Monday, September 20, 2010

Aye Aye Matey ....T turns 3

T turned 3 today! We had quite the weekend celebration. Since we are new here and T doesn't have any friends for a party, we decided to do something memorable and fun. We settled on a Pirate Cruise Adventure in Annapolis. Below are pictures from that trip. We all had a blast and the boys loved it. It was definitely a memorable birthday. Happy Birthday T - we love you!
T is not a big cake fan BUT he LOVES my chocolate cake (Donna's recipe). So, decided to make it in a football pan. Looks like the football is in the mud due to the yummy icing running over.

Alright, let's get this party started...
Diego cars from Nanny & PawPaw
Bumblebee and IronMan from Nana & Papa
On to the Pirate Cruise.....
This adventure was geared toward kids. They had the kids busy the entire 75 minutes we were on the water. If you know T, you know this was right up his alley. Anything you dress up and pretend is totally him. Below are some picture highlights and if you want to see video highlight go here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2549851/pirate%20adventure.mov


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Saturday, September 18, 2010

White Belt

W had his first invitation for his first belt in taekwondo today. He is officially a WHITE belt now. He can look at you with determination in his eye and tell you he is going to earn his black belt. He's doing great and most importantly loving every minute of it! Uncle Troy - you would be proud.

"Hi-Yah" or as T puts it "Pie Yah"

Thursday, September 16, 2010

New Duck in the Pond

T started his first day of Preschool today! He's growing up! I think T was really excited. At the meet the teacher day, he actually talked to the teacher. For those of you who know T, that is really something! His class is known as the "Ducks" and his classroom is referred to the "Pond". So far I LOVE his preschool! I am so happy/blessed they had an opening for him. I absolutely love his teachers too. And it's just the beginning...can't wait for what's to come.
At T's preschool you can use any bag for your child. Either backpack or tote bag. I chose a tote bag b/c at this age I just think it's easier for the teacher with all those crafts the child brings home. I found this one on Etsy - isn't it adorable?!
Here's T in front of the school - excited to go inside!
Here's T after school. Our neighbor friend, Connor, is in the PreK program at T's school. He played "big brother" and held T's hand out to car line. Precious. The girl in pink t-shirt is his mom.
As with W's first day, we had to have a special party at home. I decided to go with Crayons and Ducks. I found these crayons on a blog called Gourmet Mom. She has the cutest ideas for snacks for your kids. LOVE IT!
Then I decided to make duck cookies for the newest "duck"
Just look at Little Bit - "Think they will notice if I steal a little treat?"

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Kindergarten - Batman Style

The day was finally here! W's first day of Kindergarten! It's been a long 4 month summer for us so I was just as anxious for this day to be here as he was.
Yes, we proudly support the Hogs even up here.
Had to include that silly pose (most of my pictures were like this one)
W was so excited and when we drove to school, he asked if he could walk in by himself. Needless to say, Mommy wasn't so thrilled to hear that. When we got to school, we unloaded everybody, only to find out that someone was waiting to escort him inside so we said our goodbyes and loaded everybody back in the car. However, the day got interesting as soon as I put the key into the ignition. My battery was kah-put! I called AAA and 45 minutes later, I had a new battery without having to be towed. I think all those years of paying for AAA paid off today as far as convenience goes. Thank goodness there were no windows where I was parked. W probably would have been embarrassed on his first day. I was just so relieved it happened AFTER I had gotten him to school.
Once we were back on the road, we were on our mission. I had planned a Batman Bash After School Party for us. Kindergarten is only half day and W has the morning K class. He's done by 11am. I know I know....I've already been through all of that but I think this is going to be a good thing after all. At 11, T and I went outside to wait on the bus. Yes, T was dressed up as Batman for the occasion.
Just as we were outside, my phone rang. It was W's teacher. She said there was a mix up and W was not able to ride bus because he wasn't on the list. We took off to the school to pick him up. T still dressed as Batman. When we arrived W was sitting in office with his teacher. He looked at me and said "Mom, they wouldn't let me on the bus because my name wasn't on the list". He wasn't too distraught but we will be riding home on bus by next week! After loading Batman and gang back up into the car, we were headed back to our house to party!

Here's the place ready to party. (By the way, we already had the batman cave - I just used for decoration)
Here's our lunch for the day. The sandwiches were in the closest cookie cutter I had to a bat. Pencil was made from Family Fun website for after school snacks. Of course we had to have an apple to top it off.
And what would a party be without cupcakes?!? Batman cupcakes of course. Now, don't think I am a cake decorator when you see these. Everytime the boys watched something on NickJr, there was a stupid Dora cupcake idea commercial. The one time I watched it she talked about making Dora's hair out of chocolate and letting it harden. (sorry I digress) I thought I could use this idea with the batman logo. I melted chocolate then put in bag and traced batman logo. Put in fridge till it hardened and it came out perfectly.
The boys loved the cupcakes!

After the party, we headed off to taekwondo. W is loving it and has been invited to get his first belt in the next couple of weeks. Whew, it's been a busy day. Hopefully tomorrow's school day goes off without all the little inconveniences along the way!

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

10 Months


C is now 10 months. His 9 mo appt was actually not until 10 mo so here's the stats. 19lb 4 1/4 oz and 29 6/8 inches

Here's what he's up to this month:
  • Pulling up on things and standing
  • Waving bye
  • Saying the coveted word of all time - MOMMA
  • Finally breaking through with some top teeth
  • He loves matchbox cars. If there's one anywhere around he grabs it and waves it around like he's won a prize.
Just look at this grin - he's like "hehe catch me if you can"
Love this picture - bed hair and all!

Friday, August 27, 2010

Where Did Curly Boy Go?

Today I think I made a terrible mistake. W was in need of a haircut before school starts. T's hair was getting a little out of control so I decided he would get one too (it was his real haircut - seriously). I really didn't want a lot cut off his because I love the curls. I took the boys to a barber and both were getting cuts at same time. I think I turned to answer a question about W and looked back at T and it was too late. The man had cut it way shorter than I wanted. Oh I miss my curly headed little boy. He just doesn't look like my little T right now. Maybe I'll get used to it. I'm sorry T.

Can you believe this was my T last year at this time? He looks so little! Anyway, he barely had any hair.
This was T a few days before hair cut.
This is T after haircut. He looks so different.

Thursday, August 19, 2010

My Friend Jane

I have had such a good week! My friend from Louisville, Jane, came up for a visit. She had a conference in DC and came up a day early to spend the night with us. We picked her up from Dulles airport (and I didn't even get lost - except when I made the loop around to pick her up and I missed my turn but no biggie). The boys thought it was awesome they were going to pick up mommy's friend from the airport! I haven't seen her in about 2 1/2 years. Of course, you never would have known by the way we just picked up where we left off and chatted the night away. We started giggling and getting giddy like a couple of high school girls. I miss her and my Louisville gang so much. Such an awesome group of ladies! Jane - we can't wait another 2 yrs again!
My boys instantly fell in love with Miss Jane. They had to show out! What a wild bunch of boys I have on my hands these days.