Thomas the Tank Engine

Aidan and 6 of his best friends went up to Calera, AL on Friday to see Thomas the Tank Engine. We went on the 20 minute train ride and did all the fun activities they had for the kids. They had a train tent to play trains, tattoo station, coloring station, story station, petting zoo, bouncy houses, bubble station, sand castle building, mini golf and so much more. The kids had such a great time and were thoroughly worn out when we were done. We lucked out and got the most gorgeous day. It was sunny and 75 with a good breeze blowing. It wasn't really that busy either which is surprising because when we went last year it was crazy. I am not sure how much longer this train obsession will last but Aidan still really enjoys all things trains.

Chef Aidan

Aidan got a chef costume from his Grandma for his birthday and he loves it. He has always loved to help me in the kitchen and always wants to do everything by himself. So here are a few pictures of my favorite chef making us homemade pizza.

Jeremy turns 35!

Jeremy celebrated the big 35 in March and we celebrated by going out to dinner and doing cake and presents afterwards at home with the boys. Jeremy's big present was a trip to Mississippi for a guys weekend in February which he really enjoyed. It has been a busy second half of the year for Jeremy who in addition to having to read 500 pages a day is trying to finish his thesis in his spare time. So we haven't been seeing very much of him. We can't wait until we are done with SAASS. It will be nice to have the nights and weekends free again.

Dr. Seuss's Birthday

Sorry I took a bunch of pictures in March but am just now getting a chance to upload them. It was a crazy busy month and our computer crashed so I have been a little behind in posting. This is a picture from the beginning of the month when both boys celebrated Dr. Seuss's birthday at school. Aidan's class made these cute hats. We had to read The cat in the Hat so much that now Aidan has it memorized and reads it to us.

Mardi Gras Parade

Nick in the Aqua Bubble.
Aidan, Keegan, and Price on the train.

Best Buds waiting for the parade to start.

My good friend Tanya and her sweet baby Emilee.

Aidan in the bouncy Gator.

On Saturday we went to the Millbrook Mardi Gras parade and the kids had a blast doing all kinds of activities at the carnival like aqua bubbles, bouncy gator, and the train of course. They also loved yelling for beads during the parade. We came home with hundreds of beads, lots of moon pies, toys, candy, and stuffed animals. It was way better then our hometown's Mardi Gras parade which was the weekend before. It was a beautiful, sunny day in Alabama and of course I forgot the sunscreen so we are paying for our enjoyment a little this week with some red skin. It is hard for this Northern girl to remember sunscreen in February but I need to start or we are all going to have skin cancer. It is starting to get hot and humid here and I am sure it won't be long until we have to turn the a/c on. So we are trying to savor all the wonderful weather and play outside a lot, hit the parks, and ride our bikes as much as possible before the only thing you can do outside is swim.

My Sweet Boys

I decided I needed to write down more of the times when the boys are being sweet because it is easy to get caught up in the moments when they are driving me crazy. They are becoming much better friends these days then they ever have been in the past. They often share things out of the blue when the other really wants it and they often really look out for each other which just warms my heart. The picture is of Nick reading bedtime stories to his brother. One evening I was busy doing things and Nick said he would read Aidan a story which is usually my job and now Aidan only wants his brother to read to him. So I tried to capture it the other night because it is so sweet and they laugh a lot especially when they read books like Wenchel cuts the cheese. Who bought us a book about farts anyways? But I love these moments and try to savor them all because I know the time is going to go way too fast.

Happy Valentine's Day

Today was a busy but fun Valentine's Day. I got the boys off to school and spent a few hours at the gym and ran some errands and that was the calm part of the day. Then I went to help out with Aidan's class party. They had pizza and all kinds of treats and they made this cute bear craft. Then we went right from there to gymnastics where it was Cowboy day and they had a Valentine's party too. Then I sent Aidan home with a friend and grabbed lunch on the go while I raced to Nick's school to help with his Valentine's party. I brought our chocolate fountain which turned out to be a huge hit. I have never received so many hugs and thank yous in my life. It was kind of messy with second graders but they really enjoyed it and had a lot of fun. They had all kinds of treats too. Those kids were really hopped up on sugar. After that we raced back to pick up Aidan from his friends house then we went to the grocery store which you really shouldn't do on Valentine's day because there were hundreds of men doing last minute flowers and candy shopping and looking very lost and clogging up the store. So after an hour and a half with two crabby kids I decided I was way too exhausted to make dinner and met some friends at Bass Pro for dinner. Jeremy is working all night on a paper that is due tomorrow. So Happy Valentine's Day to me! So needless to say I am ready for bed. Hope everyone enjoyed some time with their loved ones today.