Our Birthday Boy

It's been a while. It's busy with an entirely new schedule for everyone and various sicknesses. Gotta run but wanted to post some photos from B's 3rd birthday party. He's quite the big boy.

Grammy made a monster truck birthday cake for him, since he's really into monster trucks. He loved the cake and surprisingly they liked the tongue, which was a potato chip covered in red icing. He said that it was "Yummy! Like pep-a-oni!"

He had a great time celebrating with family and a few friends. Thanks to all who made his day special.

The Kindergartener and the Three Year Old!

So Many Things

So many things have happened within the last month. Julia turned 5! We finished the year at her daycare before she heads off to kindergarten tomorrow. And finally, today my B turns 3. The B is three!!!

He's so excited to be three. We pulled out the toddler bed for him this morning and I'll paint his room this weekend and decorate it for him. Up to this point it had been green and blue with farm animals, quite the nursery.

Things are happening so fast that it really has taken me by surprise. I knew that this was all coming but it's still hard to believe that we're here and starting the elementary school years with one child and the other is daily evolving into his own dynamic little wild thing and big boy self.

We just spent a week at "the seaside" with Grammy and Grandad. It was really wonderful and none of us wanted to come home. We had a great time swimming, making sand castles, catching crabs at night, roasting marshmallows, body surfing, and Julia and Brendan loved swimming in the ocean on their own for the first time and putting their heads under water. It was just nice to be all together.

This is what tired children look like after playing in the surf. One stays in the bed, the other somehow ended up halfway underneath, yet still totally out.

Brendan's First Movie

Despite what I told them, that the movie was really "Kung Fu Squirrel" they were up for a movie. It was Brendan's first time at the movies. At one point he needed to be removed from the theatre, kicking and screaming...so loudly that everyone in the theatre could hear he and Andy as they walked down the large stairway and outside. Several people were laughing and I heard one man laugh and say "he's still going!" as the sound of Brendan's displeasure went away from us.

At the end it was a success, nothing that popcorn and sprite (Brendan's first) couldn't fix. He kept sipping it and whispering to Andy "it's weird" with a smile on his face.

Dutch Wonderland

We had a great time yesterday at Dutch Wonderland. In the middle of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the park is made especially for littler kids. Probably the most amazing part of it was that just across a small stream was a large farm run by the Amish. It seemed strange to me that they live this simple life right next door to an amusement park. But we all have to live somewhere and their land was so beautiful.