Fire Station Open House....We're there!

When I drove by one of Auburn's fire stations the other day, I saw that they were having an open house. But I decided that I shouldn't tell the boys until right before we left, just in case "3D" decided to come a few days early. So, since no baby yet....we went to the open house on Saturday. It was a LOT of fun and the boys had a blast. Henry did NOT want to come home and completely freaked out in the car....it could have been that he was very tired too, but he really enjoyed the fire engines, and kept making the siren noises the whole time that we were there. I think that the fire fighters thought that it was pretty amusing. Here are a few pictures to show you how much fun we had!

Here the boys in front of Engine #3...a relatively new engine (about 2-3 years old), that replaced one that was over 20 years old.....

Here Paul is sitting in the driver's seat of the Fire and Rescue truck. It is a little older, but had lots of cool things in it. The fire fighter told us that this truck was equipped with air bags contained on the side that could inflate to lift up a tractor trailer that might have tipped over....how crazy is that?? Also, that they make about 4,000 calls a year. They are the first to respond to the scene of an accident and always have an EMT on board, with full life support services inside the truck. It was really impressive....thank you to fire fighters across the country!!!

Here is Henry in Engine #3.....he loved it, and wanted to push ALL the buttons!! What a curious little monkey he is....love him! We will let you know when "3D" arrives, but until then, have a great week!!

Hear no evil, see no evil....

I couldn't have planned this picture if I tried....(even though Brian did take the picture). But still, pretty funny, eh?? Boys will be boys.

The boys are just being their usual selves, and fooling around. I think this was taken after dessert (a little extra sugar may have encouraged this picture!). Maybe we will have a third boy to complete this picture.....we will just have to wait and see. Still nothing, but I am due in 10 days, and will keep everyone posted. : )

Happy 4th Birthday Paulie!

Paul celebrated his 4th birthday (9/29) with a party on 9/27/08. Here he is enjoying the delicious frosting off the bottom of his candles....yum! Doesn't everyone do that?? I made a yellow cake with chocolate frosting, and Brian decorated it (with two military tanks firing, as Paul requested). (P.S. If you notice in the far left hand side of this picture, Henry is about to swipe some frosting for himself......)

We had a total of 15 people here to play and laugh, and eat dinner, which is the most that I have ever hosted for dinner (I think??). That included 5 kids!! We did fine though, and Brian made awesome pizzas!! Thank you Brian!! I contributed with a garden salad, and of course we had cake and ice cream. The kids had a great time, as did the adults, I think. It was just the right amount of crazy, although we will slow it down a bit for the H-man's birthday on Oct 26th, because we may have another human being in this house by then.....who knows? Any bets on when 3D will make his/her appearance?? Hope everyone is doing well!

let's play catch-up.

Sorry for the vacation from the blogging. Not like I have been sitting around....you know how life can be sometimes. And it is just going to get CRAZIER any moment. My guess is October 17th. We will see when 3D wants to makes his/her debut. ANYWAY.....here Henry is devouring yet another Cortland apple. He LOVES them and will eat an entire apple. Usually, he likes them peeled, but here he is eating one with lunch.

Another new thing around here is "Chef Henry"! We found that this white bucket fits PERFECTLY onto Henry's head. And all of a sudden, he looked like a chef. Paul and I nicknamed him, "Chef Henry". Henry loves it, and as soon as you ask him where is Chef Henry, he runs to find the bucket and will whip a batch of whatever you want instantly. And want you to eat it right away. Quite cute!

Last week, we made a second trip to our favorite apple orchard, Wallingford's, to pick some more Cortland apples. But before we drove there, we stopped at Ricker Orchards just before Wallingford's and visited the animals with some friends of ours. They have an old tractor there, and of course Paul had to have a seat on it. He loved it!!

And then proceeded to check out the animals with the rest of us. They had goats, cows, chickens, rabbits, and turkeys (and a very cool sandbox!). Paul was especially fond of the turkeys, and found one that he liked the best. I watched him watching the turkey and all of a sudden he was playing peek-a-boo with the turkey, and the turkey was playing back. It was HILARIOUS!! Up and down, their heads went past this wooden plank in the chicken wire fence. It was truly a sight to see, and very funny! I think that they kept it up for about 5-10 minutes.

Breakfast of Champions....

Here Paul is eating breakfast before going to pre-K this week. I was trying to get a picture of Paul and Henry, but the "H-man" was too fast for me. He is all business at meal time. Eat and then he is off. Paul likes to have Honey Bunches of Oats with Kix mixed in and skim milk, with ½ a glass of OJ, and some cinnamon wheat toast. That is what he eats just about every morning. The cereal sometimes changes, but it is usually that kind or Cheerios, or corn chex. Of course on the weekend, Daddy makes "syrup breakfasts" on Saturdays, and eggs on Sunday!! Yum-o! TGIF…have a great weekend everyone! I think that we are going apple picking tomorrow. The first bunch of the season. Apple pie next week??

Yum...chocolate pudding!

So, I was feeling like a slacker mom in the dessert department lately, and decided that I should make something for my boys (all 3 of them....Brian included!). But because it has been so hot here lately (in the 80's all week!), I decided that baking was out of the question. That leaves only chocolate pudding, right?? Well, you would have thought that I had made the world's greatest dessert in the eyes of Paul and Henry! They were soooo excited and loved every last bite. Here are a couple of shots of them "enjoying" their pudding, all over their faces.

Can you say, "bath night"??!!

Happy weekend!!

Really the first day.....

Yesterday, Paul got on the school bus all by himself, and rode away to school, leaving Henry and Mommy all alone at home. I was ok, until we got inside and Henry started crying....that didn't help matters, let me tell you. But we made it, and Paul had a successful first day. He said that he is excited about going back today, for his second day, so that can only be a good thing. And he also mentioned last night that he missed his friends and running around outside. When Henry and I went to pick him up yesterday afternoon, he was quite sweaty, after just playing outside. Overall, I think that he is going to be ok, although he was pretty tired last night......that is for sure.

Above is a picture of Paul in his official first day of school outfit, that he picked himself. I wanted him to wear something else (a little dressier), but he said that he wanted to wear this, and that, "it looks fine, Mom." Oh boy.....Let's just say that I am GLAD that it is FRIDAY!!! If only it were payday too, but that is next Friday. At least, we have a 3-day weekend to recover from this week, or at least, I need some recovery time. ; )

This is the only picture that I could manage to take of Paul on the bus. I was holding Henry, and had to cross the street, etc....so here is Paul on the bus, going to school!!