Kyler is THREE!

We no longer have a toddler on our hands! Kyler is THREE and it's so hard to believe. These past three years have been such a blessing in so many ways. He has brought so much joy, love, & laughter into our lives! 

Since we didn't get back until late on the 29th, we set out his presents for him to open the next morning! The white pieces of paper are hard to read, but that is the birthday banner Katelyn made for him. It says Happy Birthday Kyler, one letter per piece of paper!  He really wanted a Rescue Bots Fire House and a Rocketship, so that's what we got him. He also got a workbench from Lindsay, a big wheels tricycle from Pappy, a Cozy Coupe Gas Pump & Lion Guard playset/book from Mimi & Pops. He could not be more thrilled and has been very busy playing all week!!

Me being creative :) He is painting with his new paint brushes he got as well. 

He learned this trick recently too. I guess watching his big sis do handstands all day as rubbed off on him!

I asked him a few questions to remember some of his favorite things at THREE years old! 

1. What is your favorite color? Blue & Red

2. What is your favorite toy? The firehouse I got for my birthday.

3. What is your favorite fruit? grapes

4. What is your favorite tv show? Super Wings

5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? peanut butter & honey

6. What is your favorite outfit? footie jammies

7. What is your favorite game? Hi Ho Cheerio

8. What is your favorite snack? Nothing, oh pretzels!!!

9. What is your favorite animal? Mufassa, Kion

10. What is your favorite song? Jesus Loves Me

11. What is your favorite book? Lion Guard - "the little one and the big one. No, I like PJ Mask that I got for my birthday."

12. Who is your best friend? Nobody.....I like playing with Levi & Katelyn.

13. What is your favorite cereal? "Oatmeal, Cheerios, no.... grape nuts!"

14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Play. I play on the playground. I like to weed eat. Play with bubbles. 

15. What is your favorite drink? Orange Juice

16. What is your favorite holiday? Valentine's Day. I like candy.

17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? Baba

18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Eggs & Toast 

19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? Breakfast Tacos; Pizza

20. What do you want to be when you grow up? Um....mowing. I want to mow the grass like Daddy.

Nice, France

Lex was given a chance to attend a conference in Nice and his boss even flat out told him it was a good one for his wife to tag along on too....so we took that as good excuse for a little getaway!!! 

And we're off....it was a long trip but over the course of the trip I watched at least 9 movies and read and entire 400+ page book. Which I never do either, so that in itself was a vacation for me!  Lex was upgraded to first class on our leg between Atlanta & JFK, so he let me take his seat! Check out that leg room!

We made it on time!! We arrived around 10 am on Tuesday of last week, so we checked into the hotel and headed straight out to start exploring. Here's the view from our hotel room.

We took the bus into the heart of Nice and went to the Castle on the Hill to start our trip off. If you look close you can see stairs leading up to the top! It was beautiful!

Looking to the right from the top of the Castle is pictured above. Below is looking off to the left towards the marina.

We then headed to wander the streets a little and found the famous flower / farmers market. It was so picturesque. 

Taking a little break on the famous blue chairs overlooking the rocky beach on the Promenade. The weather was pretty chilly for me, highs in the low 60's, but there were people in swimsuit on the beach. 

The next day Lex started his conference so I was on my own. I woke up slowly, got dressed leisurely, ate breakfast late and eventually strolled store to store just to explore. It was fantastic. After shopping and a late lunch, I came back to the hotel read a book and waited for Lex to finish for the evening. Then we headed to a nice dinner and relaxed. It was rainy the next two days which gave me a great excuse to take it easy and relax. 

Then on Friday we took a Coastal Boat Tour which was so nice. This is the boat we rode on. The skies and sea could not have been more blue this day. We were so thankful the days we had to explore together, were both beautiful. 

Lex loved the marina with all the colorful sail boats. He did a puzzle as a child of this exact scene, including the Marine Shop and had it hanging on his wall for years. 

Can you tell I am a tourist? LOL! I actually had many people come up to me speaking French, assuming I was too, surprisingly!

Each night we had an amazing dinner! Here we are headed out one night to dinner with a sunset view!

Here's the menu of the Cafe we ate at for lunch before our boat tour. 

Best Croque-Monsieur ever! Delish! 

After the boat tour we walked around Old Town Nice, looking in all the little shops. We found this cute toy store and had to get the kids a little gift. The boys got wooden cork gun shooters & Katelyn got a musical jewelry box. 

Dinner was back near the farmers market outside on the street. Amazing!

 We also rented bikes to take from our hotel into the heart of the city. The idea sounded great, but it was a lot longer than we thought. Once we made it through the "city" and got to ride on the Promenade, it was great!! Glad we did it, but we took an Uber home! LOL!

 And we found an amazing Gelato Place. We ate at one that was good, but I had read about this one so when we stumbled upon it, we had to get a second cup. So many choices and delicious!

The next day we took our time getting ready and eating our last French Breakfast of Nutella Crepes, croissants, etc. and flew all day home, making it just in time to sing Kyler Happy Birthday!

Au Revoir! 

Didn't Skip A Beat

These kiddos had a blast with Lindsay, Pappy, Mimi & Pops while we were getting some much needed R&R (oh, I guess Lex did work, but I got some much needed R&R)!  Kyler especially loved the extra cuddles!!  They all had their work cut out for them though, because it was a full week of swim lessons, gymnastics, school parades, school performances, T-ball, and they even squeezed in a cousin play date! I am so thankful for their willingness to watch our kids. Since it went to so well.....we might just have to do it again, very soon :)

While Lindsay took Levi to baseball, Katelyn created a birthday party for Kyler. Complete with a birthday sign, pin the tail on Mufasa, and even a pinata! She loves birthday's!

My parents had the first half of the week, so we celebrated Kyler's Birthday a little early with them!! He basically got to celebrate all week long with cupcakes almost everyday and presents spread out too! He's one lucky three year old!

More snuggles from Mimi!

Levi's Fiesta Parade @ School 

Katelyn's Town Meeting @ School

Thankful for all the videos & pictures while we were gone! Although I missed out, they kids loved having extra eyes watching them in all their fun extra circular activities. Showing off their skills :)

Bye Bye kiddos...their waves as we headed across the ocean!!