January 26, 2012

Happy Birthday Miles!

Miles is officially 2! On Wednesday, he brought cookies to school to share with his class. It is a state law that when you turn 2 you have to move out of the baby classroom, so Miles will be moving to a new class next week. He will definitely miss his Bee Class friends and his teachers Miss Sandy and Miss Mary Ann, but he already knows quite a few kids in the Butterfly class and that class has my favorite teachers in the whole school!


We had a great day today! First, Miles got to open a couple presents at breakfast.
Gordon the train and a Buzz Lightyear flashlight! Yay!!

Then I took him to his 2 year check up at the doctor. Everything was great, but he really hasn't gained any weight since his 18 month check up although he's gotten a lot taller! (he's even grown an inch since Christmas!) He's turning into a tall, skinny boy! Stats from the doctor were:

Height: 35 1/2 in.- 75%
Weight: 28lbs- 50%

I baked some cupcakes during naptime, and afterwards Bennett and Miles had so much fun decorating (and eating) them!
Nice mustache, Bennett!
The finished product! Bennett and Miles were both very diligent about decorating each and every cupcake!

After dinner, we sang happy birthday (Miles even sang to himself) and had another cupcake. He did a great job blowing out his candle too! Then Miles finished up opening his gifts from us.
More trains!

A Lightning McQueen potty! (He even told Pa-"don't touch-It's Miles's potty!)

A balance bike. He's going to need to grow into this a little bit, but hopefully will be perfect for summer!

Then Grandma Joje and Pa came over with some more gifts, and to see the birthday boy!
Pa helping Miles open more trains!
Grandma and Miles-don't you love how his hands are folded?
Miles was excited to have his own chair with his name on it!

So of course, Bennett had to go get her chair and they posed together!
















Family Bonding Time

Last weekend, we had some family bonding time. First we took the kids to a store called the Whittle Train Station, where they have tons of tracks, trains and puzzle tables set up and it's just a free for all! Both kids enjoyed it! I'm happy to see Bennett enjoying to play trains with Miles. It's nice to have a break from princesses every once in awhile!




After that, we headed over to Lone Elk park, where we spotted some buffalo right next to the road (which for some reason I didn't get a picture of them), and then we saw lots of elk! The coolest part was seeing the two that were sparring a little.