Tate Turns 2!!

Wow! Has it really been two years already? Our little guy celebrated his second birthday on Sunday, January 31st. His "real" birthday was the same day, so he felt extra special being able to have his birthday party on his actual birthday!

Our original plans were for a birthday party on Saturday the 3oth, but we were snowed out! It started snowing that morning and by lunch time it was obvious that no one was going to be able to make it to our house for the party because of the snow. The poor little guy was so disappointed.

Luckily I had a toy Firehouse in my car that I was going to take back to the store because we had decided to get him his own Leapster for his birthday, so we wrapped up the Firehouse and gave it to him to open. It really helped the little guy cheer up. Nathan, Daddy and Tate spent the rest of the day pretending to be firemen: driving the firetruck, putting out fires and sliding down the firemen's pole.

It worked out so that we could have his party the next day. Almost everyone was able to make the party on the new day. We were only missing TJ's brother, his wife and our nephew.

Tate loves dinosaurs, so of course we had a dinosaur themed party! He got lots of wonderful gifts, had a blast playing with all his "cousins," and loved blowing out his candles and eating birthday cake.

The only downside to the whole day was that our poor little Lana had an infected ingrown hair at the back of her head. As the day went on, it continued to swell, eventually becoming about the size of a golf ball. TJ, Lana and I left the party a little early to take her to Urgent Care to have it taken care of. She was feeling much better by the time we got home. My parents stayed for the boys after the birthday party until we got home, which made the kids very happy because Pap got to help them play with all Tate's new toys.

I still can't believe he's 2!!!

Crazy Toothbrush!

Well, today was another one of those crazy days in our household! Mondays are always crazy because I have to take Nathan to preschool and pick him up all while dragging the other 3 kids along for the ride. Mornings are always crazy for me, trying to get all 4 kids out of the house by myself and make it to school on time. This morning was no exception.

I had the babies all ready to go. I had Tate dressed and his teeth brushed. Nathan was getting dressed and finishing breakfast so I got his toothbrush ready with toothpaste and left it for him by the bathroom sink. Tate was playing in the living room and out of trouble for once. Unfortunately I got distracted because one of the twins had a dirty diaper. While I was changing it I heard the toilet flush. I knew it could only be trouble!!! Nathan was standing in the kitchen so that left only one kid who could have flushed the toilet. I went into the bathroom and immediately saw that Nathan's toothbrush was missing. I asked Tate where the toothbrush was and he pointed to the toilet. I asked him if he flushed Nathan's toothbrush down the toilet and he said "Ah-Huh." He thought it was rather funny and was deeply pleased with himself. Nathan didn't think it was so funny. He had only gotten to use his Spiderman toothbrush for 2 days! Mommy didn't think it was funny because everyone had to use the upstairs bathroom all day, even our friends who came over for a playdate. Daddy didn't think it was funny either when he had to come home from work and unclog the toilet!

That's our Tate!

p.s. We celebrated Tate's 2nd Birthday on Sunday. Story and Pictures to come.