Party, Party, Party

That is all we did....all weekend...party, party, party. Friday afternoon, my cousin, Brianna, and her two cuties, Owen and Emma, came down from Iowa for the weekend to help celebrate G's second while Daddy flew to DC for the Army 10 miler (where he kicked arse with an impressive 1:08 finish!).

Saturday was G's birthday and it was quite a whirlwind. We let the kiddos hang around the house while I made Banana Bran muffins with chocolate chips for breakfast. With three boys ages 4 and under, we decided that lunch at Fritz's Railroad Restaurant would be a hit and so headed out the door on our birthday adventure. The restaurant is an old 1950s style place with a quirk...servers bring the drinks, but trains drive around tracks near the ceiling and deliver your food to you. It was a HUGE hit! While George spent most of the time watching the trains, I did catch him (James in hand) taking a quick sip of milk.



Afterwards, we headed out to Science City for a few hours of good old fun. All four seemed to enjoy exploring and trying out all the neat stuff they have there.







That night, I made G two of his favorites: mac and cheese (homemade) and hot dogs. All the kiddos seemed to enjoy it.



But, of course, the biggest hit was dessert.







We let G open a few gifts while chatting with Daddy, Mimi, and Tooey on Skype. He really likes this truck that Liam picked out for him.



On Sunday, Liam was invited to his first birthday party (aside from Ben's). Of course, Taylor is gone so it was destined to be a tricky party to take to kiddos to...horseback riding. I was not sure that Liam would ride the horse, but to my amazement...





George ran out to the horse when it was his turn, but then just wanted to give it a pat pat. He did participate in the sugar consumption, though....



...while big brother told me that "he would just have one of our cupcakes at home" and skipped out on the cake so he could hang out here for a bit longer.



I think he spent about 90 percent of the party climbing around on the two tractors they had. Both boys LOVED them!

Taylor came home today and we did a redo of G's birthday with Nick and Sidonie present as well. George seemed to enjoy unwrapping his gifts and definitely playing with them. Hard to figure what his favorite is, but definitely he LOVED all the trains, trucks, cars, planes that he received.

Oh, and he liked the cake, too.



It's hard to believe the my little G is two already. I'm loving every day with him and watching him grow and learn and definitely love the friendship that is growing between he and Liam. Everyday with George is a treat and he makes everyone he sees smile. How can he not with this face?



Happy Birthday, Big G! We love you so much!!!

First Field Trip

Liam had his first field trip today. The class went to the farm since they were studying that unit. One of the best parts was that my neighbor invited George to come play with her 2 1/2 and 1 year old boys...he had a BLAST and Liam and I got some good time together.

The trip was a load of fun for a small local farm. They learned about pigs, goats and sheep and then got to go through a maze.



He had so much fun, he even went twice.



Next, the class went on a small train ride to the pumpkin patch to pick out a pumpkin.



Before I knew it, Liam jumped out of the train, ran to a pumpkin, grabbed it and jumped back on the train in maybe 30 seconds flat. All the other kiddos took their time and posed for cute little pumpkin patch photos while my punk was content to just make sure he didn't miss his ride. He was still pretty cute though.



They then had snack and afterwards did a small craft activity where they made a candy corn man and ate some candy corn then got to meet a donkey. After some bean bag tossing games, the trip ended with a fun hayride.



All in all, a very successful first field trip for my little man. We had so much fun and some much needed quality time together. Good times!