Super Thomas turns 2

Super Thomas turns 2 !!!! He is SUCH a big boy and we love him to pieces! Here are some of his two year old pictures we took. He was mostly intrigued by a dog around the park and kept throwing the gross slobbery ball to the dog. Nevertheless, we did get some cute shots of this super boy!

Some of Thomas' favorite things...

He loves to watch balloons fly into the air. Totally opposite from most children. Usually they will freak out if there balloon slips from their fingers and floats away. He freaks out until he can get that balloon outside and see it float away, then giggles the whole time it soars off.

He loves the classic movie "Winnie the Pooh." The one we all watched when we were tiny :) When tigger does his bouncing and singing, Thomas will jump jump around along like Tigger.
He loves jumping anytime, anywhere.

He still LOVES balls. He can't get enough playing ball.

We call him the "Chicken Whisperer" because he is obsessed with our chickens, Spot and Sarah. Every morning, noon, and evening he LOVES to go out in the back yard to tease the chickens, feed them leaves, poor buckets of water into their cage. And if he's lucky, he sometimes gets to play in the cage with them. Lately, we have found him being a little rough with them like kicking them in the bum. He's learning that's a no no. I have also found him sitting on one of them like a horse. Poor poor chickens. They do put up with him though and let him pick them up. He also goes around clucking like a chicken, "Baaaa ,ba ba baaaaaaaaa!"

He loves his milk.."Mi, Peas"= Milk Please

He still loves playing in the dirt.

He loves copying, harassing and playing with his big sister. Oh how he loves her. He is now copying everything she says. It's SO cute to hear him. I love the sound of them playing together.
He loves books, all kinds. Especially potty ones, golden book classics with farm animals, ABC's, numbers, shapes, etc...

His vocabulary has totally improved. For a few months we had him with "Kids on the Move" in their intervention program and he has TOTALLY taken off. We don't even need to meet with the therapists anymore. He is repeating us now and saying two to three word sentences. Way to go buddy!
Some of my favorite things about Thomas is when he wakes up in the morning and/or nap time, he is so loveable and cheerful (most of the time). When we come in his room to get him or wake him up, he'll usually say with his sweet voice "Hi Mom".

He gives the best hugs and kisses.
He LOVES potty books. We have one that is called, "Once upon a Potty." There is a part in the book where it writes, "he sat and sat and sat.......................". Thomas thinks that is HILARIOUS. He'll say "and sat and sat" and bust out a huge gut laugh. Next thing we're both laughing hysterically. He'll laugh so hard, sometimes he'll get the hiccups. Oh it cracks me up.

 

We decorated Thomas' room with balloons and number 2's all over his walls. He was so cute sleeping there. He always turns on his lamp when he goes down to bed so he can read his books. So it was left on for us while we decorated. He woke up his birthday morning in heaven with all his balloons.

We took little man and Emma to 'Discovery Gateway' to play, play, play. Of course his favorite part was playing in the ball area.

Emma's tradition is going to the play house at the museum and collecting all the flowers to pass out to people. She did that, then she decided to go into construction. I just watched her work with the other children, (but mostly by herself) lifting blocks and lifting them with the crane. That was a new interest to her this time. She had such a concentrated look on her face the whole time. :)

That is one happy birthday boy!

Emma and Thomas attended a class at the Museum. The lesson was on BUTTERFLIES! Their favorite!

Oh and don't forget about getting lunch at one of his favorite places, Noodles and Company. Look at him down that mac and cheese. :)

 

Here are the Superhero cupcakes. POW, BANG, KABAM, POP, BOOM!

Thomas running with his superhero bear. We made Thomas' cousin Finn a superhero cape! They both looked SO cute. He loves his cousin Finn. The dog you see on the table is something I stitched up and framed for his room since he LOVES dogs "doggy" or "Ruff" is what he calls them.

 Blow out your candles big boy! He finally had the blowing technique down and got very excited to blow out his own candles. Look at him look at the candles in delight.

 

What a fun party! Thank you to all the family that could come and celebrate with us.
Happy 2nd Birthday sweet Thomas boy!
We love you!

