Tuesday, April 21, 2009

The Start of the Holidays

We walked around looking at the lights for a while and Jay thought is  was time to get the kids warm by the fire.
It was freezing so we had to make sure the kids were nice and cozy.
We decided to take the kids to the Columbus Zoo for the showing of the lights on Thanksgiving night. We were so glad we went.
I think my kids watch me and as soon as I turn my back they are the best partners in "crime". This is one of the "crime scenes". 
The remains of mine and Lennix's ginger bread house. All he was interested in was eating it.
For all those who stayed in town, our ward put on a Thanksgiving lunch and we stayed a played games.
We decorated for the holidays and then had a little baseball game. Lennix is getting pretty accurate. 

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Jensen's 1st Birthday

This was Jensen's Birthday cake. It was really fun to make. He had a little truck that he loves playing with so that was the inspiration for the cake. As you can tell by the following pictures, he loved it!
On both of Lennix's birthday's he would not touch his cake. That is not the case with Jensen. We decided to place him on top of the table and let him go to town. It was apparent that he was enjoying ever bit and we are in trouble because he has a major sweet tooth.
Our family at the party. I think Lennix is wondering why he didn't take advantage of his birthday cake at his party. July will come so soon!
This truck was Jensen's favorite present. Oh wait, it was his only present that night!! Good thing we chose wisely. He still loves playing with it and he takes it to the park to play with it in the dirt. I love the cute faces kids make when they concentrate.
During the next week, Jnsen received many fun Birthday pakages from Aunt's and Uncle's and Grandparents. He felt very loved. Thank you everyone!!
As Jensen was opening all of his presents I'm sure Lennix didn't understand why there was not one for him. Well, leave it up to my mom to think of everything and there was a little present for him. Lennix loves this little trucks and we find them in the oddest places in our apartment. A side note about Lennix . . . if you didn't notice, Lennix has lined up his trucks perfectly. This is totally his personality. Not all the time, but most of the time he is very precise about where he places his toys and is very meticulous. He even comes home, takes off his shoes and socks and puts one sock into each of his shoes and then puts them in his shoe drawer. I know what your thinking . . . I wish he was this clean and meticulous about everything of his!