Camp Kici Yapi!

Camp Kici Yapi
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The boys started a week of day camp on Monday and have been having a blast!!! So many stories to tell about their camp adventures. More on this to come!

apricot

apricot
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We bought some apricots from Trader Joe's and Jack could not get enough of these little edible balls. He was so happy and pleased he could barely stay still long enough for me to take his picture.

Sammy self portrait

Sammy self portrait
Originally uploaded by sweetietooth

What a character... he looks just like me. Really.

You guys should all the crazy crap he puts on my phone. He's into making videos - he hosts a show he calls the Bubble Brock show. Freddie guest stars quite frequently on this show, and apparently Bubble Brock (I'll have to post a pic of this guy) does not like babies (he's shrieked "Ahh! I don't like babies! I don't like babies!" on the show once when Jack was trying to attack him.). I have many installments on my phone. lol

Check out an installment of the Bubble Brock show:

sweet naked baby in a tub

sweet naked baby in a tub
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Freddie's first Twins game!

Freddie's first Twins game!
Originally uploaded by sweetietooth

Jacob scored some great tickets from work and took Freddie to an afternoon game on June 11th. He said the seats were wasted on Freddie (because he wasn't as into watching the game as Sammy) but Freddie loved the experience nonetheless - it was his fist time to Target Field. Sadly, Freddie's mother has not been once.

Jack stands

Jack stands, originally uploaded by sweetietooth.

These chubby legs work!

boozing it up at Peri's bday party

boozing it up at Peri's bday party, originally uploaded by sweetietooth.

It's a root beer bottle I filled with water. Pink cheeks are thanks to the gymnastics part of the party. He and Freddie has a blast.

First Haircute

Jacob strong-armed me into having Jack's haircut. To be fair, it was getting a bit "mullet-y" as Mo put it.

Before:


During:


After:


All smiles and handsomeness (but growing up so fast!):

Strolling

Jack loves a stroller ride. He chirps at every dog he sees. Adorable.



I have a nearly identical picture of Sammy in this same spot.

Mother's Day

For Mother's Day we went to my favorite St Paul restaurant - Highland Grill - for their Mother's Day family-style brunch. Ours was more of a super early breakfast as we went at 7:30am so we could dine before Jack's morning nap.



Sammy would have sat there all day. Because he brought his DS... so my kid. I was addicted to Mario when I was in the single digits, too. Went everywhere with my bulky Game Boy.

The younger guys.

Sweetly four

Sweetly four
Originally uploaded by sweetietooth

Happy Birthday to our feisty, handsome, opinionated, stubborn, sweet, sneaky, smart, and uber lovey middle child.

We love you, Freddie!

Holy guacamole!! You are four!

More scenes from Freddie's 4th birthday!

Kid guitar from Mom and Dad:


Modeling a partial birthday sweater knit by Mom (still not done, nearly a month after his bday - still needs a right sleeve!) and holding Super Zhu and another little Zhu Zhu:



A sweet build-a-dinosaur gift from Aunt Wendy:


A birthday cake!


The cake (thanks, Target):

First Easter

Happy Easter!
Originally uploaded by sweetietooth

Jack-Jack adorns the blue bunny ears and Rod-boy tradition continues. Wonder if these ears will keep for my future grandkids? ;)

Funny Bunnies

Funny Bunnies
Originally uploaded by sweetietooth

A belated Hoppy Easter, blogger friends!

Happy (almost) 4th Birthday, Freddie!!!!

My big birthday boy
Originally uploaded by sweetietooth

We celebrated Freddie's 4th birthday this weekend with a party at Chuck E Cheese. He was so excited to have his party outside the home this year and Chuck E Cheese was his choice because of the games and ticket blaster!!

ticket blaster fun!

ticket blaster fun!
Originally uploaded by sweetietooth

T-ball buddies

T-ball buddies
Originally uploaded by sweetietooth

Freddie started T-ball at our local rec center last Monday. He's lucky to be on a team with his two good neighborhood friends, Peri (the cutie to the left of Freddie) and Henry (not pictured). Sammy was lucky enough to be allowed to play with the 4-year-old ballers last Monday.

Jack's First Birthday!

We had a Milk and Cookies party in honor of Jack's first birthday. Godparents Cody and Ashley drove down from Duluth, the Bueno bunch drove over from Wisconsin, and a small few Minneapolis friends - and our honorary family member Samantha :) - came over to help us celebrate our baby's first year. Thanks to everyone who helped make this day special for Jack! And many thanks to my happy baking friends - Ashley for the TDF chocolate gooey butter cookies, Suzanne for the oatmeal raisin cookies - the same cookies she brought me when she came to visit brand-new Jack in the hospital, and Holly for making the centerpiece chocolate cupcakes! Also, a nod out to Holly's DH Jesse, who not only looked after the queso during the festivities but also applied the blue sprinkles to the cupcakes so artfully.

Happy 1st Birthday Baby Boy!

For more pictures and more details, check out the >>> flickr set <<
Still a Work In Progress as of 4/23/11! Just waiting on more pictures from party go-ers :)

Twins Home Opener!

Jacob picked Sammy up a couple hours early from school last Friday, April 8th, so that the two of them could attend the Twins Home Opener at Target Field. It was a beautiful day for a baseball game!

Here are some pictures that Jacob took.


It was a sold-out game.



See the tiny glove in the corner of one the buildings behind the stadium? (in the picture below)

Twins hat

Twins hat
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Freddie didn't get to join Jacob and Sammy at the Twins home opener on Friday, but he did get this hat!