The Terrible Two's Have Begun

The fish cake

Ayden, Grammy, Toni, AJ, and Ashten Kristin, Wes, Ashten, and Papa

AJ walked around with his hot dog like this even after it fell on the ground

Opening his presents

AJ blowing out the two candles. He was trying to put them out with his fingers at one point.

Since we were on the road for AJ's birthday yesterday, we have no pictures. Besides he was too cranky after being in his car seat for more than 24 hours (with a little break here and there of course). Today, is AJ's birthday party. I already had the fish theme in mind because I thought it would be so cute to make a fish out of a round soccer ball pan. I usually decide on my theme depending on what cake I feel like making. I spent the morning making the cake, I think it turned out pretty cute and kind of funny looking. After the cake was done I worked on the salads and other food prep. I was semi-stressed because the party was set to be at Alderwood Park, but the weather looked bad and weather.com said it should rain from 4-6pm right during the party. I cleaned up the house and set up some chairs, but then after talking to Mom, I decided people could deal with the weather. Luckily, it stayed decent. My kids loved that they could play on the big toy while the grown ups ate and visited. Our plan was to move our grill to the park but it wouldn't fit in the Tahoe so we ended up having Armand cook the meats at home and then running them across the street to the party. After dinner, AJ opened his presents. I think Ashten was more excited about the gifts than AJ was. He kept making these funny faces like he was amazed at how cool AJ's gifts were. I wish I could have snapped a picture. Anyway, then we sang 'Happy Birthday' and cut into the fish cake. We had a good time and it was nice to return to a clean house.

Could Spring Have Finally Arrived?

Today, Toni came over to play. We ran a few errands and then because it was sunny, went to the park at Kobetich. The kids had a great time even though it was very cold (it snowed just 2 days ago). Anderson LOVED the swings. They finally installed the baby style swings. He sat there a lot of the time sucking his thumb and holding his blankie. He even almost took a nap there. Ayden has self taught himself to ride a bike with no training wheels. Anyways, today made me realize how much I miss the warmer weather.

The New Alderwood

AJ, Toni, Ayden, and Ashten

Ayden brought his skateboard but AJ logged more time on itAshten and Ayden took AJ on a walkAj tried really hard to climb the slide

Today, we went over to talk with the firemen at the station across the street. While waiting for the fire truck to return we decided to go play at the library since it was so beautiful today. (Yesterday, it snowed by the way.) They've added onto the park including 4 new swings, another slide, a climbing wall, and some other things. The kids love the new additions. We played for half an hour when a truck came back to the station but as after only a minute or so they ran their siren and took off. After about 45 minutes another truck came back so we started walking over right away. We were all frozen anyway and the kids were ready for some hot chocolate. We're looking forward to warmer weather so we can get more use out of the new park.