Adam's First Birthday

We celebrated Adam's first birthday in a couple of different ways. I posted this blog of course with some of my favorite pictures of Adam from this year set to music. As it was Friday, we had playgroup as usual and I made ice cream cone cupcakes for the kids at playgroup.



I also had a birthday sign, balloons, and noise makers.



After playgroup, the boys had their naps and then we played before dinner. At home, we had a quiet bbq dinner and opened some presents and yet more cake- this time a cake in the shape of a number one.



^I was hoping to get video of Adam actually eating the cake, but he took so long exploring it, I ran out of room on my memory stick and he had started eating by the time I switched sticks.










I had a special birthday crown (that I made for Ryan's first birthday- which I kept and pulled out for Adam to use as well as the "I'm 1 today" button) but Adam barely let me get a picture of him in it.


Before we opened presents, we did something Amanda mentioned in her blog on Amelia's first birthday.


^We did it twice because I was afraid he picked only what was closest the first time.
I guess it is a tradition that when the baby celebrates his/her first birthday, you place some objects out in front of them and whatever object the child grabs first is an indication to their future. I guess Adam will take after his father and be into electronics.
Opening presents- of course Ryan had to help!










All in all, I think it was a very successful and fun day!

Happy Birthday Adam

*warning this video is almost 20 mins, long

Wordless Wednesday- The Toothless Grin is Gone

Talk About Four Seasons in a Day

Yesterday was a wicked weather day here. When I first woke up it was sunny but chilly. I had high hopes the sun would warm things up and perhaps I would take the boys out to play at some point in the day. By lunch time it had clouded over, becoming very gloomy and somewhat blustery. I watched the wind whip the flag around on our neighbors house across the street. Then it started to rain. At first it was just kind of misty and spitting but then the rian drops got a little bigger. The rain changed to hail, first pin head sized but ending up about marble sized. Then finally that changed to snow. Big, white flakes that at first melted into the ground, but soon they stopped melting and everything was covered with a thin, wet, white veil. By dinner time, it had stopped snowing and the sun was back out. Before the sun had set for the day, all the snow was gone and if you hadn't looked outside all day, you never would have known.

Some pictures of the snow falling:





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Ball Popper

Brad bought Adam a playschool ball popper for Christmas, but Ryan loves it so much that Adam hardly gets a chance to play with it alone at all. A couple of weeks ago, while Ryan was napping, I got out the ball popper and let Adam enjoy some fun with it all on his own.

Splish, Splash, Spring!

Here are some photos of a recent spring evening walk. Ryan started out pulling Adam in the wagon, but then he became much more interested in the puddles and jumping in them. It tuckered him out and he even crawled into the wagon with Adam for the ride home.

Driveway fun and a haircut

*seriously click this picture to get the full effect. Ryan is coloring in his shoes.

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At the begining of the month, I took Ryan for a much needed haircut.
Here are the before and afters...