Play day

Yesterday was a beautiful day. Zack and I spent most of the day outdoors.
I packed up a lunch and off to the park we headed. It took a long time for little man to eat his lunch, he couldn't help but keep getting away from the table and trying to go catch a bird or two to share his sandwich with them.

Once the lunch was finally eaten we hit the playground.

I heard a lot of "Hey Mom, come chase me" and "Tag your it." He was having a blast.

On the see-saw with mommy.

He let go of the handle and was being bounced around.

The world is his playground.

Here he is being a rebel... climbing up a slide.

I don't know what it is about this picture but I just love it.

Once we left the park. We came home and took a nap. I don't know why but you would think with all the fresh air his nap would have been longer than normal. Not so, he slept for about 45 minutes. Certainly not enough time for me to get anything done nor to take a nap myself.

We then went out to play in the backyard. Several more hours of fresh air, running, playing soccer, picking all the weeds (oops I mean the littlest flowers) growing in the grass. By the time we went indoors for the evening, I was exhausted, he was still wired.

Why is it that whenever my kiddo has a lot of outdoor time he sleeps less and the sleep that he does get it not restful? He woke up 3 times last night, the first time when I went into his room he looked at me, hugged my neck and said "Mom, I think I need some warm milk."

A Muffin Tin Birthday!!

It's a special day in this house.
Last night a 3 year old was put to bed for the night and Bam he woke up a 4 year old! Where has the time gone?

The birthday boy woke up to a yellow muffin tin breakfast today.
We have Vanilla yogurt with some yellow m&ms, scrambled egg, peaches, banana, and rice crispy cereal.

I originally had this whole lunch planned but scrapped the whole idea in favor of going on a lunch date with my little man. Check out what other moms are doing for Muffin Tin Monday here.

We had Zacks party yesterday. A month or so ago he told me he wanted a Wall-E cake. Of course my first instinct was to go to the store an order one but we found a cake pan on sale so I decided to tackle the task myself. I am not a decorator so I had no idea how it would turn out. What do you think?


Zack seems pretty pleased with his cake.


When Ma asked Zack what he wanted for his birthday he told her a vanilla and chocolate cake so she mailed him the mix and the frosting. He was so excited to see that! (When I made his cake he requested the confetti cake mix). I don't know if he was more excited with the cake mix or the Wall-E comforter. It's the little things that make him happy.

Another new game for his Leapster2. His beloved Thomas the Train.
All in all he had a wonderful birthday party, so much so that when I went into his room this morning singing the Happy Birthday Song he asked if he could have another party today. Gosh I love this kid!

*I do want to point out, this was not the best shirt for picture taking. It looks as if it is dirty but I assure you that is the design, the shirt was perfectly clean.

Counting in Spanish

I asked Zack if he can count in Spanish.

Rolling his eyes at me, he responded with a 'yes I can'.

He proceeded to count for me...

Uno, Dos, Tres, Cuatro, Cinco, Seis, Seven-o.

At that point I lost it and just couldn't help but laugh.

Be Warned

Today I will just leave you with a quick public service announcement.

Always, always check the pockets of little boys clothing before putting them in the washer.

Fruit snacks leave a sticky mess on clothing.

You have been warned.

Muffin Tin Monday

It's Muffin Tin Monday!!

I have only been doing this for a few weeks now but my little one has caught on. Whenever he sees the muffin tin come out he knows it is his special lunch. He loves it.

Of course there was one very excited little boy in this house when he came to the table for breakfast. There was no theme this week so I opted to switch up a bit and do Breakfast. I have to keep this little one on his toes.
We have a scrambled egg, banana, pineapple, english muffin with jelly and vanilla yogurt. I did throw a few sprinkles on his yogurt. I wish I had a video camera going because you would have thought it was Christmas morning seeing those sprinkles!

The excitement died down a bit and I heard "Uh Mom you forgot something". I knew what he was going to say so I cringed. I was so hoping I could get away with omitting it but NO my child had to have his ketchup. He quickly moved both bananas to the same muffin cup and told me not to worry because he made room!! I give up. LOL

If you haven't checked Muffin Tin Monday out yet head on over here.

***For those of you who commented last week on the sweet potato fries, yes they are crunchy. I let them sit in cold water for a while before baking them. It takes some of the starch out and they crisp up better.