Halloween

Halloween 2013 was warm and we had a house full of friends and family that came over to celebrate and go Trick-or-Treating. Benji has asked to be an alligator for two years now, but it is hard to find an alligator costume. So last year he decided to be a little Monster with Matthew. This year we found a dragon costume that I was calling an alligator costume until Edmund ruined it by saying alligators do not have wings :) Benji was fine with being a dragon anyway, he said they were cooler because they breathed fire and could fly. Matthew wanted to be ooh-ooh-eee-eee and I ordered a Curious George Costume that he refused to wear on Halloween day, so he walked the neighborhood in his dragon rain coat that Grandma bought him. So technically, the boys dressed alike again this year, neither time of my doing. Our Gabriel was the cutest little pirate you have ever seen, and bears a strong resemblance to Johnny Depp (my favorite) -take a look

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!

Easter 2013

Better late than never...... Easter 2013 was so great. Both Matty and Benji totaly "got" the whole eggie hunt thing. At first Matthew wasn't sure, but after a little help from MaMa, DaDa and Bubba- he was on a roll, running around and finding eggs everywhere. We then went to Auntie CaCa and Uncle Kirks house for an amazing brunch and some awesome news. Baby number two was on the way!! Here are some pictures of our day.

 Grandma and her big boy

 PaPa and his boys

 Mama and baby :-)

 Sisters (plus bambino)

 My Boys

 My Three Boys

 Easter Family Photo Time

Everyone is getting ready for the shot, instead of saying cheese, Kirk says "Erica's Pregnant!"



 Everyone is surprised (except for the dogs)

Everyone finially gets the "joke"

 Mom might be a little excited

 Chocolate eggies anyone?

 Mouth was full the entire day

 Second eggie hunt of the day

 He's got it down now!

 Cheese

Happy Easter!!

Spooky!

Benji wanted to be an Alligator for Halloween (for some reason) but we looked and looked and could only come up with a dragon costume. When we found the perfect "Little Monster" costume for Matthew (complete with padded belly to make him look fat :-) Benji said he wanted to be a monster too..... Only problem was they looked very much alike and when we got seperated during Trick or Treating, everyone thought that Benji was trying to "double dip" so they were giving him less candy (not that we needed more)
Gabriel was the cutest little boxer, complete with black eye....
They all had so much fun.

By the time Matty was done with his third lollipop, his hands were so sticky that he couldn't let go of his candy bucket if he wanted to.

Matthew's 1st Birthday!

My Little Matty Cakes turned 1 !

We had a little monster birthday party with our family. Matty handled the party very well, he enjoyed the company, the food, the presents and the cake.....I was very impressed. We had a mini ball pit for the boys to play in and a good time was had by all. I joke about Matty being my "little monster", but he is the sweetest little guy I know.


Benji and Matty making the watermelon monster cake

PaPa and his "Lil Monster"

 Grandma and Aunt Susan with their baby

 The Three Amigos

Auntie CaCa loves to open presents

Cake on my face

This toy rocks!

Somebody calling me?

Beach Birthday fun

Trying to go out to sea