Busy two weeks

We sure have had a busy couple of weeks!

It all started with the painting of the toes.

Then a neighbor cut down a big tree in their yard and we asked the 'tree guys' if we could have the chips.  Little did we realize the neighbor had 2 big trees cut down!  So we still have a mountain in our driveway!

Then Nana and Alwyn came for a visit for Mothers Day weekend!  We picked up a bag of clay and the boys and Nana had a blast creating with their hands.  Mom also got a great nap since she was recovering from a cold!  Thanks Nana!

Story time with Nana, Alwyn and the boys.

Nana opening her Mothers Day presents.

We said our goodbyes to Nana and Alwyn and headed up to Portland to celebrate Mothers Day and cousin Brooke's birthday.  6 of the 8 cousins got to play together!  And yes, that is Cole in the red with his back turned to the camera (on purpose!) and yes it took him about 30 minutes to get out of the car because he didn't believe me that the only children at the party were his cousins.  But to his credit he didn't want to leave and as we were walking out he said he wished we could sleep over!

Mom had a birthday and the boys baked and decorated a cake all by themselves (except for the oven part!).

Oh sprinkles!

Mom only gave the boys 4 candles to put in the cake...they said "you aren't turning 4!?"  Alas no, but if I put the correct number of candles on the cake it would be a fire hazard!

They were very satisfied...

...with their baking skills.  They said they wanted to make a cake everyday!

We topped of these two weeks with an exciting bike race.  The boys got new, bigger bikes this week and were very excited to use them in their first ever bike race.  Actually they didn't race against each other but rode around the track (a square block) as many times as they could, and would receive a raffle ticket each time they passed the start. 

They were so determined!  They rode around the block 9 times in about 40 minutes!  They wouldn't stop to take a drink or take off their jackets...even though they were saying they were so sweaty! With all the raffle tickets they earned they won 3 out of about 10 raffle prizes!  They won a new helmet and two gift certificates for frozen yogurt!  And the best part...they each got a race shirt!  In red no less...already a favorite.