Apparently I'm doing things backwards today. Alex's birthday actually came first, but I figured out what pictures I want to use for Adam's first so here you go...
Adam turned 4 this year. It's still hard to believe sometimes that my BABY is 4. On the other hand it's fun to see him grow up. I really love watching him learn new things. He's been a counting fiend lately and can almost make it to 20, though sometimes 14 gets left out... He starts preschool in the fall. He's excited now, but he's still shy so here's hoping he'll like it.
Adam had been telling me for MONTHS that he wanted monkey cupcakes for his birthday just like last year. I had all the ingredients to decorate them. Unfortunately, about a week before his birthday he decided he did not want monkey cupcakes so after searching through some cake ideas he decided on a panda cake. As you can see, my work would NEVER be featured in a Betty Crocker cookbook and no bakery in their right mind would hire me. Alas, my 4-year-old LOVED it so life was good. I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who notices that the panda has an abnormally large head. Not sure how that happened since I made two 9 inch round cakes. Oh well. Maybe real pandas do have very large heads??
He does have cute eyes though.
Cute pic of Adam with his itchy allergy eyes. He always starts pulling on his eyelids when they itch. Spring was not kind to him...
And this is the AFTER pic. Unfortunately, the cake was kind of gross. It sounded so good from the Betty Crocker cake book. It had Hershey syrup in the batter and everything. Never experiment with a new recipe for your kid's birthday...
We really just had a family party and watched The Gruffalo that Adam selected from Redbox. It was very cute. I think we ate chicken nuggets or hotdogs. I can't remember now 2 months later. (Yet another reason to blog as life happens, right?? Don't hold your breath.) He also got some Star Wars action figures and a Star Wars Legos set. He still plays with them, which is a good sign...
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Sledding
Many years there's not much snow around here at Christmas even though it is Colorado... This year we had enough to go sledding a few days after Christmas. It was so fun.
This is poor cold Mary sitting in the van. She had fun for a while though.
This is poor cold Mary sitting in the van. She had fun for a while though.
Finally...
Since summer is pretty much here maybe it's high time I did a blog post about Christmas... Maybe during the long hot summer that I'm sure is coming I can look back at this and remember that it hasn't always been hot...
I don't remember if Mary or Alex gave Adam this wonderful Dollar Tree present, but the face is just PRICELESS. Alas, the gun was not. It's already broken.
Gotta love the random way Blogger uploads pictures as this should come at the end. Oh well. That's us having a blast with Just Dance on the Wii. Aren't we cute??
Alex's priceless Dollar Tree gun...
When you're a mom and you make a GROSS miscalculation when present shopping this is the face you get. I thought all the kids might have fun with super hero capes. They love watching Sky High after all. BOY was I super wrong... Needless to say, Alex now has 2 capes and Mary has 0.
At least Adam loved his.
This is the face you have 10-15 minutes after the horror present was opened... Christmas Eve was not her favorite night. (At least she didn't break her collarbone like last year though.)
Luckily Santa was smarter than I was...
Aunt Dani came to visit. I'm pretty sure this talking Transformer helmet was her FAVORITE toy... It sounds just like Optimus Prime.
I don't remember if Mary or Alex gave Adam this wonderful Dollar Tree present, but the face is just PRICELESS. Alas, the gun was not. It's already broken.
Gotta love the random way Blogger uploads pictures as this should come at the end. Oh well. That's us having a blast with Just Dance on the Wii. Aren't we cute??
Alex's priceless Dollar Tree gun...
When you're a mom and you make a GROSS miscalculation when present shopping this is the face you get. I thought all the kids might have fun with super hero capes. They love watching Sky High after all. BOY was I super wrong... Needless to say, Alex now has 2 capes and Mary has 0.
At least Adam loved his.
This is the face you have 10-15 minutes after the horror present was opened... Christmas Eve was not her favorite night. (At least she didn't break her collarbone like last year though.)
Luckily Santa was smarter than I was...
Aunt Dani came to visit. I'm pretty sure this talking Transformer helmet was her FAVORITE toy... It sounds just like Optimus Prime.
The kids had a great time buying gifts for Dani. Doesn't she look awesome with her reindeer headband? |
This one's just cute. |
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