#3 turn 2 years old!

Our baby (that's what we call him) turned two!

So we celebrated with dinos (thanks, Gramps!)

And water play, and sliding, and blasting water!

 And friends and cousins...

and cakes

our five

he practiced blowing out candles for weeks ahead of time (thanks, Mimi!)

yum

he ate his cake this year!

and opened lots of presents!

"wow!" he said

our little ROCKSTAR!

We love you little man!

xo

Mommy, Daddy, T and Doah

A visit to Busch Gardens...

So far, we've taken two trips to Busch Gardens to play and have fun!

Check out the things we've done so far:

sleeping gorillas

pretty flamingos

 a nice train ride on a hot day

(until it broke down in Congo)

zebras 

a huge ostrich

the train ride was up close and personal! 

boys are pretending to be attacked!

and now they roar! 

so close! 

just relaxin' 

What a nice visit!

More to come...

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter to all!

Saturday we visited our church for their annual egg hunt!  What fun we had!  

#3 had no trouble figuring out what to do...he even climbed the slide to collect more eggs...

#2 loved his egg hunt as well!

#1 was able to join some long-time friends for his hunt!'

P.S.  I didn't realize I hadn't finished publishing this one!

The Fresh Beat Band!!

On April 19th, we took the boys to a special concert!  The Fresh Beat Band was in visiting Ruth Eckerd Hall.


For weeks before the big trip, the kids counted down the days, cheered me on as I sewed their jackets, and helped me make their Twist T-shirts!  I used a link from Nick Jr for the iron-on.

I bought yellow shirts at Wal-Mart and Michaels.  Michaels did not carry small enough yellow shirts for my toddler.  The yellow shirt I bought at Wal-Mart had a pocket, but I was able to use a seam ripper to fix that.  I think the shirts came out great!  The boys thought they were cool!  My oldest even asked to wear his to school!


The Rock Star jackets were a bit tricky.  I bought shiny material at Wal-Mart.  Little did I know the material I bought would be a challenge to sew.  It was slippery!


Then I purchased Tulip Glitter Fashion Transfer Sheets for the stars.  I ended up ironing them on.  If I had to do it all over again, I would run a stitch around the edge to prevent them from falling off!

No matter what, the boys had a most excellent time!  The jackets were a success and the Fresh Beat Band was rocking!

PS My niece even had the chance to be ON STAGE with the beats!  How cool is that!