Sunday, February 24, 2013

Friday, February 22, 2013

Random Pictures

I have a bunch of pictures on my camera card and iPhone so I dumped some of them on here- kind of random, but some of my favorite pictures. 

The morning of Adam's birthday we had a crown, balloon and card for him.  Here he is trying to put up three fingers.  After a lot of practice he can usually do it now, but it was tricky for him at first!

It's amazing how a balloon can turn an ordinary day into a special one for kids :)

Valentines Day
 A Valentine from one of my sweeties :)

Showing me his wings

Visiting Papa Doc
Not sure why Adam's belly looks gigantic in this picture


Game night


 Owen was the "Special Friend" in his class this week at school.

He got to bring in some things to share and his classmates made him a special book.  One of his little friends drew this picture for him... it cracked me up!  I started laughing the minute I saw it and he got really embarrassed.  I am good friends with this little girl's mommy so I quickly took a picture of it and sent it to her.  We both got a good laugh out of it. 
 Here's another picture from a different little girl :) 
Last Sunday as he was gathering things to put in his bag to share I asked him to come downstairs and show me what he chose.  He handed me the bag and one of the things I pulled out was a picture of Mike gutting a dead deer!  I don't know how he found the picture and I have no clue why he thought it was a good item to bring to share- seeing how it had nothing to do with him.  I didn't let him take it in, but it kind of made me laugh.

Have a happy weekend!

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

A Boy and His Cat

They've been bonding lately.  Cheech used to run away the minute Adam came close to him, but lately he's really warmed up to him.

Saturday, February 16, 2013

Adam's Birthday Party

It feels so good to sit down and relax.  This week has been fun, but busy.  We celebrated Adam's "for real" birthday on Tuesday, then we celebrated Valentines Day on Thursday, and today we had a little luncheon for my cousin's baby shower, and Adam's birthday party this afternoon.

Let's start with the day before Adam's birthday.  He took a treat to daycare since he wouldn't be there on Tuesday for his real birthday.  I made rice krispy treats.  He loves them and they're easy.  They made him a crown to wear at daycare and he had such a great day.  I know he felt special.

Tuesday morning, I had a balloon, card, and another crown waiting for the birthday boy.  He got to choose whatever he wanted for breakfast (pancakes, surprise surprise).  Then it was off to Finney and Papa's for the day.  That night Adam chose to go to Friendly's for his birthday dinner.
They put a candle in his icecream and all the workers sang to him.  It was funny!
 
When we got home he got to open his presents from Mike and I.  He got a bike helmet from Mike and I got him a Thomas the Train remote control toy that he was eyeing up during our trip to Wal Mart.  It was really hard for me to think of something to get him.  Christmas was less than two months ago, we have more than enough toys, and there's just nothing he needs right now.  He seemed perfectly happy which is all that matters.

Today we celebrated his birthday with a Snowman themed birthday party.  I have to admit I felt a little guilty only doing a family birthday party since Owen has been having a friend birthday party since he turned two.
 
However, when I asked Adam who he wanted to come to his party he named all family.  I didn't want him to feel short changed so I did a little more than I normally would for a family party.

 

aka- potato soup
At first he wanted a Cars theme, but I found some really cute things on Pinterest for a snowman party and he loves snowmen.  When I asked him if he wanted a snowman party instead he was all for it!  Thank goodness for Pinterest because I am not creative and would have never thought of these things on my own.

 Finney made three round cakes for me and I made it into a snowman (thanks to a few pictures on Pinterest).  Cake decorating is no piece of cake!
Owen helped make the favors- Hershey bars made into snowmen
Beatrice was such a trooper being passed around from person to person all night long.  She was teething and not feeling well, but you would have never known.
Eric and Beth finally got to meet Beatrice :)
We know our house is pretty small, but we don't really realize just how small it is until we try to get everyone in one room. 
 Pin the nose on the snowman
 Cake time

I accidentally bought trick candles...

 So thankful to Finney for making most of the food for our party!!!
 Yum!
 Dance party time...
Such a cutie!!
X Box Time...
 After everyone left the boys enjoyed some more play time with Beth and Eric, but poor Eric was worn out!  I don't blame him!
 Adam had a wonderful 3rd birthday!