K'nex

Andrew spent some time this past weekend building his K'nex ferris wheel.  It was fun to watch his progress on it.  He is so proud of it.  We even sent a picture and video to school with him so he could share it with his class on sharing day.

Snow day!

The kids had a snow day on leap day, and it was a lot of fun!  The kids played outside in the morning while Bruce cleared the driveway.  Andrew built a great snowman, and afterwards you could literally ring out his gloves!  Later we took Mikey out to play in the snow....he seemed to like it. Plus,  a snow day wouldn't be complete with out a snow ball fight.

Test drive in the sled

Weeeeeeeee!

Our sled train

I don't know who thought this was funnier, Mikey or Jenna.  They both were all giggles & smiles.  Jenna thought it was pretty cool that she was pulling Mike, and he seemed to get a kick out of seeing her pull him along.

All smiles!

Cutie Pie

Splish Splash

Due to the rain, then snow, then rain; we had some water in the low spots in the yard.  Jenna loved running & jumping in the puddles.  You could literally wring out her outfit by the time we came in.

Dad & Mikey

Dad & Jenna

This was right after he pretended that he was going to float her across the ditch in the sled :-)  Notice all the water in the background.  Our ditch was full of water.

Snowball fight!

Still smiling!

Mikey loved watching the snowball fight & seemed to think it was funny.  He kept giggling every time the kids would run after Bruce.  Pretty sure next year, he'll be right there with them trying to throw snowballs at Dad.

The big 1st birthday party

Birthday Boy!



Present time!



Check out my cool giraffe!

Checking out the alphabet dinosaur

Andrew showing Mikey how the lawn mower works



What's in there?

The Cake (I made it!)

The smash cake!



You want me to what? Are you sure?

Testing out the frosting

Mmmmmm

hehe, this is fun!

Want some?

Yes!

Birthday Cutie

Yay!

Really, now I have to have a bath? Are you sure?



Martin playing with the magnets & balloons (he loved the balloons and brought them with him everywhere)



Mikey & Franklin playing/wrestling



Mikey had a fun party, and was surrounded by people that love him.  He's been enjoying playing with all his new toys, and has gotten very vocal if one of his siblings attempts to take one away.  He also proved how much he pays attention to others, by starting to go up the stairs shortly after the party. I'm pretty sure he was paying very close attention to his cousins when they'd make a break for the stairs!