Fall by Noah

Astronaut Pictures

I found this awesome astronaut backdrop for Noah's party, it was a huge hit with both the kids and grown-ups...

The Birthday Boy

Love this one of Noah and his best buddy Aiden!

Wild man Silas!

Jack Jack

Uncle Mason...
Obviously too cool for space :)

And Uncle Jordan!!

The BIG #5

For Noah's 5th birthday he really wanted to have a space party and his birthday happened to fall on a Saturday this year so we had to go all out!  We had the Duck game on, the food and drinks flowing and I think there were 18 kids here with their mom's & dad's, needless to say it was a wild & crazy afternoon!

Noah really wanted to decorate his own cake so I had the bakery make
a space looking scene with the moon at the bottom so he could
do his thing with his own space guys and rocket ships!
(I ran them through the dishwasher beforehand :)

He may have taken a bite out of the side of the cake
before anyone even got here...

Pre-Party Rest

Getting ready for our space scavenger hunt!

Finding lots of asteroids around the yard!

Getting ready for our next mission - 

Ready to destroy the aliens (drawn from chalk all over the yard)
with some water balloons!

Pinata time!

It worked out perfect, every kid got to take a hit
before the pinata broke!

Chaos!!!

Silas does not seem to care that there is
a party going on, when you gotta go
you gotta go!

Ready to build some pirate ships with Kevin & Kiana!

The finished cake!

Happy Birthday Noah!!!!

Cake Face!

Noah made signs for the front door so everyone would
know there was a space party going on :)

His space shuttle and party guy signs!

Just a little tired after his all day birthday bash but ready to
play with his sock pirate from Teacher Lindsey (very special)!!

Happy #5 to our Sweet Booga!

Impromptu Beach Day

Ever since my friend Rita visited from Friday Harbor the boys and I have had all kinds of ferry/island conversations and I thought it would be a fun little adventure to go ride the Canby Ferry!  But then Noah said "Ferrys are so cool because they are by the ocean and we will get to go to the beach too!"  I explained that the Canby Ferry was just across a river and there would not be any beach fun :(  but then realized that it was almost the end of summer vacation and we had still not been to the beach...  So, we had an impromptu trip to the coast instead of Canby (we'll do that next summer :)  We packed up a giant picnic, our kite and sand toys and hit the highway!  It was one of those amazing days at the Oregon Coast!  Just a little wind, mid-seventies and lots of beautiful blue sky!  We played on the beach for almost three hours then headed into Cannon Beach for some milkshakes and candy shopping!

Of course Silas had to take a roll in the sand :)

I was so excited because the boys finally decided to get their
toes in the sand.  They have always wanted to keep their
socks on when playing in any kind of sand...

Running like crazy!

Making sand roads for our sand city!

Note to self - Don't buy the $1.99 kite next time...

Finding some shells! (or shell pieces)

Noah was a maniac in the water.  He probably would have swam if I
had let him.  He was soaked from head to toe by the time we left!

Silas on the other hand was petrified of the water and is not in a lot
of these pictures because I am holding him...

LOVE!!!!

Sand Roads

Noah thought it was hilarious to bury his
feet in the sand and let the waves wash over them!

First Day of School 2012

Here are a few pics from the boys first day of school this year! We are so happy to be back at the same school and I have the added bonus of working there a few days a week and am loving it!  Noah is in Pre-K, Silas is in a two day 3's class and we could not be happier, love the teachers, love the school, love everything!!!!

Noah's first day!

I tried to get them to move apart so we could
see the cute "Welcome Back" sign but
they wouldn't budge!

Silas's first day!
His cousin Jack is in the same class and in case you
can't tell, Silas is just a little excited...

Silas and Jack getting settled in and ready to go!