Fort Atkinson Youth Triathalon

 

 

 

 

Happy Birthday Parker

Parker turned 2 on July 6.  I can hardly believe that he is so big already!  He is such a happy little guy.  He loves to flash his big grin up at you with those big blue eyes, it can make you melt.  He loves to play with trains and trucks, really anything that he can push around on the ground so it seemed appropriate for him to have a train cake.  The kids had fun blowing noise makers and choosing their train to eat after our taco dinner!  We swam, enjoyed each others company and ate lots of cake!

Parker is two!

 

 

 

We celebrated Parker's 2nd birthday in shifts.  Our first celebration was on the 4th of July with the Miller's at Casey's house in Cedarburg.  We paused in the late afternoon to sing happy birthday, enjoy some raspberry brownie bites and let him open his presents.  His favorite part was blowing out the candles!  Then on his actual birthday we went to Pizza Hut as a family and let him enjoy his favorite food 'pizza', which was one of the first words he said!  We then came home and let him open up his remote control dumptruck station from us.  The third celebration was with the Recob's on Sunday afternoon.  We swam, ate taco's and enjoyed train cake.  Then Parker took his new boat and truck into the pool for more outside fun!  He also loved his new table from grandma and grandpa Recob, but the bees were not very happy outside so we decided not to eat on it.  All in all, I think he had a great birthday.  He ate up all the attention and got to blow out his candles more times than he knew what to do with!

A Nice Spring Afternoon

Parker - Almost 2 years old

Ava - 4 1/2 years old 

Cooper - 5 1/2 years old 

Logan - 8 years old

Airplane out of Tinker Toys

 

Cooper and Mommy made a really neat airplane out of Tinker Toys today.  It's smiles like these that help me slow down and remember to be grateful for the precious time I get with my children.  Cooper is such an easy going guy and he is great at entertaining himself for hours on end.  He loves it though when I take some time to sit with him and create!  It's fun to see how he initiates conversation and shares all the neat things that he is thinking about.  He is so inquisitive and wants to know how and why everything works.  I wish I could have half of his imagination!

 

Happy Birthday Granma Recob!  We enjoyed a nice cookout on Sunday afternoon at grandma and grandpa Recob's house.  The kids jumped on the trampoline and played on the playset, while we enjoyed the day.  It looked like rain, but we didn't get too much!  Papa made Shishkobobs on the grill and we enjoyed an Army Icecream cake that he picked out as well!

Beautiful May Weather

 

 

 

The boys are loving the hot weather we have had lately!  Parker got his first taste of the sprinkler and ended up just loving it.  He has absolutely no fear of water.  He was blowing bubbles in the baby pool and wasted no time dunking his head completely under!