Day Twenty

Jake was spoiled yet again when his family came over for his birthday! Angry bird blanket, tool set, recycling truck, Gramma-made super-hero capes (which transformed him immediately into a superhero running up the hall with his hands in the air ("Superman to the RESCUE!").
Gramma made him an amazing garbage truck cake, complete with tinfoil wrapped money wheels and garbage man!

Day Nineteen.

Ella loves bathtime! She gets so excited when she hears the water start running. Her cold has her a little cranky but the bath cheers her up. It is nice that she can sit in it unassisted now on a little slip mat. She will play until I can't lean over the top anymore!

Day Eighteen.

Jake had some of his friends over for a party to celebrate his third birthday with games, Gramma made cupcakes, face paintings by mommy and gifts. He had lots of fun!

Day Seventeen.

Yummy!

Someone needs to remind this baby that she is only 6 months old!

Day Sixteen.

Jacob really wanted to buy Gramma flowers. He kept asking me to go to the flower store so on the way home yesterday when she was babysitting Ella and Ben for us while I had Jake at the Doctor I happily obliged this sweet boy's request. He picked out just the bouquet he liked and carried it up to the counter. Two woman were looking at the arrangement binder at the desk and asked him who his flowers were for.
"They are for my Gramma!" AWWWWWWWW. They all instantly teared. 
I think Gramma enjoyed her arrangement from our favorite three year old.

Day Fifteen

We discovered that one of our local libraries has a toy lending area. There are about 200 toy sets, puzzles and board games that can be borrowed. The boys looked through the huge catalog and selected what they liked (a store set with scanning cash register and a race car set). They were so good about cleaning up each time so we wouldn't lose pieces. I think this is going to be a resource that we use a lot!