welcome baby aziz!

Bert, the boys and I visited our friends Sulaiman and Joey over the weekend to meet baby Aziz.  He is a sweet little boy. We saw his nursery for the first time and it is an adorable jungle theme with hand painted jungle mural with a giraffe, monkey and zebra.  It was great to visit friends and hold Aziz while he slept peacefully in my arms.

Sulaiman, Joey and Jacynda, with love we welcome your dear new baby to this world. We share in the happiness of the beautiful new life you have created! Our love is with your new family. Congratulations!  

stuffed animal pit

Here are the boys romping around in a "stufffed animal pit" they made in Ethan's room.  Lots of giggling going on in this photo collage.  I just learned how to make a photo collage with the free photo application Picasa, so quick and easy!

soccer ball

For Hudson's 4th birthday, Grandma and Grandpa gave him a soccer themed gift.  Soccer lessons at the community park and a "paint your own" soccer ball gift set.  He really enjoyed painting his own soccer ball and I know he'll love playing soccer this October. Here is Hudson creating his very own soccer ball.

drawing lesson: geese silouhette

This week we are drawing a lanscape with geese silhouettes.

Here are the boys completed drawings:

Ethan Age 6

Hudson Age 4

drawing lesson: notre dame cathedral

Last week we drew the Notre Dame Cathedral with markers!

Here are the boys drawings:

Hudson Age 4

Ethan Age 6

twister!

Hudson got a bunch of games for his birthday.  All of them we have played already and having a great time doing so.  We played I Spy, The Zoo I Drew, "Wh" Bingo and Twister. One in particular gets a lot of laughs and that one, of course, is Twister!  Here are some fun pictures of us getting twisted.

Hudson turns 4!

Our baby is 4 today and not a baby anymore. He is a lovable, smart, artistic and energetic little boy. We celebrated his birthday yesterday at Chuck E. Cheese, one of his favorite places to play.  He had a bunch of friends there to celebrate with him and I took a ton of pictures!  Happy Birthday Hudsie!!!  Love you xoxo.

Birthday Boy!

He loves rainbows!

our family with honorary family member, Emily.

Singing Happy Birthday

Hudson and Emily dancing - they loved this game

Birthday crew!

Chuck E with Hudson and Jay

Hudson, Saiber and Emily

 Hudson was scared so, Ethan went in the ticketblaster for him and won 400 tickets!

Thank you party favors, mini chalkboards!