Our Big Buddy, Daniel, Turns Four.

Daniel and Abby with the mountain tunnel cake.

Daniel posing with his birthday shirt.

This is the cake that Daniel picked out for me to make. We had a lot of fun doing it. Chocolate cake on the top half and yellow cake on the bottom half. It took me 5 batches of frosting to finish it up. And it was worth it.

This little boy is a walking smile in our family. He has a laugh that makes you smile without even realizing it. He gets excited to see each family member every morning like he didn't see them at all the day before. He loves trains and Lighting McQueen, and now swords and gun like objects. His favorite thing in the world is to wrestle on the bed with Dad. He loves his dad and crys for him every time he is sent to time-outs. He cries out, "I want my daddy. He makes me feels better. I want my dad" in a very sad pathetic way. But really he is a mama's boy when he is hurt and wants to be comforted, outside of her sending him to timeouts, of course.

We love this boy. Happy Birthday, Buddy.

Funny Faces

Sarah loves the camera. This is her famous smile for the camera.

The face of a sad boy at the end of a tantrum.

A Day with Sarah

Daniel has a budding rival for keeping a little too busy.

After pulling apart some of the dishwasher, Sarah moved to the stool and got her hands in the silverware drawer on her tipy-toes.

Moments later, she finds a way to get on the kids little table. She often stands up to the tall bookshelf to the side and pulls things off.

Sarah had been using our plastic file box to climb up to the computer desk and clicks the mouse and bangs on the key board. So, we moved away from the desk, but Sarah climbed up anyway and had nothing to hang onto. She was feeling a bit stuck and pinned up against the wall.

She climbed up on the stool next to her high chair and somehow got into this position.

Daniel wanted to join in on the picture. Don't worry, we got her down right after this snap shot.