Silly Times Are My Favorite

Let's jump right into it.

Kale had a little "Birthday Party"

with some of his buddies.

His friends brought him presents,

they played outside for a bit,

and then we had yummy cupcakes.

They sang happy birthday to him

and he blew out his candles,

so cute!

 

These are the cupcakes I made. 

The one on the left obviously is Orange,

the one on the right was Cookies n' Cream.

There is a whole double-stuf oreo

baked in the middle of the cupcake!!!!!

Needless to say, the cookie

ones were a hit.

Kale had way more than

was probably necessary,

but it's his birthday :)

A few days ago I saw this thing

on pinterest that suggests making 

paint with lotion and food coloring.

Sounded great to me so I decided to make 

some for Kale.

Of course, I documented the whole

thing.

He was so excited!

 

After this point things got pretty

messy so I had to wait and

just take a picture at the very end.

And boy is it a great picture!

 

These were the pictures he painted:

 

He HATES the shower,

but that was the best way to get him clean.

He cried the whole time

and begged me to be all done.

Poor guy. 

But we got him all clean:

 

His birthday present from Tyler and I

finally came.

Kale and I had some silly fun with it.

 

 Future John Stockton? Only
Time will tell :)

Then, when Tyler was about 

to come home from school,

we left him this note

taped to the door along

with a bag of baller 

clothes. 

I know, I know, I'm super funny ;)

I love my boys!!!

It was like the Harlem Globetrotters

in our living/dining room.

After Kale's nap we took

the basketball hoop

outside for him to play with.

He got bored of it for a bit

and started playing with

grass and leaves instead...

 

Kale's buddy Miles came

to play.

He's 3 and a little taller than Kale,

so shooting it was easier for him.

But he was so cute and kept showing Kale

how to do it until Kale eventually made

a basket.

Every time Kale made a basket,

Miles would shout Hooray!

and then ask for a high five.

 

Today Kale and I did

another fun activity found 

on Pinterest.

I took one of my shallow storage bins, 

lined it with aluminum foil,

and put a string of Christmas 

lights inside.

Put the lid on,

make the room dark,

and turn it on!

Then, we put a bunch of beads on

top for him to play with.

He loved it!

This is how I made his room nice and dark:

And then we just played!

Fun fun times.

I love being a mom!

Look What I Made!

One Year Older, One Year Cuter

 Well, yesterday was Kale's Second Birthday!
But before it was his birthday,
it was the day before his birthday.
The last day that he was 1 (sniffle).
And so I decided to take some pictures of him as a One-year-old.










He invented this game where he brings
a ton of his toy cars out to the slide,
and one by one sends them down to the
rocks below.

Then, he very masculinely walks 

down the stairs swinging his Easter basket...

 

And picks all the cars up...

 

And walks back up the stairs.

 

 Repeat process until mom says it's time to go inside.

Okay, now it's Birthday time.

No better way to start out a B-day,

than with an awesome bubble bath.

And every little guy wants to see his grandma
on his birthday.
Hi Grandma Pam!

This is the adorable table and chairs from

Grandma Pam, Aunt Laura and Aunt Janie.

What a perfect present,

Kale is obssessed.

Now time to unwrap the load of 

presents from Nana and Grandpa Gerber:

The balloons were his favorite.

They popped about an hour later,

but don't worry, I had more.

 

Look at all those presents!!
What a lucky kid :)

On Saturday we're going to have

some of his friends over

for cupcakes and such.

So, I made him cake cookies 

and we sang to him and blew out his two candles.

We didn't get a picture but 

we got it on video :)

After he blew the candles out he 

basically told us to go away so he could

watch Toy Story.

Stinker.

This is my favorite.
Kale seriously was making the same face as me but then switched to
make me look like a fool.
Well done, son.



But then he gave me kisses so I
didn't even care.

Even though it was cold and 

windy, he begged me to go

outside.

So, we bundled up and out we went,

to play Kale's new game:

 

And then he road his bike,

like a boss.

 

It was a great day.

He didn't really understand 

what it all was,

but he loved it all the same.

I can't believe he's already 2!

It's been an eventful couple of years 

for our family,

and his next birthday should be 

fun because we have no idea where we'll be

in a year!

Thank you to everyone who sent Kale 

birthday wishes!

TTFN