Easter

Happy Easter! The Easter Bunny was good to Connor and Ryan this year...

Sticker Overload

Can you have too many stickers? Connor and Ryan don't think so...

Our Birthday Party!

Yes, Connor and Ryan are very helpful little buggers. The party started at 10:30am, so we didn't have a lot of time to setup before everyone showed up. Below, you can see Connor and Ryan, still in their pajamas helping Daddy blow up balloons for the party. Ryan would pick out the balloons and put them on the nozzle so Daddy could blow them up. Connor was also right there helping too. I don't think Daddy could have handled this big job all by himself, or at least that is what they thought.

Look at all those balloons!
All the food is setup waiting for people to come and the dogs are ready in their birthday hats!
Isn't this a cute cake? ...even if Connor and Ryan won't touch it because there is frosting. The boys got frosting-less cupcakes to keep them happy :)
All these dogs are waiting to be adopted. Each kid got a dog tag to decorate and then chose a dog to take home with them.
Ok, now we are ready for everyone to come and party with us...

Danielle tested out the bean-bag toss.

Cody is having fun playing outside...
Ella is being attacked by all the dogs!

Cody and Cody are decorating their dog collars.

Connor, Ryan, and Danielle are coloring pictures of dogs.

It wasn't easy getting Connor and Ryan to stop playing long enough to have their cake...But, it sure is yummy cake!

Connor and Ryan were able to open all the presents by themselves. They were very good at helping each other open the presents. Such teamwork!

Isn't the hat cool!A birthday party isn't complete without a mess!

It's our BIRTHDAY!

Today Connor and Ryan turned TWO years old! Can you believe it. Time sure does fly. When they got home today they colored for a bit .

...and then watched their favorite (and only) video
For dinner I made Mac-n-Cheese, which they refused to eat (picky, picky, picky...), so they ate grapes and cheerios for dinner. I made them each a cupcake with 2 candles each.
They just stared at the glowing candles in awe, they didn't even try to touch the fire. We "helped" them blow out the candles, then they both started to cry because they liked the candles. So, we had to keep re-lighting the candles for them. When they finally let us take the candles away, Ryan just pushed the cupcake away, not wanting to have anything to do with it. Connor, after a lot of hesitation, picked it up and tried it. He then spit it out and started screaming because his hands were all dirty from the frosting. I have never known any other kids that were so afraid of getting their hands dirty.We took the top off the cupcake and then it was ok. Ryan decided he could try the non-frosted cupcake too after watching Connor. They finished the cupcake and started crying again (!!!) because they wanted another one. Such drama! I guess I will have to make them some frosting-less cupcakes for their party on Saturday so they will be happy ... maybe.

Vvrrrrrroooooommmm....

Connor and Ryan had fun riding their trikes today. They are sure enjoying this warm weather and the time change that allows them to play outside longer in the evening.

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Connor and Ryan enjoyed swinging on our porch swing today. The whole time they were swinging, they kept saying "whee, whee, whee." I guess the sound effects make it more fun.

Mr. Potato Heads

Connor and Ryan decided to play with their Mr. Potato Heads tonight. They were concentrating so hard at putting the different pieces in, and then they complained when they had left over pieces. They just didn't understand that they have multiple mouth pieces to be changed out and that all the pieces don't need to go on at the same time. They decided that it was fun wearing the Mr. Potato Head glasses. Ryan is wearing the glasses on one of the below pictures.

Snow

Today we took Connor and Ryan for their first trip to the snow. We left at 6am and got to Leland Snow Park at 9am. The boys had fun playing in the snow, but it didn't take long before they were tired of the continuous falling down on the snow. After a couple hours the boys were ready to go home, so we left around 11:30am and got back home around 4pm (after a couple stops). It was a fun (although, long) day.