Dress up

Well, as the weather gets a little cooler, we spend more and more time indoors. On Thursday afternoon, the boys' neighbor friend Tori came over for a bit, and we played dress-up. It started out simple enough with the regular old pirate hats and the like, until I remembered my old Halloween costume of an Olympic Gold Medalist figure skater hanging in my closet. I brought it out, and Tori wanted to try it right away, while Mace just wanted to wear the medal. When Tori took off her shoes to go and change, my little shoe thief, Lex, headed straight for them. The photos are the end result of this little game of dress up!

Celebration of Life

At Mace's preschool, they have something called a "Celebration of Life," instead of just a birthday party. The teacher has candles representing the sun and the years of the child's life. She has the months of the year as sun rays if you will. The child walks around the circle while a story of his life (Mama and Mace did this together) is read aloud. At the end, the child blows out the candles. Mace really enjoyed this as it was the first time I stayed at school with him (Lex and I were there for the ceremony and cupcakes afterward). I really enjoyed "writing" the story together. Pretty cool thing, if you ask me!

Happy Birthday Mace!

Mace turned four on Sunday, and he had a Star Wars party (just like Papa did when he turned four). I finally got a chance to upload some random shots from that day (you might notice no cake pictures-my camera went on the fritz right as we brought the cake out-UGH!) :)

Two down, one to go!

Okay, now that my birthday is just about over, we've just got Mace's left!

Pretty low key day. Here are some pics from my 37th!

Who let the dogs out?

How do we counter those Tuesday morning blahs. Play dogs and cats. In this case, Mace and Lex were the dogs, and the chased our poor cats around the house!

Who needs ice anyway?

You can "ice skate" in CA in the middle of summer. Just check out these pics of Mace, Lex, and, yes, even Mama (Mace took that picture) "skating" around the kitchen floor in their socks/slippers!

Afternoon at the park

What do you do when Papa has to work late? If weather permits, go to the park of course. What better way to wear two little boys out then swinging, sliding, and running around a ball field?

One birthday down, two more to go!

Even though Papa and Lex are both sick, we still celebrated Travis' birthday with cupcakes (breakfast of champions) and gifts. Mace got Papa a Star Wars Transformer

(wonder if he had ulterior motives). And Lex got him a hammer (of course Lex needed his own right away too).

Happy Birthday Papa!