Birthday Celebrations, part 2...

On to my troublemaker... Benjamin turned 4 a couple weeks ago. Unlike Andrew, Benjamin has been talking about his birthday for months now. We had it marked on the calendar and he was counting the days until the big day.

His birthday fell on a Wednesday so we just did a couple fun things during the day. I asked him what he wanted to do for his birthday, he said "have ice-cream, get presents, go for a bike ride, get a movie from redbox". Bless his heart. Gotta love the simple pleasures of childhood. And so we did as he asked.

On the following Saturday we had a little Monster Bash to celebrate his big day with his little buddies. It was a lot of fun. The weather was perfect! The company was perfect!

My monster centerpiece creation (I can't take full credit for it, I saw a picture on-line and just recreated it)

The kids got to do a Monster Race with these fun little monster stompers.

Even the Dads got to participate in the Monster Race.

Just 'cause I love this man!
Andrew cracking up, watching the Dads race.Monster Pinata
Some of the little monsters themselves.

Happy Birthday, my little monster. We love you!

Birthday Celebrations, part 1...

My little Andrew turned 2. How is it that my baby is already 2? He's not much of a baby anymore. Sigh...We didn't do too much stuff for his birthday, since he didn't really know what was going on. He did enjoy all the attention and the presents.


As a little tribute to my little man, here's just a few fun facts about him:

1. He loves to give kisses, and we can't get enough of them.
2. He is amazingly good at sharing (except for his food; don't anybody dare touch his food).
3. He is very independent. I have never, NEVER been able to feed him. Even when he was a baby and was eating baby food. I could never feed him with a spoon. He always wanted to do it himself. He'd just used his hands until he learned to hold a spoon. He always made the biggest mess.
4. He loves to dance. Whenever he hears music, he kind of starts shaking his whole body. I wish I had a video if it, it's pretty funny. We call it the Andrew shuffle.
5. He doesn't like when I sing to him. He starts saying "no, no, no" the second I start. It's not helping my self esteem, kiddo. I already know that I'm not the greatest singer. But that bad? Really? Oh well. At least he enjoys watching me dance. That usually gets a good laugh out of him.
6. His favorite food is hotdogs and clam chowder soup.
7. He loves being held.
8. He loves trains, or "cho-chos". We have a geo-trax train trax and he can play with it all day long.
9. Lately, he's been hating the diapers. He takes them off every chance he gets and loves running around naked.
10. He loves books.

We love you, Andrew. You are such a joy!