My son.... the climber

My son, the climber, about killed himself today. It happened when I was pregnant with David. That time he actually was stuck under the dresser, pregnant mom threw it off of him! This time, Alexander was crawling out from under the dresser when I went in. For the longest time I kept the crib in front of the dresser after the first accident. Then David was born & eventually he needed his crib. Alexander has been in a toddler bed since he was 11 months old. I've looked for the things to attach the dresser to the wall but I can only find the online. I guess I'll be ordering those now. Don't worry, these pics were not taken immediately. I rushed him out of the room to put ice on his boo-boos. I just hadn't picked up the dresser yet & figured I'd get a few shots to share the horror I found when walking into his room after hearing a huge CRASH!

Happy Birthday, Elmo!

Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday dear Elmo

Happy Birthday to you....

We took Alexander to Elmo's birthday party today. After story time, Elmo & Grover came out to meet & greet the children. Alex was a little shy with Grover, but Elmo got some BIG hugs!!! Elmo had cupcakes for everyone! There were a lot of kids celebrating with Elmo. Alex really enjoyed himself today!

Elmo's decorations:

Story Time:

Alex & Grover:

(with a little help from Mommy)

What a smile!!! Alexander & Elmo:

Valentine Crafts

Happy Valentine's Day! Alexander did lots of holiday crafts this week. Morgan had some time after school to do a few herself! We had so much fun. Morgan spent a lot of time doing Valentine cards for her classmates. I don't have pictures yet, but we did some melted crayon hearts, too. They looked awesome!! Morgan sent one to her teacher. Alexander gave one to Papa & one to Daddy. Morgan has another for Grandma.

Alexander's hand & arm as the tree trunk:

Alexander's Heart Tree:

Morgan & Alex working at the table:

Morgan working hard at shaving the crayons:

Alexander's finished work:

Family Trip

On Saturday we went to Busch Gardens, Tampa, with my parents. David & I really wanted to get over to see the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Our first date was to a studio in Vero Beach for Swing lessons. One of the first songs we ever danced to was "In The Mood." It was nice hearing it live!!! BG was also hosting Irish Thunder but we only saw part of that show.

Alex rode the kiddie rides with Morgan. She would take him by the hand & off they would go. They would wait patiently in line & he had so much fun with her! While the kids played some more in the Land of Dragons, David & I went to catch a quick ride on Shei Kra. That one never gets old! After enjoying a show we headed for Timbuktu. Morgan & I rode Cheetah Chase, a bigger kid coaster. AFter enjoying that her & I headed to the Scorpion. Yup, that's right, Morgan rode her first upside-down coaster!! That ride is soooooo old, has one loop & only a lap bar. She wasn't quite prepared so when we went into the loop she folded in half under the force of gravity. We came out of the loop and she screams to me, "Momma, it's too fast!" It was only a second or two later that she was squealing delightfully again. After we got off she said she didn't want to go on that again, but when David asked her, she was all about it! The 2nd time David told her to hold herself up in the loop, she liked that much better!! She can't wait to get on the bigger rides, but we have 9 inches to grow before that will happen!

Thanks to Grandma & Papa for the lovely time!!