Happy 3rd Birthday Jack!

Wake up birthday boy! Here is Jack's birthday morning picture. The story behind this is that every birthday I lived with my parents my mom woke me up and took my picture the morning of my birthday. So I am trying to continue the tradition. Of course anyone who knows my kids knows that Jack is the one who does the waking up in our house, but I still managed to snap a pic of him looking pretty sleepy.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JACK:)

Jeremy's open house at SF just happened to coinside with Jack's birthday so Jack thought the bear was coming for him. He talked about how the friendly bear was coming for weeks and so he was almost in awe when he (Jeremy) showed up at the house. Alex on the other hand was not that impressed!

So to official celebrate Jack's birthday we went to Chuck E Cheese on Saturday night in Springfield, and that place was crazy! Bloomington seems so tame after that. I do not think I will be making a trip back there for quite a while. So while there Jack got his last birthday present, his fishing pole. He had been asking for one for weeks. So of course Sunday all he wanted was to go fishing. So after church we packed a picnic lunch and went fishing at the dam. I was a nice afternoon.

Fishing with Daddy. I have never even seen Jeremy fish before, but I guess for your son you'll do anything! We'll see if he catches the fishing bug:)

Jack and Daddy after their fishing. They didn't catch anything but Jack sure enjoyed it. He keeps asking when he can going fishing again:)

So Alex is such a little piggy sometimes! Here is Alex meeting a new friend, Alex eating her friend's watermelon, Alex taking her friend's watermelon! You'd thin we never feed her.

She just adores her big brother!

Labor Day Fun

Just to warn you this is a LONG post, but we had such a great weekend with family and friends that I didn't want to leave anything out. My parents came down to visit on Saturday so Jeremy and I snuck off to Decatur to stock up on some stuff and buy presents for Jack's birthday. While we were gone Nona and Papa took the kids to the park to play.

It's so precious when you see them doing something like this:) Nona captured this one on the way home from the park.

On Sunday we went out to Kelly and Tony's for a great party. Everyone had a good time, lots of food to eat and fun for everyone! Here we are getting ready for the party with Papa.

Alex enjoying a ride on the tire swing horse with Nona!

Okay, so the kids were in heaven! When we got to the party Brenda (Tony's mom) handed all the kids a Pony Buck which got them a ride on the cart with Mr. Lape and Pete the Pony. Alex, especially, was just overjoyed, except she did not want to share her pony ride with Jack. She threw a huge fit when I tried to get her to sit on my lap and Jack in the middle on the seat. She wanted to be a big girl and sit on her own!! So she got her own pony ride and I got to ride twice:)

Alex looking so so cute!

The kids showing off on the chairs. Can you tell some of us are teachers? The chair is actually labeled!!

After it got a bit too dark for the bounce house the kids took over the dance floor. They had great moves and it was just too fun to watch them. They did the chicken dance, the YMCA, line dances, and tons of freestyling!

Alex even got in there and was dancing with Sarah. Alex can sure wiggle those hips! After the kids dance session my parents whisked Jack and Alex home (which Jack was VERY upset about) and we got to stay and play with the adults. The girls and I did a whole lot of dancing and we even jumped in the bouncy house and went down the inflatable slide! It was definitely a night to remember.

Our neighborhood had and end of summer celebration on Monday. We all got together for breakfast around 9 am. It was so nice to spend time with our new friends and meet more! Jack and Alex had a great time playing with all the kids and animals. Jack and Caroline were pals all morning!

Jack decided to give Caroline a ride.

Now it's Caroline's turn

My little animal lover

Jack and Caroline hanging out

Alex climbing the tree