My Turkey is Three!

Hi Everyone! 
Zach turned three this week on the 26th.  I can't believe it has already been 3 years since he was born.   He is so big and grown up now.  We have very grown up conversations now about trucks or school buses or favorite donuts.  Seriously, if you play with and speak with Zach it just seems like he is a bit older than 3.  And the doctor thinks he looks 4 but I think that is really due to the fact that he is 36.5 lbs and 39.5" tall. 

Anyway, Zach has been talking about his birthday party since early this summer and all he has asked for is that it be blue and that his cake look like a car.  Hmmm....how do you do a blue themed party?  Everything is blue!  Blue tableclothes, blue balloons, blue party favors, blue streamers, blue cake and most importantly.....everybody wears blue!  We had a party for him over the weekend and everyone joined in the blue fun by wearing blue.  All the children got to play games for prizes and I think everyone had fun. 

On his actual birthday we celebrated with a family dinner with both sets of grandparents where we all ate Zach's birthday dinner request........Steak!!  Yum!  And while the cake at the party was a cupcake cake made by the local grocery baker, the car cake was made by me.  I think it turned out great and Zach loved it!!

The new birthday toys are still quite exciting so we have spent our Thanksgiving morning watching the parade and playing with Z's new loot.  We will have dinner tonight at Rich's parents house so I better get to cooking.  I hope you are all enjoying a relaxing day with family.

Happy Thanksgiving!!! (we don't have a pilgrim, indian, or turkey hat so a viking it is......)

 

6 months!

Hey hey.....Gunnar is 6 months old!!  I don't have his stats yet but he will be weighed and measured tomorrow at the doctor's office.  I can't wait to see how big he is!  When we carry him around he sure seems big.  My left arm is getting stronger thanks to this little guy.

And a quick game of hide and seek......where's Zach?!

 There he is!!

We say "Boo!"

Happy Halloween everyone!  I know, I know.....Halloween has come and gone however in our house we are still lighting pumpkins every night and snacking on lots of candy.  Zach picked up some good sweets however I over bought this year so we have a lot of leftover Halloween treats.  We have had a busy few days so I tried to snap a few shot of all the activities.  I hope you are all doing well and had fun over the spooky holiday!

This was a shot I took of our happy little pumpkin before I left for work on Halloween.  This little guy is always smiling.

 

Zach decided that he wanted to be a pilot again this year.  Seriously.....he came to this conclusion himself because he can now enjoy the fun of peddling his plane.  I was of course more than happy when the idea of dressing up like a blue car turned into just repeating last year's costume instead.  I think the blue car may still be an issue for his upcoming birthday because for some reason he thinks he needs a costume for the occasion.  Anyway, since Z was an aviator I decided to make Gunnar his paratrooper.  Unfortunately it is a little hard to see the homemade parachute hanging off his back.

Rich's big Chicago race, the Hot Chocolate 5k/15k, was today so he has spent the past several days working on the set-up downtown.  Yesterday I took the boys down to visit him and pick up my race packet because I actually convinced myself to run a 15k.  I'm happy to report that I survived!  The race was fun and the weather was awesome and I had a fantastic running buddy to help push me and keep me entertained. 

Oh....and lastly this little character made it to Palatine (roughly 45 min drive) and back last night nestled warmly in the back seat door handle.  I can't imagine what little boy may have put her in such a dangerous position!