Gage's Birthday

We finished celebrating Gage's birthday on Saturday with some school friends at Times Square Entertainment. We had a great time! Here's a video of all the fun we had celebrating Gage turning 7!

Enjoying the Weather

It is starting to get into the 90's here, but for the past month the weather has been SO nice (except for the the rain and flooding we had one week). Gage, Griffin, and Luke love to ride their bike and tricycles on the sidewalk in front of our house. Griffin would spend all day out there if I'd let him. They ride up and down, meeting each other halfway and then racing to get to the next driveway before the other does. It's great fun! Here are some pictures and a video.

Happy Birthday, Gage!

Today is Gage's 7th birthday! Actually he won't turn 7 until 8:01 this evening, but today is the day! :) Griffin and I woke him up this morning by singing 'Happy Birthday', and he smiled before he even opened his eyes. He got a stack of pancakes with whipped cream for breakfast, complete with 7 candles to blow out. Funny story about that... when I pulled the candles out of the pancakes, they had melted into the hot pancakes, so I threw that stack out and gave him 3 fresh ones. He said, "Yeah, wax tastes bitter." I said, "Well, it doesn't really have a taste, but it has a texture, and it's not something you want to eat." He kept insisting that it tastes bitter, and finally, as a last resort to make me believe him, he said, "I'VE TASTED MY EAR WAX!" He's always been a curious young man. :) Anyway, back to the birthday stuff... after breakfast, he got a phone call from Aunt Soosy wishing him a happy birthday. He was so excited! Here's a pic:

After the phone call, he opened some cards he got in the mail last week, and after seeing what was inside, he decided that we should go to Toys R Us. Thank you, Grandpa & Nana and Great-Grandma & Great-Grandpa Stover! After we dropped him off at school, Griffin and I went to Randall's to get a few groceries. Since we aren't having a party until later this month, I decided to get a treat for him to have tonight. I picked up a cookie cake that said "Happy Birthday" on it, and went to the counter to see if they could add "Gage" to it. I guess the regular cake decorator had the day off. Here's what it looked like after the little man finished.

I don't really care too much what it looks like, but I thought it was funny! The man was trying really hard and being very careful to spell it right. It was great. I showed it to Amber and she thought Gage had written his own name. OK... enough making fun of the little man's handwriting.

Gage is such a special kid. I hope he has a great day at school today! We (Gage, Griff, and I) are going to Chuck E Cheese's for dinner tonight. I'll post some pics of that later.

Swimsuit Season

Ugh. I'm never ready. But I started going to the gym again this week. With hard work and a miracle, I'll be toned up by June. I have a friend who has graciously invited me to lay out with her at the pool at her loft, which sounds nice, except for the swimsuit part. So, today I decided to go shopping for a new suit. Griffin was excited and said, "We can find a BIG one!" :-( Yeah, a big one, to cover my BIG butt. Gotta love the honesty of a 3-year-old. ;)