3 years old (and almost a month)

ok so it's been awhile since i turned 3, i have been busy so i haven't had a chance to tell you about it.

it was great having a mamma that could design a flyer for my bday party.

 

and it was awesome having my cousins visit and being introduced to HOT WHEELS!!!!

surprisingly my friend emmett liked playing with them too....

papa made my favorite hangerburs!

 

and we played one of my favorite games... chase and count

vivienne played with her friend aiyana

 

and some big kids too!

i was so excited for my chocolate bday cake

happy birthday to me

i wish for......

mmmmm cars birthday (st patricks day green ) cookies before cake

who wants cake?

we do!

after cake it was piñata time. papa tells me some piñatas are for bonking and some are not.

i think my friends were just happy with the loot....

 

wooooooooooh what a party!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

first days biking

guess what.....this is my new bike

i got it when i turned 1 .... 2.....3 years old!

i went out with papa on my first ride

we rode past my future school....

then we broke in to the playground....

First Easter

Vivienne's first Easter...someone is going to be crawling soon.

Sleepover!

Ollie's cousins came over to celebrate the big THREE. I think the highlight for Ollie was sharing his room and having a sleep over. Note below who is sleeping in the toddler bed and who is sleeping in the big boy bed. Not sure how he convinced Sofia.

It's awesome watching these guys get along. At one point In the weekend Matias was calling Ollie his brother.

We put the kids down around 930. They were up till 1130 giggling and telling stories to each other.

I guess at some point we will have to take down the video monitor in the kids' room, but for now it's great to catch moments like this

 

My Kids Are So Cute

This series needs no intro other than the above....

 

 

 

 

 

 

good sports

oh my look what grampa let us do. what a good sport!

speaking of good sports check out grammy! it is jump hug time!

just wait grammy and grampa, sister will be up to the same tricks in no time!

who me?

smell my feet

thanks to some crazy blogs that mama and papa read about potty training i spent a few weekends running around nekid in my house with sheets and towels covering all the chairs and couches.

papa and i often spend the weekends wrestling, but i discovered a new game called smell my feet.

papa is still smiling.....

THREE!?

That's how Mama and Papa feel about it too, Ollie...

Kinda exciting, kinda scary, wholly unbelievable, and incredibly, amazingly, awesome.

It's been a really busy day for all of us on this, your third birthday, so we won't say much at this late hour—except the most important thing—that we love you so very, very much my sweet, sweet little boy.

Giggles

Grampa and Grammy are here to visit!
And Grampa got her first real laugh out of her.

Hide and Sleep

Ollie wasn't feeling so well this past weekend, and try as he might to play through it, our game of Hide and Seek ended rather peacefully when I found him "hiding" in Mama and Papa's bed (a good three hours before his regular naptime).

Sad Goodbyes

Ollie's friend Elodie is moving away. Do you remember that Elodie was Ollie's first kiss!?

We recently met Elodie and her family at their favorite breakfast place for some goodbye play.

There were no kisses this time, but their princesses and cars did "get married".

We are so very sad to see them go! We'll really miss them, but are excited for them and their new adventure.

 

And I guess we'll just have to go visit them sometime soon so Vivienne can get her first kiss from Elodie's new little brother Ethan!

Eyelashes

She's growing beautiful long ones...

 Just like her brother.

Stop, Chop, and Roll

We've been busy here in Brooklyn.

Ollie has pretty much mastered his "chopping" skills.

And since he doesn't need regular utensils now, he's found something else creative to do with them.

And Vivienne, while impressed with her big brother...

Has a new skill of her own to show off!

Visiting Sofia and Matias

We didn't get many pictures because we were just too busy having fun, but a few weekends ago, we visited Ollie and Vivienne's cousins Sofia and Matias.

Stories with Papa.

And a visit to some really cool caves. Ollie loves to play cave with his pillows and blankets, but he was a little skeptical of going into a real cave at first.

But it only took a little while and he was having fun.

watch your head papa!

Snowball fight!

(yep, i was there too!)

Just Looking Cute

normally mama dresses me in my pajamas all day because she's lazy and it's just way easier to change 20 diapers a day when all you have to do is unzip a zipper and swap that poopy diaper for a clean one. but every once in a while she dresses me up like the adorable little girl that i am.