Gray's 5th Birthday Party

Gray's 5th birthday party was held at Chuck-E-Cheese. It was my boy's first time to go and I think they had a great time! Daddy and Will concentrating very hard on one of the arcade games.
Will went for a ride on the indoor ferris wheel. Daddy made sure to buckle him in tight!
Will made sure to pay close attention as he "drove".
Time for skee-ball.
Yea ~ Thomas's ball actually made it all the way down!
Gus was right there trying to keep up with the big boys.
Geyer preferred to watch from the safety of Paw Paw's lap!
Luke vs. Will in air hockey.
Uncle Sam had to hold onto Gus tightly ~ that kid loves to move!
Will took over the lap, so Gus was moved to the shoulders! Gray waiting patiently while everyone sang Happy Birthday.
Blowing out the candles while Will watched closely.
Thomas being super silly!

Gus and Geyer's 1st Birthday

Gus and Geyer celebrated their 1st birthday at the Grace Museum. There were lots of fun things for the big and little kids to do! Will climbed in the tree house and made silly faces out of the dome window. Gray and Luke climbed up there to take a look, too.Thomas had fun talking on the "telephone". Gus and his cousin Emma had a nice talk about how to build with blocks.
Then Gus decided it was more fun to chew on the blocks than to build with them! Kirklyn skipped the blocks and went straight for her shoes!
Melinda, GG and Amy were ready to watch the cake eating!The boys enjoyed their chocolate milk while they waited for cookies. Josh and Gus ~ getting ready for some icing ~ and maybe some cake, too!
Geyer and Guss getting a good look at their cookie monster cupcakes.
Gus didn't take long to dip his fingers in the icing.
Geyer at the cookie first ~ and gave Gus a look like he has lost his mind!

Will checked out the situation, but he refused to get any closer!
Josh took some video while Gray watched.
Guess who finally decided to dig in!
GG, Do Do and Josh with the birthday girl and boy!
Meanwhile............. Gray and Luke were the "directors" of the pirate play.
Thomas making an entrance as the grumpy pirate.
And apparently Will was the happy pirate! Then Gray and Luke dressed up in full costume ~ not just the hats!

Will loved driving the ambulance. Luckily it was didn't actually move!

Cute As 2 Bed Bugs

After some convincing from Daddy and Grandmother I decided to let the boys sleep in the same bed. If you know anything about their sleeping habits, you know they both tend to wake up 2 - 3 times each every night. I figured it couldn't get any worse! They have been sleeping together for a week and one OR the other has only woken up once a night!

Happy 2011

We went to Abilene to spend New Year's Day playing at a gym with Paw Paw, Melinda and the Morris family. We all had a great time! Thomas catching a ride from Martha Kate.
A little obstacle course was set up for everyone interested to run a little race. The kids went first! Martha Kate gave Thomas a few pointers about how to win the race.
And they're off! I'm not sure who won, but they all had a great time!
The next racers: Thomas, Melinda, Katherine and Mur
Now look closely: Melinda is in the lead, Thomas is next, but Katherine and Mur seem to have been tripped up at the starting line.
Racing to the finish!
Thomas, Gray and Will all took a turn swinging on the rope into the foam pit. They had a blast!

Thomas took a turn on the trapeze and loved going higher and higher!

Will loved it, too. As you can see he was a pretty good swinger!
The boys swinging side by side. Notice Gray watching cautiously in the background. He wasn't to sure about what his crazy cousins were doing!
Thomas making a safe landing back on the trampoline.