Shane Turns 1!!

This is hilarious! Here Matthew holds his food away form Shane. I guess everyone knows how much Shane likes to eat.
Matthew decided he better hold his food up higher so Swiper can't get it. Too funny.
Shane all dressed up in his Birthday duds.
Yes, yes I had fun dressing him up. I don't think I went too over the top though. I put the famous "I'm this many ..1" t shirt on underneath for cake time! He is after all baby #2 so I have learned a few thing along the way.
Hard to get a good shot right now of either boy. They just don't want to cooperate with the mamarazzi. :(


Of course Shane was spoiled rotten on his Birthday. Here he is peaking through all his presents!
Here we begin opening the presents. This is taken when Shane is still interested, the toddlers haven't came to help yet, and I can still remember who gave what.
The cake! It was VERY tasty and I thought the Tigger and Pooh theme was adorable.
Here Tim gets Shane ready for his big eats!
Of course we held up our friends, The Smith's, first birthday tradition. Sadly we need a review! You place a bible, a coin, and a shot glass at the same time in front of the baby. Whichever one he/she chooses has a meaning and foretells their future. The coin represents wealth and riches, the bible righteous and truthful, and the shot glass represents the life of the party.

It was funny because Shane wasn't going for any at first. He was just taken in by all the attention.


Then he grabbed the coin!!


Bring on the cake! At first he wasn't too excited about it.
Then he dug right in!
All the kids were really good!
Shane really wanted to try out a fork. Go Shane!
What a sight! They are all sitting and enjoying cake time.
Big brother loves cake too~
Digging in.
Bringing on the horns. Note the Mater hats.

Record Snow In Cowville

They say every 6-8 years they get a dumping of snow. We are lucky enough to live here during one of those times. Over two days we got about 6 inches? The above view is looking down our street.
Here is the front of our house with Logan at play. The snow sure does make everything look clean and beautiful.
After the two days of freezing temps we had a gorgeous day. The sun came out and it got up to about 40. Logan loved tromping around.



When you are an adorable kid it is OK to take off your wet pants (and shoes!) outside before you go into the house.

It is fun to show off your "long johns" too!
Tim has smartly taught Logan that the tights Mom puts on under his pants in snowy weather are called "long johns" not tights. Someday I will breakdown and buy him the real thing but for now tights will do just fine!

Got Snow?

Here the boys eat snow ice cream. Not sure but does this mean it is organic ice cream? Or can ice cream be organic?
Tim went out and collected snow and then asked me if we had vanilla. Add some milk and voila Vanilla ice cream.

On The Go

It is funny to me that Shane already gets around on his lightening McQueen car when he just started walking maybe two weeks ago.
Thank goodness he is pretty slow on his car ... for now. Tune in next week...
Ahhhh the age where they like to shop! Or at least push the cart!
Shane LOVES to wear his shoes! SSSH don't tell him they are one of Logan's old pairs. They were barely used. I think Logan went into sandals or something. Shane will bring us a shoe and whine for us to put them on. It is pretty cute.

Hanging Out

Here Shane is playing with Logan's dino's. It was so nice of Max and Lukas to include Logan on Shane's birthday. Logan received three dino's from them and what did he say, "I no like dinosaurs." Ugh it was embarrassing!!!

"ROAR!"
Here Shane gets help getting down from the step stool. You can't turn your back on this one!
Logan and Shane both already love to jump on Logan's new big boy bed!
Just chillin' on my new bed. I am really happy and feel lucky to day we have had no issues moving Logan to his big boy bed. I hope it sticks!!!

Will Sit For Food

What?? Doesn't everyone eat snow?
It is tasty but I am willing to share!
Loves pasta and rice!
I am posting these two to show how big Shane is getting!
He is "sooooooooooo big". He doesn't sit much unless he is getting into something or eating!

Our Little Helper

Shane is a busy little guy. If I can train him to help we will be in business. Here he is getting himself a snack --oops!!-- I mean feeding Moxie.

He is quite proud of getting the lid of the dog food container.
Helping me unload the dishwasher.
Who knows what he has in his mouth now!
Oh yes and helping Mom reorganize her spice rack cupboard and toothpicks.

Race Car Driver

The remote control car is of course still bringing a lot of fun to all the boys and the one who thinks she is a boy (moxie!). Here Tim chases Logan with the car...
And Moxie's tail gets in the way ...

Logan making sure the car doesn't hit the Christmas tree. GO LOGAN!! He really is such a good boy.
Its all fun until you crash and spill the cheerios. On another note I have been thinking about rearranging the living room a bit but after looking at these photos I am beginning to think maybe having the huge open space is good for the kids at play. Hmmm