Spring

We've had a few warm days this past week. The daffodils are jumping out of the ground and some small flowers are already blooming!

Owen's 4th Birthday

Molly's due date was just a week after Owen's birthday and as the time was approaching, we started getting a little paranoid that we were going to miss his birthday party if she decided to arrive early. So we quickly threw together a birthday party with family on Jan 24th to make sure we could celebrate it properly..... Thank you to everyone that could make it on such short notice. Owen had a blast and enjoyed all his presents..

Allison made a train cake this year as Owen's latest obsession was his geo-trax trains.
And here we are before the ceremonial blowing of the candle.


This picture was a random shot, but cracks me up every time I see it. In your best Marlon Brandow voice... "Do you see all these smiling faces around me. That's because I told them I would let them have a piece of my cake. Don't try and steal a piece of my cake without permission because then I'll have to send my cousin over to break your knees."

The cake monster doing what he does best.

Uncle Donny & Aunt Patsy gave Owen a little model Combine and it was a huge hit. Owen loves this farm equipment....

And this was just one of several Geo-trax pieces and trains Owen received from friends and family. We're building quite the little town in the basement!

Bounce Zone

The weather was nasty outside and we were looking for a place to let Owen burn off some energy..... 3 year old boys stuck in the house for a week with pregnant mommy that can't rough-house can make for a bad combination.. :)

Some friends of Allison had recommended Bounze Zone just south of Pottstown, so we decided to give it a try. http://www.bouncezone.org/

This place is awesome!! Owen and I had a great time blasting around in the bouncy mazes for most of the afternoon.


He was in his glory sliding down all the slides.

Story about this picture... We read a lot before bedtime and in one of his Curious George books, George helps out by doing a puppet show and of course it's a big hit because George can do puppets with both his hands and his feet. So they have a little puppet box at the bounze zone and Allison and I were very amused to look over and see Owen on his back with puppets on his hands and feet just like George. Hilarious stuff....

Climbing up before the big slide down!

And playing some air-hockey with Daddy...