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

So Long Sweet Summer

Well, summer is gone and school has begun,
and time just keeps plugging along.

Quite a bit has happened since the last post,
get ready to see tons of pictures....
again.

Kale does this adorable thing where he lays on top of the couch (as pictured above and to the right) and says, "I go to sleep."

It would be so much cooler if he actually did go to sleep.

Two words: A-Dorable.

As many of you know, Kale has become
quite the little phone talker.

Sometimes I know he's calling someone, but there have been plenty of times where I had no idea. Luckily there haven't been any accidental 911 calls. Oh no, I just jinxed it!

He's a regular James Dean.

On Labor Day our friends invited us to go on a 

family friendly hike.

This was Kale's first ever hike!

I love the picture above, 

Kale looks so terrified.

The hike ended at this little waterfall area

which was pretty cool.

And Tyler scaled the cliff

to reach the top of the falls,

like a boss.

Kale went straight to his natural state of throwing rocks in the water :)

Look at all those cute kids!
They did a great job on the hike
and we had a blast.




Onto a visit from Nana and Grandpa!
They were only able to visit for a few days, but it happened to be on my birthday so it was just perfect!!

Kale loves his Grandpa Gerber so much,

it's so cute you could cry.

You know you want to,

just do it,

no one is watching.

So while they were visiting we thought

it would be fun to go 

to the Seattle Aquarium.

It was a good thought.

Kale was a little psycho and

there were no sharks!!!

But we made some great memories regardless :)

That was really fun helping Kale touch the starfish. 

He would giggle and giggle and say,

"Ewww!"

 

Silly mother/son times.

It was rainy when we got to Seattle but we had to take a picture out by the water. This picture doesn't quite do it justice.
Like my diaper bag? I know, I'm super fashionable.

Um, the camera is over here.
Just kidding, this was totally my fault. I was more concerned about my beloved camera getting wet than taking a good picture.

HONK HONK!

See, I told you he loves his Grandpa Gerber.

On my birthday my parents took me shopping in Yakima and then to dinner at Olive Garden which was so wonderful of them. I am seriously soooooooo spoiled by everyone. That night there was a high school football game so we went because I didn't have a chance to do that yet and see Tyler in action. Grandpa spent the whole time chasing Kale around. Everyone in the stands were watching them instead of the game. No lie.

Look at Tyler go! Making sure that kid is alright, and he's even on the opposing team. I think he got clocked pretty good. That's my man!

Had to get a group picture before we went home. 

Finally got one of Nana :)

While we were in Yakima shopping,

Nana and Grandpa got Kale his birthday present....

a bike and a helmet!!!

Good thing we have these concrete

floors, right??

My good friend Kristen recently got married! But before that happened there had to be a Bachelorette party right? Right! We had a blast and I'm just really glad to have met this girl, she is one of a kind!