Pumpkins

Tonight for our family home evening activity we decorated our pumpkins. I found this great sticker kit so the kids were able to each design their own pumpkin face. It was quick, clean and fun and I think they turned out really cute!

We tried to get a picture with all 3 kids and their pumpkins. Out of 20+ pictures, this was the best one. At least we tried.

The Birthday Boy

Yesterday we celebrated Liam's 1st birthday. I still can't believe that he's already 1. He's finally started teething and he's getting 6 teeth at once so the last few days he hasn't felt that great but we managed to open presents and have cake and ice cream so that's the most important part I guess.

Enjoy the overload of pictures!

Reading a birthday card (that looks like it's bigger than his head) :)

Getting some pointers from his older brother and sister on the proper way to open a present

Digging into the frosting

Enjoying some cake

The end result

Happy Birthday Liam!

I Can Play the Kazoo, Can You?

Liam is such a fun and funny kid. He literally cracks us up every day with his funny faces and mannerisms. The other day we discovered he can play the kazoo, really loud, and he loves it.

Look at his puffed out cheeks blowing - so cute

All Things Dinosaur

Today was Dylan's dinosaur birthday party. We had it at a local park and it was a lot of fun. The weather was perfect, which was a relief, because its been rainy and cold the last two days. My plan was to get pictures of each activity to include with this post but I found myself a little busy trying to manage a very active group of boys.

The dinosaur cake

The dinosaur fossil dig

The boys showing off their dinosaurs

Other activities included decorating dinosaurs, dinosaur bingo, and making dinosaur fossils, along with opening presents, of course. Then they went and ran off all their energy on the playground. It was great!

Paige's 1st Day of Preschool

Paige started preschool this week, so we took some pictures on her first day. She had a busy first day. So busy, in fact, that she fell asleep on the couch at 7 p.m. So we put her in bed and she didn't wake up until the next morning. That has never happened. Usually she lies in bed every night talking to herself for at least 30 minutes and then is awake well before 7 the next morning. There's a first time for everything, I guess.

Her favorite part of preschool: playing outside on the playground. That's pretty much all she talks about when she comes home.

Happy Birthday Dylan!

I'm a few days late in posting these, as Dylan's birthday was last week, better late than not at all, I guess. We had fun celebrating Dylan turning 7. He opened presents, got to pick his lunch (a pizza luncheable), picked McDonald's for dinner and ate cake and ice cream for dessert. He told me it was the best day ever, almost as good as Christmas, he said.

Since his birthday usually falls around Labor Day and a lot of friends are out of town, we are having his party this weekend. He picked a dinosaur fossil theme - should be lots of fun. We'll have more pictures to post soon.

9 Years and Counting

Bill and I are celebrating our 9th anniversary today...and by celebrating, I mean, he's at work all day and I'm running kids back and forth to various activities and getting ready for Dylan's birthday tomorrow. But we did text a Happy Anniversary to each other. Romantic, I know :)