party on

Wyatt wanted a race car party for his birthday. So, that's exactly what we did. Dustin built a track out of hay in our backyard and his friends came over and had races.

Classic Luke and Wyatt, finding a way to be a little extra silly.


There was cake ( with the candles left over from my birthday, but 82 became his race car number )

and there were babies

and cards

presents

and lots of fun!




And the national anthem, of course (it was race day after all)

Wyatt is 4!

Wow, what a difference a year makes! In the past year Wyatt has started preschool, learned to dress himself (head-to-toe), mastered his four wheeler, grown 5 inches (he's just under 3'7") said good-by to pull-ups and moved on to underwear full-time, ate tomatoes that he grew in his own garden, had his first football season, picked strawberries, raspberries and blueberries for the first time (and is excellent at it), started doing his 5 daily chores, met Santa Claus, got a new cousin, got a new uncle and met Bob-the-Builder. But, some things never change, he's still the sweetest, giggliest, greatest kid in the world. I love my Wyatt Dan.

Arts and craps

Last summer when I was down in San Diego my niece, Tori, kept saying she wanted to do some 'arts and craps' instead of arts and crafts. So every time I get out an art project with Wyatt I think of her cute little voice.
I started out with a cookie sheet, then added shaving cream. After that got smoothed out we put globs of finger paint on top and swirled the colors around. Then we put a piece of paper on top, tapped it down, then pulled it off to revel a beautiful marbled design. Lots of fun.

Just like dad

Wyatt is sure that his dad is the coolest person on the planet. Everything Dustin does Wyatt is sure to follow. (Don't worry, it's bladeless)

raspberries!!!

I think I may be addicted to berries! Wyatt and I went and picked some raspberries this morning. On the way out some blueberries seemed to be calling my name. So I picked a bowl full of those too.


Hey look, it's Marge Simpson. I need to clean my nails before I take pictures of them next time. :)

cousins

Blueberry Lime Jam

On Friday Wyatt and I met up with some other Mops moms and kids to pick blueberries. They were so yummy it was hard to get them all in the bucket and not our mouths. We ended up picking 12 lbs of delicious blueberries.


And what to do with all those berries? Make jam, of course. :)

Thomas the tank engine