Saturday, February 16, 2013

Valentine's Day

Hope everyone had a great Valentine's Day with people you love! We had a great, low key Valentine's that was perfect to me!  
I got to spend the day with this sweet Valentine! :)
We made a Love Bug for Daddy.
And then decided to surprise Daddy at work and take it to him! :)
 After Jeff got home, Colton got to open his Valentine.  He got a soccer ball he was super excited about! He will start soccer later next month so we will get to practice before with his new ball!
 He also got a Bubble Guppies paint book and had to try it out right away! His favorite show right now is Bubble Guppies.
 Perfect ending to a great Valentine's Day! Colton thought the heart shaped pizza was so fun!
Happy Valentine's Day!
(Colton had fun saying this all day long and to everyone!)

Friday, February 8, 2013

Dinosaurs at the Heard Museum

Last Saturday the weather was beautiful so we decided to take Colton to see the dinosaurs at the heard museum and enjoy the outdoors.  We had not been to the Heard Museum before and it was a great place.  We had such a fun morning!
Colton all ready to see some dinosaurs with map in tow!
 The dinosaurs moved and roared and were so life like.  It was a neat exhibit!
 Soon Colton ditched the stroller to walk.  This dinosaur made a funny noise and Colton thought it was pretty silly!
 Along the exhibit were some "tough and feel" interactive dinosaurs. Colton is checking out the "big big big teeth".
 The different dinosaurs were spread out along a nature trail so it was a neat walk.
 All the dinosaurs were true to size...Colton was not 100% sure about the giant T-Rex (don't blame him though...dinosaurs are kinda scary!).  He would not get any closer than this. :)
Colton loved seeing the dinosaurs!
After we saw all the dinosaurs, we explored the rest of the museum checking out some real wildlife. They had a raccoon, deer, assorted birds, reptiles, lemurs and some other animals to see.
Checking out the raccoon. 
After we saw all the animals, we decided to take a walk/hike on one of the many nature trails they have since it was such a nice day.  Colton rode for half of the hike and walked the other half.
On the nature trail.
 There was a huge huge oak tree that has been there since before the Civil War. It was so big and beautiful and neat to see.  Colton said "Whoa...look at that big big tree.  The birds and squirrels live way way up in that tree". He was right!
Such a fun family outing enjoying nature and dinosaurs! :)

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Birthday, Playdates, Beautiful Weather and Lots of Fun!

We have been busy having lots of fun recently!
We went to Benihana to celebrate my birthday and Colton thought the experience was very interesting! 
He would watch the chef so intently!  
We have been having lots of fun playdates recently too!
We met Will and Jack at the mall to play and have lunch.  The boys have a good time playing and it is fun to catch up with Sarah!
Colton and Jack playing.
Colton and Will eating lunch...silly boys! 
Addison and Leslie came over to play one day and the kids had fun playing with toys and enjoying their snacks together.  It was a super fun playdate!
Since we stopped going to gymnastics (Colton was not into it) we had not seen our friend Emma in awhile, so we scheduled time to play.  We went to the mall to play, have lunch and ride the carousel. Colton was happy to see Emma!
The weather has been so nice we have been enjoying lots of evenings in the back yard! Colton loves to be outside!
Since the weather has been great we decided to grill this past weekend.  Colton has his own grill he cooks on with Daddy.  So cute...like father like son! :)
Colton loves to sport his sunglasses in the car and it is too cute!
Colton figured out how to use the camera on my phone.  He figured out how to make it turn the screen to see yourself and how to take pictures...there are lots of these type pictures on my phone now! Ha!
Love this silly boy!!!

Saturday, February 2, 2013

GiGi B's Birthday Party

On Saturday January 26th, we had a surprise party for Jeff's Grandma (GiGi B) to celebrate her 80th birthday! Jeff's Aunt and I planned quite the party and GiGi B was soooo surprised! It was a fun evening with family, food and dancing!
 Happy Birthday GiGi B!!
Colton loves birthday cake!
 Colton had fun dancing with Mommy and Daddy!
Colton and all the girl cousins! He has so much fun playing with them and they love playing with him!
 My parents brought Colton with them so Jeff and I could party prep and took him home for us as well.  They enjoyed celebrating GiGi B too!
Banner family group shot