Blizzard!

It's October 29 and we are in the midst of our first major snowstorm this year. Admittedly, it's a great excuse to hang with Spencer and catch up on a few things around the house (such as downloading pictures!). We had almost two feet of snow (my very unscientific analysis by looking outside) and I hear we should get another seven or so inches today. Yikes. Hopefully Grandpa Lewie and Grandma Linda will get here soon - they are planning to fly in today.

The above pic gives a little preview to Spence's halloween costume (a dinosaur). Yesterday morning he wanted to wear the dinosaur hat - he even wore it in the car and into his classroom. What a fun way to start the day - turning around in the car to see my adorable little dinosaur.

Family hike

I took these pictures on a hike a couple of weekends ago. Spencer loves hanging in this backpack. He especially liked getting out of the backpack and running around in the water!

Spencer's birthday party

Pin the nose on Elmo -

thanks to my mom for sending Elmo party games and decorations!

Spencer's first pinata - made a little less exciting when I realized that store bought pinatas

do not come filled with candy. Sorry, kids.

Happy 2nd birthday, Spencer and Kaia

Spencer shared his second birthday party with his good friend and neighbor Kaia who he met when he was about a week old. It was fun to watch all the kiddos run around together. Spencer seems to still enjoy walking around with several random objects and he has a particular affinity toward Kaia's bouncy ball.

Happy 2nd birthday!

I made an attempt at Elmo cupcakes for Spence's school. I think they ended up looking part Elmo, part alien but the kids at school recognized them as Elmo!

I spent some time at Spencer's class...the kids ate cupcakes and then were really fun to hang with. The girls gave Spencer hugs, then they all sat around and read, made a train out of their chairs, and Spencer found the broom and swept the floor!

Spencer loves his birthday present from my parents - a new chair to hang and watch his tv - a new hobby! Here he sits this morning with his favorite friends - his stuffed puppy, blanket and a broom - as he watches Little Einstein.

We can't believe our little boy turned two yesterday. Jon and I celebrated by taking him out for sushi (which, believe it or not, he enjoys (sans fish)). We went to our favorite little spot and sat on the patio - one of our favorite things to do here in the summer. The ladies there are always so sweet to Spencer and they brought out cake and ice cream and sang happy birthday! By this time in the day he had a lot of birthday serenades so he started catching on to the birthday song. We have one more party for him next weekend with a few friends (we're teaming up with our neighbor whose girl also turns two this week). Lots of celebrating for our special boy!

Grandma & Papa

We had a really great week with my parents. Their visit started with a night of babysitting - Jon and I went out Friday night for dinner and to see Cirque de Soleil to celebrate our 5th anniversary. We had a long list of great activities - lots of dining out, a trip to the local water park, shopping, golf lesson for the boys and spa for the girls. During the weekdays grandma and papa took Spencer all around town - to the butterfly museum, the train shop, a visit to my office, a trip to the grocery store where Spencer came home with more bubbles (of course) and an Elmo balloon, and what seems like countless other fun spots.