Birthday Boy

Josh's birthday was Tuesday. I can't believe he is already 4!

His birthday happened to be on a day we normally do preschool, so we had a little party for him at preschool.

In case you are wondering, the cake is supposed to be a triceratops dinosaur. Josh and I were looking at cakes on familyfun.com and this is the one he chose. The rice krispy and candy part were supposed to be done with fondant, but since I've never made fondant or worked with it before, I used rice krispies instead. I seriously lack cake decorating skills and could really use some lessons, but thankfully Josh isn't old enough to really care!

Josh and his dad testing out his new toy.

Grammy sent Josh a sleeping bag/tent set that he can carry around as a back pack. He loved it and is now ready for a sleep over!

The sleeping bag set came with a mini sleeping bag and tent that is just the right size for his Tigger and Eeyore.

Josh seems to like being a big brother. We put Connor in his walker so he can be with us while we're eating and Josh always insists on having Connor sit next to him. Connor has learned to scoot the walker backwards a little bit, and it really irritates Josh because he wants Connor to stay right next to him. He gets really frustrated when Connor scoots backwards.

Josh did not want Connor to go into the kitchen, so he dragged over a chair and tipped it over to trap Connor in the front room. It is really challenging to keep my floors clean at all times so Connor doesn't get into things that he shouldn't. Connor is guaranteed to find anything and everything that is left on the floor. Josh gets really irritated when Connor won't leave his toys alone.

Josh is such a good big brother that he wanted to make sure Connor had some toys to play with. He was nice enough to give Connor ALL the toys that we keep in a little basket in the front room. I walked into the room and all I could see was his little eyes peeking over the top of all the toys.

We are making absolutely no progress at all on getting Connor to eat baby food or cereal. It is a rather messy process. He cries every time I try to get him to eat, then he puts his fingers in his mouth to calm himself down. At first I didn't let him put the fingers in his mouth because of the mess it would make, but then decided that if he sucked on his fingers at least he'd swallow his food. Instead he just gets even more upset than he already was because putting his fingers in his mouth does not make the food go away. Then he smears his dirty fingers all over the place.

Connor likes Josh's sleeping bag too!

Happy Easter!

We had a really nice Easter weekend! On Easter morning Josh got to see what the Easter bunny left him and find a few eggs that were hidden around the front room. Later on in the day he got to go on an Easter Egg hunt the Grammy Easter bunny sent. He was quite excited.

Josh was quite thrilled with his new Thomas the train he's wanted for several weeks. He's been playing with it non stop since he got it. Connor was content to play with Josh's tractor. I think he gets that from Grandpa Glen! Over the past month he mastered the art of rolling all over the place. He starts at one end of the room and continues to roll until he gets to the other end of the room. He's figured out how to move around to get anything he wants to get into. The past few days we've noticed he is starting to scootch and not just roll!

Josh had so much fun coloring Easter eggs. I thought it was pretty funny when he couldn't wash all the dye off his fingers since he hates having them dirty so much!

Our little preschool Easter bunnies. Preschool normally consists of Josh and his cousins Jordan and Carley and we take turns teaching. They have really enjoyed their little preschool. I've started babysitting two kids twice a week, so they got to join in the fun.

Gary made a cute Easter bunny too!

Over the weekend, Josh had fun cruising around with a friend.

Meanwhile, Connor was inside being tortured. He does not want to eat cereal whether I mix it with water, formula, or my milk. He does not want to take a bottle whether it is formula or my milk. He was not interested in baby food either. I even tried feeding him some of my milk in a spoon to see what would happen and he didn't appreciate that either. He wants my milk straight from me and nothing else. I'm not sure how I'm going to convince him to eat something other than his fingers. At his six month check up he weighed in at a whopping 13.3 pounds and was 25.2 inches long. He's a light weight for his age, so I'm hoping to convince him sometime soon that he likes to eat something other than me!

Gary got the brakes on the car fixed this weekend and he had lots of help!

I finally got the walker out of the basement and Connor loves it, though you can't tell from the picture. Josh likes to push him around in it. He looks so grown up sitting up in it.

We woke up to snow outside Easter morning and it has been snowing off and on ever since. Josh and Sydney both love playing in the snow, but we're ready for warmer weather so Connor can play outside too!