Friday, June 14, 2013

Birthday party!




The weekend after the boy's birthday, we had a family birthday party for the boys. Joy made subs for lunch, which included homemade bread. She also made batman and Spider-man cakes.

The party was a success. We spent most of the time outside. The boys got show off their play set to grandma and grandpa.

We had a special appearance from Batman! We chased each other. Then ace took off and we went to get him in someone else's backyard. It was something going after Ace in a Batman costume.

The boys had a lot of fun. They loved the attention and hanging out with grandpa and batman.

After batman left, all we heard about was "batman work." The boys then tried to find him.

Birthday celebration!!




The boys are now three and boy did we celebrate. Birthday became almost two week celebration.

It started with spreading out there presents. Once a day they would get to open a present. They got some movies and toys.

The Saturday before their birthday, we went to the zoo. They got to ride on the train and see the dinosaur exhibit.

At zoo, they have this thing that looks like a spider web that kids can climb up. Jasper wanted to see it and Joy thought he wouldn't climb it, so no big deal.

Jasper had no problem climbing it! Jacob was a little reserved at first but then saw Jasper and then lost his fear.

There were a lot of older kids there, scared to climb it. We noticed other parents were some-what jealous and trying to get their older kids to climb it.

At one point Jasper done and grabbed on to another rope then jumped to another rope. Totally monkey-like and awesome to watch. I commented on how awesome it was so did another dad. Jasper was so pleased.

The next day, we took the boys to ride Thomas the Train through the cuyahoga valley national park. It was way bigger than we thought it would be. They had tents set up with activities.

There was a bounce house and a few other attractions that required waiting in lines. The weren't too pleased with that.

We got on the train and boys were upset no one took their tickets. Jasper kept trying to give his ticket to someone. Finally someone came and stamped their tickets. They were very pleased.

Joy let Jacob take pictures with the camera on the train. He got such a kick out of taking pictures.

The boys really enjoyed riding on the train.

On their actual birthday, we were going to go to Lodi outlet mall to let the boys ride on the train. But I think they were pretty warn out and cranky from too much activity the last few days.

We stayed at home and Joy's mom got them an ice cream cake. It had Toy Story on it with the boys pictures. It was really yummy and we killed it in a week.

Monday, May 20, 2013

Mud pie











Mother's Day








The above photos are the boys painting flower points for Mother's Day


The boys baking a Mother's Day cake.




Jake working on a Mother's Day card.

The hills are alive




We have been doing a lot of hiking lately now that weather is nice. We went to the hills on Quick Road in the cuyahoga valley national park.

The boys loved it. The hills were high and the boys loved walking up them. When we got back, the boys decided they wanted to roll down the hills. Joy and I watched from the top.








Fire pit




Shortly after the zoo, Joy was working in the yard and put in a fire pit while I was at work. The boys helped dig.





Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Party for the planet




It has been long since an update. Shortly after the last post, the boys got a cold and we ended up being inside and chilling for a week.

After the boys got better, the boys really wanted to go somewhere. Joy thought the zoo. We thought there would be no one there and we would let the boys play in the rainforest till they got tired.

On the ride up, we heard a radio advertisement for "party for the planet" at the zoo. The place was packed. We ended up going to the zoo. We let the boys decide what to see. Jacob led around because he wanted to see monkeys, then elephants.

We went to the rainforest and we saw armadillos out. I was so excited but couldn't get the boys too interested. They were letting people pet them. I did not but I wish I did.

Jacob loved taking his time and seeing all the animals. Jasper like moving fast, looking at everything quickly.

It was a really fun day