Happy, Happy Birthday!

I can't believe my baby boy is 3! We celebrated his birthday while we spent a couple nights away during Nate's vacation time. I have never been big on fancy decorations or cakes so my poor children are deprived, but I don't think they really notice or care. At least that's what I tell myself! May 13, 2005 was a very happy day. Nate was scheduled to leave on a business trip to Hawaii (yes, without me!) on the 15th so my doctor induced my labor on Friday the 13th, which also happened to be my due date. Our little Tye Jacob was born at 1:20 p.m., weighing 7 lbs. 4 oz.. He is full of smiles and love. He thinks he's as big as his older brother and sister and wants to do whatever they are doing. He keeps us laughing and wishing we could just bottle him up so he will stay this sweet, cute and innocent forever!

We love you, "Tye Guy" or as Kaden would say, "Bubba". Happy Birthday!

p.s. His head is shaved because Kaden got gum in it. I missed getting a picture. Good thing he's a boy!

Tye-nkerbell

It's tough when you have to play with a girl! Tye was dressed up as Spiderman, but decided to be a fairy instead. I'm not sure if it was his idea or our little neighbor's. He was happy to have it on through the photo shoot (which was a total of one minute). Then, as you can see, he was begging me to take it off of him. Good boy!

Cinnamon Rolls

Last week I tried to be a fun mom and make cinnamon rolls. The kids ran and got their Home Depot aprons on and we had a great time measuring, pouring, blending, rolling, cutting and baking. It was all smiles until the very end when we were cleaning up. Rachel decided she didn't get to taste as much of the dough as Kaden did. It wasn't fair according to her. I tried to convince her that bread dough isn't yummy to just eat. She still thinks differently. I tried to take a picture of her meltdown, but all I got was a covered face and a lot of tears. Hopefully they'll remember the fun we had.

Toy Corral

I discovered Haley enjoying her toys like this the other day. Kaden has always been our "put everything in a row" boy so I thought he was just doing more of that. The reality of it is he was trying to keep her corralled so she wouldn't crawl under the kitchen table and "feast" on the seemingly endless spilled food (does anyone else have to sweep 15 times a day?!). What a thoughtful big bro! F.Y.I.- it worked for about 2 minutes!

A Little Everyday Conversation

Mom - "Are you my friend?"
Tye- "No."
Mom- "Are you my boy?"
Tye- "No."
Mom- "Are you my son?"
Tye- "No! I'm two!"

Anyone Missing a Real Estate Sign?

To my surprise Rachel, Kaden and Tye came walking into the house with this sign. It isn't ours, but luckily I do know where it belongs! I later found out it had fallen onto the sidewalk. I knew they were too sweet to be vandals!

Hullaba-ZOO

We had a fun time at the zoo yesterday. We invited Grandma Swensen to come with us and enjoyed her company. I don't think I would have been able to keep track of all my kids between potty breaks and slow little legs without her! The kids favorites were the very loud little monkey, the white alligator, the baby giraffe and the "woof"(wolf). The weather was so nice and I won't need to workout for a few days with all those hills I pushed a double stroller up!

Meeting? What meeting?

So, the story goes like this. . . They were about to take baths. Nate and I must have been side-tracked for a minute or two because the next thing we know they are all mostly naked sitting on the kitchen floor having a "meeting" they say. I don't know what kind of meeting they think people go to in their underwear, but I do know of some uncles of theirs (on the Bishop side, of course!) who many, many years ago had "underwear school". It must run in the family!

Yes, the boys have "tats" (as Tye calls them) on their bellies, but that's an entirely different story!

Fish don't like what?

Today my 2 year old informed me that fish don't like chicken. Who knew?