Bounce!

I can't believe my baby is 2 years old!  Where is the time going?  To celebrate Luke's birthday we had a bounce party, complete with a bounce house, lots of balls and 15 fabulous kids! It was a great afternoon with good friends.

 Nick and Adam manning the BBQ!

 The kids all decorated their own "balls" to hang on the wall.  We had some great creations!

Cayla taught Luke to hula hoop. He didn't understand that the hula hoop should move and he should remain in one place. Instead, he turned around in circles while holding the hula hoop around him. Too cute!

 Dinner time!  Dino chicken, Tater Tots, apple sauce and grapes- a dream dinner for any toddler/preschooler!

The kids got to decorate their own cupcakes! Tiffany helped me make them the night before, and we had such a fun time making the colored frosting! The kids got to pick from red, pink, blue, turquoise, and green. We had all sorts of sprinkles to top the colorful cupcakes. The kids did an excellent job making a mess and creating some awesome looking cupcakes! The adults got in on the fun, too, but they had better toppings to choose from. The crumbled Reese's Peanut Butter Cups were the big hit!

 

 Tiffany and Will in front of the bounce house!

 The kids came in the house as a pack and declared it was movie time.  We let Luke pick the movie, so of course he picked The Fantastic Mr. Fox.  It was so cute to see the kids sitting together (at least for a few minutes!) and watching the movie.

Here comes trouble!

 Present time!

Too cute!  Luke got dancing Mickey from Grandma and Grandpa Clark.  Ya, I'd say that was a big hit! 

Ready for bed after a long, fun day!

 The bounce house was even fun the next morning!

 Bouncing with Auntie Leah

 Here's some of the Ball art!

 Josh is a minimalist.  I like it!

 I think the message here is Go "L"- as in Luke and Lana!

 Luke's work of art



Lefty?

Uncle Alan always comes through with cool gifts for the boys.  This year he got Luke a golf set.  The beauty is it can be used left or right handed.  While Luke hold his fork with his left hand, he is definitely favoring his left foot for kicking a soccer ball, and he swings a golf club like a lefty...Nick is very happy about this (apparently a great thing for sports?) 

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!  We had our annual barbeque and were joined by half of the Del Vecchio Family this year (Josh was sick, so Adam stayed home with him).  The boys had a great time, and Luke seemed to really enjoy trick-or-treating (other than the occassional scary-lookng monster or witch!)  This year we put Jack in charge of our costumes, so (surprise!) we were a superhero family once again.  This year, all of the boys were Batman, and I was Robin Girl. Jack told me I had to be Robin Girl because he was going to be Batman, and I'm his girl :) The boys looked SO CUTE in their Batman costumes.  I was very proud of Nick for dressing up, since he really can't stand doing it.  What a trooper!  We made our way around the neighborhood and the neighbors were so wonderful to the boys.  We then headed back to the house, and I'm pretty sure Jack and Luke had just as much fun handing out candy as they did receiving it!  Jack called out to the neighborhood that we had candy ("Get your treat!  Get your treat!")  The boys didn't like the lulls between groups of kids.  All in all, a very successful Halloween spent with good friends!

 Luke's FrankenPotato

 Jack's SpiderPumpkin

 All of our neighbors get together to hand out candy, so we can hit up half of our block in one driveway.  They LOVED the boys' costumes, and Jack and Luke got lots of love (and candy) here!

 Batman meets Superman

 Best Buds

 The whole crew, including Uncle Will (aka Captain America)!

Jody "Wild Thing" Del Vecchio, and Zak "Wolverine"

Grandparents' Day

It was Grandparents' Day at Jack's preschool, which means Fall recital time!  Jack wasn't as animated this year as last, but did a good job "respecting others," as Ms. Angie, the preschool director, so eloquently put it! That, of course, did not keep him from sticking his finger up his nose for the better part of a song, but what can you do?!  Grandma and Grandpa Stow, and Grandma and Grandpa Clark were able to make the recital, and this was a surprise to the boys, so they were really excited to see everyone! 

Below is Ms. Angie.  She is just wonderful and loves the kids!

 Sorry for the bad picture quality...

 This is Jack's classroom.

 Jack showing his grandmas his art on the wall.  He was very proud of this drawing and described it in great detail!

 Jack in the "Art Center," which is his FAVORITE center!

 Sharing baked goodies with Grandpa Stow