Special Day

Each year for the kid's birthdays they get a "Special Day" with Nanna and Grandpa. The Caboose may have turned three back in March, but it wasn't until last week that he enjoyed his "Special Day" with his cousin, (who just barely celebrated her third birthday.)

The kids opted for an afternoon at Build-A-Bear.

The Caboose was hoping for a Spiderman bear, but since they didn't have that, selected a camouflage bear with Batman PJ's. (Geez! Even the teddy bears at our house become masculine!)

This is the Caboose doing his "happy dance."

After Build-A-Bear was lunch at McDonald's. Not a bad way to spend a Special Day!

A Mile High Birthday

I have planned about a zillion sports-themed birthday parties, and was more than out of ideas.

But then we had a brainstorm! This year, for Big Boy #1's birthday celebration, we let him take a few friends on a tour of Invesco Field at Mile High. It was the best party ever - I didn't have to do anything but make a cake!


At the beginning of the tour was a room full of sports clothing, including a Bronco's jersey complete with pads.

Who says boys don't play dress-up?

Here's the view from the suites:

No cheap seats for these boys!

In the visitors locker room:

BB#1 putting his things away in the locker:


A pre-game conference in the locker room:

On the field:

Each boy wanted a shot of himself jumping the wall into the "fans".

Even Diamond wanted a shot by the World Champions sign.


So how was this birthday? The officials have conferred, and It's GOOD!

If Candy Was Money

The day after Halloween the boys spent the day sorting, categorizing and recording their loot.

Big Boy #1 went so far as to make a list of how many pieces he had of EACH type of candy. So much for snitching chocolate from him!


It's a regular bar graph!

Why do I have this feeling that if candy was money, they would be well on their way to becoming accountants?

Halloween

Just some quick pictures of the boys Halloween costumes:

No surprise that the Caboose wanted to be Spiderman.

He was SO excited to get dressed up and "fight the scary guys!" (This picture show his 'fighting'.)

Unfortunately, when he came across a rather frightening home, he ended up sobbing for a solid half-hour. The worst part was that when he finally started calming down and looking around, he found a little boy dressed just like this:


Yeah, that about did him in for the night.

Big Boy #2 wanted to be a robot. The best part were the lights that were on the costume (you can see them around his face.) I just took a pack of battery operated Christmas lights and duct taped them in. He loved it and it was really fun to make.

Here's the back:


Big Boy #1 has learned that when he picks a sports figure for Halloween, he gets the jersey, which he will wear all year long. Unfortunately, last year's costume, Bronco's Jay Cutler, got traded. So this year he opted for another Bronco's player, Eddie Royal.