Parker and Sydney are "3"

The kids birthday party was a great success.

Here are some pics of their birthday cookie cakes. They were a bigger hit then any regular birthday cake. The cakes were not the hard part. It was those crazy marshmallow fondant monkeys that I made. It took forever to dye that stuff red and black.

The cakes were supposed to both be just blue and yellow but I ran out of blue frosting 1/2 hour before the party and ran to to two stores only to find green frosting..so this is what we ended up with.Brother and Sister Love
The four of us....wish Parker was looking.

"Happy Birthday to Parker and Sydney"

Check out the slideshow to the right.....

Visit with Grandma Truty-Feb 2010

These pics and videos are a little late. They were in the camera that Patrick likes to carry with him for work. The kids and Grandma really enjoyed spending their special day together. Being silly with Grandma.

Grandma reading a bedtime story.

FIVE-TY SIX.....just read it

Last week, Parker and I sat down to read a book. It was a Nascar race car book. The first page had a car with the number 83 on it and Parker pointed out that it was 8...3. I said yes, that is eighty-three. He repeated eighty-three. The next page had a car with 84 and he said 8....4. I said yes, that is eighty-four. He turned the page and there were four cars. On his own he started pointing at them and sayin their numbers, eighty-three....eighty-four...sixty-four....AND five-ty six. Yes FIVE-TY SIX instead of fifty six!! It was so cute and so amazing that he made the connection.

Bikes Don't Jog

Patrick has been out of town a lot the last couple weeks with training all over the state.
My mom and I have started taking the kids every day after work for a bike ride through the neighborhood where we can get a little exercise too.

The other day, my mom was walking along side Parker on his bike and said, "Let's jog." Parker replied, "Bikes don't jog, Nana!"

Too funny!

Giant Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake.

So the kids are so excited about their birthday. They have been asking if they can have their own birthday cake. We figured they have to share EVERYTHING else so maybe we could accommodate with the cake.

So came the idea of the Giant Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake.

It was something I looked forward to every birthday. My Grandpa would make me a Giant Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake.

My Grandma could not find the recipe for the cake so I found one on the internet that looked good.

I decided since baking is not my strong suit, it would be best to do a trial run and see if it was any good. So yesterday, while Parker was napping, Sydney and I made the cake. It turned out GREAT!

As we were eating the cake for dessert last night, I was high-fiving Syd and telling her what a great job we did. She said, "Mommy, let me pat you on the back."

SOOO CUTE!!

So it happened...

So it happened.....yesterday I came home and Sydney was calling her brother Par---ker. Yes that is his name(with a slight pause in between). But she used to call him, "Barper". She knew how to say it the right way but that was her little name for him. Now it's gone. :(

"Almost" 3 Year Olds

The most amazing gifts God ever gave us. Double Blessings!!!