Happy REAL Bday!

To celebrate the big 1 today, we headed to Chuck E. Cheese's for pizza Lincoln mostly gagged on, rides that are way too big for him and prizes he could choke to death on. Okay, I confess it was mostly for the siblings, but Lincoln had some fun too. :) He got a total kick out of the little rides...

Happy Birthday, Lincoln!

I know I say it every time one of these rolls around, but wasn't this kid JUST born?! We had an Old McDonald birthday party on Easter weekend since my family was in town. Lincoln was so sweet, trying his hardest to open his gifts (with the help of his siblings, of course). But the highlight was the cake. He was hilarious, investigating it slowly, touching it cautiously, then diving right in until he nearly ate the whole dang thing. I stopped him at the point where I was sure I'd be cleaning up red-tinted puke in a matter of minutes. After shaking him off and scrubbing the shortening-based frosting off of his entire body in the bathtub, he took a great nap; undoubtedly dreaming of cake. Happy Birthday, little buddy!

Dinosaur World

So we heard about this place called Dinosaur World and knew we HAD to take Reese there. From morning til night, all we hear about is dinosaurs (mixed a little bit with sharks). So after making arrangements for Lincoln and getting all ready to go, we realized as we were about to hop in the car that it was 3 1/2 hours away (we thought it was in Louisville). We knew better than to crush Reese's hopes and dreams... we buckled in for a very long day of 7 hours in the car to be at Dino World for 2. Thankfully it was a totally gorgeous day, the kids were well behaved (thanks to our borrowed DVD player) and we made 2 trips to Sonic for cherry limeades. And every night since, when we pray at night and tell God what we're thankful for, you can imagine what Reese's is. :) The scrapbook pose for Mommy
And they're off...

Future paleontologists

His face says it all. This was one of 150 life-size dinos they have!

"Are you SURE we can't take him home?"

Reese and his worms

One of Reese's favorite things to do is go outside exploring for worms. After a recent rain, he went outside sporting rocket pajamas and Emma's rain boots... and couldn't quite control himself from peeling half-dead worms from off the sidewalk and proclaiming them still alive. Boys will be boys.