What We Did - Week 45

Day 310 - Thur.
A beautiful morning and my baby is on his way to the bus stop.

Mark played store in his diaper.  I love that little face.

Day 311- Fri.
Fun Run day!  Matthew did really well and ran 45 laps to help raise money for his school.

Day 312 - Sat.
Party time at Jump for Fun!  Mark had a great time celebrating his 3rd birthday with his friends.

We opened presents at home. He was super excited!!!

Day 313 - Sun.
The perfect evening for a game of baseball.

Day 314 - Mon.
This may have been our last day of warmth and sunshine.  We played outside while waiting for Matthew to get home from school.

Day 316 - Tues.
Brrrr....A very cold morning. We headed over to the library for story time and kept busy with coloring and computer play before we got started.

Then we went to Pei Wei for some lunch.  This boy loves his rice.

Day 317 - Wed.
Another very cold day.  We spent the evening watching a little TV and playing legos.  Love these little guys!

Boosterthon, Party and Baseball!

Matthew had his Fun Run last Friday to raise money for his school.  This was actually the first year that he fully wanted to participate in.  He's been at his school for five years.  They must have said or done something to really motivate him :-)

Mark was not feeling well that morning so we left the run early.  He kept asking to go home even before the run started.  Poor baby. He was better by lunch time though, so I'm not sure what happened.

That night, we went out to dinner with the Gs.  Cafe Italia, of course. Mark wanted to read the menu.

On Saturday, we hosted Mark's birthday party! We had it at Jump For Fun, which is his favorite place right now.  Ho loves Super Why, so we went with that theme. I wish I had looked on Pinterest earlier because there were some really cute ideas. Maybe for next time? He wouldn't care if we had the same theme 2 years in a row, would he?

Matthew was suppose to have a baseball game that same day , but he was so worn down that we let him skip it because he had another game on Sunday.

Sunday was such a pretty day.  We didn't do much.  I took Mark grocery shopping with me and he was adorable pushing his mini shopping cart.  He was actually very good at helping me. I was very proud of him.  Too bad I didn't take my phone with me to snap some pictures.

Matthew had an evening baseball game.  His team did really well.  They won 10-4, making it 3 straight win.  Thank goodness because they had lost 4 straight or something like that. We've got another busy week ahead of us.  I think it gets busier and busier as we get closer to the Holidays!

Oh, Michael set up the Christmas tree.  We haven't decorated yet, but it's up.  Next weekend is suppose to be in the 40s so I think we will put on some Christmas tunes and decorate ourselves a Christmas tree.  I love this time of the year.

And this is just a random picture I took of Mark playing with his new grocery store set.  He loves it.  I know it's pink, but I don't care and neither does he.  Even his big brothers play with it. Notice the play doh all over the floor?  Thanks Sandi...

What We Did - Week 44

Day 303 - Thu.

The weather was perfect for strolling through Town Square. We stopped at the fountain to play for a little while.  He loves picking up the acorns and throwing them at the oak trees.

Day 304 - Fri.

Matthew had his Book Parade at school.  He dressed up as a baseball player from the book Squeeze Play by Cal Ripkin, Jr. Big stretch, I know. 

Later that afternoon, it was off we went to go trick-or-treating.

Day 305 - Sat.

Michael had a team soccer party to celebrate a win from Thursday's game.  It was a pizza making party. He and his friends took a selfie.  How adorable are these boys?

Day 306 - Sun.
Another soccer team party at another teammate's house.  This time, it was a swim party. He's ready to go.

Day 307 - Mon.
Happy birthday to my baby!  He was so excited about everything. We had a small celebration at home.  His party will be this weekend.

Day 308 - Tue.
Matthew was sick Monday night so I kept him home today.  Mark and him had some play time with the new play doh set Mark got for his birthday.

Day 309 - Wed.
My sweet boy getting ready to get dropped off at the Gs.

Happy birthday to Grandpa!  We went over later that afternoon to give him his card and some flowers.

