July Photo Update

Cole at his surprise birthday party.  It was a hit and he was totally surprised!

Hunter and Wes at the party.  The boys had fun playing on the beach and in the water.

Shaun with Eva

Jeremy and me on a Boulevard Brewery Tour.

Eva and Jeremy

Eva turns 16months old

Eva is doing a great job playing with independent play.

Hunter asked Jeremy to take a picture of me and him before bed one night.

Hunter with the visor he made at his summer school.

I love taking sleeping pictures.

Hunter and Eva having fun playing together.

Hunter, Jeremy and Eva

She does some great stretching while she is sleeping.

Morning hugs for Bow

Hunter loves it when everyone (bow included) wears construction hats.

In the waiting room for his 4 year well child check

Hunter loved using this little cart to buy Bow's food at Petco

Eva loves bacon!

Hunter loves to help Eva with the excavator.

Quick picture before getting in at Flat Rock Pool.

Hunter's 4th Birthday Party

We had Hunter's party at a park again this year.  Hunter loves to play at different parks and to bring his trucks to play with all the mulch, rocks and dirt.  We decided on West Flanders park because it has a lot of shade and the play area is pretty big.  Months ago I asked Hunter what he wanted for a theme and of course he said construction trucks, specifically "exca-diggers".  That is what he calls excavators...until he turned 4 and now he calls them excavators.  So we decorated with construction themed decor and had a construction truck themed cake.  If he has another park party, I'm forgoing the decorations b/c for two years in a row it's been windy and impossible to decorate.

Hunter loved having his family and friends there to celebrate his birthday.  Lots of fun playing on the equipment and playing with construction trucks.

Love getting a cookie sheet cake.  Thick cookie...so yummy.
I also made dirt cake for the kiddos to eat.

Hunter helping Jeremy bring things from his truck.

It was very hot but it didn't seem to phase the birthday boy.
At the end of the party we poured water on his head and he loved it!

Porter and Hunter

Cole and Jeremy

Cole did a great job with the video camera.  

Gran with Eva
The party wore Eva out.

Malinda with Sam

Opening gifts

At the very end of the party as we were all getting ready to walk to our cars,
we decided to get a picture of the cousins.

And then we had Gramps and Gran join the kiddos.

Hunter turns 4 years old!

4 years old!  When Hunter woke up, I told him Happy Birthday and that he was 4 years old.  His answer was "right now?"  Yes, buddy you are 4 right now!  I also tried to sing to him but he didn't want me to.  That trend lasted the whole day and anytime someone tried to sing to him he would tell them that someone else already had done that.  I had to work in the morning so Hunter hung out with my parents for a few hours.  When I got home we went to Hy-Vee to order his cake for his party and to get a cookie from his favorite cookie lady.  The rest of the afternoon was just hanging out at home while Eva napped.  When Jeremy got home from work Hunter opened our gifts.  Well, really Hunter saw the gifts and just opened them before I could tell him to wait.  But he was very excited and I didn't get any pictures...  He got a few books and a sit on excavator that he uses everyday to dig up anything and everything.

We then went with Jeremy's mom to dinner and had planned to go the T-Rex Cafe at the Legends.  We hadn't been there but were excited for the birthday boy to try something new.  As we pulled out of our neighborhood he asked why we turned that way.  He wanted to go to Margaritas, which is right down the street.  He then thought we were going to Jose Peppers (aka the restaurant by the movie theater) but we kept telling him we were going to go eat with the dinosaurs.  We went to T-Rex Cafe but the wait was 45 minutes and we weren't up for that long of a wait so Hunter did end up eating his favorite, Jose Peppers at Legends.  We were able to walk right in so we are glad we made that choice.

After dinner we headed back to our house for some cake.  I lost count of the number of times we relit the candles for him.  He loves blowing them out.

This year I finally remembered to ask him some questions that I will hopefully repeat over the years to see how his answers differ.

Favorite Color - Blue
Favorite Toy -  big machines, dump truck
Favorite Fruit - bananas
Favorite TV Show - Rock Chalk (I don't understand that answer but he really likes Miles from Tomorrow Land and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse)
Favorite Lunch - Peanut butter and jelly and chocolate milk
Favorite Game - Family Guy (Jeremy plays a family guy game on his phone)
Favorite Snack - marshmallows and cheerios
Favorite Animal - goat (really random)
Favorite Song - Truck Tunes
Favorite Book - Disney one (Jr. Encyclopedia of Animated Characters)
Best Friend - Weston
Favorite Cereal - Chocolate (?)
Favorite Activity Outside - playing in sandbox, playing with trucks
Favorite Drink - chocolate milk
Favorite Holiday - Christmas and Halloween
Sleeps with at night - bunny and likes to watch movies
Favorite food to eat for breakfast - oatmeal
Favorite Dinner - spaghetti
When he grows up - I'll go to work, at daddy's work

his last picture as a 3 year old

Big 4 year old!

He was dressed in a dinosaur shirt for dinner...and of course it had an excavator on it.

He wanted a picture by the airplane 

Hunter with G-ma

July 4th 2015

The kiddos at the Lenexa parade

This year was almost a repeat of what we did last year on the 4th of July.  We went to the Lenexa parade but this year we got there earlier and set up our tent and had a great seat with lots of shade.  Hunter and Eva got to see a train go by so that was fun (very loud but fun).  Jeremy's mom joined us for the parade too.  After the parade, Eva took a nap while Hunter and Jeremy went to his parents to eat lunch.  Then later in the afternoon we all went to Jeremy's grandparents to shoot off fireworks.  Eva seemed to like them and Hunter liked them for a while.  But he didn't want to watch any of the big fireworks that we could see from their house.

Hunter loves sitting in his little chair.  He has been taking it everywhere we go.

Little firecrackers 

Hunter with Uncle Mark

Hunter enjoyed the parachutes the most.  Lots of fun running after them.