Potty!

We were sooooooooooooo thrilled today when for the first time, Nicholas used the potty! We have no pictures of the 'during' process, but afterwards, he agreed to pose for some pictures. :)

Water Gun Fun

Given how hot it has been these past few days, we decided to go outside and have a water gun battle. It was every man for himself! We all came out of it pretty drenched, but it was loads of fun.

Ready for battle!




Freeze!

A few more birthday pictures

Connor really loved making play-doh kitties! Thank you Auntie Molly and Uncle Phill!
As you may have noticed, the light sabers were a HUGE hit with the boys. If you watched the movie, you may have noticed even the 'big' boys had a blast with them. ;)
Dramatic little Nicholas. Fake crying!

Birthday

We celebrated Connor's fourth birthday this Sunday. This was the first time we had a 'big' birthday party for him here. Usually, we just do a cake and gift thing with the family. This year we wanted to do more to celebrate him. We had quite a few people over and Connor had such a good time. :) Everyone enjoyed the bouncy house, and we enjoyed spending time with both family and friends.
We did have a minor cake mix-up the day of the party. We had ordered a Costco cake, but when we cut into it we realized they gave us the wrong one. We had ordered a carrot cake with apricot filling and got a chocolate bread cake with some kind of white filling. The outside and name on top were correct which is what threw us for a loop. Well, rather than incite a riot from the kids, we served the 'wrong' cake anyway. The next day we went to Costco to complain and they gave us another cake; this time it was the 'right' kind. So that left us with more cake than we could ever eat and we have been busy giving cake away to anyone who will take some. :) Connor decided he liked the carrot cake better; Nicholas is still partial to the chocolate one.
Anyway, enjoy the pics! Thanks to all who attended and shared in Connor's special day. For those of you who could not make it, we sure missed ya!

Connor's Fourth Birthday

Here we have a video done by our good friend, Trevor. He was kind enough to make a movie for us about Connor's birthday party. Thanks so much, Trevor!
Enjoy!

Our Dead Car

So we went to visit my very dead, squished Matrix today. It was very sad. The guy at the tow company said that it was more than likely going to be declared 'totaled'. I said that I couldn't see how it would be labeled anything else in its sad condition. :(
Anyway, Charlie asked me to take some photos since we will probably never see our little car again. Here they are. Can you imagine being on the inside of that as it happened? Scary. Poor Charlie and Dave. :(

Bouncy Fun

We bought a bounce house the other day. It was a super great deal we found on Craigslist. In our search to see how much it would be to rent a bounce house, we found a woman who was selling hers for only $30. Can you imagine? So we went to see it and expected it would be in bad shape or something to be that cheap, but no! It was in really good condition. She blew it up for us to see and test out and everything. :) She just wanted it out of her garage and so it was win-win for all.
We blew it up in the yard today, since we plan to use it for Connor's birthday party on Sunday-- we wanted to make sure it would fit where we intended it to be used and such. The kids enjoyed an afternoon of bouncing, followed by a good bath. It was a good way to unwind after such a chaotic day. Enjoy the pics.