Happy Hour!

April 28, 2oo8

What's happening? Spring?! Sunshine?!
FINALLY!!
Hayden and I enjoyed "cocktails"
and a snack on the deck this afternoon
and it was awesome!

Hayden is loving his new picnic table
from Grandma & Grandpa!

This is Hayden's new expression
for "cold....."
I'm so grateful he was able to refer to
his juice and NOT the weather!

We spent the day in shorts, t-shirts and
"cool flip-flops."

We played in the dirt and enjoyed the sun.
We had lawn-mower races.
This is my life with an active little boy.
I love it.

HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY HAYDEN!!

April 20, 2008

Hayden ran around all morning talking
about his "1-2-3-4 balloons" and
his "birthday cake!"

I can't believe my little boy is TWO!!

I love that Hayden stopped to enjoy
his new book in the middle of his
gift opening frenzy!

How many men does it take
to assemble a
Kawasaki Ninja toddler bike??

So far, so good....it's staying
in one piece!!

Look at the concentration!

Mommy's attempt at a tractor cake......
a side note: red icing and black icing are NOT FUN
to make from scratch.
In future, I will totally be buying the tubes
of pre-made/mixed icing!

Yummy!!

It must have tasted pretty good,
'cause I got a little
kiss from my birthday boy.

Red icing always looks a wee bit carnivorous,
don't you think?!

Who needs a fork?
Just shovel it in with your hands!!

Mommy & Daddy got Hayden his first
Radio-Flyer tricycle!

Vvrrooooommmm!!

Whew!

April 8, 2008

Brody joined in our play-date today,
so we had lots of fun.....
but Mommy was VERY busy!
It's fun making sure that none of the 3
are getting into trouble at any given time!!

The Cheerio Trio!

How could these sweet faces
possibly get into trouble?!

Brody (Uncle Scott & Auntie Tessa too!)
stayed for dinner so that
the boys could play a while longer.

"Goggle Boy" and "Bucket Head" were
having such fun being silly.

What "super hero" wants to stop to have a bath??
Nuh-uh. Not me.
I don't think Batman ever
had to bath, did he?

Yip-pee!

Tonight was night number four.

Hayden has gone pee on the potty,
each of the last four nights,
right before his bath!!
We celebrate like crazy together in the bathroom.
"Yay Hayden! What a big boy!!"

He claps for himself, and then gets in the tub
like it's really not that big of a deal.
It TOTALLY is!!
This is progress.
And the best part is, we just asked him
if he wanted to go.
What a concept.
I can only HOPE the rest of potty training
goes this smoothly?!

Cross your fingers.....

Cup o' Joe

Doesn't every urban toddler start their
day with a cup of coffee??

.....don't worry, it's just

hot chocolate!
(In mommy's childhood Humpty Dumpty mug!)

Just another morning

Mommy made pancakes for breakfast today.
They had chocolate chips in them.
They were a BIG hit!

How can you help but smile when you
have been pumped full of
chocolate chips and syrup
first thing in the morning?!