The Joys!

Oh, the joys of cooler weather. We have had one HOT summer so it has been a much welcomed relief to have gotten rain off and on over the last few weeks and some cooler temps. It means finally we can have some fun outside without melting. . . .













See, being outside makes for happy kids. And not sweating to death while doing it makes for one happy mom!

It's Birthday Time!

We celebrated Kenner's 4th birthday on Wednesday. He had preschool that day so he got to take treats to share with the class and they sang happy birthday to him. He had a pretty good day there and got to talk to Grandma on the webcam for a bit after school.

We celebrated our family full of September birthdays (3 of the 4 of us have a b-day this month, sorry Myer, you are the odd man out!) on Kenner's special day and ate at a family favorite, Olive Garden. Thanks for the birthday money to enjoy a wonderful meal Grandma and Grandpa Hartman! We love that our kids enjoy eating there just as much as we do! After dinner we went bowling and then came home for presents and "cake". I think Kenner had a pretty good day. He sure is growing up!

Sorry blurry phone pics again to start with!

Enjoying dinner!

Played another pitiful game of bowling but hey we had fun! However, Wayne did not lose this time. I'm sure he was secretly happy about that! :)

This pic kinda makes Kenner look like a pro bowler, walking up with a nice stance and ready to give it a throw! Don't worry he was just carrying it to the stand to set it on and push it off!


This kiddo was pretty much all over the place at the bowling alley, could not keep him still for a second! Little Monster!

Excited to open presents!

Kenner got this box unwrapped and was like, "oh a box!" and was acting excited then moved on to the next gift. We were laughing that he thought the box was his gift and didn't go to open the box to see what was inside, silly boy!

The jammies were in the box. I think he'd much rather have these then just a box!

Heck, why not wrap up some candy. Gives him another thing to open and he gets excited just the same!

Happy Birthday Kenner!

Kenner also received a nice chunk of change from his Grandma and Grandpa Lowder and GreatGrandparents Hartman. We'll have to see what he may want to do with that! Thanks!

Enjoying his new hot wheels track! This one is the coolest we have got so far!

He was jumping with excitement and I caught him still in the air!

Before you see this next pic, let me explain. I have discovered over the past few years that when I make a cake for a birthday, it does not get eaten, except maybe a piece by Wayne and that leaves a whole lot of cake for me. And I certainly don't need to be eating all that no matter how much I would love to. So, I have given up on birthday cakes. Kenner is just sooo picky and weird about the things he will and will not eat sometimes. He also doesn't really like pudding, pie, brownies. . . .most desserts. So, I went with icecream sandwiches this year. He has had them before so I figured it would work out!

He just wouldn't stick around to blow out the candles after we were done singing. Another thing we can't figure out about this kid. His brother on the other hand will just go ahead and burn his finger off. . . . . .

Don't worry he didn't quite get it, but close, very very close!

The day after Kenner's b-day we went to the swim playgroup again and enjoyed swimming another time.

I need to get Kenner one of these floaty things he is wearing. He loves it and can swim around all by himself in it! Thankfully the little girl that it belongs to was nice to share with him.