Sunday, May 10, 2009

Easter 2009

Ever since we have lived in CT, my mother has sent a package to the kids every month. (Yea, my mom is pretty awesome!) For the month of April she filled some Easter eggs so we could have an Easter Egg Hunt.





Ty getting in on the action.





What's more fun that finding eggs? Eating the candy.



Coloring/Decorating Easter eggs



How did the Easter Bunny know they needed rain gear? (The Easter bunny and I are pretty tight) Now they won't get drenched walking to school. Hurray!



The Easter Bunny didn't disappoint. Ty got his very own spiderman action figure.

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

West Point

We headed to New York to check out the West Point Academy. My favorite part of the day was walking on the grounds of the school. The architecture was beautiful. We were lucky to sneak in. On certain days they hold parades, or "reviews" as they say. It's basically soldiers marching in sync while a band plays music. This review allowed us the opportunity to see the grounds, otherwise we would've had to pay a tour guide to show us around. This day was a FREE day spent with family. Who doesn't like anything FREE or spending time with FAMILY. I will take FREE fun with FAMILY any day.



















We checked out the Visitors Center. Here we learned more about the life of a student at this prestigious military academy.



We also checked out the West Point Museum. We knew going to such a place wouldn't be kid friendly but we also feel its important for our kids to experience a variety of learning experiences. And yes, there was only so much excitement to be had seeing gun after gun. But I hope in some ways they remember how blessed we are to have volunteers to serve our country so that we may enjoy the freedoms we enjoy.

Monday, March 16, 2009

Discovery Museum and Planetarium

DISCOVER ...


... ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING ...


... BUILDING ...


... CREATING ...


... PLAYING ...


... LEARNING ... ABOUT OUR SOLAR SYSTEM ... CREATING A CONSTELLATION ...


... BECOMING AN ASTRONAUT ...


... WATCHING AN AIRPLANE TAKE FLIGHT ...


... MAKING A ROCKET ...


... SHOOTING IT OFF INTO SPACE ...


... AND MUCH, MUCH, MORE ...


... DISCOVER!

Sunday, March 15, 2009

First Word

His first word was (drum roll please..........) SPIDERMAN. No joke! It's not mom or dad, its spiderman. He also does the superhero sound effects. I guess you can see who is the most important figure in our house. Could it be that we have another spiderman wannabe? (Boy are we in trouble!) He usually has at least one superhero in his hand at all times.

Other facts:

Ty is now 14 months old.

He loves to help mommy with the laundry. In fact he pulls everything out of the basket that mommy puts into the basket. Then he dresses himself by wrapping the clothes around the back of his neck like a scarf .

He loves to knock down all the toilet paper in the bathroom closet. The books come off the shelf on a daily basis. He also likes to empty the shoes out of the basket.

He also loves to play Peek-A-Boo.

He is a walker. He has been walking for about a month. He gets more steady on his feet everyday. He has nothing to do with crawling. We are official hall monitors at church now.

The Binki seems to be permanently attatched to this boy.

Ty loves to cuddle.

As you may have noticed our Ty is small in stature. I've mentioned our concerns about his weight. At his last appointment he lost 2 oz. His weight has been a constant battle since he was about 9 months old. He is teething like crazy and continues to get ear infection after ear infection. He hasn't had much of an appetite and its shows.

Ty has never been a good sleeper. I've had to throw those sleep books out the window with this kid. It has only been the last month that his sleep schedule has been consistent at all. He will ONLY take one morning nap. He also continues to be an early riser. Even though I wish he would take two naps and sleep in, I'm grateful he sleeps through the night even though he thinks the day should start between 5:00-6:00 in the morning. I'm grateful he takes any kind of nap at all. Any sleep is better than no sleep. I love that he finally decided to stick to a sleep schedule.







Friday, February 27, 2009

Garrett's 4th Birthday Party

For Garrett's 4th birthday we had a Thomas and Friends party. Garrett has been CRAZY for Thomas lately. (Step aside Spiderman or you just might get run over!)

Rob made the Thomas-themed bingo and concentration games. He also made our Island of Sodor sign and the train ticket (he was pretty excited about how the train ticket turned out). He also painted the box cars.(I need to give credit where credit is due! I couldn't of done it with out you babe!!!!!!!!) What did I do? Well......all the rest!

We started out at the Train Station by decorating box cars. Each child got a ticket to ride the Birthday Express.

Next we took a ride across the island. If you wore the engineer hat you were the leader of the train.

After our trip we had the opportunity to play with Thomas and his friends.

We played HOT TRAIN. (Hot Potatoe)

The Bean Bag Toss.

Pin the nose on Thomas.

Thomas Bingo and Thomas Concentration. (I wasn't able to get pictures during the concentration game. It's tough being the host and the photographer.)

Time for cake and ice cream.

No party is complete without a goody bag (or so I'm told).

What's better than a birthday party? Opening presents!



Happy Birthday Garrett!