The Train Museum

When asked what Joey wanted to do for his birthday, he said go to the train museum. This was not a surprise. The train museum that we like is in Tuckahoe which is about a half an hour away. It's not real big but it is nice. This is how it always goes: As soon as we walk in the door, Joey runs around like crazy from display to display. Then he plays with the wooden trains for awhile. This the wooden train table. He wouldn't look up for even one second. See the half smile?

Celebrating with Chuck E Cheese

As a tradition, our family celebrates our birthdays at Chuck E Cheese. We went friday night for Joey's. It was so packed, Joey didn't have as much fun as usual. We'll have to remember to never go on a friday night. We did see Chuck E Cheese a lot. I was surprised when Joey wouldn't get his picture with him.Riding the carouselHangin with Laura in the tubesAlex playing air hockey. Yes, she went as Cindy Lou Who.
We sang Thomas songs the whole way home. This is why Joey's mouth is open. He sang his heart out!

Cindy Lou Who?

In celebration of Dr. Suess, Alex's school dressed up as Dr. Seuss characters. We pondered a few different characters and Alex chose to go as Cindy Lou Who. We were proud of how she looked. She even won BEST DRESSED CHARACTER for all of Kindergarten. Granted, there are only 26 kids in kindergarten, we were still proud.The dress is courtesy of Aunt Fran who gave us some of Tracey Lee's old dresses. Daddy did the hair. There are two braids in the back that are hard to see. Yeah for my Punkin!

Life Moves Way Too Fast

Today is Joey's birthday and I wanted to share some photos of Joey from then and now. It's amazing how quickly your children grow. Sometimes I feel like life is passing me by. It's crazy!

This is the photo we took for Alex to announce that she is a big sister. Joey is 3 days old.We were so excited for Joey's first Halloween because we found Tigger and Pooh costumes. This was taken in September, almost two months before halloween. This was Joey's first lollipop. Alex was sharing her halloween candy with him. At first I almost had a heart attack. Then I thought, what the heck. No harm in a little sugar and broke out the camera. He was 8 months old.This one is one of my favorites. Alex used to do all sorts of things with and to Joey. Her favorite thing was to show him books when he was in the walker. One day, she decided to decorate him with stickers. At least it wasn't markers. My neice Camryn decided her brother needed powder when he was little and dumped a bunch of it on his head. So I felt lucky that this is all she did to him. If you felt like you've seen this picture before, you probably have. It was on his first birthday photo. I don't really remember why he was in the basket. Anything that I write would be pure speculation.

At times I feel Joey is not as advanced at certain things that Alex probably was at his age. In the rush of life, I don't take the time to show him how to do things like put his coat and shoes on and brush his own teeth. I just do it for him. He still amazes me at times though. For example, he puts his own train tracks together. They don't always work out but sometimes they do. We can always hear him making up his own stories too. It's really neat. The other day, we went to a party at McDonald's. I brought his food over and then got distracted talking to someone. When I looked over at him, he had all his food set out and even had his straw in his drink. I was pleasantly surprised. My Little Man is becoming such a big boy right before my eyes.

Here are some photos of Joey today

This was riding on Thomas the Tank Engine in DecemberHe looks so small next to that great big train.This black tongues is from black icing at halloween. This picture, I feel is the perfect depiction of Joey. Carefree, easy going, in his own world. As you can see, he has Thomas in his hands. This is normal.

He amazes me everyday. Whether it's something he says or does. He gives the best hugs. I love him to pieces. I can't believe my baby turns 4 today. One thing is for sure. Life moves too too fast.

Vacuuming With My Boy

We have had a kiddie vacuum ever since Alex was little. She liked it but nowhere near as much as Joey. Ever since he started walking, he has gotten out his little vacuum every time I got my vacuum out. He hasn't done it in a while. That's why we thought this time was so much fun. I jsut wish it really worked!

Scrapbooking with the Sister Missionaries

I enjoy scrapbooking. At this stage in my life, I do more single projects like the occasional card or a present for someone. I haven't made my own scrapbook in a long time. Who has the time. It is time consuming. I still enjoy every aspect of it though. I also like to have whatever I need to want at the time on hand. So, I have lots of stuff...and I don't mind sharing.

Ever since I joined the LDS church, my best friend Stephanie and I liked to feed the missionaries. Missionaries are young men (elders) and women (sisters) who are called to teach people about the church. Missionaries taught me when I was researching the LDS religion. So when I moved down to Cape May, Brodie didn't mind continuing that especially since our area is covered by sisters. Most Mormons are scrapbookers. This is how I learned the trait. When the sisters where over for dinner last week and they spoke of their photos, I offered for them to come over and scrapbook. It was fun.
Sister Tolefson and Sister Thorton and their projects. Sister Thorton decided to make some Miss You cards after being indecisive about what photos to use and what layout to choose for her project. I hope the girls are proud of themselves. I had fun.

Joey's Bed Head

Ok, so I thought it would be cute to grow Joey's hair out a bit a get him a cute swoopy kinda cut you see the boys have these days. It has been an extremely difficult few weeks. Everyday his hair is standing up in some shape or form and I spray his head with water and comb it down. The other morning was the worst though. I could not stop laughing at the poor kid. His hair was so crazy. This is the best photo I could get. I don't feel it shows the extent of the craziness. When Joey saw his hair in the mirror, he frowned and asked me to fix it right away. It was so funny.