"Clean Up, Clean Up!" Well, sort of ...

Happy Birthday, Daddy!

Time for Cake!

After an hour at the pool, Kyle and I ran to Walgreens to pick up a box of Funfetti. Since it was really supposed to rain yesterday (although it never did in our neck of the woods), I thought it would be a perfect opportunity for Kyle and I to bake Chris a birthday cake, especially since Kyle's been singing "and put it in the over for Baby Kyle and Mommy!" a lot lately. He helped pour in the water, the oil, and the eggs - literally tossing a whole egg, shell and all, into the batter. That must have been the secret ingredient. The cake was delicious! Since Kyle's friends were over in our yard after dinner last night (aka our three next door neighbors ... they were shooting baskets, drawing with chalk, blowing bubbles ... the usual), I decided to bring out the cake. They helped us sing to Chris, and everyone enjoyed a slice. Later on, as Kyle was getting ready to hop in the bath, Mimi and Grandpa stopped by for some cake (and Toy Story), as well.

New Pool Landscaper

Yesterday, despite the cloudy skies and threats of rain, Ky and I went to the little wading pool down the street from our house. They have tons of plastic watering cans available for kids to play with. Usually Kyle likes to play with these toys inside the pool, but for some reason he was obsessed with watering the actual planters along the fence to the point where the plants were practically screaming for a life preserver, but it's good to see he has a green thumb nonetheless!. Then, five minutes before rest break, he ran over to our favorite picnic table, stretched out, and started asking for his fishy break. Normally Kyle is such a fish. Must have been the weird weather!

Summertime Grilling!

Over the weekend, Chris put together the grill he got from my mom and dad for his birthday. Then, during the day on Monday I marinated a few chicken breasts and rubbed butter and pepper over a couple of ears of corn so that by the time Chris got home from work, he was all set to fire up the grill and give it a try. Monday night was such a perfect night for grilling, and I must say, Chris did a really nice job. Everything tasted delicious!

Fun with Playdough

Some mornings Kyle likes to bust out the playdough. I let him pick two colors at a time AT MOST in an effort to avoid mixing and matching doughs and "misplacing" dough throughout the toy room. Lately we've been working on rolling the dough into balls, sorting colors, and sorting colors by ball size, as we work on comparisons (i.e. smaller than, bigger than, etc.). After our little learning game, Ky likes to, what else?, build Olaf of course!

Happy 2nd Birthday, Cousin Ian!

Today we celebrated Chris' cousin Jill's son Ian's 2nd birthday - a Thomas the Train themed party. The weather was cool, but pleasant, and the rain held out so everyone was able to enjoy the outdoors. Kyle had fun sliding down Ian's slide, riding around in his car, and constructing things with his tool set. He apparently was a little shocked by the loud rendition of "Happy Birthday to You!" Check out him covering his ears in the photo. Happy Birthday, Ian!