Happy Father's Day!

Our daddy in his happy place :) Michael LOVES company on a trip to lowes and we got lucky in that a race car cart was available. I couldn't resist capturing the moment...

And then I couldn't resist posting a pic from Michael's first fathers day - 4 years ago...

Train Day!

We went to the Old Town Manassas Train day festival today. I don't think there could have been a more perfect event invented for Daniel. Luckily, it was packed - so I think there are lots of train enthusiasts besides our D and I think we can plan on it happening again next year. We're really lucky, the train station lets you get right up close to the real trains and we saw a couple pull through - always a treat...

D watching the lego railroad models.. He could have watched them all day..

Sydney played the cub scout games and chose cotton candy as her treat...

And now they are up in bed in their tent in Daniel's room.. Let's see how long this lasts...

Four really IS fantastic

Somehow Sydney just seems a lot more grown up since turning 4.

Today I said it would be a big help if she picked up her toys in the family room so I could vacuum. and then I turned away to vacuum the kitchen.

When I was done with the kitchen, I turned around. And was shocked to see that she had willingly picked up all her toys and the family room was totally ready to vacuum...

I was pretty proud if her. She really IS quite a helper...

Today's pic is the May Birthday Ladies at yesterday's Jones birthday party - Suellen, Sydney and Maggie :)

Lazy sunday....

Enjoying the hammock...

"But mom, I'm not tired. I don't need a rest. I'll just play with my dollhouse"

2 Things....

2 funny kid stories to note today..

1) Daniel right now has the funniest way of saying "Yup" - He stretches it out like it's multiple syllables and starts way low and finishes up high - he sounds like an 80 year old farmer from Maine :)

2) Granny and Poppy sent Sydney a lands end bean bag chair for her birthday, which is a big hit with both kids (there is already a lot of fighting over who gets to sit in it). But per stereotype, while they are enjoying the chair, they are also massively enjoying playing "three little pigs" with the box it came in. One of them stands outside and yells "little pig, little pig, let me in!" and then the other hollers back "not by the hair of my chinny, chin, chin"...and then they switch places.. It's seriously a riot.....

Our Fabulous 4 Year Old

I know every mom thinks their child is pretty amazing, and I guess I'm no different :)

We had a great day celebrating Sydney's 4th birthday today. Special "S" cookies to take to Miss Suzannes for the day, Red Robin for dinner (a big treat for a tuesday), Toys R Us to choose a special present and Dairy Queen for one final ice cream treat.

And Daniel was even a really good sport about all the focus on Sydney, so he got to choose a spider ball at Toys R Us for good measure..

I think I have more fun celebrating my kids birthdays than celebrating my own.

Here's our happy girl - She makes all our days just a little brighter with her beautiful smile. We're so lucky to have her..

I came back to add one more picture :) The bean bag chair is a hit!

Happy Mother's Day!

So I'm not sure why, but I decided to give Daniel a try in underpants this weekend. Which basically meant I spent a lot of the weekend either in the bathroom or washing lots of pairs of little boys underpants :)

While the weekend wasn't a whopping success, it wasn't a total failure. I think with a few more weeks of work, we'll be able to try underpants again.

Until then, I'm super proud of my little guy for at least being a willing participant. It's a lot of hard work on mom's part and on his part. And it WILL pay off in the end...