Preston's Birthday BBQ

Today we had our nextdoor neighbors over to celebrate Preston's First Birthday with a little BBQ and cake. It was really nice and low key which seemed to work best for Preston.

The Birthday Boy


Preston and his very proud Daddy.


This was a giant "1" Balloon we had for Preston. Connor decided to hug it tightly and as you can guess......somehow the balloon became detached from its string and flew away in the wind.

Preston loved his green balloon and would not let it go even during dinner.

Preston's Chocolate Monkey Cake

"Happy Birthday to you.....Happy Birthday to you!"

Preston love eating his cake. And since it was his first time to have cake and icing, you can imagine his excitment on how it tasted!


Connor loved eating cake with the men. He felt like such a big boy.

Time to open gifts!!!

Preston loves playing with Sandy, Jason and their daughter Kennedy.

The Gateway Fountain

After the Children's Museum we took the boys to the fountain located at the Gateway. Connor LOVED running in and out of the shooting water. He would stand on the side of the fountain and when the water would start to shoot out he would run out there and run back to us really quickly. It was so much fun to watch. Preston was too tired to get out of the stroller and insisted on staying in it while drinking his bottle.




At one point he insisted that Dave walk out there with him.

The Gateway Children's Museum

To celebrate Preston's birthday and my day off of work, we took the boys to the Gateway Children's Museum. The boys had a great time!!!

Connor and Preston spent alot of time in this section. They loved putting the balls down all of the tubes.


Connor thought he was so cool riding on such a tall horse!


The construction zone area.

The boys loved playing in the water.

The coolest part of the museum.....a real helicopter!! Connor made us spend forever there so he could pretend to fly.




Preston and Connor building (and destroying) lit up towers.

Post-Haircut Baths

Haircutting Time

Both of the boys got a haircut in honor of Preston's first birthday. I let the boys go to Sandy's house in next to nothing because the moment they got home, it was bathtime!!

Connor was first to get his haircut. He sat so still for Sandy and was such a good boy. It was a first, so he was rewarded with trains to play with while Preston got his haircut.

"Hey Big Brother....Whatcha doing?"



Dad was nice enough to hold Preston while he was getting his haircut. Which was great because it takes the rest of us to entertain Preston enough to sit still!

Car Show

On the way home from Home Depot, we stumbled on a large car show. The boys had a great time walking around and looking at all of the really cool cars. I love that I can do things like this with my kids now.


Connor explaining to Dad each part of the car.

Strolling at Home Depot

Could they get any cuter??

Making Lunch

Connor is in the phase now where every task starts with "No! Connor do it!". So now Connor will go get the Peanut Butter, the knife (not sharp) and the bread and hand it all to you when he wants a sandwich. Today he decided he wanted to make the sandwich all by himself. (With some assistance from Daddy). I was so proud of him and his desire to be self sufficient. I really hope he always has that trait.

Look at the concentration on his face. So cute!

"Ah! Sweet reward!"

Man, I love that kid. He is so darn cute! He was so proud of the sandwich he made.

The Start of a New Preschool Year

Connor started a new school year at the Evergreen Montessori Academy today.
Here is his required "first day of school" picture.
(If you can't tell, he is yelling "CHEESE!!!" for me)

And here is his required "I'm so excited I can't sit still long enough for Mom to get a second picture taken" picture.