Monday, May 31, 2010

Recent happenings

We went to the Memorial Day parade. Max was so tired and we couldn't tell if he liked the parade or not, this was his face the whole time...except when Anderson came to sit next to him. Max seemed pretty happy A was next to him for a few minutes. Not so sure Anderson was happy about Max picking on him! We thought the parade started at ten but realized soon that it didn't start till eleven. We had walked so we just chilled on our friends lawn for a hour while we waited. It was so so hot and humid but I guess a nice day for a parade. Jack made the haul with candy which I ate my fair share of.
Some of the group.
Some more of the group. Notice Jack picking a wedgie? I guess it s time to get him some bigger undies! Poor boy was having trouble all day!
Oh man this is sweet Eli! Look at those cheeks, this kid is irresistible!!!

Okay so I love these pictures cause both their hats turned while riding in the stroller and in both these pictures they have the same faces on as each other. Cute boys!

Jack started soccer. It was so much fun to watch, you couldn't wipe the smile off my face while watching these cute kids play. So funny!! Pete was golfing so he missed the first day. Max was good and sat in his stroller for quite a while before I let him out to wander. Jack did so good, although it was seriously 85 degrees at 9 in the morning plus super humid! They worked on skills first then got to play the orange team. The orange team called themselves the tigers so Ali (jacks coach) asked them if they wanted to be called something. One boy suggested the dragons. Jack was super excited about that and was ready to throw fire balls. A few years ago Jack was a dragon for Halloween and Pete taught him how to throw fire balls while he was a dragon. So I was laughing so hard watching Jack run around throwing fire balls at the other team instead of trying to play soccer. Anyway it was cute! Now we have to make sure we take our video camera next week to try to catch that. It really is so so funny to watch these little kids play when they have really no idea how to play. Love it! In this one below he is starting to throw them.








Just thought this was cute.
One Saturday Pete needed to mow the lawn. Max LOVES being outside and screams to go outside. So Pete put him in the swing and I just thought it was cute to see him out there totally content to just sit and watch.
We are taking a finance class and while there one week Max had a blow out and the friend watching him didn't tell me she just changed him but the clothes she had clean and able to get to quick were the reds and pinks in the dryer. So Max's first time in pink. I thought he looked pretty adorable!! Someday we'll have pink around our house... I hope!!
Just had to throw this in. Our favorite pizza place out here called Dewey's sells their dough. So I got some dough one night and make our own Dewey's pizza. It was HEAVEN!! Seriously the dough makes all the difference! If you are out this way you HAVE to eat at Dewey's

Max was super excited Jack left his breakfast unattended so he could get some!
Trying to climb the couch so he could get the big exercise ball back there.






Sorry about this scary picture of Jack. I couldn't see in the small picture all the food in his teeth. Pete went to a wrestling thing back in April and Jack got to go for a couple hours . He loved it and they both had a good time. This really made Pete miss his dad. They used to go to lots of wrestling tournaments together so Pete was really wanting to share this with him too. That's okay though there will be plenty more to come.

Jack had a field trip to the Lake Farm Park this year. I got to go and it was a lot of fun. He got to see lots of farm animal and even milk a cow. This above picture is funny if you can see whats going on. This lamb came right up to Max and was licking the stroller right by his face. Max was not impressed that the lamb was so close.


Max had a fever a few months ago (it was an ear infection) and I couldn't resist taking this cute picture of him. I felt so bad, he was miserable. Love the huge belly, sometimes I really think its so big and tight that it might pop!

Monday, April 5, 2010

Easter

Jack got lucky this year and had three Easter egg hunts! This was just on Saturday at the church. He is in the very front in the blue shirt. I'm telling ya he's got some brains! He ran around the church to where no one was and got all the eggs there, while most just ran to the grass and started fighting for it. No one told him to do it! :)

Just some fun ones of Max. Jack was too busy running all over the place playing to really take any of him.
This is Nathan, he is a month younger then Max and twice his size! They are the red head twins! However I wish Max would have gotten the cute curl that Nathan did, he should have since my hair is so curly right?!

Max just got the ball taken away from him and he's not so happy :)

Now these next ones are out of order but we have some friends that live a few houses down from us and invited us to go to her parents house for an Easter egg hunt and BBQ. The parents live in Hinckly Ohio and is it so so so beautiful. I can only imagine what it looks like for the three PRETTY seasons here. They live on like 7 acres and the family next to them even has a pond. What fun it would be to grow up here or even have a grandma and pa to visit! I think we are going to adopt the grandparents so we can have some fun this summer!
Max was so great! He only had one short nap and played happily all day way past his bedtime. When we left it was dark and Max was out even before we got out of the driveway.
They colored Easter Eggs
Played in the pond, (well not in the pond)
and fed the fish.
Beautiful huh?! And the trees are still ugly from winter. When we go back I'll take some pictures of what this place can really look like!
This is Phil, Jessica's dad and host of the EE hunt. He was the Easter bunny (probably makes a good Santa too!) The sun was right in their eyes, Jack was trying so hard to keep his open!



Max even got one egg. He shook it and shook it and shook it. Nice when he's so content! Jack made a haul there! He filled up his basket and another bag full.
This is us and our friends John and Jessica. They have a four year old Anna, who Jack just loves, and an almost two year old Christopher. Super great family, we love to get together with them!!
Jacks first Easter egg hunt. He also made the haul here! It was just at a park the Pete took the boys too while I was home zoning. This got Jack really excited for all the Easter festivities!

It really has warmed up here in the last three weeks. This weekend it was in the 80's but a couple weeks ago when they went to this one it was probably in he high 40's. I'm so happy we have had nice weather and sun! It helps me enjoy Cleveland a little more!
When I had Max there were five girls that all had their babies with in a month of each other. Our great friends Scott and Katie had us all get together one night to celebrate these babies turning one. Theirs (Nathan) is the youngest and the biggest. Max is the oldest then our friend Meghan had Tyke (they moved away:( he was born on Max's original due date) then came Carlyn (the only girl), Jake was next (his parents are Kat and Jacob) and then Nathan. So the four of us got together (missed you guys Meghan) and celebrated. So fun, aren't these cupcakes so cute!!
Jake, Max, Nathan, and Carlyn.
Oh they are so cute!!