Easter Day!

After church we took some pictures in our neighbors back yard. Thomas LOVED the rocks and kept throwing them in the waterfall. The kids also received there Easter baskets and we spent some time going through them. Emma got spring shirts, Thomas got pajamas and little knick knacks. I also made the children some super hero capes for their favorite stuffed animals; Emma's bear shelly and monkey and Thomas' little brown bear. 

Easter morning

 Early Easter Sunday morning Derek and I taught the children an Easter lesson about our Savior's resurrection. I made some Resurrection rolls that were hollow inside to represent the Savior's tomb. Emma helped out with explaining the story of his Death and Resurrection. It was a beautiful morning. 

I love his morning hair and sweet morning eyes. 

HAPPY EASTER

Easter egg hunt part one

We had a little Easter egg hunt and colored eggs with some neighbors and friends. The kids started at the top house and made their way down a few houses, ending with ours. Here they are getting ready to start.

 

This is so funny. I still don't quite know why Emma was raising her hand. Maybe she was signifying she was ready to begin. 

 

And she's off!! 

 

It took Thomas a minute to figure out what in the world he was supposed to do. He would pick up an egg and we would tell him to put it in his basket. He would, and then put it back on the grass where he found it and go find another egg and so on, hahahha. He got the hang of the real game, real fast. 

 

He was smart. While the other kids rushed down the hill to the other homes, they missed a TON of eggs at the first house. I think Thomas spent the majority of his hunt up at the first house and was quite successful.

 

Emma and Thomas enjoying their yummies after the hunt. This was an awesome realization to Thomas that there was actually candy and treats inside these eggs. Heaven. Emma loved wearing her bunny ears. They really did have a fun time. The sun was right in their faces, it was a little hard to get a smile out of them without being blinded by the sun. 

Easter egg hunt part two

We had lots of fun at Oma and Opa's house for the annual Easter egg hunt. Cousin Finn wasn't as much interested in hunting for the eggs as he was holding all the cars he possibly could. It was so funny! We made a fun game of it by hiding the cars for him to find. Thomas had the egg hint game down and had fun gathering the eggs and treasures. :)

 

Emma loving every minute of the hunt. She was wearing Aunt Britta's sunglasses that she let her play with. She didn't take them off for a minute that whole night.She was also a good helper to Thomas in finding some eggs and hidden treasures :)

hahahaha, I love this picture. At the end of the hunt, Thomas got all giddy and silly all of a sudden.

2012- Coloring Easter eggs at Oma's

We colored Easter eggs at Oma and Opa's house. This was Thomas' first time and he got really into it. and kept saying, "Egg...egg". 

I tried to teach him to GENTLY put it in the color dye because he would normally just drop it in and color would be all over. He got better and better. It's so much fun enjoying these holiday traditions.

 

Emma loved all the colors and creations she got out of dipping her eggs. 

 

Of course Daddy getting his egg dyeing on. He has always loved coloring Easter eggs.

Emma's Easter Tea Party

We had a very fun Easter Tea Party with Emma and some of her girlfriends. They had so much fun and she had fun entertaining her friends. It was cute when they first came over, she would quickly get their spring flower hat and put it on their heads. She also loved making her guests laugh. I'd say it was a great Tea party and Emma can't wait until the next Easter Tea Party. :)

Her friends that joined us were Brooke, Hannah, Fay and Courtney. Aren't they adorable? We missed Lucy and Lily. 

It was fun getting into it and asking the girls in a proper voice if they would like some "tea". They would giggle. I tried to teach them the proper way to drink from a tea cup with pinky up. It was hard for them to get that technique down but cute to see them try.  

Emma LOVED entertaining the girls with her silly jokes and faces. I love this picture.

My two little bunnies!

Aren't these little bunnies so cute? Emma made an Easter basket in her Preschool and Thomas made these bunny ears at his friend Mi's house for playgroup. Normally he doesn't wear things on his head too well, but he was proud to show us his ears. I love how excited they are for Easter.