One Day - 3 Parties

Friday was a big day for us - 3 parties in less than 12 hours, plus the arrival of Nana and Papa for a weekend visit!

Of course, Friday was a big day becaue of the Royal Wedding. We all know I can't pass up a themed get together, so in the morning I hosted a Wedding Viewing Party for about 12 of my friends (Henry was at preschool - I don't think he minded missing it). We broke out the fine china, mimosas, scones, and tiaras and had a great time:










After Nana and Papa arrived and we picked Henry up from preschool, we immediately headed to JP Licks, where Sammy was havng his 4th birthday party, complete with balloon animals and face painting:




Then, in the afternoon we had music class and a 2nd birthday celebration for Liam (which I forgot to bring my camera too...whoops). Happy birthday to Liam and Sammy - we are partied out!

Preschool Party and 4 Year Checkup

Birthdays are a big deal at Henry's preschool. You get to wear a special crown all day, cupcakes are always brought in, they use a special revolving/singing cupcake tray, all 3 classrooms meet to sing "happy birthday"...it is really fun. Henry was VERY excited that his day had finally come for his preschool celebration today.

Wearing his birthday crown:


The cupcakes (Mickey Mouse, of course):



The kids gathering to sing to Henry:










Posing with the birthday celebration flag outside of school:



Immediately after cupcakes we headed to the pediatrician for Henry's 4 year check up (bad timing, I know). Henry did a great job - did well on his vision test, got to pee in a cup for the first time (which he was very excited about, and is also one of the things that made me glad he is a boy!) and did the usual weighing and measuring. He is only up 2 and a half inches (to 41 and a half) this year, which I was really surprised by (I kind of think he was slouching a bit), and his weight is up 5 pounds to 39 pounds (no wonder I am having so much trouble carrying him!) He is steady in the 72-75% for both weight and height.

He had 3 vaccines, which was no fun at all, but he was a trooper and the good news is that he is basically done with everything but his yearly flu shots - hooray!

Happy Easter!

After the birthday excitement yesterday, the fun continued today with the Easter Bunny paying a call to our house.

He hid eggs in various spots:



(can you spot the blue egg?)

And was very messy, leaving a trail of jellybeans that led the way to Henry's hidden basket.

Henry was so tired from yesterday that he slept until 8:30 (he would have slept later, but I was convinced that our typical early bird had somehow been kidnapped in the night, and 8:30 was finally when I broke down and checked on him, thus waking him up). His first words this morning were "Did the Easter Bunny come???"

He followed the jelly bean trail:


And found his basket:




Then went on his egg hunt:




The weather was gorgeous today (a complete turn around from the cold, wet misery of yesterday) so we headed out for a bike ride along the Charles:




And played in the playground for a bit:




Here's an action shot of him with his new frisbee. Look at the intensity:




Then this afternoon he helped me get our deck ready for the warm weather that is hopefully here to stay:







Happy Easter to everyone!

Henry is FOUR!!!

Happy Birthday to our sweet, wonderful, energetic, kind, curious, enthusiastic, handsome little guy. It seems like just yesterday he was born, and now he is four - it is hard to believe.

We decided to start his special day off with a bang, and had his gifts and a birthday balloon waiting for him when he woke up:



Henry was very excited to find them when he got up (and he slept until 7:30 - a birthday gift for US!):



Unwrapping ensued:



The original plan was to go out for a pancake breakfast, and then Henry had requested the Children's Museum. But, Henry changed his mind at the last minute and decided he wanted to stay home for breakfast and to play with his new toys (not surprising):



And instead of the Children's Museum he decided on the Aquarium:






(we had a great time, but a rainy Saturday at the end of school vacation week + a brand new touch tank exhibit = insanity at the Aquarium)

For dinner, we took him out to the Cheesecake Factory where he had an enormous slice of cheesecake for his birthday dessert:



It was a great day.

Happy Birthday, Henry!

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More Easter Fun

The Easter celebrations continue! We colored more eggs:





Made bunny ears at preschool:






And this morning we had an egg hunt with some of our MOMS Club friends:

Marathon Monday

It's Patriots Day here in Boston, which means one thing - Marathon Monday!! This year was really exciting because our friends Kiera and Jim (Kate and Ben's parents) were running their first marathon, and we were able to go out and watch them go by.

Since it is a holiday, the kids were home from school. Jake came over in the morning to hang out:



We watched the elite runners cross the finish line on TV:



And Jake and Henry were very busy making posters to cheer Kiera and Jim on:



Henry's posters of marathon runners:





Jake's:




And the adults:


Then, we headed down to Beacon Street to meet up with Lila and Alexander. We are about 3 miles from the finish and had been tracking Kiera and Jim online, so we had a good idea of when they would come by:





There goes Jim!:




And Kiera!!!:





They both rocked it - Jim in 3:44:02 and Kiera in 4:07:37 - they both put it an incredible amount of work and training, and it was wonderful to be able to see them run by. Congrats!