Happy Birthday (almost) Thomas!

We celebrated Thomas's 3rd birthday yesterday with many friends and family members. Thomas had a great day, despite a couch jumping injury that sidelined him for quite a while. All is well, we think it is a bit sprained - he is still limping around today. It isn't bruised or swollen, so we aren't too concerned.

We ate, and ate, and ate mexican food that was catered by Acapulco- a restaurant by my work. However, we overestimated the need....and....we'll be eating Acapulco for a few more days now :)

Opening his fire truck couch from the Sias family. He is currently laying on it watching a movie!

Thomas opened presents as they arrived. It was a progressive event. Opening with Grandpa Dale.

Thomas, his daddy, and his grandpas.

Grandma Mona labored over this fabulous cake for Thomas. It was quite a hit!

The birthday boy!

Some of our party guests!

Trick-or-Treat

Roar!

We went into town this evening to trick-or-treat with the Ayotte's. Thomas and Jack had a great time. It was really windy and cold. But, they stayed warm in their monkey and lion suits. Gotta love Old Navy costumes.

Thomas and Alan

Jack and Troy

Beth and Brett (he was a cute little banana)

T's First Halloween Party!

Thomas has managed to be sick for every Halloween related event since his birth :( Today....he was healthy. I lucked out with the day off and was able to attend his first ever Halloween party. We had a great time. Carol, his daycare provider (far right), and Erin, her step-daughter (left), went all out. We played games, trick or treated at the neighbors (Carol's mom), watched a Halloween movie, and had lunch. Wheew, a very busy 3 hours.

So, why am I off again? The H1N1 flu has ravaged Southwest Michigan. We are off again due to high illness rates. This is the 3rd day out of the last 4 business days that I've had off. Luckily, we have all managed to stay healthy.

Pumpkin Carving....and eating?

Thomas carved his pumpkins this morning. He picked them out at Cal's house about a month ago. With the big day approaching, we figured we should get carving.

Scooping.

Cutting

Eating?

That's right.

Thomas took a bite of his pumpkin. In fact, he took several bites and really enjoyed it.

Mama's little pumpkin :)

First Shiner

Well, it happened. With a boy as active as ours, I'm surprised this didn't happen sooner. He took a spill at Menards last night. Getting out of the special "car" cart, he tripped over his firetruck boots and fell. His head bounced off a metal shelving unit and this is the result. It was way puffier last night. Doesn't seem to phase him much. Just after it happened, I gave him some ice to put on it and when I checked on him he was holding it on the wrong eye. :)


I'm really happy we decided to get family pictures taken last week ;)

Bouncin' Birthday Boys!!!!

We celebrated Billy and TJ Sias' birthday parties last weekend. It was a great time. John and Suzie throw really fun parties. They had a really cute Curious George cake! Billy took the liberty of blowing out all of the candles :) That's what big brothers are for!

Suzie and TJ!

Bouncing parties are right up T's alley. He had a great time jumping, climbing, and sliding. And....for the first time ever, he was totally independent. Alan and I went with him a bit...for fun, not because we had to. Sliding and jumping is way more fun when you don't have to hold a 40 inch, 40 pound kid.

Family Photo Op

Yeah, it's that time of year again...time for our annual family photo op. We had our photographer, Shirley, meet us at Rob and Kathy's house. The farm was the perfect setting for this year's pictures. Thomas is all about everything "farm" right now.

Thomas wanted a picture with Puppy this year. Totally fitting. He and Puppy are inseparable.

It amazes me how something as simple as a farm can give such a beautiful return during photo time. Thanks for the photo ops Rob and Kathy!