Sunday evening stroll

Our wonderful neighbors Don and Mary Jane were quick thinking and caught us to take a picture of the Kanyer caravan as we biked around the neighborhood yesterday after dinner. 

Aviation/Space Museum

Pete took the boys to the aviation and space museum just north of us today.  can you tell that nate was excited?  he's been studying up with some airplane books we got at the airpark garage sale a few weeks ago.

 spruce goose in the background

zachhhharrrrrrrrrryyyy (he typed his name) riding on a plane rider toy

 nate touching a moon rock

 so excited to go inside.  this was when they first got there.

Zachary is 2!!

Happy 2nd Birthday, Zachary!  What a wonderful day he had today.  It started out with pancakes and drinking applesauce out of a measuring cup (from helping with the pancakes).  He got to stay home with Dad and Nate playing and opening a couple presents.  It continued with dinner and Hippo cake for dessert.  He was very excited for it to be "Zachary's birthday", to be 2 and all the attention it brought.  He was very good and shared his new toys with an extremely impatient Nathaniel but quick to say My Toys.  He's been hauling around all his little stuffed animals (about 6-8) all together and he must hold them all.  He is very caring and tucks them under his belly at night to go to bed.  It's a struggle to get them all under him but he continuously tries.  What a sweet, funny boy he is.

 Dinosaur train guys and book from Nate.

 Hydroplane and fishing pole and fish from Uncle Matt.

 Bugs!! and a bubble blaster from Uncle Chris, Aunt Laura, Anna and Lily Mae.  He is making the ladybug kiss the rock in the above picture.

 He just kept helping himself to the whole cake.  Scarfed it up.

 Not so sure about the Mr. Potato Head at first but really got into it as we showed him what to do with it. 

Still have presents to open and cake to eat tomorrow as Mom didn't get home from work early enough!  Let the fun continue.

Catching up

These pictures are in reverse order.  The upload system changed on me.  It's been too long since I last posted.  Figured I'd get something up before the big #2 birthday post for Zachary!  His birthday is tomorrow!  He still says it's on Tuesday (his favorite day of the week to say).  These are some pictures from the last couple weeks.  This first was was yesterday.  Zach wearing my shoes and Nate in Pete's.  They were pretty pleased with themselves.

On Memorial Day we went to the little airport near us that had a bunch of airplanes out for show and a Memorial Day ceremony.  Our friends Meredith and Charlie came over to come to it as well.  The boys had lots of fun looking at airplanes and watching airplanes (and a couple helicopters) take off and land.  You get to be nice a close to the runway so they were waving to the pilots.

Zachary's typical after dinner face.  He does pretty good with a spoon but gotta have a sacrificial shirt on (he doesn't keep bibs on anymore).

 Nathaniel made a stegosaurus hat at daycare the other week were they colored paper plates and folded them over to make plates down the spine and a whole plate to attach to the head.

 My parents came down 2 weeks ago so Zach got to open a few early birthday presents.  He got a lefty baseball mitt!  yeah!  and a Francesco car launcher and a new swimsuit which promptly went on his head!  He loves it.

 Pete put Nathaniel on his shoulders and Zach just sort of walked under Pete like he was going to carry Pete on his shoulders.  It was really funny.

 3 weeks ago it was almost 90 degrees all weekend.  We broke out the turtle pool and the swimsuits and water shoes (and popsicles!).

 And every day includes looking for bugs in the yard.  Typical now with 2 kids...can never coordinate both of them smiling at the same time.