New Booster Seat

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William has finally graduated from his strap-in booster seat & passed it on to Daniel. He is very proud of his "big-boy booster" & even manages to stay at the table while we're eating. Daniel was vey excited to finally get out of his high chair. In the mornings, we have to remind him that "his" chair is now at the table & he then gives us his little "I'm so proud!" grin.

Base Parks

base parks

Here are a few snaps of the boys at two of their favorite parks on base. The day we were there, there was a military shelter set up (guess they had some sort of exercise next to the park?) & the boys had a ball running through it. They called it their "tunnel". Click for more pics!

William's ingenious train invention

William's main fascination these days is his train set. He constantly begs Mommy to build a "really cool train track" & then proceeds to play with it for hours on end. He drives his cars & the school buses over it, just like a real vehicle would cross the tracks. The other day, we caught a train & William discovered how the arms work: the ones that come down when a train is running to block vehicles on the road from crossing the track. The bells dinging & the lights flashing were almost more than he could bear! I thought he was going to jump out of his carseat in excitement. The next morning, this is the addition he came up with for his train track:
 

Uncle Michael, William's godfather, gave him these for his birthday. They are supposed to be used with small metal Lightning McQueen race cars--you put the car on the little track, put the arm down, push the button, and the race car zooms out onto the floor. To William, they looked like the railroad crossing arms. This is his new favorite game!

We're back!!

So, our computer was down for a week, and then the boys & I left for the Florida coast to meet my family for 10 days. I know this doesn't equal 2 months, but they're the only excuses I have! And, in the meantime, I managed to delete all of the pictures I took while we were at the beach. Hopefully, I can post some that were taken by Nana & Grandpa Sam. Here is a video of William riding his big boy back in May just after he became coordinated with it to tide you over!

Graduation!!

William graduated from his 2 year-old preschool class tonight. Their title was the "Turtles" and there were 10 kids total. His class is the one in the front row & he's the one in the middle in the white shirt & blue pants next to the dramatic little girl in the pink dress & white sweater. He's also the one jumping off the bleachers just before the end of the second song! They are singing "I'm in the Lord's Army" and then, "Jesus is My Rock". In the pictures below, he's walking past us to head up to the stage & was SOOOOO excited to see us in the audience. The one of Daniel is Daniel blowing William kisses as he walked by. We got a resounding chorus of "Deh Wee-yum!" amidst all the blowing. The last pic is William with his two teachers, Mrs. Frank & Mrs. Karasek. They will be Daniel's teachers next year as he enters the 2 year old class & William moves up into the 3 year-old "Fishes".

Happy Mother's Day

 

Happy Mother's Day!! This is the oven mitt William made for me at school. Isn't it adorable? He was so proud of himself--he couldn't wait to explain that it was his handprint on it. We had an easy day. Lunch at McDonald's while the kiddos ran themselves ragged & then I got the BEST Mom's Day present ever. Both of the kids ate BROCCOLI for dinner. Yes, you read that right: My boys who think they're allergic to anything green or anything that even remotely smells like a non-potato-originating vegetable actually ate BROCCOLI. Daniel picked it up, said "bwoccoli twees" & popped it in his mouth. Took him about 15 min to chew it up enough to get some down, but he was determined. When William saw Daniel do it, he had to do it, too! He ate a whole bunch of "twees". Maybe there's hope for them after all;-)

Silly William-man

Just a few snaps of William being silly in Daddy's boots & playing with his train track. Our basement is almost finished except for the flooring--they painted & hung doors today--so, William can have his train track set up ALL the time!!