Brady's Birthday Party!

MEESKA MOOSKA, MICKEY MOUSE! Brady had a fabulous 2nd Birthday Party with his friends and family on Sunday evening! It was such a beautiful day too! Brady LOVES Mickey Mouse Clubhouse cartoons and so we had a Mickey themed party! What fun!!

Brady and Eryn posing with their mouse ears (oops Brady put his on backwards)

Uncle Dan

Daddy and Brady

Grandpa and Brady

Mickey Mouse Rice Crispie Treats! (homemade)

Mommy and little mouse boy!

Glenn and Conner (beautiful sunset on our deck)

Gracie, Sarah's hair, Brady, Grandma Bonnie, and Tuffy

Grandpa, Brady & Grandma Bonnie

Yummy Mickey Mouse grub

Mother and Son

Grandpa, Dylan & Peggy

Brady & "Mimi" (Grandma)

Kristi, Glenn, Conner, Julia, Corvie, Rob, Eryn & Lori

"Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday dear Brady.

Happy Birthday to you!"

Brady started crying when he realized everyone was looking at him and actually singing to him. The crying didn't start until we all sang his name in the song. Poor Brady!

Sick days

After two years in this job, you'd think I would've accumulated a few sick days to take advantage of. Nope. As a mom, you never get a sick day... there's just no time to be sick. I'm ALWAYS working!

Both boys and I are all sick with a cold! YUCK! Crusty, stuffy, runny noses. Sinus pressure. Sore throats. Swollen glands. Sleepy. (X3)

On top of that, Josh is working his Portland run the next few days. (huge sigh)

At least we're sick now and not next weekend!!

Kids, kids, everywhere!

Last Wednesday we had our friends, Jason, Jessica & their 3 kids - Liam (5), Reilly (4), & Natalie (2) - over for an end of summer BBQ! It's so funny to me to see such active vibrant kids in my house because Brady is pretty calm and cautious in how he plays. So to watch these other older kids come into the play room and take out every toy and play with it 5 times over in a matter of 2 minutes is entertaining to me! I'm used to watching Brady take out one car at a time, walk it over to the table or the couch and drive it around for a minute and then properly park it into it's designated parking spot (repeat). But it was a fun time. We haven't had much opportunity to enjoy their company lately. We also enjoyed a beautiful sunset!

Dylan and Iraney cuddling up together

FRIGHTENING!!! (I think I was saying "cheeeese")

Celebration of Summer's End

Mr. Pool says that this is probably the last "summer" day of the year. It was in the mid 80's today and will start to consistantly cool down beginning tomorrow.

So I figured we needed to do something... "summer-ish". To the fountain park we headed. We had gone a couple times before this summer. The first time I was surprised to find that Brady really enjoyed himself in the fountains (but I didn't have my camera). The second time we went, he gave me a luke warm reaction to the fountains. So it was hit or miss whether he'd like it today.

Well, at first it was "luke warm"... but then he really got into it! YAY! And I had my camera!



Brady's been telling me lately when something isn't right, doesn't work, or is broken. (for example, "train, broken - fix it" or "hot dog, broken - fix it") He's also been telling me lately that his toys are "sad". Perhaps he's trying to grasp the concept of that emotion since he knows the word now. Well, Brady was telling me that his shoes were sad and at other times they were broken. I think that meant that they were wet and they didn't feel right. Also, when he would put his hand in the fountain at first he would tell me that his hand was broken. (I keep his sandals on because I'm nervous about him stepping on something like glass or something unsanitary...)

"Shoes, sad. Shoes, sad."

Around the perimeter of the fountains there's a continuous drain that goes around and around in different circles. Well, Brady loves to walk around and around following the drain. He did that for a good half hour at least. If someone was standing in his way on the drain, he'd stand still and wait for them to move so he could continue on his path.

around and around and around...

and around and around...

(I love this shot)

Now it's time to REALLY have some fun!

It was a nice afternoon. I had Dylan in the Snugli carrier with a hat on, while I walked around in the fountains near Brady taking pictures.

Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy

What a happy little smiley boy! Dylan is 3 1/2 months old now!

HAPPY

HAPPY

JOY

JOY

Puyallup Fair

Sorry, no pictures again... it was just TOO stressful!

I thought it would be a fun tradition to start with our family - taking a day to enjoy the annual Puyallup Fair. Aparently it's not going to work for us. For some reason Dylan was crying and screaming 90% of the time which is totally uncharacteristic of him. There were a couple times Brady started crying. Don't know if it was him reacting to Dylan or if the crowds were just too much at times.

But Brady sure did enjoy the animals. He saw goats, chicks, chickens, turkens, sheep, horses, bunnies, and ducks! I guess he made a friends with a horse named Lexi. I was off consoling Dylan and trying to feed him, so I don't know the details. I think Brady also enjoyed looking at the few rides he did see, kids roller coaster ("train"), the sling shot ride ("airplane"), the sky tram throughout the park ("hellicopter")... etc...

Food is certainly expensive there. We searched and searched through the crowds to find a reasonable meal with a reasonable wait line - causing more stress. We also searched and searched for a place to sit.

Maybe when they're older... maybe...

Uncle Jim & Aunt Angie

My mom's only sibling, Jim and his wife Ange came into town from Illinois yesterday. My parents and them came for an afternoon and evening at our house to visit and meet the kids. I am sad I didn't get more pictures but I ran out of batteries in my camera. We haven't seen them since our wedding 9 years ago.