Kumbaya

Owen sings the day away. While we were coloring the other day, I caught him singing this rendition of Kumbaya:

What we do when it's hot out...

...we get out the slip and slide!!

It took Owen a few minutes to 'warm up' to the idea of the slip and slide, but once he started he wouldn't stop!

Caitlin was a pro:

And then there was Jon - who against all manufacturer's warnings - had to get in on the fun:

It was a fun way to spend a relaxing Sunday afternoon!

Owen turns 2!!!

We celebrated Owen's 2nd birthday last night with lots of family and friends.

Owen didn't really want to make a big deal out of it: ...but his mom did...so get ready for lots of pictures!!

Of course, it's not a good party without lots of food. Since I was so busy getting the food all ready I wasn't able to make sure Owen was eating a well-balanced meal. I'm pretty sure the only thing he ate for dinner was watermelon, since every time I stopped to take a picture, that was what was in his mouth!!

Here he's even trying to eat the rind...but after one bite he gave up on that idea.

Even after I cut him off from eating more watermelon, I caught him in the act of trying to sneak some more from the table:

Caitlin with her cousins in the bouncy house:

Owen got his turn at the pinata first. We'll work on his bat swinging skills in the future (and that's a basketball in case you couldn't tell!!!).

Cousin D's up to bat:

Taylor's turn:

It was a mad dash for the candy:

Goofy girls:

When it was time to open presents, Owen went straight to this Tonka truck, threw out the wrapped gift that was in it, and took off with the truck:

We somehow managed to peel him away from the truck to open the rest of the presents:

And lastly, it was dessert time. I made a jersey cake and basketball cupcakes to go along with the sports-themed party:

Blowing out the candles:

Watermelon for dinner and cake for dessert...

I know Owen had a fun time!!!

Owen's hair

Pretty much everyone (and by everyone, I mean everyone) comments on Owen's hair. Don't get me wrong, I love to talk about his hair too, but I'm starting to wonder what people really think. Usually the comments I receive sound something like this: "Wow, look at that hair!" This could mean one of three things:

1)Wow, look at that hair!

2)Wow, look at that hair....why hasn't his mother cut it?!

3)Wow, look at that hair...it's so cute!



Whatever people are really thinking, I just don't have it in my heart to cut his hair quite yet.

Picking Strawberries

This morning I took the kids to a U-pick strawberry field. As soon as we were out of the car the kids were off and running with excitement!

I showed them what a good strawberry looks like and, bless her heart, Caitlin tried very hard to pick only good ones


And she did a pretty good job (but, wow, she was slow)

I really didn't think Owen would be all that interested in picking, but I was SO WRONG!

He was very good at picking strawberries...just not very good at picking the right kind of strawberries (notice how tiny-and white-some of his strawberries were):

We went to the Sakuma Bros. Farm and they also have a bunch of things for kids to do there besides picking strawberries. When they saw this area with a bunch of ride-on toys, they were off and running again:

If you know Owen, you know he loves tractors and he loves ride-on toys. I don't know if there's any place he would have rather been. Who needs Disneyland when you can have this:

There was also a sandbox with toys:

And lastly, we were able to go on a little tractor ride. Owen was a little scared of it, so I sat in one of these barrels with him on my lap. And can I just say, these barrels are not meant for adults to sit in, especially with an almost 2-year-old child on your lap. But we made it work.