Science Experiment

While Lillie is away at Kindergarten I'm trying to introduce some new things to Samuel. Right now we are really enjoying some science experiments. Today was the playdoh volcano. As you can see below, Samuel was pretty excited about it.

And once more for good measure....ah, there's the green food coloring we put in!

Samuel's 1st Day of Pre-School

Samuel started his first day of pre-school last week and he is so excited and proud! It's great for him to have something to do now. He's at the same place that Lillie was last year and it's great. He's in a class with two of his good friends from church so that's good too. He loves his class and his teacher and BTW.... he's back on track with potty training! I don't remember if I mentioned it, but he regressed when Lillie went to Kinder. Over the weekend he decided he was ready again and now we're not going back. Good job Samuel.
Look out world, here I come!Checking out a roly-poly before we leave.

All Aboard the Birthday Express!!!

Samuel turned 3!!! He has been practicing for his birthday since he turned 2 singing happy birthday and pretending to blow out candles almost every day. He was ecstatic when the day actually came. He had a Thomas the Train party with his friends last weekend and then a family party on Monday. He had so much fun with all of his friends and I had so much fun getting everything ready for him...it's the best doing fun things for your kids that get them all excited. To the left is the cupcake cake from the store that he absolutely LOVED! Below is the cake that I (and Tim) labored over all Sunday night. Not quite as neat as cake #1 but a lot of love went into it and it was so much fun to do!

The pinata was a HUGE success and a MUST for future parties!

I just can't believe that my boy is already 3. He is such a fun loving little guy and we have a great time together. He has learned so much this year and is getting really excited to start pre-school in the fall. He is such a great big brother to Grant and him and Lillie have so much fun runngin around together. We love you Samuel! You bring so muc happiness to our family! Happy Birthday Buddy!

Love,

Mom

Alright, this is the 1st time Samuel looked at the cake. He stared at it in complete silence for about 10 seconds then looked at me and said "WOW" all slow and amazed like. Okay. That totally made all the effort worth it. I think we spent an extra $50 on our energy bill for how often he opened the refirgerator to look at that day. It warms my heart!

ZZZZZZZZ

So, 2 days after Tim and Lillie left for CA we had church. When we came home I sat Samuel at the table with some dinner and went to feed Grant. When I came back to check on him this is what I found...

I was floored. This kid has never even fallen asleep watching TV! It's his bed or nothing. Maybe, every once in awhile the car. I stood there with my mouth hanging open for a few seconds. Then we he started falling out of the chair I had a major parenting decision. Grab the kid, or risk concussion and run for the camera. You can see what I decided. But I did pray the entire time that he wouldn't fall out. (He was safely buckled in I later remembered!) I wanted to give him a fun week, but I didn't realize I had tired him out quite so much! And this was only 2 days in!

Samuel's Big Boy Bed

Samuel got his new big boy bed a week and a half ago. So, I thought Mr. Clings-to-the-old-hates-changes was going to have a really hard time giving up his crib. I couldn't have been more wrong. He was so excited to build the bed with dad. He was thrilled to sleep in it the 1st night and has never asked to go back. I was doubly surprised because at the same time he moved to Lillie's bedroom and STILL had no problem with the change. I think he really loved the whole "big boy" concept. He is, of course, having a difficult actually staying in the bed, but we're working on it. A piece of chocolate for a job well done the night before seems to do the trick. And hey, there is nothing wrong with a piece of chocolate for breakfast! Anyway, I am so proud of him. He has been very gracious about Grant taking over his crib and room...what a GREAT big brother!