Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Family Reunion

Our entire family made it for the big family reunion!!  It was really awesome to see everyone, although I feel like I never got to have a conversation that lasted more than 35 seconds before I had to chase a little one.  Oh well, maybe next year I will actually be able to sit and catch up with the fam!  Clackamas Park has an amazing play structure, that everyone (adults included) had a blast playing on.  The kids (and all of us parents) were literally running and playing for over 4 hours, with no naps...  Luckily there were lots of eyes to watch the little ones because trying to keep them all contained in one area was not an easy task!  On the way home from the picnic Noah told me that he is three now and that his birthday party was fun!  I had to explain that even though it was a big party and there were cupcakes it was not his birthday, but that his birthday is coming up really soon and he gets to have cupcakes again then!!  He now knows his birth date and tells us that he will be three on September 8th when we ask when his birthday is!  Also, he told me in the car the other day that the only things he wants for his birthday are cupcakes and cleaning stuff... What can I say the boy loves to clean!!!
Anybody there???

Atreus taking a breather!

Nonnie, Kassie & Uncle Jordan
There was so much good food!!!

Classic Silas, always finds the empty bottles...
Don't worry, it was from his Papa, not some random bottle found in the park!

Climbing a mountain!

Daddy had lots of fun playing too :)

Ready to go down the BIG slide with Uncle Mason!

Atreus sliding all by himself!

Silas insisted on staying right in the middle of the volleyball court,
I guess he just really wanted to play!

Cupcake time!  The highlight of Noah's day!

I just had to add this one, I love the way he is
cradling it so gently in his hands!

Monday, August 2, 2010

Before & After

I have LOTS of pictures to post from the Simo family reunion we had this weekend but it is going to take me a little bit to get them all cropped and ready so here is just a little preview of the boys before and after the big day!!!
Clean, full of energy and SO excited for a fun day at the park!!!



Dirty, sweaty, bruised up and unbelievably tired, they both conked out
within minutes of getting in to the car!  After we got home Silas even
slept on my lap for almost an hour (a very rare treat :)

Boys and their toys...

It always cracks me up that we buy the boys all the toys they could ever want and they would rather play with things like a spray bottle or tire pump...
Love the outfit too...



Such a big helper with the watering!

Calling it a day!

Skuut

 We were at a BBQ at some friends house a few weeks ago and their little guy had the coolest little bike called a Skuut.  We had never even heard of them but Noah fell in love with it and has been talking about Nick's Skuut ever since.  Of course that meant that Daddy had to go pick one up ASAP!!  We keep saying it is an early birthday present but really the kid is just plain spoiled...  Oh well, he LOVES his Skuut and it is a pretty cool new bike for him to practice on since he has not quite gotten the pedaling thing down yet.
Helping Daddy put his new Skuut together!

1st ride around the yard!


CRASH

Heading down the street!


Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Oh the things he says...

Noah says the funniest things these days so I wanted to jot them down and figured they would give everyone a good laugh!!

(while sitting in his Cozy Coupe in the dining room) "We are stuck in traffic again, this is redonkulous!"

(while hauling his lawn mower up the stairs) "I really need to work out later"

"Grandma broke her coccyx"  (this was a mortifying moment, we were sitting in a really long line at Freddy's and he decided to say this really loud to every person that walked by and then proceeded to laugh hysterically like it was the funniest thing he has ever heard each time, AWESOME)

These are all random statements and observations made in the car - 

"It smells like stinky onion breath back here" (I honestly don't know where that one came from)

"Silas just dropped a stink bomb in his diaper, it smells really bad back here"

"Noah has a lot of energy at school"

"Do not wrestle with the kids at school"

"That motorcycle does not have windows or air conditioning"

"I want to sit in that traffic over there"

He is continuously asking for the air conditioner to be turned up and down, my blinkers on and off, the radio louder or the song changed and has now decided that he wants to always have his window down which is awesome with the music blaring while he is dancing like a mad man in the back seat!!  I feel like a chauffeur with a very demanding little passenger these days...

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Is it just me or does he look like a 4 year old???






Cute pictures Daddy!!!

China Thomas

This new Thomas has been the highlight of Noah's weekend!  Our awesome neighbors brought this back for the boys from their recent trip to China and he is totally obsessed with "China Thomas" as he calls it!  It is the craziest Thomas I have ever seen, I am no Thomas expert but I have never seen anything like it around here...  This thing smokes!  Like real smoke comes out of the smoke stack while it charges around the house.  It turns by itself to steer away from furniture and the walls and just keeps going and going until you turn it off.  The boys are still a little unsure about it because it is really loud and there is smoke billowing out of it but they are totally fascinated by it and want it going all the time!!! So cute!

Hello Ladies!

Yes that is another huge gash on the poor boys head...  This was a from a
major header with a roll down the driveway.  The exposed aggregate
concrete around here is wreaking havoc on these poor kids!