Making the cake...

I think that this was their favorite part of the day...well, Kole's at least!

Kamden turns TWO!!!

Since I unfortunately had to teach a class on Monday night, we decided to celebrate Kamden's birthday a day early and have it on Sunday. I don't think he noticed...anyway, we had a great time! He even enjoyed his cake and icecream this year! In case any of you forgot he was feeling a little sick on his birthday last year and wouldn't even touch his cake. We even got footage of him throwing up on camera...poor child. This year was totally different though. He loved every second of the attention and he played with his new toys until bedtime. He got a train that has animals that ride on it and plays music from us and Grandma and Grandpa. He also got a little draw/erase board for church from Grandma and Grandpa. What a lucky boy!

Easter Family Pics

Dying Easter Eggs

"Kole-isms"

Writing-
At the sophisticated age of 5, Kole has really gotten into practicing his letters. His favorite word to spell out, of course is S-p-i-d-e-r-m-a-n. Coming in at a close second is H-a-p-p-y-B-i-r-t-h-d-a-y! Do you know how many times in a day we help him spell out these words?!

Bugs-
For St. Patricks Day, Aunt Laura sent each of my children a dollar bill. We took the money and made a trip to The Dollar Store to spend it. After careful consideration Kole decided to purchase a Bug Kit. It came with a bug-holding container AND a pair of special tweezers for extracting them from their places of residence. His favorite things to look for and collect are worms and recently..despite my warnings...bees! I don't know how he manages to catch them without getting stung! I only have one thing left to say about this....BOYS!!!

"Kam-isms"

Growling-
Kamden is obsessed with growling at everything. I will never forget watching him sit in front of the sliding glass door when suddenly he started to growl. I looked out the window to see what it was and realized that it was a FLY! We got a kick out of that..

Binky-
When Kole was a baby he never said no to his binky. With Kamden it is all about the mood he's in. If he's tired, needs comfort, or for riding in the car. The funniest thing is at bedtime when it is time to get ready, he starts to call out for his binky. He will walk around the house saying, "beek, beek, beek," until he finds it.

Words-
Mama, Dadda, Grandpa/Grandma (both pronounced Gu-pa), Kole (Ko), shoes, uh-oh, bye-bye, please, (ease), thank-you (da-du), we say "one" then he says "two" "sree", and his favorite word-NO!!!

Finger picking-
Kamden is obsessedwith his fingernails! If there is any little tiny piece of skin or nail hanging he will find it. He is constantly looking his fingers over for any little scrap to pull off. If he finds one that he can't get off himself he comes running to me with the "disabled" finger, saying "eh, eh, eh!" He does it with his toes too! Weird.

Easter Egg Hunt

After the beautiful weather on Friday, we had high hopes for our Easter Egg Hunt but of course...it was raining! It didn't seem to phase any of the kids though. We had fun watching them. Once Kamden's basket started getting full the eggs starting falling out. He would immediately say "uh oh" and stop to pick them up. Pretty soon he thought that was more fun then picking up new eggs....lets just drop the ones I have and pick them up all over again.

A Day at the Zoo with Grandma and Grandpa

We went to the Point Defiance Zoo while Grandma and Grandpa were here to visit. It was such a gorgeous day and we were happy to be out in the sun...finally! Some of our favorite exhibits were the sharks and the beluga whale. They had 13 foot sharks in this aquarium and we could have watched them all day! It was amazing! Kole had a great question during the belulga whale show. He asked the trainer how they breathe and it turned into a really cool demonstration. We were all very proud of him. Kamden was a hit growling at ALL the animals....birds...otters...fish. Apparently he was a tiger in a former life..