Outfits

I'm linking up with Get Your Pretty On for I Feel Pretty. It's FINALLY a little cooler so I can break out my boots and scarves.  M makes fun of me because one of my biggest frustrations lately is that the weather won't allow me to wear my fall clothes. He just does not understand...

On this day, it was still a bit warm for the scarf and the booties, but I didn't care.

Shirt - Gap, Jeans - Old Navy, Boots - Nine West, Scarf - Charlotte Russ 

One of my newest purchases last week was this sweater. I love it. So much so that you'll see it again in this post. You can't see it, but the shoes are like a hybrid between booties and pumps. I fell in love as soon as I saw them.  They are a half size too big, but I made it work...

Sweater - Nordstrom Rack, Leggings - Costco (matty m), Shoes - Nordstrom Rack, Necklace - Kendra Scott

You will probably also see a lot of this jacket until I can decide whether or not to get a leather moto jacket. 

 Jacket - JCPenneys, Scarf - Charlotte Russ, Shirt - Gap, Jeans - Old Navy, Booties - Nine West

Sweater - Loft, Stripe Tank - Old Navy, Jeans - Nordstrom (Vigoss), Booties - Nine West

This sweater again. This time I paired it with skinnies and a plaid scarf.

Sweater - Nordstrom Rack, Jeans - Nordstrom (Vigoss), Booties - Nordstrom (Uggs), Scarf - Nordstrom (Betsey Johnson)

As I mentioned before, I'm on the hunt for a leather moto jacket, but am having a hard time deciding. Do I go with faux leather or real leather?  Should I stick to black or go with the lighter neutrals? Any suggestions are welcomed!!!

Three

Yesterday, my little man turned 3 years old.  How did this happen?  It was just yesterday that we were packing for the hospital.

I had plans for celebrating, but poor guy got sick and threw up all over our bed the night before his birthday.  Then, I woke up to discover that M had cancelled his trip because he was also sick.  And then got a text from our sitter that she wouldn't be able to come in the afternoon - the time when I planned on getting the birthday preparations done.

So, we did the best that we could.  I got all his presents wrapped. His Gs came by and brought him mini bundt cakes and we had cake and presents.  

Oh. my. gosh.  He was so excited about his birthday! He might have squealed a few times. He was excited about everything - the cake, the candles, the singing, and the blowing out of the candle.  I accidentally used trick candles and he had a really hard time getting those suckers to go out.  

Then it was presents time!  Every gift he opened, he squealed over.  I can honestly say that he loved everything he got. My sister got him his first play doh set and he couldn't believe it.  

This is the first year where I think he understood that birthdays are special and that when we celebrate it, we are celebrating him.  Every time we would tell him "Happy Birthday," he would say "Thanks you!"  

Later that night as he was playing with his new toys, he told me the he really like the happy birthday song.  I asked him if he wanted me to sing it to him again and he nodded and said, "mmmhmmm."

Happy birthday to my littlest of men.  We love you to the moon and back.  You are so precocious and just super smart and clever.  I know that all parents say that about their children, but I think you are truly genius. :-)

Halloween 2014

What a fun Halloween.  If Mark didn't understand trick-or-treating," he sure does now!  And I think it likes it because get said to me, "I like trick-or-treating" only about a million times.  Another favorite phrase that night was, "I like Halloween," followed by "I like candy."

Before we went trick or treating, we went over to a friends house for a pre-trick-or-treating party.  The boys played and ran around while we caught up with our neighbor and friends.  It was such a nice evening out - cool enough to feel like it was Halloween in the fall.

After the party, the older boys split from us and went trick-or-treating with their buddies and we took Mark.  He was super, super excited and knew exactly what to do.  He was the cutest little spiderman I've ever seen!

Matthew wanted to be Michael Meyers, but didn't want to wear the mask so he looked like a janitor.  Michael wanted to be the scary guy from Scream, but also did not want to wear his mask so he looked like a happy Grim Reaper....

On liar way to the Halloween party!

And of course, we have to count our candy...