Eric's Birthday

Eric's birthday is today. We didn't do too much because he thinks he's old and is "over birthdays"..... how can you be over birthdays??? Anyway, Calvin and I surprised him at work and brought him and his co-workers a cake to eat. Then of course we had a huge pie to eat at home too. It was a banana chocolate cream pie with a touch of coconut on top from Papa Hydens in Portland. It was very yummy but HUGE especially when Eric and I were the only ones eating it. Calvin tried some but didn't like it very much and despite the pictures Teddy didn't help eat any either.

Here it is! Looks amazing huh?

My boys cutting the pie and giving me their cheesiest smiles.

Calvin insisted the Teddy put a bib on as well so he could have some pie too.

That's a big piece of pie.....

The First Band-aid

Calvin is 2 and 1/2 and he just now had an accident that needed a band-aid. We went to the nature reserve in Richfield where he was having fun running on the dirt road ahead of us (of course we didn't realize it until after the incident but we were not even supposed to be walking on the road.....vehicles only until May 1st.......oopps!) Anyway, he fell and broke the skin on his hand. He was really scared and wouldn't move his hand for at least an hour after it happened.

Here is the road in question......the scene of the crime.

Poor little hand! This is the position Calvin kept his hand in forever!

But SweetTarts stopped the crying...and of course boof and teddy helped.

Meeting Santa

Calvin met Santa for the very first time. We went with Bridgett and Avery to a Christmas party at their children's dentist (isn't that adorable...I love that a kids dentist gets dressed up and puts on a fun party for kids). The dentist was actually dressed up as Elf with Will Farel hair and all. Calvin was completely petrified of Santa and Mrs. Clause but I was eventually the bad parent and threw him on lap for a picture anyway. I think I may have done some permanent damage....but the picture is hilarious so I could I have done any different??? Besides seeing Santa they decorated a tree ornament got some stickers and even ate cookies and milk. Hope you enjoy and pictures we were so happy to have gone and hopefully we can do it next year with Calvin behaving a little bit better for the picture.

All the kids enjoying cookies and milk.

He picked out two stickers but he was so afraid to put his hands in the "snow" to pick out a prize. I think he was still a little traumatized from Santa.

Being cute and hiding his ornament when I wanted him to hold it up for the picture.

This is why Calvin is now on the naughty list..... both Santa and Mrs. Clause look very disappointed. Or maybe they put me on the naughty list for being a mean Mom.

Halloween in December

I cannot believe that Christmas is right around the corner and I haven't posted Halloween pictures yet!!! Well here are the cute pics of Calvin getting his cow costume on....which as you can see in the first couple pictures he hated. Of course after we knocked on a few doors he was happy as could be. He even loved helping me hand out the candy afterward too.

Big Boy Toys

About a month ago a piece of our siding magically fell from off our house. Of course it had to be the piece at the very top of our house to make it as difficult as possible to replace. Well our house is officially on the market so now was the time to finally fix it. Eric rented a huge lift thing (can you tell I'm a girl because I wouldn't even begin to know what to call this thing) and hoisted himself high enough to replace the siding. Calvin and I had a lot of fun watching and Calvin was even imitating Eric when he would pond the nails in.

Practice Run

After much prodding, pleading, and even bribing we eventually got Calvin to try on his Halloween costume last night. Of course once he had it on he didn't want to take it off. It might have been because we took him to the front door and let him ring on the doorbell and get candy.....but he was just practicing. Here are some cute pictures I snapped of him in his cow outfit! Can't wait for Halloween this year!

Calvin's New Shirt

Calvin got a new shirt to announce that he is going to be a big brother in April. Now you all know why I have been out of touch the last month or so. With this pregnancy I starting feeling sick before I even knew I was pregnant. I'm 9 weeks along now and hopefully things are looking better. Calvin is excited to be a big brother and we are excited to add another little boy or girl to our family. : )