6/8/2008 We played in the playroom. Here's Nicholas on the rocking horse.
Alex is making a snack for the rocking horse.
Here's Alex feeding the rocking horse.
6/2/2008 Being silly on the couch -- we call it our car.
6/1/2008 Alex looking cool with his sunnies on - they didn't stay on long, though.
This pirate ship is so cool. 
Nicholas digging in the sand.
It is so fun to run through the mist.
5/31/08 We got to choose a VERY special Christmas gift this year from Aunt Barb, Uncle Hugo, Katie and Fabian. It arrived and the boys couldn't wait for Daddy to build it, although Nick did patiently wait with his construction hat on for about 2 minutes.
The boxes were great fun!
And the boys did some "chores" while trying to pass the time. Alex loves to water the apple tree.
Finally, they started trying to help. Here they are dragging the stairs over to Daddy.
They couldn't wait for it to be totally together before trying it out a little.
Alex really likes the telescope.
"Dis is a fun slide, Mommy"
Finally all together!
5/23/2008 Leaving Cookie Cutters. Alex looks so different without his curls!
Nicholas likes his balloon.
5/24/2008 At their favorite restaurant -- The FIRE restaurant (aka The House of Japan)
The fire restaurant has a nice little garden that the boys like to run around in.
And there are benches to climb on!
5/22/2008 Planting the Garden
Knocking house 1 of 2.
Building house 2 of 2. 
Knocking house 2 of 2.
Nick having a blast at COSI
Alex having a blast at COSI
5/21/2008 At home playing with all our new birthday toys.
5/20/2008 They wanted to ride the carousel at the Zoo, but weren't quite ready to ride a horse. Here we are on one of the benches going around and around.
5/19/2008 My boys are 3 years old! We went outside early to play with one of their new toys.
We're inflating the Bounce House.
Alex and Nick love to jump, run and dance in the Bounce House
Their fourth and final birthday cake for their 3rd birthday (not counting all the practice cakes in the months leading up to their birthday).
5/18/2008 - Alex and Nicholas at their Chuck E Cheese Party. They really liked the balloons.
Nick playing the popcorn game
Alex trying to wait patiently - and trying to see past his ridiculously long hair
Nana won a few tickets for them. Their favorite "game" is the one where you feed all the tickets to the machine that chomps them up and prints a receipt. I had a bunch of ticket receipts for 4 tickets - Nicholas especially loves to feed the machine the moment he gets new tickets.
Alex looking very stressed because Nick was in the process of sticking his hand in Alex's pirate cake. Nick had a sand castle cake (Thank you, Family Fun Magazine for the cake ideas).
The boys with Chuck E. Alex gave him 5, Nick ignored him. Nicholas is terrified of the Chick- Fil-A cow, so I was pretty relieved that he didn't freak out when he met Chuck E.
The boys got their pirate ships.
5/16/2008 "Is it really too late to go outside??" Yes, it is too late to go outside once you have already had a bath.
5/11/2008 At Nana's and Pop-pop's on Mother's Day. Alex, Cassie and Nicholas watching a train going down the tracks.
Alex holding Belle.
Nick playing with Pop-pop's camera.
5/4/2008. This is the sad face we get from Alex when we can't give him what he asks for.
4/27/2008 - When you see a picture like this, you may think that my children have no toys. Don't be fooled. Sometimes, they'd just rather play with laundry baskets to make a train than play with their toy trains. This laundry basket train was eventually connected to their walk-in Thomas train.
4/25/2008 An unseasonably hot day in April made for some fun with water.
Alex looking a little afraid of the mist
Nick doing what he does best - running!
