Adventure Park

On Friday, Carter and I went to Adventure Park and met a preschool classmate of his there.  He had a blast with his buddy, Jacob.  Bonus for me: Jacob's Mom and I could sit and visit - it was a great time!!!!

Ryan's Creations

Man, I have been gone from the blogging world for too long.  There is definitely a corrolation between how busy my life is and how much blogging I get done.  Things have been crazy busy here lately, so I have not been taking as many pictures or blogging as much.  Hopefully that will get better soon!

Here is Ryan with the creations he made when I was cleaning out the toy room.  I am in the midst of spring cleaning right now.  Invariably, when I say "can I sell this?" it becomes their absolute favorite toy, even though they haven't played with it in years.  Sigh...

Skating Lessons

Ryan was registered for intermediate skating lessons, but due to lack of participants, he was bumped down to beginners.  Since he was much more advanced than the first year beginners (like Carter, barely able to stand on skates), they split the class and the instructor's daughter took half of the class and the instructor switched back and forth between the groups.  We brought Carter along to try to get him on skates, and he ended up participating in the class.  It is pretty slow going with him, but I am proud of him for trying.  He is so much more cautious than Ryan, I wasn't sure he would do it.  He's not too excited about it, but he is slowly getting the hang of it!

Ryan and his class:

Skating towards me:

Carter taking it all in:

Boys listening to the instructor tell them what they would be doing next:

Carter falling - he figured out right away how to get up on his own!

Ryan playing pom pom pull away with the advanced class:




















Videos:  Ryan skating and Carter skating

Happy Birthday to Evan!

On Friday, we celebrated Evan's birthday party.  We started with his cards and gift here and then headed to Brunswick Zone for dinner, bowling, and games.  It was a great night and it is getting easier all the time as they get older to take the boys out for nights like this!

Our family:

Dad and his boys - they ALL wanted to sit on his lap for the picture!

After dinner, we brought out the cake and sang Happy Birthday:

Carter had a huge bite!

 

He always makes me smile - little stinker!

Ryan's crazy bowling form!

Carter started out with the ramp on the first frame, but bowled the rest of the game without it!

Getting his ball:

Kyle:

Ryan:

Me:

Final score - birthday boy took home the prize!

A few videos from my phone:

Ryan bowling, only Ryan could pull this one off!

Carter bowling, and another of Carter

Kyle showing us his form

Evan

Me

Jewelry

It was a quieter weekend for jewelry, which worked well for our busy schedule.  This was a rush order for a lady that I've done many orders for previously.  She lives nearby, so it makes it very convenient for order pick ups!

Breakfast of Champions

Whenever a cereal box shows a picture of fruit on the bowl of cereal on the box cover, the boys have to eat theirs the same way.  This is the way Carter eats his frosted flakes.  On the box, it showed it with strawberries, he had have those, but also chose to add raspberries! :)

Jewelry

This weekend I had a birthday gift to make for Carter's preschool friend, several orders, and I wanted to try out a new style (square pendants) for myself.  I'd love to hear your thoughts on the squares - I love trying new things!!!! :)

The above two necklaces were orders for a first communion coming up in February {Ironically, this order came from a lady that grew up and currently lives less than 3 miles from my parents'  house - we don't know each other, but have mutual friends - what a small world!}  To commemorate their first communions, I stamped a cross and the date very lightly on the back of the discs: