Patrick's 3rd Birthday (Part 1)

We had a party for Patrick's 3rd Birthday at our house. He wanted a chocolate cake with sprinkles so we got to baking on Friday. He got to help this year. He was pretty excited. (Who needs a Kitchen Aid when you have a three year old?)

And of course, since he helped, he got to lick the spoon.

Saturday morning he also helped decorate the cake. He picked out chocolate sprinkles and wanted to put them on the cake himself (can you tell?)

He was pretty proud of himself and got pretty upset when I tried to spread out the sprinkles so we just left them there and strategically placed the candles. 

His party was a Paw Patrol theme and I found some cute ideas on Pinterest. 

 

And then it was party time. We had some family and friends over to help celebrate. 

Patrick was pretty excited. 

I think he had a great time. Happy 3rd Birthday, Buddy!!

Patrick's 1st Dentist Appointment

We had our semi-annual Weldon family dentist appointment today (minus Daddy, he has his own schedule). Last appointment I figured Patrick would be almost 3 the next time we came in and he had seen many appointments since he always comes with us so I thought I would make an appointment for him as well. He watched me have my appointment and then it was his turn. He did great. 

He is the only one of my kids to need to sit on my lap during the appointment. The joys of being a momma's boy. I think he will be fine with this dentist thing.

Mother's Day

I had a fabulous Mother's Day this year. Much better than being without Daddy and running over 4 miles in the snow like last year. Although we did have snow again this year. We got about 9 inches over night. That meant the baseball game we had scheduled was cancelled for the day so we made new plans and met up with the Weldon's at The Ridge for a brunch.  

Then we headed home for a relaxing afternoon of reading in bed (my kind of day). 

This was the view from my window. 

Then I decided we would to ice cream for dinner! Along with all the other mother's so we ended up eating the car, but it still tasted pretty good. 

I'm one lucky momma!

Crazy Hair Day

This week is school spirit week and today was crazy hair day. I just had to take pictures of both boys. It was pretty fun.

Happy Thursday!

Building a Planet

Daniel is always wanting to get a balloon from the grocery store so that gave my an idea. I told him the next time we got a balloon, we would make a planet out of it using paper mache. He was very excited. So, the next time we went to the grocery store, we got a balloon and got busy. He wasn't too excited about getting messy, but I made him do it all by himself. 

Then we had to wait for it to dry.

Originally it was going to be Saturn. We even checked out books from the library about Saturn so he would know what it looks like. When we went to start painting though, he decided it should be the sun. So he got busy painting it yellow and orange (again, all on his own).

Patrick wanted to paint too so I let him help me with a school project. He painted an apple red...

...for this wreath I made Daniel's teacher. Pretty cute, huh?

Here is the finished sun. He wants to make an entire solar system and hang it from the ceiling. We'll see how far he gets. Pretty crafty though.

Amelia Visits

Daniel's kindergarten class has a pet bear named Amelia. Each weekend one student gets to bring her home and document the activities they do, write in a journal, and then present it to the class the following week. This weekend was our turn, finally. 

The very first thing Daniel wanted to do with Amelia was draw (of course). 

The boys didn't have school on Friday. Dad took Josh golfing and I took them to the mall to look at a Lego exhibit. It was Lego Americana. They had historical buildings and sites made out of Legos all over the mall. It was pretty neat. 

They also had an area where the kids could build their own Lego car and race them down a ramp. Daniel spent most of his time designing and building....

...while Patrick had me make him a simple car and spent most of the time racing it down the ramp.

That evening, Daniel showed Amelia how to brush her teeth.

Saturday was another day full of sports. Amelia got to watch Daniel play soccer, and bundled up to watch Josh play baseball and then football (I didn't take any pictures of those).

She also enjoyed a lunch at Chick Fil a.

Sunday became quite the rainy day so Josh's baseball was cancelled which meant we had the entire day with no plans (that hasn't happened for a while). So we made a fun day of it. We had lunch at Firehouse subs...

...took Dad and Josh to see the Legos at the mall...

..and then headed over to watch the movie Home. It is pretty cute.

Monday morning I had a meeting at a coffee shop so the boys tagged along. I'm sure they will say it was loads of fun. They got to drink hot chocolate and watch a movie on my phone. All my friends were impressed with how well they were sitting (and so was I).

I hope you had a fun visit Amelia. Come back any time.

Easter

We started the Easter celebration dying eggs on Saturday after all the sporting events. The boys really got into it. Even this guy.

Pretty cute if I do say so myself. 

The boys woke-up bright and early on Sunday, and failed to wake us up, so we don't have any pictures of the basket hunting. They had found them by the time we got downstairs. But we were able to watch them find the eggs before church. 

We didn't have any games today so after church we enjoyed a little down time before heading over to the Weldon's for a nice dinner and some good conversations.

Happy Easter!