The Tooth Fairy!

So M lost his first tooth yesterday right before bed. He had been complaining earlier in the day that his tooth was hurting him, I wiggled it a little and told him not to worry about it. Well that night he was eating--well what else but an apple. It popped right out and stuck in the apple. He was supper excited and said it didn't hurt one bit. So we cleaned it up a bit and dug out his tooth fairy bear for the great tooth fairy to come. She took the tooth and deposited $1.50 (is that the going rate?) in quarters. Today he said that the other lower front tooth is lose, I expect by tomorrow night it will be turned in for some more money. So I have one losing teeth and another teething, it comes full circle. I will say that the one losing his teeth is much happier about the whole situation!

Happy Birthday Big Boy J!

Opening up some of his presents. J and M were super excited to see that he got Lego Rockband for the Wii. They love to watch J play the big boy versions, now they have songs more like what is on their Kidz Bop CDs.

Opening another requested gift, a new digital camera. He got one last year as well, but it was not very well made and didn't survive a week. The Fischerprice one seems more durable.

He has been REALLY wanting to get this Yoda stuffie from Target for a REALLY long time. He has been sleeping with him and carrying him around the house for the past couple of days.

A quick family picture.

Trying to blow out his trick candles...boy those things a smokey!

Happy Birthday!

One Year ago...my sleeping prince taking a bath.
















My lil' boy turned 1! What a big boy you have become. He looks just like M's 1 year picture.

















The 3 happy boys.














Trying to blow out his candle, more like blowing raspberries. Glad he was the only one eating that cupcake!

How to Eat a Cupcake. By: Lil' N

So N got his own little cupcake to eat and he has little experience in attacking such a large piece of food. At first I thought he was going to do a no hands trick and face plant it, but I think he was just sizing it up.








He thought playing with the frosting was better then eating it at first as well.

















Once I tore it into two pieces he was more willing to tackle his cupcake.

YUM! It was good!

The last piece....and then it was bath time once again.

Happy Birthday N!

So our little baby is growing up and turned 1 on the 24th. He has gotten so big and his personality is just as big. He currently can walk around, says oh-oh!, pull himself up onto the couch and has managed to sprout 7 teeth.

N sitting with some of his Loot.









Opening his first present. I was surprised that he was actually pretty good at tearing off the paper and was actually excited about the toys inside...at least with the first one. He had to have help with the rest of them.










Checking out his new airplane.

Eating the bows. After the first present he was more excited about the bows more then anything.

N's first Chocolate bar.

It was pretty funny watching N consume one of those tiny Hershey chocolate bars from the Halloween stash.
















I think it was love at first taste.















Yes, he is wearing a white shirt.

But boy was it yummy.

And then it was bath time.

Our little Tiger Cub

So M has joined cub scouts this year and is classified as a Tiger Cub. He is pretty thrilled to wear a uniform...just like daddy! So here are some pictures from his last den meeting, it was about heroes. Luckily the den leader has connections and they were lucky enough to hear from a CHP...think Erik Estrada..who rides a motorcycle, a DEA Agent, and a K9 unit. The boys also talked about other heroes in the community and then put together a care package for troops and DEA agents in Afghanistan.

Some Halloween Pictures!

So N is a natural and knew exactly what to do with the candy pail! He did not get to walk around that night, but got some practice putting stuff into his bucket anyway.















My little Star Wars guys in front of our house...and yes they are shoeless. It was 80 on the 31st and I think M wore his flip flops and J wore crocs.











Another quick photo in front of our house. N was pretty excited about hanging onto the pumpkin. N was yoda, J was Obi Wan Kenobi and M was a Storm Trooper.













Little Yoda got to cruise in the stroller all night. The stroller also served as a candy drop for when the boys' buckets got full. I think we are going to be in a candy coma for a long time around here!

M and J with their good little buddy.

Our good friends invited us to their church for Trunk or Treating...a really cool concept where you decorate the back of your vehicle and the kids can walk from each station trick or treating.

