T-man!

Today's tribute is to my oldest nephew (now 5 years old), Triston Michael!! :)

He has the cutest little smile ever!

He is really talkative and hilarious, and so precious to me...

I love that he's happy even when he's sweeping because he got in trouble....

That he loves to read and watch movies and always tells Carter to BE QUIET! lol

That he decided a funnel was a "party hat" and insisted on drinking his tiny cup of water from an extra-long straw.

He loves to play with the bunny ears from JoBug (and so does Carter)!

And how cute is it that he picked a flower (from my parents' backyard) "to give to Maxine"!?

He is the oldest of 3 brothers, and he's already taking on the role of being the responsible, organized brother who really internalizes and obeys the rules.  While he was cleaning and started picking up Carter's toys for him in their room, he told me, "He just doesn't listen sometimes... because he's just little." :)  And when Josh warned Carter repeatedly (to no avail) to look both ways for cars before he crossed the street, Triston was the one who heard that.  When he crossed the street, his head was on a continual back-and-forth swivel the entire way across... hilarious!

I love that he asks me to sit by him and do the kids menu puzzles with him, and that when they all came to my house, he said, "I'm gonna just stay here with Windsey.... I wanna go with you wherever you go." =)  Ahh, love it! ❤

Love this pic of him after Rach and Josh's wedding.  Adorable!  He was ready to get out of that tux!!

This moment made me happy... they were so overjoyed to jump and play in the rain! =D  Aww, to be a kid again.

Their Halloween costumes a couple years back.  He made an adorable Nemo. :)

He has a great little playful, mischievous side - his face in this pic shows that.  He loves to playfully argue/fight with Josh or my Dad, and his delayed reaction is always hilarious when he gets the joke. =)

He loves him some watermelon! lol

Sadly, he also loves Golden Corral (or the "Chocolate Mountain place," as he and Carter call it)... it was his choice for his birthday meal this year! lol

So happy to be Triston's aunt and get to hear his thoughts and stories about life and school!


Other great T-man quotes:
"So..... is he gonna be black?"  (pondering the ultrasound pic of Jace)

"OUCH, someone come hold my hand!!  No, not YOU, Carter!" :)

"Justin, you should do something funny so I can be happy again!"  (after they'd been in trouble)

"Whoa, millions and millions of candies!!"  (super-excited about my Christmas present - yay! lol)

"Sometimes I wish I could go in there, you know."  (wanting to jump into a painting, Mary-Poppins-style, at Zio's)... Me too, T-man, me too!

"I was gonna marry her at first, but now I'm probably not."  (on his friend Danielle at school) =)