Birthday Surprises

A Few Days ago this little guy turned six! We are so blessed to have this little man in our life. He is a great Friend and Help to us all!

Stillman invited us to come have lunch with him.

Alex asked for a surprise party.  Grandma Donna took him to Jumpin Jungle While a few of us set up. He got a bigger surprise than he was expecting, I guess.

The next day Alex had all his friends (Cousins) over for a sleepover and video game party. The kids were awesome! We were pleasantly surprised that everything went so smoothly. We had lots of helpers and everyone had lots of fun.

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They were all set up to sleep when we realized Ginny wouldn't settle down, so we moved them into the other room.

Here is the video that we will be sending into AFV.

A day at the workshop

Picking out the bears.......

Or in our case,  a Panda Bear

Puppy.....,

and Monkey.

You Stuff It.......

Give it some Good Luck.......

A Heart........

and a Wish.

Giv'en our animals a Bath

Pick out some Awesome clothes and TADA!!

Bun In the Oven

How I Told Him:

I knew Stillman would be calling me first thing in the morning and I just didn't want to announce the news over the phone. So I got the kids up and we hurried out to get breakfast all the while ignoring Stillman's phone calls and text messages. When we go to his work he was M.I.A. So we left his treat on his desk and ran a quick errand while we waited for Stillman to call us back.

How We Told Them:

We decided to go ahead and tell everyone even though it is really early. From other woman's experience who said the support was better this way. So right now all we are relying on is -+ from a stick. We have not even been to the doctor yet. We also were not sure our kids could keep mum. So good luck or Bad. We are Pregnant!!

We were going to tell the rest of our family the same way, but poor Alex got sick. We were a little worried about the news leaking out before we had the chance to do personal visits to everyone. So we went the digital way and sent a fun email and poem out.

Can You Figure This Riddle Out?

I'm a riddle in nine syllables,
An elephant, a ponderous house,
A melon strolling on two tendrils.
O red fruit, ivory, fine timbers.
This loaf's big with its yeasty rising.
Money's new-minted in this fat purse.
I'm a means, a stage, a cow in calf.
I've eaten a bag of green apples,
Boarded the train there's no getting off.
What am I?

You have until 11/11/2011 to figure it out

Invasion of the body snatchers

Okay what is going on. This morning while I was in the shower Alex dressed both himself and Jayden and even changed Jayden's diaper! Now when I went looking for Jayden, He had put himself down for a nap.

Self Portrait

Have I mentioned that I love my kids. I love their creativity. This is a self portrait that Alex designed.

In case you are wondering. This is Alex punching himself in the face.

I know.

In Jayden news: He rode his tricycle all the way to the playground and back! He loves riding his bike now. Today he cried when we went to use the car to go to the grocery store. He wanted to ride his bike, snow and all.

Alex who has always been a little nervous riding his bike, due to recent crashes, peddled so fast he beat us home and gave mom a heart attack because he rode out of sight. This after having a safety discussion not an hour before. So we had a talk again. In which I found out that Alex needed to get home to use the bathroom.

Yummy In My Tummy

Jayden is finally at the age that he can understand our "No Thank You Bite Rule" With out us having to force feed him. (I'm kidding, I don't force feed him). Last week, after much coaxing he tried Barbeque Chicken. Then he proceeded to inhale his chicken asking for seconds and then thirds. This week it was Spaghetti. After one bite he started scarfing it down not even bothering to use utensils just the Plate-To-Mouth method. I eventually got him to use a spoon.
In his own words:
"This is Yummy In My Tummy" "This makes my tummy go Vrrrrooooop" (picture a toddler sticking out a cute little full tummy)

Then he and Alex compared full tummies. I love my kids.