JR's back

JR got back from Disney World and he appears to have had a great time. We will get photos soon, but in the mean time here are a couple that were taken at the parks.

While JR was gone . . .

I thought I would be extremely distraught when JR was gone, but surprisingly we had a really nice time being a one child family for a while. Tristan got the undivided attention from Mommy and Daddy for almost a week and we got to do some special outings with just Tristan. It was nice.

I got to take Tristan to his "My Gym" class

Some daddy time at the park

We went and walked around a local pond and had a picnic lunch. Tristan enjoyed throwing rocks in the water.

Me and Tristan on one of the many bridges near the pond

Happy April Fool's Day

We decided to have a little April Fool's Day fun with dinner. I found this idea to do a meatloaf cake and thought it would be a great idea. James loves meatloaf and mashed potatoes and the kids like cake. So here it is.

The cake

Boys blowing out the candles.

It was surprisingly anti-climatic. JR seemed excited to have cake and even offered to set the table. We put candles in the cake and the boys got to blow them out. We cut the cake and put a piece on JR's plate. He started to take a bite but then inspected his cake and asked if there was carrot in the cake. We said yes. Then he asked if there was onions in the cake. We said yes. He seemed unphased and just started eating the cake. We waited a minute or two and he just ate. We finally asked him how he liked his cake and he said it was good. I wasn't sure if he really thought it was a good cake or he just knew it wasn't really a cake. The boy does have a strange taste when it comes to cakes.

We finally said April Fool's and asked him if he knew it was a trick. Of course he said he knew the whole time.

I got a video of it, but it is a pretty anit-climatic 4 minute video so I saved you all from posting it here.

Basketball

JR's basketball season has ended and we are now on to T-Ball, but here is a clip of JR's season. Of course I didn't get any video of JR making any shots, but he made a good amount.

Proud Mama

The picture is of JR with his science project board. He participated in the school science fair. I let him pick his project and let him be in charge of most of the work. As you can see from the title, he wanted to see which flower would grow the fastest. He picked out the seeds: sunflower, petunia, and poppy seed. He put the dirt in the cups, planted the seeds, helped me water them every day, and took notes in his notebook every day. When the data was collected, he put the data from his notebook in a chart and then graphed it, I let him type up info for the poster on my computer, and we colored the title and glued things on to the poster board. I was proud that he did all that work and it paid off. He won second place in the science fair. I am very proud.

To top it off, two days later he received an award at school for being respectful and then this weekend made a great rebound and two baskets at his basketball game. His certificate for his award at school included a coupon to go out to dinner so we went out to dinner to celebrate.

Tristan's 2 Year Pictures

We took Tristan to Kiddie Kandids to get his 2 year pictures taken. They got a few good ones and I bought WAY too many pictures. (Let me know if you want one!)

Tristan is TWO!

Tristan at 8:34AM. Exactly two years after he was born.

Tristan blowing out his candles.

Tristan liked the candles. He is signing for more.

Tristan enjoying his cake.

Special birthday treat - lat night movie night under a fort in the living room.

Some cute and fun pictures

JR was invited to a pirate party and decided to get all dressed up. He got very pirate inspired and we made the hat, eye patch, and the sword the morning of the party.

While JR was at the party, we went out for coffee. A cute pic of Tristan outside with our drinks.

The weather has been so nice lately. A couple of weeks ago we had friends over and went to go play in the lake. It was beautiful and the 4 boys had fun getting wet and sandy.

JR at the lake

Tristan standing in the water

Happy Hollidays!

Hoping everyone had a great holiday season!

Christmas morning pictures

JR was already dressed and ready to go but Tristan was still sleeping. So JR had to wake Tristan up with a kiss and a hug.

JR, dressed before everyone and wearing his tie, is very happy to see that Santa brought him everything on his wish list.

Tristan, even though he looks like he stuck his finger in the light socket, is very happy that Santa brought him a "bay - ba".