Cupcakes

I found a new dessert store on the way to preschool. I decided to stop the fist day of school as a treat to Nico, well now he wants to go every time we pass it...
Today he was asking again so I decided we could go there this one time, he picked out a huge lemon cupcake full of icing with a candy on top.
Once we got home he let Gabriel have some, must have been so good he decided to smear it all over his face!
Then when Nico got up from the table the dogs jumped up at got the cupcake and finished it off much to his dismay!
Must have been good, I'll never know since I didn't get the chance to take a bite! I'll let the boys faces me the decision maker!

First Day of Preschool 2010

Great first day of school! He jumped right out of the car to go and was just as eager to jump right back in. He got a different teacher than all of his buddies from last year so I was a little worried. I guess he is seeing them though at the playground and during music and chapel time so it's working out fine.
Nico told me the teacher told him to sit still, shocker!
He also said he had fun and would like to do it again sometime, glad he still loves school!

Point Mallard

Papa took the day off work so we could head over to point mallard water park with the boys. Nico LOVED the wave pool and Gabriel was content doing whatever. He really enjoyed the swings on the water. Nico went down some of the kiddie slides and at one point we all hopped in the river except that ended up being way too hot! The temp outside that day felt like 110!

10 Months!

Time marches on once again, Happy 10 Months Gabriel!
I'm seeing fast that the baby is slowly disappearing and a little toddler is starting to form. It makes me sad and happy all wrapped into one watching him grow.
He loves songs with hand motions, Loves books at bedtime, He is very much into his own thing, often crawling around the house exploring with frequent check in's from Mommy to make sure he's not into something he shouldn't be in.
I've enjoyed these past few months so much, they change so fast it's incredible. I could hold on to this age longer for sure!

Pants are dry!!

Nico was able to keep his pants dry all week at night, I'm starting to see some light at the end of the tunnel for future pull up purchases or lack of future pull up purchases I should say!

As a reward, he went to Sutherland Station, his absolute favorite toy store, to watch the train display and pick out a new train for his collection. Our only problem is he's already asking to go back for another train if he keeps his pants dry again next week, this could really be bad to the budget, Thomas trains are not cheap! Maybe the pull ups weren't so bad after all...

Ring Walker

One thing I'll really remember when I look back at Gabriel as a growing baby are some of the funny little things he did.
One that stands out among others are the rings he uses on a daily bases for crawling. Each morning, he goes in the family room, takes 2 rings off the stacker toy and uses them almost like a walker or canes. I'm guessing they protect his hands from hurting or help him crawl faster, I don't know for sure but I will never forget the "click, click" I hear all over the house from Gabriel and his rings!

4th

We made our yearly trip up to Virginia for the 4th of July, it's always so special to get the whole family together for a week. Everyone lives so spread out that this has become our week to see each other.

Gabriel did great for his first big 9 hour car ride, only cried a little when he got super tired. Of course both boys didn't hardly sleep a wink the whole ride. Thank goodness for dvd players!

Nico LOVED playing with his older cousins, they were basically at his beck and call for whatever he wanted to do. It was so sad for him to leave to go back home, he said "Mommy, I stay in my room and Jessica (his cousin) stays in her room, we can't leave"