Brothers

Paul, generally a sweet, loving brother, had a need to take out aggression on Ben repeatedly throughout the day.

After I comforted Ben and cleaned up his wound, Ben went over to Paul and gave him hug after hug.

I am so happy that they have each other.

Family Night

Monday night is family night.  Justin and I make sure to spend quality time with the boys doing something special; something that sets the evening apart from the rest of the week.

This week after playing at home and eating dinner, we bundled up and headed downtown in the bitter, windy fall weather.  

Stop #1: the toy store

Stop #2: the ice cream store

What a better way to warm up than by eating ice cream, right?

Amazing Jumping Boys!

Introducing the Amazing, never before seen dare-devil brothers attempting a dangerous feat that has never before been attempted. Sit back and be Amazed!

Paul is 3!

For Paul's birthday today he...

Made eggs for breakfast...

and ate them all gone so that he could eat this giant cookie that he baked with Ben and Mommy yesterday.

Paul wanted to go to the park for his birthday, so we went and picked up Grandma (Wilkins) and went to the park.  The heat made us all a little uncomfortable, so our stay there was short.  To cool off, we drove downtown and treated ourselves to ice cream at Walrus.

From there, we headed to the toy store to pick out a birthday toy with the money he received in the mail from Great Grandma and Grandpa Wilkins.  Paul had a lot of fun playing and looking at all of the toys; it was difficult to get a picture of him standing still.

For lunch, Paul requested that we eat at Old McDonald's.  I had never taken him to (old) McDonald's before (except when driving through Wyoming) and was impressed with the play area.  Paul ate apples and drank orange juice and then tired himself out in the play area.

At his request, we went back to Grandma's house to play.  Grandma had a present for him which he was very excited to open.  He stayed and played at Grandma's house until that evening when Daddy, Mommy, and Ben picked him up to take him out for a special birthday dinner.

At Paul's request, of course, we went to a restaurant that had crayons and noodles.  After a long, sugar-filled day, neither of our boys were very cooperative, so we had our meals boxed up and left as quickly as possible.

Having been left unsatisfied with his park experience earlier that day, Paul requested that we go to the "small park" (our neighborhood park, down the street from our house).  So we went to the park as a fun way to end Paul's third birthday.


We love you Paul!

Ring Around the Rosy

Mr. Fashion

Paul continues to impress us with his great sense of fashion.  It still seems a little strange to me that at such a young age he is so passionate about what he wears and what he does not want to wear.

Bunnies & Squirrels & Ants Oh My!

Since receiving a book about animals and bugs for Christmas from Ba-pa, Paul has been slightly obsessed with animals and bugs.  Luckily for him, we have a lot of friendly creatures visit our backyard.

One of many bunnies hopping around.

Paul collected a few ants and made a "house" for them complete with twigs, apples, grass, and rocks.  To lure the ants into his hands, Paul would say, "Come here ant.  You want to play with me ant?".

After this squirrel nearly made it into our house, it darted up into this tree looking for safety from the boys.

We also have a well-fed fox (perhaps more) in the neighborhood.  We haven't been able to capture a picture of him yet...