Liam's class pictures

They did some spring pictures at Liam's school and he HAD to wear his BYU shirt. Which is a tad to tight and he thinks is the coolest thing ever. Unfortunately he doesn't understand why when he does the BYU ra ra ra GOOOO Cougars and none of his classmates join in, that they have NO clue who BYU is and my guess is they think he's a Yale fan. However, it looks like I'm not the only mother who didn't get to choose what their son wore for picture day!

In his last school picture he did this totally GQ look where he was smirking and looked a little tired, so I told him this time to SMILE and keep your eyes open. LOL! Next I'll just leave it up to him and the photographer who puts them in the most awkward poses!

Three's First ultrasound

Here the little guy (or girl) is about 8 weeks old and letting me know it with the constant nausea!

And a shot of that little heart beat. Be stilled my beating heart! 

Owen vs the blue marker

Owen has been what you would like to call our trouble child. He likes to make messes, get dirty and do the opposite of whatever you tell me to do or not to do.

Here is said example:

Lets not forget what he was wearing.

I have to say I am impressed with the washable markers. It ALL came out. Owen looked a little smurf-ish the rest of the day, but other than that, not the worst thing he's done to date.

THREE

This is how we told the grandparent's #3 was on it's way!!!

Cupid

This year I got the boys little mailboxes and had them decorate them so that "cupid" could bring them a love note, treat, sticker or toy for 14 days.
The boys had fun decorating, and Cupid forgot twice and had to tell them it was me that was cupid, but they still had a good time!

And YES I put him up to this...

A little Spidey Obsession

Owen has decided that his favorite super hero is Spiderman and that when in costume (and sometimes out) he is THE Spiderman. I gave him a choice of what kind of Birthday party he wanted and the answer was a quick resounding SPIDERMAN PARTY! Mom.
So Spiderman it was and I think it was Spidey-rific!

First it was photo time. I wanted to do "homemade" invitations, so one day when he was dressed up I took my opportunity.

 Opt: 1

 Opt: 2

 Opt: 3

Opt: 4

And the winner:.....

Opt: 4

Thanks to the help of my oh so clever friend, they turned out AWESOME!!!

Then it was what to do for the cake?

That'll do.

Decorations:

Check!

Food and Friends:

Gangs all here.

Dessert:

We made spiders out of Oreo cookies...YUM!

Games:

We played stick the Spiderman on the web.

Liam REALLY wanted to win and was cheating, so we had to put a hat over his eyes, and he still ended up getting a BULLSEYE!

Nate drew this web, I wish there was a better shot of it coming from the hand.

And then the most favorite "game" played by the boys was, Catch that villan.

I let each child have a can of silly string, and Nate and Kevin (one of the kids dad) held pictures of Villans while the boys attacked them. I wish we could have played this game outside, but that's what you get for having a birthday in January. All activities as done inside. The kids still had a blast, it was the clean-up that wasn't as fun.

We got Em!

Then it was cake time where one of the kids blew the candles out for Owen, and he wasn't happy about it, so we sang a second time. (Friends again!)

Then we opened presents, did the pinata, and gave out goody bags. 

Have I ever mentioned how birthday parties are really tiring? 

Happy Birthday Mr. Owen xoxo Mom and Dad

Ted E Bear makes a second visit

Last time we had Liam's class Bear, Mr. Ted E. Bear, we took him with us to Orlando.

This time, we took him sledding...Not quite as warm nor as exotic, but fun all the same!

Ready...Set...GO!

Ted E's snow angel

Just a random shot of my hot neighbor. (Bedroom neighbor that is!)

Their faces say it all!

Moving on to New Years

Nate has to choose two Holidays to work, and well we have decided that New Years is one that we feel he can miss. So like almost all the other years here in Hershey he had to work New Years Eve, while me and the boys did our second annual New year Eve bash Hershey style at the Hershey Lodge with my friend Donna and her son Christian. Donna gets us into this exclusive party and my kids LOVE it as do I. I love that it is inside and there is TONS to do and EAT!!!

The mom dreaded/Kid loved Cotton candy!

Owen getting his groove on the dance floor.

Each year it is circus themed so they have all kinds of circus snacks like popcorn, hotdogs, pretzels, cotton candy, and a Really happy lady walking on stilts. 

And a really crabby clown making balloon shapes. (Owen and Liam probably made him make 5 different ones for each of them. I can see why he would be angry!)

An acceptable form of sword fighting.

You can also walking through and fill up goody bags full of Hershey's chocolates, this is Donna helping Owen stuff his pockets with them as well.

My sweet boys had this balloon shaped made for me. Liam took this photo!

And of course visits from the Hershey characters!

This one I didn't quite get. They have a room full of carnival games, you gets tickets for each game and then can go to the prize shop to redeem them. 

This game you took plastic shaped monkey poo and tried to throw it at the holes next to the monkeys. I didn't let the boys play this one. A little too gross in my opinion, but worth a picture and a laugh!

Owen with his prizes.

Liam with his. We are now the proud owner of a 5 ft long stuffed snake.  SUCCESS!

THANKS AGAIN DONNA AND CHRISTIAN! Not sure what we will do next year? Maybe fly in???