Will Turns 5!!!

Well, my only son is 5 years old!! He hasn't had a real birthday "party" since he turned 1, so after lots of begging and pleading, we finally gave in.

We had his party at a private "bounce house" place with 16 of his closest friends. I have to say, it was awesome. Lots of fun...and EASY! I hardly had to lift a finger to prepare for the party...and once we were there, all I did was have fun with the kids and my adult friends!

Will is the perfect middle child. He's ALL boy and very active, but also a rule follower. The world his black and white to him with no in between. It's either allowed or it's not. He rarely tries to bend the rules. While his older sister is outside the box and creative, he is very much inside the box, and excels in things having to do with numbers, building and just generally "figuring things out."

He loves any type of physical activity and plays T-ball, football and soccer (depending on the season!). He's skinny and fast...tracking at the 75th percentile in height and weight.  He also loves Power Rangers and Legos of any kind. I find it amazing all the things he can build with Legos without any help.

He and Brookey balance each other out like an old married couple...his Yin to her Yang. This causes fireworks a lot of the time, but also so much fun and camaraderie. He looks up to his big sister and currently says he's going to live next door to her when she moves out of the house :) I love this kid so much it hurts!! Happy Big 5, Buddy!!!

Crazy Kids!

Fun on the Big Slide!

Sarah had an awesome time, too!

Buddy's Birthday in Sacramento!

We celebrated Will's 3rd birthday in good 'ol Sacramento, California. Although this city leaves a lot to be desired in more ways than one, we had a GREAT "stay-cation" in the capitol city!

Scott and the kids started off the morning by taking their very first (real) train ride!! They took Amtrack from a station very near our house to downtown Sacramento. I drove, and the train beat me!!! They had a great time on the 50 min ride. Now I have all these grand notions to take the kids to Canada on the train because they had such a good time. Ha! Maybe when they're older :)

The trains didn't end there. After the ride, we walked over to the California State Railroad Museum, which was actually a really cool experience! Buddy LOVED it because there was one floor of just trains, trains and more trains. Beautifully restored and they even let you walk though some of them. All the workers there were dressed up in 19th century clothing. Then upstairs, it was all Thomas the Train stuff. Little Boy heaven....definitely equivalent to a room full of Disney Princess crap for a 3 year old girl :)

After the train museum we had lunch, checked into the Marriott and walked around Capitol Park and inside the Capitol Building. I don't think I've been inside the Capitol Building since our 4th grade field trip! It's pretty cool, and the outside of the building is beautiful. Glad those tax dollars are hard at work for Capitol Beautification, if nothing else!!!

We all had a great time hanging out and relaxing this weekend. We ended the night with pizza and (you guessed it) a Thomas the Train birthday cake. Not a bad weekend for a 3 year old!!!

Their train tickets!


Getting ready to board the train!

At the Railroad Museum

Train Heaven!

The boys at the Capitol

Woo Hoo for Solano County!!

Capitol Park

He's 3!!!

My baby boy turned 3 this past week and I still don't know where the time goes!!! Even though he claims he's a "big boy," I think he'll still always be my 'lil Buddy...just like Brookey is still my "baby" even though her legs are longer than mine now.

He got a brand new big boy bike for his birthday. We figured it was time, since he was riding his trike around the neighborhood at 50 miles an hour. I guess he was hinting that he needed something more man-ly :)

Within minutes, he was riding his new bike around and racing his sister up and down the driveway like he'd been riding for years. I don't think we dared put Brookey anywhere near a bike until at least age 4. She didn't attempt 2 wheels until age 5, however I think Buddy will demand his training wheels come off very shortly (so he can go faster).

Happy Birthday, my Little Bubba!!!!