Jaiden's 4!!!

This past weekend our little boy turned 4!!! It was bit low key but we all had a great time. (My mom and I came to the realization that unless something really good or really bad happens, you don't remember your birthdays so I just wanted him to have a good time.) We had a sand box out back and bubbles out front and a home made green car cake. If I had to pick a theme, it would be "Jaiden's favorites": green, cars, dirt, friends. When he was opening presents, my favorite response was "wowser!" in response to the Rescue Mater shirts and short he got from Aunt Tenten (aka Martina). The Lego shirt he got from Patpat and Mimi was dirty otherwise he would have worn it. (I was lucky to get it in the wash because he has been wearing it for 4 days (with 1 wash in between.) And now, he dreams in Lego's... We missed the Michaels so Cathy, these are for you...
Love and hugs,
Steph, Anna, Jaiden, and Lilli

The Pre-Party

The Main Event!!!

Our Little Girl

It seems that I know a lot of photographers but... somehow we haven't be able to get any professional pictures of Lilli yet so here is my attempt. The light wasn't very good but she was in rare form so...
Enjoy!

More from our FL trip

We had such a great time in FL that this is the only thing that could possible follow...

I know I have a picture that is similar to this one except with Jaiden... We just LOVE our Grandpa Guy!!!

Love and hugs,

Steph, Anna, Jaiden and Lilli

The Orlando Science Center

Today we went to the Orlando Science Center. This is a place that I have very fond memories of from when I was little. It's changed a lot but it's still very cool. They have since moved to a new building and added a bunch of new things for kids of all ages. The first thing we did was "pick oranges" and it turned out to be Jaiden's favorite. The kids would "pick" the oranges off the tree then put them in 1 of 2 places. I think he spent 30 min in this room alone...

The next stop was the kitchen which is always a hit with my boy. This one was even red so it was a fire kitchen.

After that was the water table. This is one of the better ones that we've seen. It's basically a flat table with pegs in it that moves water from one end to the other. The kids would then use the blue and yellow barriers to divert the water different ways. Then they could use the boats to show where the current way flowing... He had a blast and he was very focused.

Of course they had a transportation room which was again, set up very nicely with trains, planes and a space shuttle. (Grandma liked this room because there were nice soft couches.)


As with most museums, they had a rotating exhibit. The one we saw was frogs. Jaiden was not very impressed with this one but this tank was pretty cool...

Then we came to the room that reminded me of the old science center with all of the classic stuff. The one that captivated Jaiden was the pine car track. He mist have run that car down the track 20 times and he was so focused! Grandma and I got to play with a lot of the other toys but we'll have to come back when Jaiden is a bit older.

Another traveling exhibit was the Dino's. Again, Jaiden was not very impressed. He just wanted to see the one that moved. Jess and Anna wanted a video of Lilli 'growling' in front of the Dino's but no luck. The closest I got was a picture.

Last but not least was the toy room. Grandma and I were quite tired by this time but Jaiden was still going strong. They had this great house where the kids could build the house. I think he earned his contractors license today...It was a great day. We were sad that Nanay wasn't there too but we'll come back. Lilli has been learning b leaps and bounds. She can now roll with ease and is even pushing up on her hands. I call this baby yoga. She is so tickled with her new skill. Tomorrow is fishing with grandpa guy so more picture to come...

In love and light,

Steph, (Anna), Jaiden and Lilli

More FL

So today was a GREAT day. The kids and I spent the morning by the pool enjoying the FL sunshine. After lunch, we went to Bounce U and Jaiden and I got our date. Grandma help Lilli so we got to play and play and bounce and bounce. I was laughing so hard my whole head hurt and Jaiden and I were both sweating after the hour and a half. We were the only ones there so we had the run of the place! After that, we met Ashley and Claudia for dinner at Joe's Crab Shack. Ashley brought her "lil man" who is 2 months younger that Jaiden. Again, Jaiden played and played and played some more. (Close to the end of dinner, the music came on. I looked over to find Jaiden in a fenced off corner of the deck dancing. It was great!) Needless to say, he didn't eat so we brought his dinner home. Shortly after we got home, this is what I found...

Here are a few pictures from our morning too...

gotta love the hair!!!

Love and hugs,

steph, anna, jaiden, and lilli

Our Fl Trip

Here is a little teaser from our trip. More to come... :)

Lilli

This one speaks for itself (or herself)...

Enjoy!