Our Plans for the Third...

I can not believe that in two weeks my babies are going to be three! Where have the past three years gone? How fast are the next three years going to go!?!
We've been busy making plans for their third birthday. On March 11th, their actual birthday we are heading to Williamsburg (about 30-40 mins away) to Great Wolf Lodge an indoor water park resort. They are so excited they can not wait to go "wimm" (swim) in their hotel. They think it is so neat and can not wait to go. We're going to have a Scooby cake out there for them as he is one of their "fravrits" (favorites) right now but I think we're going to do gifts before we head out. Some will not fit in my Blazer or our hotel room for that matter (bikes) and others should not be forced upon unsuspecting strangers (keyboard and drum) I know I am crazy but with the exception of Connor asking for a Fly Boat and Braden begging for a robot since Christmas (yes we got those, too) a keyboard and drum is all they want. I want Excedrin and ear plugs but I don't know if Mike has picked them up for me or not yet-ha ha!
After we come back we'll be getting ready for a trip home to Northern NY for ten days to see all the fam and celebrate back home. The boys painstakingly went through party catalogs and settled on Mickey Mouse as their theme (he's their other "fravrit") so we have been shopping around and picking up all things mouse-they can not wait to party with all their NY buddies-Cadance, Owen, and their cousins Maleya, Ashley & Christina...they have not scene them in awhile and miss them very much!

http://www.greatwolf.com/williamsburg/lodge

Fort Mackenzie-Great Wolf Lodge Williamsburg, Va.

Freak Snow Storm 2.16.09

Boy oh boy did we get a huge suprise Monday morning-we had been "hit" by a "massive" snow "storm" the night before!
Honestly not even technically an inch or not the twins freaked out-they were so excited to go out and "play" in the "snow" and loved throwing "snow balls" at everyone! Mike was excited to whip out the ice scrapper-a relic from our NY days and he actually "scraped" the "snow" off my Blazer...

The Avenger "covered" in snow...

Mike "scrapping" the Blazer
Mike & the boys running around outside

Connor having a ball

Braden tossing a "snowball" at Daddy

It's all about the heart...

On Wednesday we had Valentine Day Story Time at Greenbrier Library where the boys got to learn all about their new favorite holiday "heart day" and make a really adorable teddy bear Valentine craft.

Braden & Connor with their Valentine Story Time craft

On Thursday we had our play group Valentines Day party. The kiddos all had a great time. They had tons of good food and sweets, played, colored and got some really cute treat bags with Valentines from all their friends!

The Mommies had some great food and sweets : ) and got to spend some adult time chatting while the kiddos played.

Below are pics of the twinadoes in their full Valentine grab showing off their pride and joy their Valentine boxers shorts that Gramma made them!

Also a group shot taken at the party of (most of) the Hampton Roads 2006 Mommies Playgroup.

Connor & Braden

Hampton Roads 2006 Mommies Playgroup-Group Shot

On Valentines Day Daddy was on days so we waited for him to get home to celebrate. The boys planned dinner-they wanted steak-they love to go out while Daddy grills, salad (Connor was insistent he wanted "crunch") and green beans (Braden was insistent-he's eat them three meals a day everyday if you'd let him!)
They were so excited to get their gifts (some new interactive books) they each also got a little box of chocolates and a lollipop bouquet. They'd made Daddy a Valentine out of their painted hand prints and bought me a small Valentine snow globe with a purple base (my favorite color is purple so anything purple "is for Mommy" as they say!)
Mike & I went clothes shopping together as our Valentine gift for one another-such fun (actually it was nice!)
So we had a very happy "heart day." Braden will tell you that he loves his "gifts for his heart because he is loved".