I'm 2!

It is official, I'm 2 now, although I love to say that I'm 4! We had a fun weekend with the family and spent time celebrating all our blessings! Here are some pictures of my birthday weekend...

Me with my silly cousin Maggie

Reading stories with my grandma...special times!
Maggie loves to do hair and I even let her try out brushing my short hair

My train cake. I loved it and couldn't say "Wow!" enough!

Happy birthday boy

Turning 2 is a big deal!

Spending some time with my dada building neat things with the legos. This is a bear and I made sure he had a nose.

We went down to the children's museum for my birthday and enjoyed some great fun

I even got to paint although I think more of it ended up on me than the paper

I do love to paint my hands

Tired boy after all that fun and only a short nap in the car

Snuggles with papa. I think you guys should move closer!

The singing....I loved this part the most!

Blowing out the candles

Big bite!

Sissy wanted to help me unwrap my presents

Wow!! Exciting, my first dinosaur!

I got quite a few trains for my birthday this year which I haven't stopped playing with since Saturday (except when I'm sleeping)

Oh, and don't forget my new bike! I jumped right on it when dada brought it out! I'm very excited about it although I think I have to grow a few inches to really scoot it around.

Now we have 7 or 8 bikes in our garage??
I even got trains for the bath so we all had to get in and try them out. What a fun birthday weekend, thank you to all my family who came to celebrate with me! I'm a lucky boy!

Almost 2!

Sorry it has been a while here. I have had a little cold and it doesn't seem to want to go away. I guess it is that time of year. Last weekend we celebrated my dada's birthday. I sure had fun making his projects and eating his cake. We made him a peanut butter cake with chocolate frosting this year. I think I liked it the best! This weekend my Auntie came up from Portland to celebrate an early birthday for me. We played a lot and had a nice short visit. Other than that, we are getting ready for Lent and mom worked a lot last week so I have been playing out at Grandma's house and just being 2 (almost anyway)!

Love, love, love painting!

Mama painted my hands a few times, then I got the hang of it and had to do it myself
Helping sissy put the toothpicks or thorns in the crown (A fun way to get ready for Easter during the season of Lent. When we do good works or sacrifices we get to remove one of the thorns and by Easter the thorns will be removed will be replaced with flowers.)

Playing games with Auntie. I sure loved her this time, even calling for her when I woke up from my nap!

This is my favorite game yet!

Everyone is singing me Happy Birthday (one week early). Grandma made me a birthday cake and I loved the song!

While I was eating the cake I paused, then said very clearly...."MMMmmm.....tasty!" Everyone got a good laugh from that!

On Sunday we went down to Boulevard Park to explore the new bridge and enjoy the nice spring like weather.

Having fun running around and climbing on everything, just like my sissy!

I'm a little too busy for pictures these days, but we explored the beach too!

"Coloring" just like my sister only I love to color on other things especially my face and sometimes other places in the house. Uh oh!

A Fun Family Weekend

The sun was out this weekend for a change so we tried to get out even though it was chilly! On Saturday we went shopping with Grandma and Papa and rode in Papa's big truck. That was fun! Then on Sunday we spent some time playing outside before our Sunday dinner out at their house. Our friends even came over to play for a little bit and Papa gave my buddy Ben and I a ride on his new tractor. I think all three of boys were in heaven!

Enjoying our chocolate milk after church on Sunday

Just love the sun shining through the windows
Papa and I

The boys! So fun!! I think Ben and I are going to start encouraging our parents to get some property and of course a tractor or two!
What better way to end a fabulous weekend than stories with my dada?

Saint Valentine's Day

After making a few valentines last week and learning about the saint we celebrated his day on Monday with a yummy breakfast and then a few gifts! We even went to a Valentine Party..Fun!! Also this week we took a trip down to the Children's museum again, which was a blast too.

Heart shaped pancakes and strawberries! Yummy!

Can I eat now mama?
Playing my new puzzle

Grandma and Papa sent valentines from Spokane too, my favorite was the card with the train on it!

Wow! Loved it!

I'm practicing unwrapping for a special day coming up next month

Loved this motion picture

I want to go real fishing soon...who is up for taking me? Uncle Kevin? Papa?
Here fishy fishy

School and a Visit from Cousin

We had a busy, fun week! Sissy was sick towards the beginning but luckily she got better quickly so we could go to school with Mama and prepare for Saint Valentine's Day! I really enjoyed playing with the big kids and was such a good boy, so luckily I'll get to go back to school soon. I got to paint more than once this week, mom must have been feeling brave. Our friends Jude, Elijah, and Therese came over to make Valentines and learn about Saint Valentine himself. We ended the week with a visit from Cousin Maggie...Hooray! It was so great to see her and her mom and dad. We had dinner and then decorated cupcakes for dessert, yummy!

Still trying to figure out which hand works better

Yellow one there makes 4! I'm a big help here!
Playing Mancala with Colby

Playing drums with my new friend...I can make anything into a drum!!

Sissy had to join the fun!

Pushing Maggie on my truck

Yummy!

The girls were still decorating their cupcakes and mine was devoured

"Nother One" Please??

What do you mean I can't have another one?

I guess I'll just eat the wrapper

My cute cousin...she was happy too!

Pure concentration here

Ahhh...the way I always like to end my day (and a special one)...stories! Thanks Uncle Kevin for reading to me!!

Popcorn

One of my favorite foods is popcorn, although I have to say that it is still behind frozen waffles. Anyway, I got to go to school with mama on Friday, so I got to enjoy popcorn and a movie with the big kids! Also, I got to chow on popcorn yesterday while watching the Super Bowl with dad. Mmm....how I love popcorn!!

Trains and Trip

I think I wrote before how much I love trains but here are two of my recent experiences with them. The first is the little train we have at the local mall. I had tried last week to go ride it with my papa but it was closed or broken?? Well, last weekend I went on a ride with my dada (sissy didn't want to ride). I waved at everyone when we drove around but didn't want to stop for picture opportunities. The next was a trip down to the Children's Museum in Burlington. They had a lot of really great things there but one of my favorites was the train table, which was where I got the train that I carried around with me for the rest of our time there. I also liked the sand and was able to play with the train in there too!

I choose the blue car (but really wanted in the front engine)

Let's go conductor
Even my dada liked the train ride

My buddy Ben loved the balls at the museum, this was his favorite even though we did have fun playing at the train table together

To busy to look at the camera

The crane was ok, but I have to get back to those trains

This was great!