1st Birthday Cake

Justin turned 1!!!  Sadly, most of the pictures from his birthday party were taken by other people.  I do have the cake pictures though.  And when it comes to a 1st birthday all anyone cares about it the cake pictures.  Enjoy!

Owen 4th Birthday Party

It's Carnival Time!  We had a backyard carnival for Owen's birthday this year.  It was really fun to have his first "friends" party.  I think the kids had a great time.

Birthday boy ready to party!

We had several games for the kids to play.  There was pony rides . . .

Bean Bag Toss . . .

and Potatoe sack races.

 

Happy Birthday to You!  Make a wish.

#1 Reason I Don't Update My Blog

My updates have been scarce, I realize.  I really would love to post photos and comments from our fun-filled last 2 months.  However, these days all my time is taken up by this one!  He is on the go & needs to be watched like a hawk 100% of the time.

This is the boy who pulled out Owen's bottom drawer just enough so he could stand on it & try to climb up on top of the dresser.

This is the boy who was trying to pull the outlet covers off . . . . with his mouth!!

This is the boy who will push his big truck over to the stairs, try to stand on it & boost himself over the safety gate.

These are the brothers, who together will give me gray hair very soon but who keep me smiling all day!

Little Guy

Look at my teeth!

Yep, he's Jon's son.  Jon always squints when he smiles.

The Trouble with Little Brothers . . .

they don't know that you just picked up all those books!
Mom!  Justin's touching my stuff again!

Snow!

Friday we got a ton of snow.  Owen couldn't wait to go out & play.  I bundled up Justin too and decided to take both of them outside for a little bit.

Justin was all smiles as we were getting ready

But things went downhill quickly!  Not a fan of the snow.

Owen had a great time playing & trying to catch snowflakes on his tongue.

He wanted me to bury him in the snow!  Owen is laughing so hard in this picture it looks like he's crying.



I am working on a Christmas post but still need to sort through all the pictures!

Owen's Update

Owen is now three and a half!  Where has the time gone?  He started preschool this fall.  Owen really likes his teachers and has made several new friends.  A few of the other moms have told me that their children talk about Owen all the time.  Not sure this is a good or bad thing!  He seems to be genuinely nice to all the other kids and I'm proud of him for adjusting so well to school.


First of School




Standing by his school cubbie



Owen is really a great big brother.  Most of the time he is gentle with Justin and loves him to pieces.  I know Owen wishes that Justin was big enough to play trains & wrestle right now!  Here's a few pictures from the last couple months.



Helping Mom make brownies





Frankenmuth with the cousins for Mimi's birthday



Owen was Buzz Lightyear (from the Toy Story movie) for Halloween.  He loved trick-or-treating!

This was Owen's special Thanksgiving hat he made in school.  Once we sat down to dinner everyone went around the table to say what they were thankful for.  Owen went last and he said "I'm thankful for Justin, even though he sometimes grabs his [insert private part]"

Nice.  I can't make this stuff up.



We took a family trip to Three Cedars to pick out a Christmas tree & visit Santa.  Surprisingly Owen was all about Santa & we got some really cute pictures of the boys.


Waiting in line for Santa




"We've been good . . . really we have"