates being in a car seat, I knew I was bound for misery.  I sucked it up and did it anyways, and I'm so glad we did.  We had so much, and the boys really enjoyed seeing their grandparents and cousins!

Here are a few funnies from the trip- Walker (my sweet, sweet, skinny Walker) went up to this big kid on the playground and told the kid "I'm gonna kick your butt!"  Once I covered my face and laughed hysterically, I corrected him for his use of potty words and asked him "what would you have done if the kid would've hit you?"  Walker replied "I'm stwong...I would've hit him back!" Hahaha!  Also, on the way down there, my sweet Jake (who is the best big brother ever and sat next to Anderson to tend to him) finally got fed up with all the crying and said, "I just can't take it anymore!"  Hahaha!  That might not be funny to you, but I had had all the crying I could take about an hour before that.  He lasted way longer than I did! 

We had a great time, but of course, we missed Tyson.  It's times like this that I wish he had a "normal job" with weekends off so that he could go with us.

Thanks for having us, mom and dad!  And thanks for joining us, Amy!

Jake Loses His 1st Tooth!!

 The note reads: "My dad pulled my tooth fairy...I love you tooth fairy...I didn't need help"- or at least that is what he told me it is supposed to say!  Ha!

 

Jake lost his first tooth this past Saturday Oct. 19!  For the record (and for future comparisons for the kids), he was 5 years and 9 months old. 

It's kind of crazy how the loose tooth came about.  You see, Jake's friend, Ryan Wensyel (who is just a few months older than Jake), lost his first tooth last week.  Well, Jake got a little jealous and started messing with his teeth to see if he had a loose tooth...AND HE DID!  I was shocked!  He kept wiggling that thing all week until it was hanging on by a thread by the weekend.  The tooth was very small, though, and I had a hard time getting a grip on it to pull it; plus, I would go to pull it, chicken out, and not pull so hard.  Jake was itchin' for the tooth fairy to come, though, so I finally just decided we'd wait until Tyson got home from Kentucky and let him pull it.  And he did. :)  I was fiddling with the baby during the whole thing and wasn't in that part of the house, but Tyson said Jake didn't cry at all.  I'm so proud of my big boy!  And just for old time's sake, here is the first picture I got of Jake with his first tooth (the same tooth that came out):

I posted this picture on June 30, 2008. :)

Louisville Game

 

Terrance Plummer (TP) #41 grabbing the jersey of QB Teddy Bridgewater to get the sack.  TP is probably my favorite linebacker Tyson has ever coached.  He calls the boys his little brothers. :)

 Tyson giving a man hug to Coach Key, who is the coach that helped us get this job at UCF.  Forever grateful to him.

 More celebrating...love this big ole smile on Tyson's face.  I sure wish I could've been there to see it in person.

 

This past Friday night, UCF defeated #8 Louisville 38-35.  It was a HUGE win for us!  We are now ranked #21 in the AP poll and #25 in the Coaches poll, tied for 1st in our conference, and that much closer to a BCS bowl game bid!  Life sure is good when you're winning!!   

 

By the way, this was my first weekend (well, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday morning) alone with the 3 boys and I rocked it!  I even ventured out by myself with the 3 boys to Jake's school Fall Festival, and everyone survived!  Tyson did get Saturday afternoon off, so that was nice.  We watched lots of football, Tyson took the big boys out for a little while, we went and celebrated our win with Coach Key and his fiancé, and then Tyson pulled a certain little boy's first tooth!  It was a fantastic weekend!  Next up, we have UConn at home at noon on ESPN.  Go Knights! :)

 

*Photos courtesy of ucfsports.com.

First Time to Church!!

Anderson went to church for the first time last Sunday.  We were 20 minutes late, but I think I did a good job getting myself and the 3 boys ready and out the door by 9:30 all by my lonesome.  Anderson was awesome during church; I kept him with me and he slept the entire service.  He is such a sweet boy...as long as he's being held. ;) 

The Maddens Visit!!

Okay, the baby is starting to wake up, so I'll make this quick.  Our best friends from Birmingham, the Maddens, moved to Tampa in August.  Well, this weekend, they came to visit and meet Anderson.  Tyson had a bye again this weekend, so he was able to join us for the tail-end of the day, but otherwise, it was Ashley and me and our 6 six children. 6 children, folks!!!!  Holy cow, I can't believe I just said that.  Anyways, we loaded up the crew and took them to a horse farm/pumpkin patch down the road from our house.  So much fun...so much dirt!!  Anyways, we had a blast and threw the kids in the pool when we got home.  What a great day and now we get to do it more often since they live so close!!  Yay!!  Love the Maddens. :)