What?!?! Turkey!!! Where???

Last Thursday Dylan brought home a "Family Project" to do & return to school. He had to disguise a Turkey so it wouldn't get eaten on Thanksgiving. The idea was to disguise it as something to do with your family (sports, hobbies..etc..). During the cold months one of our favorite family activities (besides doing art work) is watching movies - so....Dylan wanted to design his turkey as -Tin Man- from "The Wizard of Oz", but before starting this project we copied it so Ryan could do it too! Another one of our favorite movies is "The Polar Express" - and although I think dressing a turkey as a train would be fun, I have a feeling it would be difficult since trains have no eyes....We decided to go with Santa....

Here are the turkeys we made...this was so much fun! Dylan & Ryan LOVE doing any type of art work so this was wonderful for them plus J.D. & I love getting to spend family time doing it with them.

They both turned out so cute!!

Dylan did most of his J.D. did have to cut out the part for the"arms", boots, hat, & axe because the cardboard stuff we were using was a little hard to cut with safety scissors, but the rest Dylan did as well as gluing it all together (which I guess needed a TON of glue because he used 1/2 a bottle, but oh well!!)

Ryan needed a little more help with his he is still learning how to use scissors(ever since he cut his own hair he hasn't got to practice much). So I cut out almost everything, but let Ryan scissor at it a few times while I held it still for him then he glued it altogether!!

I'm not slee......

Just so we're clear & everyone knows - Ryan didn't need a nap today, he wasn't tired....LOL

Who took the cookies from the cookie box??

Aydan Did!!

Sunday night J.D. & I were cooking supper, but not fast enough for Aydan - he was hungry. The box of cookies was just too close so he opened it & helped himself to a bite of every cookie. Well, he had to make sure he got the tastiest one!! :)

We let him go ahead & have one. He picked this one - it must have been the best!

He was very happy (& messy) afterwards, but he still ended up eating all of his supper too!

I started singing the little song "Who took the cookie for the cookie jar." & he started laughing & pointing at me!

Happy 1st Birthday Aydan!! - Family Party

We decided on a Sesame Street cake - but were not too happy when we got it back. It looked nothing like the picture in the book at the store & it was very sloppy! It was also supposed to be half chocolate half white - we got it and it was 100% chocolate....but oh well, Aydan still had fun....
This was the cake they gave Aydan as a personal cake - for free. He very much enjoyed it. Took a little bit to get him started & he actually cried at first but once he tasted it he was VERY happy. He munched down 3/4 of the cake!!

Aydan isn't much into opening gifts, so Mommy got stuck doing it. He loved what came out of the packages though. This one was a Sesame Street bath time boat toy from Aunt Jamie & Cousin Alli. He loves it, but I did have to tell Dylan & Ryan that it was Aydan's & they needed to leave it alone. (They liked it too..) :)
He also got a Sesame Street mail box shape sorter from Gamma & Gampa. He's getting very good at using it too!

This was just as he was getting started on the cake. By the time he was done he was covered in it. He ended up having a sink bath in the kitchen & I was still picking it out of his ears & nose afterwards!

It was a very good 1st Birthday. I still can't believe my baby is 1 now. It seems like only yesterday we found out he was on his way. Hopefully the next year goes a little slower - because the first one was WAY too fast!!

Happy 1st Birthday Aydan!! - Friend Party

Aydan wasn't too happy to get dressed in his "Birthday Boy" clothes - can you tell?? :)

He loved all of his new "big boy" gifts. He hadn't really gotten any new things since Christmas when he was only a little over a month old - he had out grown his baby rattles a long time ago..

He got a puzzle, small fire truck & dump truck, phone, & \/

a Safari Truck & Animals that Dylan & Ryan got him...

Aydan's first time to eat Peanut Butter Cookies - He loved them!! I'm so glad a couple of his friends were able to make it to his party. (the other one had already left before this picture was taken)