Jack's Valentine's Party

Today we invited 2 of Jack's neighborhood buddies over for a little Valentine's fun. First up: decorating cookies with frosting and sprinkles galore!

Jack's cookie decorating style? Heavy on the sprinkles!

Riley Reh carefully frosting her treats

Deana and Riley Reh

Dylan was a fan of the sprinkles too!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Monique and Dylan

Next it was time for some crafty fun: stickers and stamps kept the 3 year olds busy (Miles spent this time crawling under the dining room table and over everyone's feet!)

Jack helped me decorate for the party- we found a few pictures taken from Valentine's Day 2007, when he was not much older than Miles is now!

A smooch from my valentine :)

A cookie baking kind of day...

Yesterday morning we woke up to gloomy gray skies and rain. Again. We have had quite a few days like this in the last month or so which makes keeping these boys entertained a wee bit challenging. Thankfully, we have discovered how much fun it is to bake...not to mention eating our finished product!

Jack has mastered cutting out sugar cookies

The baker in action


Ready for a bite!

Our finished cookies

"These are good, but I really want to GO OUTSIDE!"

Today we're having some of Jack's friends over to decorate the heart cookies and do some Valentine's Day crafts- should be fun!

Superbowl Recap

Jack was very excited about the Superbowl. On Sunday he asked us about 50,000 times how much longer until the game was going to start. He made us promise him that once he woke up from his nap it would be Superbowl time. At 3:25 he had his "player shirt" on, got settled in his comfy chair with some goldfish, and was ready for game time:

By 3:35 he was onto bigger and better things:

Maybe they'll be a little more into it next year? (Or more like 10 years from now?!)

Birthday Pictures

Here are a bunch of pictures from Miles' birthday party (pictures are the best part, right?!)

He's grown a bit since these were taken!

My mom made these cute birthday banners for each of the boys

Our jungle animal cupcakes (decorated by Jack)

He also decorated the "funfetti" cake we made on Miles' actual birthday. This boy likes to bake (or maybe he likes to eat what he's baked?!)

Showing off how I can stand up AND eat string cheese like a big boy

Tearing into the presents with Jack's help

Miles' 1st Birthday Party

Tonight we had some of our family over for pizza and cupcakes in honor of Miles' first birthday. Miles thought the best part of the party was ripping open presents and then playing with the wrapping paper! He also was enthusiastic about the "Happy Birthday" tune and the cupcake that followed.

Happy birthday to you!

One year ago today:

Happy Birthday Miles!

He's 1! Can you believe it?!?! Here's a little bit about our 1 year old boy:

* He loves to laugh and clap and is happiest when getting into mischief or playing with his brother.

* He is the first to wake up in the morning. Sometimes he gets bored while his brother is sleeping in and crawls down the hall to sit outside Jack's door waiting for him to get up. He often helps things along by banging on the door!

* He is pretty fearless about some (dangerous) things: eating food and who-knows-what-else off the floor, climbing into the bathtub unassisted, "exploring" the electrical outlets, etc. but is scared of new faces and cries (hysterically) when sweet little grandma types try to talk to him at the store.

* He loves to eat and gives an enthusiastic "mmmm" when food is coming his way. If given the option he would choose string cheese for every meal.

* He loves to be outside. This week he got to play in the sandbox for the first time. He only ate a little sand.

* He is sleeping through the night.

* His favorite toys are books, legos, and the play kitchen. But really, anything that belongs to Jack will do!

* He loves to be silly.

*His favorite song is pat-a-cake. He claps just before we get to the "pat it" part.

*He is very loved!

Happy 1st birthday Miles!!!