Happy Birthday to Our Little Monkey!

Can you believe Luke is 3 years old?  We can't!!!  This year, we had a Curious George party for Luke.  He loves Georgie, and he sleeps with a stuffed George every night (along with his other "friends," Penguin and Snoopy).  It was a lot of fun prepping for the party, and Luke was so excited.  He loved the bounce house, and seemed in shock by the generosity of his friends (he got some GREAT presents!).  We love you Lukie!!!  Happy Birthday, Buddy :)

Some of the decorations for the Curious George party!

Gift bags for our friends, which included bubbles, a bouncy ball, a barrel of monkeys, and organic banana chips

Yum!  Cupcakes in red (red velvet), yellow (yellow cake) and black (chocolate)

Julie (Nathan's mom), Cheryl and Brittany (Luke and Jack's daycare family)

The kids' table settings

Shawn and Tiffany

Jody and Adam

Jody and Josh

Alan, Sunhee and Don

Zak and Jack

Captain America (or is that Luke?)

Nathan (Batman) and Luke (who has struck a fine pose!)

Us

Denise and the twins, Jared and Virgil (in no particular order, since I'm not sure which is which :) )

Cute little monkeys, Josh and Luke

More monkeys- Zak and Jack!

Pin the banana on George!

Drawing George

Zak getting a little help from Dad!

Playing "Georgie Says."  Jack was the winner! 

and back to the bounce house!  Perfect for little monkeys!

Luke and Airenn

Present time!

Luke got lots of help opening his presents!

Our cute little chef!  He got a barbeque, complete with apron and hat, food, and grilling utensils.  The kids played restaurant and had a blast serving the adults.  Their services started out really lacking and we were worried they might get a visit from Gordon Ramsay, but they turned the service around and ran a great grill!

The Batman Geotrax was a huge hit for the boys!

Lana

Our decorations.  I made copies of pages from one of the kids' coloring books and then had them blown up to poster size at Kinkos.  The border is simple bulletin board borders from the teachers' supply store.

I used cutout bananas to add a little depth and color to this poster 

We used this poster for "Pin the banana on George"  Zak was the big winner!

Halloween 2011

We held our annual Halloween get-together this year (yes, even though Halloween was on a Monday.  We're committed.)  This year we were joined by the Del Vecchio and Natori families. The kids had a great time playing for a few hours until it was dark enough to go trick or treating.  Jack really loved prepping for the party.  He helped make a lot of our Halloween decorations.  He is amazingly creative, and I always love to see what he'll come up with.  The Bird family stopped by later in the evening, and it was great to see them, also.  This was the first year that the theme of our costumes was split since Luke is now old enough to pick his own costume.  Jack decided he wanted to be a pirate, and Luke wanted to be Superman, so I joined Jack as a pirate and Nick dressed as Clark Kent.  The boys are already asking when it will be time for Halloween again.  LOL...it's going to be a long wait.

Pirate Jack

Luke, aka "Superman"

Zak as Captain America

Josh (as Thor), Zak, Jack and Luke

Nice matching pose!

Awesome!

Jake (aka "Rex") and his family joined us this year.

Love how Luke is checking out Nick's Clark Kent costume.  He was so excited that Daddy dressed like him :)

Jake as Rex from Star Wars

Aspen as a fairy

Our neighbors sit together in one driveway and the kids get to get candy from each of them.

Aspen checking out her loot

Our neighbor, Gary, decorates his front porch, and has a life-size pirate that talks.

The boys are mezmerized by Gary's talking pirate

The Bird family stopped by later in the evening.  Lana is rocking the vampire fangs, along with her 80's Flashdance/Jazzercise costume