HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Happy Birthday to our THREE year olds!! It's so hard to believe that our babies are already three. You boys have grown up so much over the last year and are such a joy and blessing to our lives.

Here are pics from their birthday party at "Going Bonkers" - which lives up to it's name!


The boys climbing with their Daddy



Table of friends!


Birthday boys

Brendan

Collin

Superhero bday cake

Mason, Dylan and Kailey

Parker and Preston

Lila, Ali & Zoe

Presley

Teagan

Victoria

My picture taker didn't get a picture of Ella & Audrey - but they were also there! :)
Cake time:

I obviously didn't notice when I picked out this cake that it had BLACK icing...oops!


Gift time:



And lastly, a group photo:

First day of preschool

Today was bittersweet. It was the first day of preschool for the boys. They did SO well, better than I could have imagined. Collin woke up this morning and said, "I get to go school today!!". Brendan was equally excited. Mike was able to go with us to take them to their first day which was really nice. Here they are outside of the school on their first day!






They surprised me with how well they did at drop-off, they didn't even cry!! They are such big boys now and they were totally ready for school. They had an amazing day and had so much fun. They were happy to see me when I picked them up and their teacher said they were a joy - and never cried! Hooray!



I took them out for ice cream to celebrate their first day. They gave me a play by play of everything they did all day. Some of which was "I sang songs - the ABC song and the wheels on the bus song" (Collin) and "A baby girl ate some of my cheese crackers" (Brendan). They truly seemed to love it and are already asking me when they get to go back. :) It makes me so happy to see them loving school, and then a little sad at the same time that they are already big enough to attend school!!!

Edited to add:
I forgot about these pictures that I took when the boys got a letter from their preschool teachers, Ms. Monica and Ms. Tiffany a few weeks before school started.

Best Buds

BOTH boys potty-trained!

Brendan finally decided to potty-train about a week before his third birthday. He just had to make up his mind, and he was trained in a day! He knew exactly what to do...he was just being stubborn! We took him (and Collin, of course) to Chuck E Cheese to celebrate. Hooray for no more diapers (until April)! :)
He doesn't look thrilled in this picture because he hates pictures and really just wants to go PLAY!

They loved the dancing mouse

Moving to the "Big Boy" Room

Mike and I decided it was finally time to move the boys out of their little toddler beds (AKA converted cribs) and into twin beds. Two twin beds wouldn't fit very well into their baby room so we moved them across the hall to a bigger bedroom. I decided to make it a little more BOY and not so BABY - so we painted and went with a car/truck theme - it turned out cute! All though we still need a few more finishing touches.

Here are the boys playing in the boxes that their new bedding came in. It seems like boys really don't need toys...boxes do just fine! They have played with this box for weeks now!






And here are a few pics of their room. We still need to get them bed frames - so for now, their beds are just on the floor, which has actually been a good transition since they don't have rails now.



Brendan in his bed


Collin in his bed

Say Cheese!

Collin has discovered a new love...queso!

As you can tell he enjoyed every last bite and lick!


And a random photo of Collin modeling a cowboy hat that was a take home art project from story hour. Brendan refused to let me make his into a hat, so it's just Collin!