Sneaky Little Devil

I went downstairs to trim my family's hair and this is what I found.

After searching the entire basement for close to an hour, I started getting a little suspicious of Oakley's toy trike. My suspicions proved correct when I found

this...sneaky little devil!!!

Model Train Show

For the past few years, Shawn has gotten so excited about the Model Train Show at the Union Station. Every year, we've forgotten about it and missed it. This year, I even put it in my trusty phone. It reminded me about it, we hopped in the car, and went! Oakley liked it, but got bored with it pretty quickly. I think he'd appreciate it a little more next year.

Oakley ignored the trains at first and ran straight into the Car Museum. He got a little mad at the fact that he couldn't grab them and play with them.

Watching the trains go 'round

I took this pic, noticed Oakley's face, and tried for another one. I was so focused on Oakley's face that I took another one and didn't even notice my hubby.

This is what I saw when we got home...what to do with him?!

It was amazing to see all the detail they put into the models. I'm glad Shawn's not quite as obsessed with his trains.

My B-Day

It's hard to believe you're only 25 when your body feels twice that old! I got to celebrate with my 3 favorite men. The two that live with me, of course, and my dad got to fly out and visit his grandson! He told me it was for my birthday, but I know the real reason my parents make these semi-monthly trips!!! Shawn teases me every year for being able to drag my birthday out all week. It's just mad skill ;-) Before I knew my dad was flying out, I was a little bummed because Shawn was going to be at work all day, then he had physical therapy right afterwards, and as soon as he got home, I'd have to go coach bball so I wouldn't really get to see him at all. He ended up surprising me before he left for work, then I got to spend the day with my dad. He took me to Ruby River for lunch, and to Target for a little birthday shopping! Anyways, it turned out to be a really good birthweek.I got to celebrate with friends, and lot of family. Oakley's favourite present that I got was a yard full of balloons.

I had some issues with the layout-sorry! The first is of my dad and Oakley at lunch on my bday. They were dancing to the music, but of course, as I pulled my phone out, they stopped. The second one doesn't have sound for some reason, but I like the fact that it looks like an old silent movie. Just imagine him running up to each balloon, and yelling at them in his "tough guy" voice, then laughing hysterically when they wiggle!

Valentine's Day...long overdue!

Due to my pneumonia-induced laziness lately, I haven't gotten around to updating my blog. I wanted to share our Valentine's Day fun. Shawn and I celebrated the Saturday before because we had a free babysitter! On Sunday, it's our tradition to make heart-shaped pancakes and have a red/pink breakfast. My sister got to come up and celebrate with us, also. We were looking forward to a fun sister's weekend, but instead, I was sick so she just got to help with Oakley (which I don't think she really minded!) I had made cookie dough to cook on Valentines Day. She and Oakley got to make the cookies.

These are Oakley's cookies-he'd grab the extras, roll them into "balls", and throw them onto the pan. He also was copying Larissa cutting out the cookies by stabbing them with the spatula after they were on the pan. They still tasted delicious, though!

She took him for a walk afterwards and he came back all sweaty. This is what we do to him when his hair's wet like this...poor kid!