Creative Haydn

Haydn has had his creative juices flowing lately.  The other day he found a box in my room and asked it he could have it.  I came down and saw him punching holes in it with a screwdriver.  I was told they were airholes.  With a little direction we turned it into a robot.  He and Tristan colored it.  Later Haydn also painted it.

The next day he wanted a hat to go with it.  He got the idea from a Curious George episode, hence the tall yellow hat.  Again he and Tristan colored in and covered it in stickers.  I also helped him cut a door into it so that he could put snacks in it and lift the flap to get what he wanted. He tried to explain what he wanted but ended up showing me the show so that I could do it exactly how George had.  Here he is showing off all sides of his creation.

Another afternoon Haydn's goal was to build tall crazy towers.  I love this kid and his imagination!

10 Years Together

Scott and I celebrated our 10th Anniversary of our first date a couple weeks ago.  We went out to dinner at the cheesecake factory!  Yum!  I can't believe we've been together this long.  Time flies when you're having fun I guess.  We've had 7 moves (including across the country and back), finished 3 degrees, had 4 adorable boys, bought a house, and had 2 "real" jobs while we've been together.  It's been a busy decade!  Can't wait for another one, and another one, and another one!  Love you Handsome!

Happy Birthday Connor

Yesterday Connor turned 8 years old!  How did that happen so fast!?  He had a pretty special day!  He had a "day of  treats" so he says.  I made cinnamon rolls for breakfast as requested.  He got donuts in his last Senator meeting for the year (he's a Senator for his class in the student council).  Then we brought him treats for his class.  I made little cheesecakes with  blueberry and cherry topping look like a flag since his birthday is Flag Day, that was a big hit!  He got shrimp, his favorite food, for dinner and of course cake and ice cream. 

 I slaved all day over this cake!  It was my first try with fondant and I made the fondant myself too.  I think it turned out pretty good.  It's a charm book with a Gryfindor scarf, sorting hat, golden snitch, wand and Hedwig around and on it.

 Tristan and Haydn chose an awesome Harry Potter lego set to give Connor.  They painted and drew on a bag to make the wrapping paper too.

 I don't know why I don't have a picture yet of what this was.  This was his favorite thing.  We decided to give him a Kindle since this boy can't STOP reading.  He LOVES it.

 Blowing out the candles...Happy Birthday Connor.

Connor will be baptized on June 30th and 5pm here in LA if any you don't know that yet and want to be there.  We are going to bless Archer at the same time too.  Connor is so excited about this and we are so proud of him for all he's done these last 8 years!