Happy First Birthday Madison!

My cousin's daughter Madison turned one last weekend. She was so cute! She had a pool party at grandma and grandpa's. Here's some pics.
My 5 yr old cousin Abby thinks she needs to carry Tyler everywhere.Tyson's ready to get the party started!Tyler was not happy in the pool unless Abby was holding him. It couldn't be uncle Tim or anyone else, it had to be Abby.

And now for the gifts! I made her a frame with a sparkly M in the middle.And a hair bow box. With hair bows! It was my first time ever making a hair bow. I was pretty happy with the way they turned out.
And here's the cute model!I made a box for my mom to give her gifts in.She bought these two cute outfits, which I took to my friend and got monogramed! Adorable!During the after party, Tyson was doing belly flops,and Abby was doing pencil drops.Someone left a pair of pink goggles which Tyson took ownership of. It worked out great for him since pink is his favorite color. A few weeks ago, I asked him what kind of birthday party he wanted to have and he said pink! Oh, well!After Tyler had two baths, we finally left! He gave the birthday girl a sweet kiss goodbye. She was in her new jammies that my mom bought for her. My sister bought her the cutest bathing suit with a matching cover up and I'm so sorry I don't have a picture of it!And he couldn't leave his fave out! Abby!And this is what we got from Tyson. Nice!

Park Days

We usually go to the park with friends once a week. Tyler scares everyone because he's a dare devil! He climbs up things Tyson is afraid to. And that's not the worst part. The worst part is when he makes it up there and then sits down and rolls over and starts backing up to come down. That's when you see me sprinting across the sand, yelling NO TYLER! You know what I'm talkin about Denise! She just sits there and laughs. No, I think she feels bad for me that I have to run to try and make it there in time. Sometimes, other parents are also running for him. I just hope I make it to him first so I don't look like a horrible mom. I'm sorry I don't have a pic of him climbing something. I'll try to get one this week. But here's some pics from last week.

Aww, isn't he cute rocking the baby!

Aww, he just wants to see the sweet baby!

Nope! He wants to yank her paci! Wolf in Sheep's clothing! That's what he is!

And he thinks it's funny! He's so doggone cute!

Tyson and HJ play so well together at the park! They both look forward to it every week!That evening the boys played b-ball with daddy. They are good!

After shooting some hoops, Tyson wanted to ride his skate board.

And of course, Tyler had to do it too!

Final Easter Basket Pics!

Ok, this is the last of Easter! This is Easter afternoon. Tyson just got up from his nap and is finding his Easter basket. Then we were off to Derek's grandparents' house in Veince. And then we stopped at my parents house on the way home. It was a good day!

An egg of M&Ms! Yummy!

A train whistle!

And a mechanical toothbrush to wash away the sugar! That Easter Bunny is sooo smart!

Now, Tyson's basket had a nice liner from Nana a few days before Easter, too. But the night before Easter it was nowhere to be found and still isn't! I'm going to blame it on Tyler.

Have you ever heard of a Blog Shower?

Well, have you? This is the second one I have seen and the first one I have participated in. It's a great idea. People become friends through blogging and they live all over. And instead of spending extra money on attending a shower in another state, you just get together on a blog and have a shower. I even got a party favor in the mail! Cold Stone Creamery gift card!!! It's the guest of honor's favorite! Neat, hugh? So, if you want to check it out go to: http://www.jennifersblogshower.blogspot.com/ I was a little late posting my gift. The shower was supposed to be Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. I just posted my gift today, Wednesday. Check it out!

Easter & Icecream!

On the Saturday before Easter, we went to a park in Sarasota with my dad's family. We had a lot of good food, and fun! We had a big Easter egg hunt on the playground. Here's some pics.



Later that day, we went to John and Marty's (some of my mom and dad's good friends in Sarasota. They went to school together, so I've known them my whole life. Marty let Tyson and Abby help her make icecream after dinner! It was fantastic! We NEED one of those icecream makers!


This is a rocking horse that John made for Betsy, his daughter who is my age. I used to ride on it when I was Tyler's age.

Getting Ready For Easter

This week is my cousin Abby's spring break. So she spent the day with us on Monday and we colored eggs. She was so excited to do it that she kept asking all morning when we were going to start. By the time we started, I was in such a hurry that I forgot to boil the eggs. I realized right in the middle of coloring. It was too late to stop then. So I just boiled them after we dyed them. Do you know what happens to colored eggs when you boil them? All the color boils off! So I had to re-dye them. I don't know how I forgot to boil the eggs. I've only been coloring eggs for 30 years! Oh well, they turned out fine. We had a few Easter egg hunts after naps. I made them wear bunny ears while they hunted. Here's some pics.