Monkey is 2!

 

May 2 was Collin’s 2cd birthday! It is real hard to believe he’s already 2! Time really does fly! This year we just had a simple little party & BBQ with our close family & friends.   

Collin has been really into Sesame St. so I decided to make him an Elmo cake. When I told him I was going to make him an Elmo cake he said “aan Coookie Moster” (interpretation- and Cookie Monster!) I said “Really 2 cakes?” & he said yes! Then the next time I mentioned it to him he said “Elmo, Coookie Moster . . . & a Gouch!” He wanted 3 cakes! Elmo, Cookie Monster & Oscar the Grouch! So of course I decided to do it! You only turn 2 once!  I decided to make an Elmo cake & an Oscar the Grouch cake & cookie monster cupcakes.

                  

                  

The weather was pretty nice so we all got to sit outside & eat. & the kids got to enjoy playing outside In the sandbox & playhouse.  Later we all went inside so he could open all his great presents! He got alot of cool John Deere trucks, Buzz & Woody figures, a “grill” & other outdoor toys & his big gift (from grammy & grampy) was a Lightning McQueen TV for his bedroom. (He has been very jealous that Ethan has a tv in his room! Neither of them can fall asleep w/ out “background noise”.)    

                    

                    

Happy Birthday Monkey Boy!!!

MaMa. . . I Ready!!

 

Every morning in our house is a crazy mad rush to get ready & out the door in time. One day last week, I was packing up our stuff for the day & I told Collin “It’s time to go, lets get dressed & ready”. A minute later he yells from the other room “MaMa. . . I Ready!!” I walk in to find he started to dress himself! Still in his jammies, he decided he needed to wear his scarf, Ethan’s hat & his new favorite monkey boots!

 

My Silly,Silly lil Monkey Boy!!

a HaPpY eAsTeR!

 

This year I woke up early Easter morning to Ethan wide awake & standing next to my side of the bed saying “Mommy. . . Mommy. . . Get Up!! Mommy. . Get up! I wanna see what the Easter bunny brought us! . . . Come on. . . . Mommy. . . please!!!” Collin on the other hand did not want to get up! We practically had to pry him from his bed! But he woke up rather quickly once he got downstairs & saw his basket waiting for him to dig into!

 

Opening Easter baskets

     

                              “Awww. . . Baaluuwa cac sic” (blue chap stick!)

 

                                     “WOW!!!! I Got LEGOS!!!!!!!

 

Hunting for eggs!

 

Poor Collin has a bit of a problem . . . . He has no butt!!! Even with a diaper on his pants never stay up! If I put a smaller size pants on him they are too short! The total opposite of Ethan, with his lil achon bubble butt & need for shorter pants! You will notice the progression of Collin loosing his jammy pants!

 

Diaper peeking out. . .

little bit more. . .

 

oops there they go! . . .

And they are off!!

 

After Church 

 

After church service Collin decided to make Grampy take him for a walk up the street to check out a motorcycle! 

Later that afternoon we had our families & a few new extended additions to the family (my sister’s fiancé's parents & brother) over for a non- traditional Easter dinner. We decided since the weather was going to be so instead of having the traditional ham dinner we wanted to have a BBQ. It was so nice we all got to sit out on the deck to eat. & the kids enjoyed getting to play outside. Wish every year the weather could be nice enough to spend Easter outside! Wishful thinking for all of us in Upstate NY!!

 

Hope you all had a great Easter too!! 

An Award!

 

I was very surprised this morning to open my email & find this:

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Dear Jennifer Weisser,

You have been identified as a leader in the Achondroplasia community. By sharing your personal, first-hand experiences with this disorder on your blog (The Weisser family), you have helped others. AccessDNA's mission is to help increase the awareness of both rare and common genetic disorders by creating accessible and reliable information on genetic conditions.  We respect your efforts and are privileged to distinguish your blog with the following award:

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Wow! Many of my friends in our “blogging family” have also recieved this award! Way to go ladies!!!

MONSTER TRUCKS!!!

 

 

Last night Ethan & his best buddy Erik from school went to see the Monster Truck Jams with their dads. They had a blast!! Ethan has never seen a real Monster truck before, so he was very excited!! 

                                             Ethan is half the size of the truck tires!!                       

              They got to check out the trucks up close & meet a few of the drivers!   Fred said he had to stick him in the tire! How many kids can fit perfectly in a tire like that?

                             

                                         

                                    There were dirt bikes doing jumps too! cool!

                        

And he said it was really cool when this mesh cage truck got stuck standing up & they had to bring out the crane truck to get it down!

Hanging out with your daddy, your best bud, Monster trucks, dirt bikes & crane trucks! That’s what Ethan calls a super fun night!!!

SwOrD FiGhT!!!!

Not very much exciting going on here lately to post about. Just going about our normal crazy day to day lives! And trying to enjoy the nice beginning of Spring we have been given.

Last weekend we enjoyed a nice Sunday with a visit from the Camengas. We love our monthly get together with them! We usually just hang around & spend a nice day relaxing & chatting while the kids all play. This time the boys broke out the foam swords! So this lead to the little boys & the big boys having a fun sword fight! It was very comical!

As you will notice the dads do not move from their seated positions!

Afterwords the kids all decided to go into the laundry room & "nap" together on the floor because Grace's baby doll was "napping" in there! Really not sure why they chose to "nap" in the smallest /most cluttered room in the house.

We always try to end our visits with a nice group picture. It's really hard to get them all to cooperate & look at the camera all at the same time. Collin was napping (for real this time) so he couldn't join in on picture time.

Cant wait until next months visit!

Elmo & the Sesame Street Gang

Last weekend we took the boys to see Sesame Street Live. This year's theme was "When Elmo Grows Up" We have now gone three years in a row. This year my best friend Kelly & her son Alex joined us. The kids all had so much fun! They were clapping, singing & dancing. Collin is really getting into Elmo right now so he was loving every minute of it!

. . . . . . . . . . . . . Ethan & Alex . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

I had a little video clip too but blogger wont let me upload it. I tryed all day to upload it.