Charlie and his Nuk

Thank you, Grandma Peach!

We want to say a BIG THANK YOU to Peter's mom for taking care of baby Charlie the past 10 weeks while I finished out the school year. Charlie and Sam had a lot of fun having Grandma around, and Peter and I really appreciated all of the help!

The Dinosaur Party

Sam picked the theme (dinosaurs) and the menu (pepperoni and olive pizza, chocolate cake, and strawberry ice cream) for his party this year. It makes it a lot of fun when he actually has an opinion about it! We headed up to Peter's parents' house up north for the festivities this year.

Sam's dinosaur cake - and I made it myself:)
The three boys having a balloon fight with 93 year-old Great-Grandma Carlie! Excited to open gifts! Sam with his cousins, Wyatt and Will

Playing a little "pin the skull on the dinosaur skeleton". It was the only dinosaur themed game we could find:)

It was a great party. When asked what the best part was, Sam says "the dinosaur balloon and my cake." And now, our adventure of parenting a three year old has begun!

Sam's Third Birthday

On May 25th we celebrated our little guy's third birthday. But don't tell him he's a little guy. He will correct you and say he is a "big guy". At age three, he's all about doing EVERYTHING himself. For months, he has wanted to brush his teeth all by himself, and Peter kept telling him that he could when he was three. The morning of his birthday he ran into the bathroom and said he could brush his own teeth because he is three now. Kids remember everything you say, huh! Since he requested pizza and cake for his birthday party, which was the following weekend, on his actual day, we asked him if he wanted something else. He asked for "Sandwich eat fresh" (Subway) and M&M ice cream. So, Subway and DQ we went!

Excited about his new Twins hat and baseball glove!Auntie Amy and Uncle Luke couldn't make it to the birthday party, so they joined us for sandwiches and ice cream!