Friday, June 18, 2010

Day at the Farm

To help Spencer understand why New Jersey is the "garden state" we decided to take him for his first trip to a local farm to pick strawberries off the vine. Delicious!

He was so enthusiastic, he could hardly wait to get home before eating them. Spencer was particularly good at finding strawberries with bugs crawling all over them...I guess a little natural extra protein never killed anyone, right? (Yuck!)
We also spent some time visiting the animals on the farm. Spencer liked trying to feed the goats best.

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Choo, Choo...Look Who's Two


Yep, our little boy is is two years old. To be honest, I'm a little scared how quickly the time is flying, but Spencer makes us smile every day. We actually celebrated his birthday a day early (on Memorial Day) and invited our family and friends over for a BBQ.

We decided on having a Thomas the Tank Engine party since Spencer loves to point him out whenever he sees him. There must be something about his smiling face. I decided to be adventurous and make a Thomas cake...you can see the before and after below. I was actually quite pleased with how it turned out and surprised at how relatively easy it was to build. :)

Scott has always had a tradition of having a pinata at his kids' birthday parties. Unfortunately, it started raining when Scott set it up, so all the kids took a couple of hits before the candy came spilling out.

Here is a video clip of Spencer enoying his birthday rain.

A few pictures of our guests and family members in attendance. We really loved having so many people over and are blessed to know the best people!


One of our neighbors brought a slip and slide for the kids to enjoy. After the rain stopped, the kids lined up for some more water fun...Spencer too!

Happy Birthday, Spencer!