Birthday Party for the Boys

Since we were in Kansas close to the boys birthdays we decided to celebrate while we were there.  

Jackson loves firetrucks, so we had a firetruck themed birthday party and I ordered shirts with firetrucks on them for the boys.  We usually don't get to celebrate the boy's birthdays with family, so it was a nice treat for everyone.  

Jack's Birthday Cake

Ben's Smash Cake

Singing happy birthday to Jack

Blowing out the candles

Daddy helping Ben out with his cake

Get in there, Ben!

There you go!  

YUM

Ben at the ENTIRE cake

Aunt Nancy with Ben after his bath

Grandma Teach, daddy and Ben

Great-Grandpa Peterson with all the great-grandkids

Kansas Trip

In mid-May we flew back to Kansas to surprise my mom for her retirement party.  We had such a wonderful time seeing our family 

Benjamin on the plane

Jackson on the plane

Visiting Great-Grandma Laverne

Visiting Great-Grandma Ethel and Grandpa Teach

Retirement party for my mom

Me and my mommy

Touring the Fire Station

Our neighbor is a firefighter in Oceanside and he invited us to his station a few weeks back for a tour.

Jack LOVES firetrucks.  He looses his mind when he sees one driving with it's lights on.  So you can imagine how excited he was when he got to see one up close and ride in it.

Checking out all of the lights and whistles

Sitting in the driver's seat

Checking out the nozzels

Pretending to put out a fire

Honk Honk

Riding in the firetruck

Our neighbor, Scott, Jack and Daddy

9 and 10 month comparisons

Easter

We had a fantastic Easter. We woke up and went downstairs to check and see if the Easter Bunny had come.  He had!  He really spoiled the boys this year.

After opening the Easter baskets we had breakfast and relaxed for a bit.  Then we got dressed and went outside to see if the Easter Bunny had left any eggs outside.  There was a note by the door that said "Easter Egg Hunt".  The Easter Bunny had left eggs for the boys to find!!!  

After the egg hunt we let the boys play outside for awhile and then we all had a nice family nap.  We ended the day by driving down the coast and watching the sunset.  Perfect ending to a great day.  

Snail!

Jack got a bug container a few weeks ago and he thinks it is so cool.  So far we've caught snails, butterflies and a caterpillar that lasted almost two weeks.

Jack and his friend were flying the snails around the yard

SNAILS

Watching the snail crawl

Kissing the snail- ewwwwww

Jack literally watched the snail crawl across the deck