Happy year and a half birthday Justin! What a difference a few months make. He is really a little boy now. He spends most of his days running around after his big brother and being silly. Justin loves balls and reading books. He is talking up a storm and really making his voice heard in our family. We love you!!!
We love you more than words can say. Thank you for being the best husband and father we could ever imagine!!! We hope you enjoy your special day!!!
Over the last week Justin's vocabulary has expanded so much! I don't think we can even keep track of all the words... some of my recent favorites... granola, open, woof, lion, paci.
Soccer got rained out last weekend - so today was Seth's second practice. I think it went much better. There were still some moments of frustration on Seth's part - it is hard learning a new skill! Overall - he was running around having fun and trying.
Team photo shoot!
After the huge success of Seth's birthday party, I knew I needed to get Justin in a class of his own. The first class was great. Justin was so happy to be surrounded by balls big and small and to be able to run around and explore.
He even learned some new gymnastic skills - walking on the balance beam, doing a forward roll, doing a handstand...
and attempting the monkey bars!
I had a really nice time at the last parent's breakfast of the school year. It is so wonderful to see Seth interact with his friends and teachers. What a happy wonderful boy!
At this year's school raffle we won the very highly coveted prize of a book shopping trip and ice cream date with Seth's beloved teacher Marcia. It just so happened that the other winner was Seth's good friend Ruby. They were so excited and happily marched off to the bookstore. Upon return each had a book they picked out, ice cream all over their faces, and giant smiles!!!
These pictures are from Ronak's birthday party from last month - I just got my hands on them because I borrowed their camera. Too cute not to share! These three (Ronak, Joshua and Seth have known each other since they were six weeks old). 
Seth's 4th birthday celebrations came to a roaring end today - at his My Gym party. It was a huge success! Seth had such a fantastic time. He smiled, laughed, played and ran around the whole time. At the end of the party he told us that he wanted to have a My Gym party for every birthday! 
The teachers were great with sticking with the theme - there were a lot of pirate games and even a pirate song. Here is Seth and some friends riding on the pirate ship. 
Nana and cousin Zev... 
Justin loving the ball pit with Grandma and Pa...
The pirate ship cake!!! 
The party ends with zip line trips for all the kids - even Justin! 
I hear that it didn't go exactly as we hoped. Jerald and Pa took Seth to his first soccer practice this morning. There was some kicking, playing, running around and having fun. Unfortunately, it was followed by some tears and grumpiness. I am hopeful for next week! (at least the pictures are cute :-)
