More Birthday Fun

Yesterday was such a great day! I didn't get to elaborate on it too much because I just wanted to make sure I put up pictures of Ty's birthday before I crashed for the night. :-)

The day started with our big birthday morning greeting.


After our morning got started and we got home from Jack's gymnastics class (which Ty LOVES going to...there's a play room full of toys) We had Andrew, Madison and Brady over for a little play date with pizza and cupcakes. You saw yesterday what Ty did to the cupcake. Hahaha! His favorite party item was a red balloon. He would belly flop on it, roll over it, pinch it, loads of fun! Everyone helped open presents and a lesson was taught to Jack that it was NOT his birthday. Poor kid. It was a great little party! And the boys had great naps that afternoon.






Thank you Anne and Lori for Ty's presents! He loves playing with them!

After the boys woke up from their naps we headed outside and played with the water table Ty got from Andrew. That was a lot of fun! I think summer has started here, it's been sunny and warm the past few days. (I had a lot more pictures but the neighbor's kiddos joined us and they seem to be in every picture I took. I didn't want to post pics of them w/o their mom knowing.) So it was a great day! The only thing missing was family! I can't wait to get to KY so we're a little closer to everyone! All of the grandparents, uncles, great-aunts and great uncles and cousins were missed! I can't wait for the day that my kids get to have the "family party" that I always had growing up! Someday......

Happy Birthday Titus!!!

A year ago today, our family grew by one. I can't believe our little baby is a year old today! Happy Birthday Titus! You make us laugh and smile every day and we couldn't love you more!


I can't believe he was ever this tiny.


Time for cake!!!
This is my first attempt at fondant. (It's definitely NOT perfect but not "Cake Wrecks" worthy...I hope)

We had a little party/ playdate with some friends for Ty this morning. We had cupcakes and pizza. This is round one of the sugar attack.





When Tom got home we had our own little family party, hats included!! :-)

I don't think I'll ever look at a turtle the same.

SUGARRRR!!!

Not just for cats

There's a little cat door in the door from the dining room to the garage. Our washer and dryer are in the garage and every time I venture in there to do laundry I always see a little face staring back at me. Usually it's Ty, sometimes it's Lola, today it was everyone. Hahahah!

Boys

What happens when your almost 1 yr old has an obsession with the dog's water bowl??? At some point, it's going to get the best of him.....


If you can't tell in the pictures Ty is soaked from head to toe. He managed to flip the water bowl straight in the air and it all landed right on him. Poor kid! And like a good mom, I took pictures!

And here's a nice, dry, happy Ty, just because!



And for Jack's segment of this post.....Here's what happens when it's raining outside for a week. We all start getting cabin fever and the rules get more and more lenient just to keep everyone occupied. (Plus gymnastics has taught him that everything is like a gym mat that he can flip over.)

Bibs are pointless

Is there something on my face???

Where?

What?

Whatever!! I love food!!!

Strawberries

We eat A LOT of fruit in this house. Our favorite is the good ol' strawberry. We can polish off a 4lb box in a few days. Everyone eats them, including Sadie and Lola. With our love of this fruit, I thought...why not try to grow our own and have a project for Jack. Let me say....I do not have a green thumb by any means. Plants and I cannot live in harmony together. I didn't have much hope for these when they were planted. (Especially since we planted them before we went to PA for 6 weeks and they were left in the care of Tom) However, We are in CA where, the rumor is, you can grow anything here. Believe it or not, we're actually growing our own strawberries. Jack loves that we have strawberry plants. Who ever comes to the house has to look as his prized fruit. Every morning we go outside to check on them and give them some TLC and water. We planted 2 plants in February, and in keeping with my gardening skills, only 1 plant is producing fruit. Hahahah. But the one that is, is actually pretty impressive! Who knew, we could grow our own fruit! My next attempt will be corn. HAHAHAHAH!!!

My Rock Star!

They boys have this little keyboard with a microphone that they love playing with. Jack's constantly singing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" into the mic. Ty's picking up on everything Jack's been doing lately and is his new shadow. And with that comes Ty's version of "Twinkle Twinkle" (The batteries were on their last leg, that's why his version is almost Techno. Hahahah)



And I FINALLY, finally got a picture of Ty's teeth! Excuse the mess....he was devouring strawberries.