Birthday Central!

March has been (and will continue to be!) SUPER busy for us. 

It’s a rare thing to have a whole lot of one on one time with Mommy, but when the kids do get to be with just me, it is such a fun time for all.  Ty was away on a sleep over at GG & Grandpa’s so Marlo was able to participate in her FAVORITE little toddler activity.

It cost me NOTHING.  It made ZERO mess.  And it provided over an HOUR of enjoyment!

She REALLY approved of it!

 

Ty seems to be on the month-long plan of celebrating his birthday, for a while there he thought that with each celebration he was turning ANOTHER year older!  If that were the case, after today he’d be 6 years old.

He got to have another Mr. John party at the gym again, and he completely loved it.

Pirate cake!

 

 

Marlo of course got to participate as well :)

Her best little boy friend, Bennett!

She was just hangin’ out!

Perfect shot of 3 cousins!  (Scout had to skip the hanging-on-the-bar part, she was a little busy doing other things!)

“Happy Birthday TY!!!”

Then it was upstairs for some refueling!  A snacking-type lunch, cake, and presents!

 

One of Ty’s favorite gifts at this party was the assortment of swords he received (the trend toward weapon-love continues, just you wait!).  He is a kind of enough brother to share with his little sis, and since we had to pooped out kiddos after this party, we whisked them home quickly and let them take a quick one hour snooze.  When we went in to wake them up, this is what we found……………………………………..

 

Next, on March 19 (Ty’s actual birthday) we had a LARGE, whole family gathering for BOTH kids’ birthdays!

Here comes some more sword obsession…Ty’s very favorite gift, his Peter Pan sword!  (At this very moment, he is napping with it in his bed, no joke!)

Ann got in some snuggle time with Miss Scout-awwww!

 

Lots of family gathered for gift opening!

I’ve conceded to the fact that this is what my great room will look like for the next several weeks while the kids play with all of their new toys!  The toys just keep creeping out from the playroom!

 

Happy Birthday to our sweet kiddos :)  4 and 2, wow.

Can someone please explain THIS?!?

How does THIS…

turn into this…

in the blink of an eye!?!?

Saturday we celebrated Marlo’s 2nd Birthday from breakfast through cake after dinner :)

Yummy pancakes, shaped like a “2” and an “M” for the Birthday Girl, and of course big bro got his own creations…

I just started talking to Marlo this past week about how old she is (“twooooooooo”) and then I started to show her how to create that number with her fingers.  She shirks the conventional index and middle finger representation and instead does the hang-ten.  Hey, it’s two fingers right?!

Later on in the evening the guests started coming :)

First Grandpa and GG gave her some gifts…

“Open…please!”

 

Immediately Ty took over some of the new toys.  Of course we embrace the concept of “share” here in this household!  (I’m laughing now thinking about if the same behavior will be reciprocated in two weeks when we celebrate this big dude’s big number-four!)

 

Blow the party horn M-Lo :)

Rockin’ out to some Princess tunes. 

Aunt Ann and Birthday Girl

Cake Time!

 

Big Bro attempting to teach sissy how to blow out her candles (which just resulted in a near-spit-spray, so I quickly removed the cake!)

 

And I just had to include these few pictures…shortly after cake and ice cream most everyone in the house busted out any kind of internet device they had! 

 

(And there, in the background, Uncle D and Vicky lovingly playing with Ty, with no devices open at all-cheers to you guys, and thank you :)

Words with Friends is ADDICTING!  (Though, I do have to say, Alex was frying up some yummy donuts over there, ha!)

I try.  I really really try. 

Jungle Book at the Children’s Theater with best bud Trent and his cousin (and new big brother that very morning!) Michael.

 

Did I ever introduce you to this little girl?

Hey, Aunt Ann, I need a hair cut!

 

Ty has recently been inflicted with a minor condition.  Lately he’s had this benign growth permanently attached to his frontal lobe.  It glows.  It flashes.  It is constantly on his head!

P.S. Thanks Uncle B and Aunt Haley for the new obsession!  You know Ty so well!