Early birthday gift



Joshua received his one and only birthday present the afternoon before the birthday party due to the fact that almost everything he was going to get at the party went with his gift from us.  He happily obliged to opening his gift early!  He was so excited to find a Nintendo DSlite under the gift wrap and boxes he could hardly stand it!  Happy birthday a tad bit early Joshua!





 Surprise, it's double wrapped!!

 So excited about his new DSlite!



Happy 3rd Birthday Matthew!!

Running through the streamers in bedroom doorway.

A little gift to start his birthday.

Birthday breakfast

Our big 3 year old!!  In some ways it is hard to believe Matthew is already 3, but in other ways it isn't.  He is such a nutty, funny, clumsy, smart, curios little boy who brightens most of our days.  He still makes us laugh daily with his antics.  His language has exploded and he catches everything.  He definitely has a stubborn side and he isn't afraid to show it.  We love our little man and are so glad God blessed us with him!

Rock Star!

Check out the rock star that went to school back in April!  He loved his spikey red hair!  By the way, this pose was all him; I told him I wanted a picture before he got on the bus and this is how he posed. 

A visit to Great Wolf

It just happened that on the nicest weekend in March we had reservations at Great Wolf Lodge.  Odd that it was pretty much the same temperature inside the waterpark as it was outside, but it was kind of nice too (no hauling luggage through snow or cold weather).  We all had a fabulous time!  Matthew is at an age where he can finally enjoy a few more things on his own making it nicer for everyone.  We wore ourselves out with tons of time in the waterpark, played a little MagiQuest and of course visited all the fun shops in the lodge too.  Great little family getaway!

They actually do get along sometimes!

Matthew loved jumping of the ledge of the pool to someone.

Crazy Joshua LOVED jumping in the water over and over!

Daddy is soaking them!

All three boys under the dumper.  Daddy held Matthew to protect him a bit.

Joshua emerges from the treehouse slide.

Here comes Matthew backwards!

Hanging out in the hot tub.

Dual slidding!

Matthew discoverd the joy of swimming on his own!

One of Joshua's favorite things....being thrown in the water.

Matthew and Mom in the pool

We just had to get ice cream at Bear Paws!

Enjoying ice cream and watching the lifeguards clean up the closed water park.

Turning on the water in the waterpark on Monday morning!

Posing with Wiley in the waterpark.

80 degrees in March!

Couldn't haul the baby pools out in March so we did the next best thing....water painted the deck and played in the water table!  More of this kind of weather is very welcome!

"Ooh Ooh NO diapies!!"

Matthew reached a major milestone one month (March) before his 3rd birthday.....he is potty-trained (during the day at least)!!!  It took all of a few hours and he had it figured out!  Way to go Matthew!!!  Below is his celebration dance!