Valentine's Party

I volunteered at Christopher's school Valentine's Day party today and it was so fun to be in his classroom for a little bit! My job was to run the craft where the kids made hearts with little tissue paper decorations on them. Here is Chris at his table hard at work...

After the craft, the kids played a couple games. One was a heart toss and then they played a mailman guessing game...

And, of course, the end of the party was the best part where the kids got to enjoy some yummy Valentine treats!

It was just fun to see Chris in action in his classroom (and it brought me back to my preschool teaching days!). Watching him interact with these kids that he always talks about was interesting too. This one little girl, Bella, wanted Chris to sit next to her all the time and wanted to read with him too. And then another little girl, Chase, really enjoys playing with him too. It was so cute to see!

The afternoon

This afternoon we met Luca at the Parkside Cafe and the boys rode bikes and scooters for awhile. After Luca left, Chris and I stayed a bit longer and by then, there were no other kids in the gym. Obviously, this called for a little mother-son basketball. Now, I definitely have the height advantage but Christopher is a master at defense. Check out his "hand in your face" technique!

While I was making dinner later on, Chris wanted to listen to some fun songs and one of his favorites is "Beautiful" by One Direction. We listen to this song in the car quite a bit where he sings it pretty well. Here he is singing along. As much as he loves singing I think that the job of "singer in a boy band" is probably out. He wants to be a dog walker anyway...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuBJFFC2RYs

Soccer

Chris got to have a buddy in the car today on the way to soccer and he was excited! Ms. Amy taught Christopher's music class today and had to teach another after it so we drove Aidan to practice. At soccer, Chris even got to learn how to head the ball which he thought was pretty cool. It was fun to have his friend Aidan there with him!

Tristan's 6th Birthday

Today was Tristan's 6th birthday party! We can't believe how big he's getting. Chris had a ton of fun playing on Tristan's big birthday present--a swing set!

Then, of course, he was thrilled to enjoy some pizza and cupcakes with the boys!

And Mia had a wonderful time at her big brother's birthday. I had a lot of baby holding time as well! Look at her awesome cheeks!!!

Breakfast...

Since we get to have Daddy home for one extra day, we celebrated with heart shaped pancakes for breakfast... with chocolate chips of course!

New stuff!

No we didn't get a new drum set, but we did go play at our neighbor's house this afternoon. John, a little boy who is 5, lives a couple houses down with his two little sisters so I'm sure he was glad to have another boy to play with. Chris enjoyed checking out their toys including this fabulous drum set. He took it very seriously! Here he is playing a song...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAKLCf3sxXk

Chris had a ton of fun over at John's (as well as with his friend, Nate, from school and a surprise visit from Daddy for lunch!). When we got home, there was a surprise on our doorstep-- Christopher's first big boy booster seat!  He wanted to try it out in the living room before we put it in the car...

I think it suits him well! And attention all grandmas, we will test this seat out for awhile before getting you your own seats for your respective cars. This seat symbolizes freedom for us when we travel--yay! No more lugging the 25 pound carseat through the airport and no more spending time installing the stinkin' carseat after flying for hours. Woohoo! Even better: the car seat=$250, the booster=$40.

Twins and more twins

So we let Chris babysit Ari and Asher today and Miss Debbie and I went out... Just kidding, we did no such thing but Chris and I had a great time with not one but two sets of twins! Sam and Noah are Christopher's age and their baby brothers are about 3 1/2 months old. The last few times we saw them, they were just tiny little guys but now they are growing and doing more baby-like things. Asher gave me the biggest and best smile, toothless of course! Here they are in their Bumbo seats...

After the bigger boys went out to play in more unseasonably beautiful weather, they all came in to hang with the little men. Here are all four Beznovsky boys...

And then Chris joined them...

We had a lovely afternoon and will see them all again soon!