Sebastian's First Tag

Name: Sebastian Benjamin Erickson

Age: 3 1/2 years old

Birthdate: December 16, 2004

Nicknames: Bubba, bubby, patch, patchen, and bash

Favorite Activity(-ies): Playing outside, swimming and riding his bike.

Favorite Food(s): Hot dogs, shrimp, chicken nuggets, any kind of fruit and bread.

Least Favorite Food(s): Vegetables and meat.

Favorite Music: Primary songs, and anything sung by Laurie Burkner.

Favorite Toy(s): Geo trax, anything lighting mcqueen, and anything with wheels.

Favorite Book(s): Noah book, My first book of Mormon stories, and his Disney bedtime book.

Favorite item(s) of clothing: Hats, he could be be naked as a j-bird but if he has a hat on he's good to go!

What makes me happy: Playing with my mommy and daddy and my friends. Going on hikes.

What makes me sad: When my daddy goes to work and when I get put in timeout.

Sebastian Tags: Caleb, Riley, Dallon, Keira and Ben

Fun at the lake

Today myself, Mel, and our friend Sheena packed up the kids and headed to the lake. We had a really good time and the kids really enjoyed them selfs. Sebastian was absolutely fearless when it came to the water! He scared me a couple of times. This was his first time in open water and he just ate it up. He is such a water boy. It was nice to visit with the girls and it was really nice having Shenna there. Her and her husband just moved out here from Idaho so that he can attend Dental school at that school that plays Michigan in November{Go Blue}! Any way she hasn't lived back hear in over 8 years. Over all we had a great time and it was a total chill day!

Park Adventures

Today when Donald got home from work he reminded me that he had to go out to the church to teach the 12 year old scouts how to build a camp fire. That left me at our apartment with 3 very bored and hyper children. I decided to be brave and take them to the park across the street. The kids had a great time and ran off a lot of energy{in fact Cammie and Sebastian both asked to be put to bed}! Poor Cammie had a rough time. First she fell in the mud on our walk through the trail and got all muddy. Then once we arrived at the playground she went down a slide that had a huge puddle of water at the end of it. So now she's muddy and wet. Lastly she was off in the field minding her own business playing with her ball when Sebastian comes out of no where and tackles the poor girl! She was such a trooper and never complained once. I love watching the 3 of them play together. Sebastian is always so happy when they come over!

Yea for cousins!!!

My niece and nephew {Cameron and Gavin} are staying with us until Saturday night and were so excited to have them here. Sebastian is in his glory having someone to play with all day long. Tomorrow were heading to the lake for a day of swimming and relaxation. I love that they all play so well together, and are so close.

False Hope!

We have a rule in this house called the false hope rule. This rule states that if you are eating something and there is not enough left for an other person you through it away or finish it off. Also you are never to put something away that is empty. I came up with this rule after growing up with three brothers. I can't tell you the amount of times I would look forward to a bowl of cereal only to grab the box to find out that it was empty, there for creating false hope. I mean seriously why can't they just through it away. That leads me to this morning. I walk in to my kitchen for breakfast and go to make a bagel. I reach for the cream cheese container, and its empty....grrrr. Ok fine I wasn't to mad I'll just have a bowl of Honey Bunches of Oats, I grab for the box...it's empty too....are you kidding me! Lets just say a phone call was made...I yelled........the rule was reviewed and promises were made.....It must be a guy thing!

Where Back

Where back from our little camping adventure and as you will see in the pictures we had an absolute blast. Thank you so much Lawson's for inviting us! The weather was a little rainy but not so much so that it was miserable. Just a steady mist, but by 4 it was done. It was a little muddy but that just added to the fun. Sebastian's favorite thing to do was go for a ride in the mule. He loved to take it fast and go through the mud puddles{ unfortunately I didn't get a picture of him on it}. He also really liked going fishing. He HATED the fireworks, was absolutely terrified of them. I ended up taking him into the tent and he fell asleep with in 5 minutes and slept through the whole thing. This morning at 6:30 Donald took Sebastian down to one of the lakes and went fishing. Sebastian was so excited and just kept talking about how him and his Daddy went fishing while the sun came up. What a fun little memory they created! What a great time, where already talking about nest year!

{where we laid our heads, ours is the blue one to the left}

{Sebastian showing me his fishing pool}

{Sebastian and Anthony getting ready to go fish}

{Sebastian fishing at one of the lakes}

{A bunch of people around the fire}

{Sebastian and Kennor attempting to play baseball, they were so cute}

{Stacey with Bryana, she has the bluest eyes I've ever seen!}

{Harrison, one of the Lawson's grandsons, isn't he a cutie!?}

{Jada the Lawson's dog, Sebastian loves her!}

{Last but not least the pigs, they were sooo yummy!}

Off we go.....

Into the wild blue yonder....

Do a little of this...

Cook one of these...

Watch a lot of this...

And finally sleep in one of these! {It's our first time camping as a family, and Sebastian's first time period, wish us luck! Were going to need it}