Ryan is 3!

It’s a birthday themed post! Ryan had a great 3^rd birthday.  We started off the day by getting a spiderman balloon from the grocery store.

 He also wanted cupcakes with blue icing.  Here is the before picture.  I asked him whose birthday it was and he pointed to himself.

And the after picture... he only ate the icing :)

Here he's opening presents--added some new buildings and trains to his train set and also some new puzzles.

Aunt Barb sent him a "cooking" themed package equipped with his own utensils and an apron with his name embroidered on it.  

Lots of smiles today!  A perfect day.  As I write this post, I am reminded of how often people give the advice to enjoy the time when the kids are little because it goes by too fast.  While it didn't seem like it at the time, I can believe it today as I think back three years ago when Ryan was born.  It does not seem like he can already be three.   

Fall is in the air

With a fall feel in the air, it was time to add some spooky guests to our house. The boys are getting excited about Halloween even though its weeks away. Ryan says he wants to be spiderman. We will see if that lasts.

Here are pics of them putting up some skeletons and pumpkins on the window. They are gel stickers compliments of Aunt Beth. Ry is even sporting his skeleton shirt.

4th of July Fun

Like swimming, starting a fire in the yard ranks high on the boys’ list of favorite things to do.  Add sparklers to the mix and a good night turns into a great one.

These pictures are from our 4^th of July celebration.

Password is "sparklers"

fourthofjuly2014 from GDH on Vimeo.

Singing with Mom

Ryan loves to listen to music but it’s not very often that you will hear him singing a song.  Most of the time, he wants you to sing.  Or he might sing a short song if he is in the mood.  As many of you know, Ryan is very independent and does not do anything unless HE wants too.  There is no bargaining or bribing with this kid J

After weeks of singing this particular song, I was finally able to catch it on video.   His sweet voice warms my heart.  Enjoy!

Password is "sing"

RySinging from GDH on Vimeo.

Gavin's version of this song is on the April 24, 2010 blog post.