Birthday Boy!

 Now for the presents! Yesssssss....

He even gave us a birthday magic show. 

Happy Birthday, sweet T!!!

Caption Contest

Cozy Robe

Can you guess who's who? 

I love these pics.

Delicious Art

 Trey's art class (aren't they SO cute in their uniforms? Nose-picking and all!) was studying the Baroque Period a few weeks ago, and spent some time studying Giuseppe Arcimboldo. Arcimbolodo created portrait heads made entirely of fruits and vegetables, so the kids got to try it. I thought they did a great job!

Can you see the face?

How about this one?

Happy Halloween!

 

Happy Halloween! From Luke Skywalker, the Owl, and Wonder Baby

 (not pictured, but just as adorable as you imagine)!

 

Nerd Alert

She's THREE!

Birthday morning breakfast was chocolate croissants and a present from Daddy & Brother: a whoopee cushion, fake poop, stickers, magnet, & a ring. I think the present was mostly for her...

Then we had a birthday princess tea party to celebrate, complete with real teacups, princess crowns and Aunt Emmy to do make-up! But...

 Phoe was a little overwhelmed at the party - this pretty much sums up how she felt:

 ... until she got to open presents. Then things went a lot better!

 

 Happy birthday, Sweet Phoe!!!!

Guilty Pleasure

This song is in my head, so deal with it.


Here's the Star Wars version (HT: The Troglo Pundit):

Trey's Free Association

There was a guy named Beau at our house a while ago. Trey referred to him as "Arrow".

There's a restaurant named Bluphies (sp?) in Madison and Trey's Aunt Emily and Uncle Luke had a fish named Bluphus. Trey referred to the restaurant as "Fishies".

How many times do we not connect-the-dots when little kids say something crazy-sounding?

Go Reds!

 

Trey had his first T Ball game this week; this kid is pretty serious about the sport.

Trey had this determined look on his face the entire game:

This one, however, wasn't into the game at all. 

Trey was given the game ball for being in ready position for the whole game. 

I don't know who was more excited, Jay or Trey. Go Reds!

Junia Violet

She's here! 

Junia Violet was born on April 24th at 7:33pm, weighing 6 lbs, 15 oz and measured 19" long. We are SO thankful for sweet, healthy baby girl and smooth delivery!

The proud papa:

 Phoebe's first time meeting her baby sister:

 

Phoebe came to visit Junia while Trey was in school, and was thrilled to meet her!

"This is Baby Junia? Baby Sister? Where's her's mommy?" 

(Phoebe makes every pronoun plural - it's so cute, but I suppose we'll have to correct her someday.)

Thankfully, there hasn't been much of a fallout since Phoebe has found out 

that Junia shares her's mommy - though it's only been two weeks...

Trey came later, and wanted to hold her every chance he could. He still does!

"Mom, you can take care of Phoebe, and I'll take care of the new baby. Okay?"

Sisters, sisters...

Phoebe tends to give nicknames to those closest to her; Junia is now affectionately called "Junesie."

My favorite picture (so far) of the Tuckling Three!

Groovy, baby

This has been our favorite Pinterest experiment so far! A homemade lava "lamp."
Start with a water bottle filled with veg oil and water and add a little food coloring,

Pop in a piece of Alka seltzer tablet,

And watch it go!

Trey even dressed appropriately!

Looks Vaguely Familiar...

Well, at least she took the polish outside and attempted to hit her nails, unlike this little one. Granted, she is almost a year older, but I think it has more to do with her love for all things pretty and girlie.

Easter Fun

Egg hunt on easter morning:



Easter baskets: found!


Celebrating Easter Sunday with Trey & Phoebe's friend, Madison:

Making a joyful noise!


A deep theological discussion...


Happy Easter... HE IS RISEN!!!!

An Important Announcement

Cozy?