Happy Halloween!

I hope everyone has a great Halloween. We will be nice a warm here in CA with temps in the mid 70's. This is a far cry from MN, I remember the great Halloween storm when it snowed and we were without power for three days.


So earlier this week I got to go with M, J and N to a cub scouts activity at a pumpkin patch. Unfortunately it was after school at night and I forgot my camera so no pictures. However, J and I got to go to the same place the next day for his field trip. J enjoyed the wagon ride through the pumpkins.







He also had to sit on the straw pony.















A quick shot of his K class and teacher. There are a lot of girls in his class! He is in the second row on the end with the hoodie up.















A quick photo with a scarecrow farmer.

He was a little freaked out by this one. The scarecrow would move and talk when you stood next to the growth chart.

N's First Pumpkins

So while the older boys were walking the corn maze I took the time to do a photo shoot with N. He LOVED getting out and seeing all the pumpkins and the activities going on around him.

Checking out the stem of the pumpkin. I absolutely love the way he looks at things for the first time. He is such a happy little boy that has no fear and is very inquisitive about everything. I think I am going to have my hands full for the next couple of years with him.

He loved all the little gourds they had that he could pick up and feel all the little bumps, seams and look closer at all the colors.

Who can resist this little boy with pumpkins as big as he is.

I love how all the colors pop in all these photos.

Fall Fun...and some pictures!

So before J left on his "trip" we went to the Cool Patch Pumpkin Farm, which has the "World's Largest Corn Maze" (it is in the Guinness World Records) with his office. The older two and him led the way through the 40 acre maze and made it out in one hour and 5 minutes. While they were in there N and I walked around the pumpkin patch and some of the other attractions.






The boys were even good sports about taking some fall pictures.

J really liked this scarecrow.

The boys rode around in a wagon for a little bit.

They had Tee Pees and little cabins and other neat things to go and see too.

Moving Fun....and even some pictures!

The boys had a blast helping us unpack and claiming the boxes as their own. Really who needs all the books, crafts and toys that were in those boxes when all they wanted the boxes themselves. Boy we could have saved ourselves a ton of heavy lifting, money and time if we would have known how much fun they could have in a box. The boys had fun pretending that their boxes were castles, ships, airplanes, spaceships....and on and on.

So these are almost two months old, but better late then never. As you can tell N enjoyed the whole moving in process; boxes and paper oh my!



















N also found the pan drawer and thought it would be fun to sit in it. If anyone has a better idea then putting a chair in front of the oven to keep him from unloading pans, or opening up the oven door and climbing in let me know...for now the chair seems to be doing the job.

J sporting his big boy kindergarten bookbag. CA allows kids to start Kindergarten as long as they are 5 by December...J is truly the baby in the class just getting in with a couple days to spare. He had a hard time with writing at first, but his teacher is impressed with how fast he has caught up. He also started about a month after the rest of the kids did, so he had extra ground to make up. He is really enjoying it now ans looks forward to going everyday.

Changes!

So it has been several months since I have last posted...but we have been super busy and have gone through a lot of change. We no longer live in NJ, and now reside in CA. The boys have started school, M in 1st and J in K (which CA's cutoff is 5 by Dec 1st, so it is like J skipped a grade). J has started at his new job and also has already left for a "trip"...which Amazing Race featured the area he is in. M is also a Tiger Cub this year, which until J returns means that I will be quite busy! Little N is a quite active little boy and will soon be walking, and has taken a few little steps on his own but still prefers to speed crawl all over.
We did have some adventures driving from the east coast to the west, but unfortunately we packed the cameras into a tote and couldn't locate them for the trip and relied on a disposable. We have taken a ton of photos since in CA, but my card reader isn't working correctly. I know excuses, excuses! I hope to remedy this problem after the 22nd...as the new windows comes out and I am due for a new laptop that isn't so quirky ;)