Last day of TBall

O2014 season has come to an end - the south daytona Athletics had a strong record of dirt digging, flower picking and some baseball too! 

Matthew's 2nd Birthday

Matthew wanted a ooh-ooh-eee-eee birthday party (Curious George Monkey) I didn't want anything too much, but I did want to make his day special and fun. So we kept it small and simple. A bounce house and a banana split bar and pizza. They had so much fun, stayed in the bounce house for hours. There was only one bump head incident at the very end, which was pretty good considering our crew. Matthew was a little sad when he woke up from his nap and the bounce house had been taken away :) He loved all of his gifts. A new bike from PaPa, bath toys from Grandma, a pirate ship tent from TaTa and crew, a build a car mechanic set from Benji. 

Benjamin's 4th Birthday

8/25/2013
4th birthday party was a sprinkler splash blast!
Benjamin's birthday was a success and we did not flood the backyard like Edmund said we would. We had a slip and slide, two splash pools, a fishing pond, a basketball shark and a big round bounce ball that the kids could get inside. We also had a bubble table and a water gun station (enjoyed maybe more by the "adult" kids of the group) The day was perfect, a little cloudy and not too hot. All our favorite friends were there, 12 kids in all. The homeade pinata was a success, I was not sure how that would go, but it worked. Benji received some awesome gifts and got most of the things on his list: Big boy legos(Aunt Susan and Grandma), a monster mutt monster truck (Papa and Nick), a remote control plane (Gramps), spiral bubble gum machine (Matthew), Playdoh construction trucks (Mama and Dada), Pen Book Reader (Grandma), and the piece de resistance, a fart blaster (Auntie CaCa).
Benji played all day, even after the kids were gone we went back out and splashed and played while Dada grilled outside. He said it was "the most awesome day" He was also loving the fact that his birthday was actually on the day before his birthday, so the next day he got another birthday! But then he wondered why he didn't get any more presents :-) Lots of giggling and smiling this day. Happy Birthday my big sweet boy!

Christmas

Christmas 2012 was awesome!
First Christmas where all three boys could really enjoy the holiday season. Matthew loved the Christmas lights and would say "Wooooooo" everytime we turned on the tree or went outside. Benjamin had the great idea to light up the trees in the front yard so that he could "swing under the lights every night" (which we did, almost every night of December we had ot swing under the lights, Matthew even fell asleep a few times in his swing) We had a lot of fun getting ready for Christmas, we made our first Christmas Train with snow and a skating rink, we decorated the house with snowflakes, and made our own magic snowman. Benji had so much fun buying presents for Gabriel and Matthew, but the suspense on gift giving was almost too much- everyday he wanted to bring the gifts to Gabriel's house so they could play! We spent a lot of time with family, went on a Christmas light tour, went to see Santa at the mall twice, and made gingerbread cookies for Santa's reindeer. Benji got a Trek Big Boy Bike that made his face light up. He also got a Bubble Leafblower, Tool Bench, Fender Electric guitar, BarBQue Set and a jellybean gumball machine (although he keeps mentioning that he told santa he wanted a gumball machine that made the gumballs spiral down, opps) Matthew got the cutest little drum set, a little tykes red and yellow "coupe" that he got in and out of at least 200 times the first day, a Red Rider scooter, cute books and trucks and a Webble Wobble Ferris Wheel :-) Fun time was had by all!

Benjamin's 3rd Birthday!

Saturday, August 25th, 2012

Benjamin turned 3 years old!

Benji talked about his "Dump Truck and Backhoe" party for months. He was so excited for all of his friends to come over and play.

It had been a rough two weeks, we didn't have a car, which made the party planning a little difficult. Matthew and I also found ourselves a batch of poisen ivy which was not fun (and got infected :-(

On the day of the party, Benji woke up and was so happy to see balloons, cups, plates and "party stuff" It was a great day, the weather was perfect. PaPa went and picked up a load of sand and dumped it in the backyard to set up a "digging" construction zone for Benji's new Tonka trucks. It was a major hit, Benji did not leave the dirt pile for the entire party, beads of sweat were dripping down his face, and several times I went outside to check on him and he was the only boy in the dirt pile. It made me smile.  Our plan was to keep the dirt pile for several days since he enjoyed it so much, however the next morning we realized that Cheeto the Cat had found the dirt pile and "enjoyed" it himself. So, bye-bye dirt pile. Benji apparently looked out the window and saw thar it was gone, came in to the house and said in a broken voice, "myyyy dirrrt piiile isss gonnne"

We also made a slip and slide/ water balloon that Benji played with until it got dark, well after the party was done. We took painters tarp and duct taped it together,and filled it with water. He bounced, slid, slipped and flipped on it.

He had a great birthday, one of the best days of his 3 years I think. He is already talking about his "bike party" for next year.

A Beach Day

We go to the beach a lot- morning, afternoon, night. wind or waves. Matty has enjoyed the beach since his first trip at 2 weeks. He is still really enjoying eating sand...sometimes he just leans forward and sticks his face into the sand....

Benji is a digger. He hides "treasures" and digs for them. He could do it for hours.  He loves his shovel and "raker"