Behind- Boys Birthdays

We did celebrate Henry and Tucker's birthday's. I promise. Henry turned 4 on July 27 and the next day Tucker turned 8. On Henry's birthday, he woke up to a few presents, then we got him his free Krispy Kreme birthday dozen glazed doughnuts. Trent's mom and I took the boys to Fuddrucker's where Grandma treated them to lunch and some games. In the evening we decided to check out a public pool in Chandler that had a little lazy river, a couple slides, and a kid zone. Good times.

 Tucker woke up the next day to a few gifts. He was sick of doughnuts and requested scrambled eggs and toast for breakfast. We went to Game Stop to get him a new game for his D.S. That night we went as a family to the evening splash at Golfland/Sunsplash. Trent took him an hour before I brought the kids and played lazer tag and goofy golf with him. It's not a good place for a camera, so there isn't much to show. But we did have a good time and we love our big boys to death!

Tucker recently

Tucker is so cute and funny and optimistic. He has said a few things lately that I don't want to forget.
New Years: "Mom, Two thousand eleven is going to be the best year ever!" Me: "Oh ya, why is that?"
Tucker: "I start third grade, get baptized, start cub scouts, learn cursive."

2 weeks ago he was bummed because Trent had a snow campout with the scouts and there wasn't enough room for Tucker to go. Then his Grandma called to see if Tucker wanted to sleep over at her house with his cousin Kyler. He was thrilled. When I went to pick him up the next day we all went to lunch at Chic-Fil-A, finished up with ice cream cones and then headed to the park where 2 more of his favorite cousins Chandler and Jack met us and came back to our house for a couple hours.
Tucker: "Mom, this is the third best day of my life!"

Yesterday, Tucker comes home from school and says, "I've got good news and I've got great news. The good news is, I kicked the kickball over the fence today, (a home run) the great news, we got to listen to the professional band at school today."

That kid is so stinkin great.

Birthday Boys (Tucker)

Henry turned 3 the 27th and Tucker turned 7 on the 28th. We've had so much fun celebrating and we're not quite done. We celebrated Tucker's birthday with Trent's family on the Sunday before his birthday. He had so much fun playing with cousin's, eating cake, and of course, opening gifts.

Then on his birthday he requested eggs and toast for breakfast (I thought it was funny he chose that over pancakes or waffles.) Of course he couldn't wait til breakfast to open his presents. The kid woke up at 6:15, he thought it was Christmas or something. I also thought it was funny that he asked me if Daddy knew what his presents were (he did not).

The day after his birthday we had my side of the family over for swimming, chicago style hot dogs, cake and ice cream. We had a ball!

Tucker's cake was a lego piece.

 I will recap more when I cover Henry's birthday. But for now I'm off to change a diaper, clean the kitchen, and make dinner.