Another Cast

Can you believe it's not on one of mine? Well... actually, she is sort of one of mine. We got to take Karli to get her cast switched out and the boys were very committed to helping her choose the next color. They also had more questions for the doctor than most adults! Good questions too.

Balloon Mania

I picked up a book on balloon twisting that came with balloons. Since the kids love balloon creations so much, I thought we could learn do it ourselves. Here is one of the creations (I'm not sure what is was suppose to be), and you wouldn't believe how destructive it was. At one point while cooking, Patsy ran by the island in the kitchen and this "hat" was leaning over enought to knock about 3 things over in less than 2 seconds!

Daddy Seuss

David joins Patsy in the fun. It's actually quite amazing how long this apparatus lasted around here.

A Night at the Auction

We had another smashing time at the auction for Nathan's school. He was a little disappointed he couldn't come, as it was for his school! However, since Nicole (my neice) was babysitting, he got over it quickly:)

Thank you Nicole for making it possible:)

Pretty Flower

It's sometimes impossible to keep anything in Patsy's hair. Fortunately on this day she was happy to oblige me and keep a "pity fower" in her hair.

Happy Birthday Nathan!!!

He's lucky number 7 now!

Away Paparazzi

Nathan was getting a little perturbed by the "support" his siblings were giving his cake...I mean him. As you can see, he had to fend off Brandon and Patsy wouldn't stop "singing."

They both had turns blowing out the candle after Nathan was done.

Presents!

Oohhhh a Mark Twain chapter book! Is that the gift you really wanted?

That's the Ticket!

David tricked Nathan into opening the front door, and look what he found! This is Dean's old bike (thank you Dean) and Grandpa drove it all the way to us the night before his big day. He was thrilled! He lunged toward it as soon as he saw it, ripped off the bow and hopped right on (as you can tell by his bare feet).

It is great timing considering David wanted to get him a new one for Christmas, but I convinced him he didn't need a new one (his other bike is in great condition). Then I saw him racing on it and no matter how fast he peddeled, the bike just wouldn't go very fast as he is too tall for it now. So Brandon now has two bikes. One with training wheels and one without.

Grandpa Time!

We love our time with Grandpa! The boys say, "Our grandpa is the best grandpa in the whole wide world." I concur:)

Misery Loves Company

The boys are commiserating with Patsy who was in a time-out. She can pretty much do no wrong in their eyes (we've had the discussion that the rest of the world will not see her through the rose-colored glasses they do, but they don't believe us), and would rather sit in a time-out with her than let her go it alone. They're usually not allowed, but I wasn't up for the argument that night.

Don't you just love the *wonderful* twos!

Superbowl

We got to see part of the game after attending simultaneous birthday parties. We utilized the divide-and-conquer method. Grandpa gave the boys these matching shirts-thanks Dad. As promised, here is your picture Dad:)

Happy 5th Birthday Brandon!!!

We had a small family celebration for Brandon's 5th (boys asked to go skiing instead of parties--how could we refuse), which included our neighbor/friend and a surprise visit from Auntie Kathy and Dean! They drove all the way from Sacramento to surprise B. boy. He fell asleep with a huge smile on his face. Thanks Auntie:)

Butterflies in the Spring

Brandon got a butterfly pavillion which will be perfect for the spring. Plus, a good science enrichment activity.

Five is Good...

six will be better:)