Mother's Day

We went to Lake Geneva for Mother's Day. 

Calvin helped Grandma with gardening. 

 And did some relaxing with his daddy. 

 When he put this on his head

 he had "hair like Grandma".  Even Grandma found it funny. 

 After a little picnic by the lake,

 Calvin and his daddy headed out to the water. 

 After watching his daddy touch the water with his toes, 

 Calvin was eager to try for himself. 

 Daddy was more then willing to help. 

It was quite a chilly little dip. 

It was a nice Mother's Day weekend. 

School Birthday Celebration

Last Tuesday we celebrated Calvin,  Spencer, and Owen's birthdays at school. 

 They each were sung to and got to blow out the candles. 

 And they each brought snacks. 

 We brought chocolate cupcakes and pickles, of course, from Calvin. 

Another fun birthday celebration!

Real Birthday Photos

Yesterday was Calvin's third birthday. He was soooooooooo excited to be 3. 

 He wanted pancakes for breakfast (he really was excited- I think he was watching someone out the window here). 

 Then we met Daddy at the TGI Fridays at Miller Park.

 There wasn't a game but Calvin was excited to get to see the field and be at the stadium. 

 He got to chose his meal. Chicken nuggets, of course. 

 Then we got him special orange ice cream (sherbet) and a group of old men walking by insisted on singing Happy Birthday with us. Which was good because that song is always better with more people. Calvin was half embarrassed, half loving every minute of the attention. 

 He didn't want to leave one drop of it in the bowl. 

 Then we swung by Bernie Brewer's bedroom to look at all his cool stuff.

 And say hello to Bernie. 

 Then we went outside the stadium to open presents. 

 Then we played at the park outside the stadium for a while. 

 There were slides

 and lots of things to climb on.

 This one made me just a little nervous and even Calvin asked for help shortly after I took this photo. 

 At home, Calvin wanted to help me water the flowers with the sprinkler but didn't want to get wet but did want to get wet at the same time, so he agreed he wanted to put on his new swim suit from Grandma Happy and Pop-Pop. 

 He wanted to take his car through the "rain". 

Overall a very fun day! Calvin enjoyed his birthday so much he insisted today was still his birthday. :)

Three Years Old

Today was Calvin's 3rd birthday. I don't have any photos to share from his birthday celebration today because my phone isn't cooperating but here are some pictures from a little celebration we had with Chip 2 weekends ago (half way between there 2 birthdays). 

 Now we have two big 3 year olds!

 Old enough for ice cream cake. 

 Old enough to swing

 real high!

 They're old enough to tend the fire now, right?

I'll post pictures from his actual birthday when my phone starts agreeing with me but we had a great day!

Cousins

Last Portland post. We tried to get some pictures of the boys together.

 They look pretty cute and good. 

 But looks can be deceiving. 

 Not sure what I mean?

 Still look like they are posing nicely, right?

 Well, here's a better idea of how it went. 

Hugo actually looks like he's holding his own pretty well already.