Yo ho ho is what you say!

Shaden turned 3 on Saturday!  

I can't believe it has already been 3 years!  

He is such a character.  He cracks me up, drives me crazy, and makes my heart swell with happiness and love.  

We had a pirate birthday party at my parent's house on Saturday.  

Shaden and Jayce love pirates right now.  

Shaden made out with a ton of treasure (presents).

Arrrrgh!

Ahoy Matey!

Watch out Landluber!

"A truck and ATV like Papa's!"

"HANKS! Mamma and Hampa!"

"Cool Glow Swords!"

"Smile Shaden"

Yup still a goofy smile. :)

Play dough!

"MY OWN CAMERA!  COOL!"

Oooh!

"Check it out!"

Pirate Cake. Like the eye patch being lifted up?

Pirate cake decorating didn't go so well... 

It was HOT so the frosting was runny and not working with me.

My dad did an awesome job of making the skull and bones on top 

out of the marshmallow fondant I made.

Shaden was a champ and blew out the candles all by himself.

He loved when everyone clapped too.

A Sandbox!

Chris's parents got Shaden a sandbox and sandbox toys for his birthday.  We let him have the sandbox and toys the day before his birthday, because we weren't going to be home on his birthday.  He was SO excited to play! Jayce wasn't too sure about sitting in the sand.

Opening up the package of sand toys.

They played in there for 2 hours straight!  

That is a big win in my book!

I think we added a bit too much sand, but oh well, guess we don't have to worry about the sand that escapes the box.

Bring Your Family to Work Day

Last Tuesday Chris had a Bring Your Family to Work Day.  It was cool to see where he works.  The Brigade just moved to new facilities.  Shaden and Jayce had a blast seeing all the "big trucks" and running around the motor pool.

I was standing on the ground looking up at them.  Seriously BIG trucks!

 Shaden loved sitting in the driver's seat and honking the horn of the trucks.

Jayce enjoyed climbing the stairs and making lots of noise.

They were a little worried about walking on this grate, 

but quickly got over that and had fun running on it looking down.

We found Chris's locker and had fun "hiding" in it.

Silly Boys, Cute Clothes

 Jayce looks like he has a fauxhawk. :)

"Enough Mommy"

Resilient Plants

 Well, I haven't killed my plants (yet), but Jayce tried to.  When I water my plants I let Jayce and Shaden touch the basil and smell it.  One day the boys were playing outside and Shaden had an accident.  While inside helping Shaden clean up, Jayce decided he wanted to smell my basil and my jalapeno plant.  Unfortunately for those plants he also decided the best way to smell them was to rip them up.

Poor Jalapeno

Sad Basil

I was pretty upset.  Chris was sweet and replanted most of the basil.  

Thankfully both plants have made a great recovery.

Look at all those leaves!

 And the start of a pepper.

And happy Basil!

Check out those tomatoes!  Woot!