Barack

Sawyer came home yesterday and says, 

"Mrs. Johnson said that Black Obama won as president."

Gasp! I'm pretty sure that's NOT what Mrs. Johnson said.

On a less offensive, politically correct note...Look who is sitting up all by himself! He is just so proud of himself when he does it! He holds onto the railing for the stairs and stand by himself too-Time flies and he is getting so big, so fast!

Halloween 2012

Star Wars seems to be a never ending thing at the Rollins house these days, so it was of no surprise when Sawyer wanted to be Darth Vader for Halloween. Sawyer's class had a fun Halloween party that afternoon along with a costume parade!

On the way to Nana & Papa's house, we were talking about Halloween and handing out candy, when Sawyer pipes up with, 

"I think for next Halloween we should hand out fish and wild mushrooms." 

What?? Where did that come from?? lol

You can't have Darth Vader without Yoda!!!!!!! And Raylan was just the cutest little Yoda you've ever seen! My friend Jamie made him his little hat which was adorable! I toted him around in the Baby Bjorn to go trick or treating so we just put his little outfit on on top of it which ended up working out just perfectly! 

Sawyer had a little bit of a rough time trying to carry his light saber and his pillow case full of candy, so Daddy ended up with the light saber about four houses down. Unfortunately we don't have a picture of Raylan carrying his big pumpkin bucket...it had this really thin handle on it so he could hold onto it really easily. But what was so cute was that every time someone would drop a piece of candy into it, he would IMMEDIATELY shake the bucket! It was like he was checking to make sure there was something actually in there! He did it every single time! It was hilarious! 

The weather was absolutely PERFECT for trick or treating and Sawyer made off with twice the loot because Raylan was with him So I'd say it was a pretty successful evening :)

Birthday Boy

Six years ago God blessed us with a six pound screeching bundle of JOY that has made our lives so full and rich! Watching Sawyer grow over the years has been like having front row seats at the best movie ever. 

We went and surprised Sawyer for lunch at school-he was SO surprised! 

It was fun to sit with him while he pointed out all of his little friends and jabbered away about how excited he was to have his Birthday cupcakes that he had brought to share with his class. 

That evening we went to Nana & Papa's house for a birthday dinner! 

As always, Sawyer got to choose the menu and he chose......HOT DAWGS! 

Liz and Raylan*

Great minds must think alike, because Daddy and Uncle Alex both ended up getting him scooters! We decided to keep both of them so that Bill could ride with Sawyer too. (I know that Bill was secretly stoked that we ended up with two!)

Sawyer is ALL about Star Wars right now, so lots of his gifts ran with that theme. He got Star Wars shirts, jammies, books, light sabers ect. He loved it!!!

When we asked Sawyer what he wanted for his birthday, he kept saying, "I want one of those cards with the money in it." (As if you buy those kind at the store??) He wants to save up money to buy a Wii You later on this month, so he was pretty jazzed that he ended up with one of them 'money cards' too! 

Then Bill and Alex chased each other around the kitchen on the scooters!

Raylan thought he won the lottery when he got his chubby little hands on some tissue paper!

One of the games that Sawyer got was Perfection. That really noisy one that ticks down the time and you have to put all the little shapes in the right slots before the time runs out and all the pieces fly up in the air.....now if that doesn't get your blood pressure sky rocketing, I don't know what would!

Nana Kathy made a really yummy Star Wars cake!

Is that my six year old riding his scooter down the middle of the street at ten on a school night? Why yes it is. 

This was the next day when Sawyer was showing off his new game to his buddy, Dane. When it popped up at the end and all the pieces flew out, they both jumped and screamed! It was so cute!

We have two more parties to go: a big family dinner with the Aunts and Uncles and then a bowling party with  his school friends. Sawyer had a great day and is still able to look forward to his other parties :)