Truman got a new swing for his birthday from Grandma and Grandpa Phillips, and Truman wanted it up….after a trip to the hardware store, Toph was ready to hang it, little did I know how he was going to do that….Look at this:
And done…
Yeah, I am the luckiest woman alive….now I know where my children get there ‘part monkey’ genetics from….
Once it was hung, we had to try it out…
Truman of course was first, it was his birthday present after all…
Tucker couldn’t wait to get on it, but soon was swinging so high, and off he went,
Then Truman jumped on again….
To help with the learning process with the swing, it is like 2 inches from the ground, perfect for the little legs to get on, and closer to the ground when they fall! Can you tell by the huge smiles on their faces that they love it? Thanks again Grandma and Grandpa Phillips, Truman and Tucker will have HOURS of fun on the swing!
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Warm enough to get a good tree climbing session in.
Toph was cleaning our car, it needed a good cleaning, I was inside still being sick. While Toph was working hard, the boys, and neighbor, Austin, climbed, and climbed and climbed.
I love this picture, even while he is climbing in trees his pants won’t stay on!
Cute head…
I think these boys might be part monkey…
So Truman loves to do this….We have gotten a lot of stickers during the past week, for random things (Easter, Dr.’s Appointments, in the mail), and everytime, this is what Truman does with them…
What?! And then, he leaves them there for a couple of hours. I think it’s funny, and it’s even funnier to think about that this is where he thinks stickers should go, and I love the fact that he doesn’t care what others say about it either–If only he can remember this and be true to himself throughout his life. It is more important to do things that you love, than to worry about what others think. I hope as a mother, I can help you learn this lesson early on, and help you be true to yourself, even if it is a little bit silly!
Toph took the boys to the Phillips Last weekend to participate in the Phillips Family Easter Celebrations, here are some of the wonderful pics he and my sis-in-law Em took.
Hanging out with the cousins
Dying the Easter Eggs
Trubee
Tuck Man
Everyone
Cutie Madalyn
Riding in the car up to throw the eggs down the hill
Have you seen a bigger smile?
Throwing the Eggs down the hill
(please note, I STILL don’t understand this tradition of throwing eggs, but the boys love it! )
Walking down the Hill
Easter Egg Hunt
Waiting to begin
Team Work
Truman
Tuck
Silly Tuck by his tree
The spoils
Grandma
Grandpa
Uncle Patrick and Paul
Madalyn–look at that sweet face…
Patrick
Trumans Last Birthday Party
Opening Presents
He got a new orange ball!
A new lightening shirt (that he wants to wear all the time! Ka-Chow!!)
Ava sleeping….
Bubbles
And another tradition…the hot dog roast…
And what is a holiday without traditions? Now this years traditions have been recorded.
Last week we had another adventure, (and of course a wonderful time) at the Thanksgiving Pointe Dinosaur Museum.
Unfortunately, our camera battery died, 🙁
Fortunately we accidentally started at the end of the museum, where there were more hands on exhibits were, and therefore more fun pictures….
Excavating some Dino Bones
Building a Dinosaur Habitat
Do you think these boys are brothers?
I had to post these pictures, because they make me laugh. I was trying to get the boys to look at me and the camera… First they look one way, and then the other, oh well!
The Dinosaur we Built–After I took this picture, I saw the big sign, “PARENTS DO NOT LET YOUR CHILDREN CLIMB ON THE DINOSAUR”. oops.
After the battery died, Toph came and we went to the 3-D Dinosaur Movie, and I *wish* I would have had my camera, so I could have taken video of Truman grabbing at the 3D Images that stuck out. He really thought that he should be able to get them, and continued time after time to keep grabbing them!
I love going to museums, and this was no exception. But one of the most awe inspiring things for me was standing underneath the brontosaurus bones, and looking up, at how huge and tall it was. Toph said it perfectly when he stated, “It gives me a new appreciation for our Creator, and the majesty of his creations.” True, true…
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Super Truman!
(I wrote this post like 2 months ago, I don’t know why I didn’t Publish it…So I know there has been alot of Tru posts lately, but here is one more!)
So one thing Truman just loves is, Superheroes. Here are some of the fun things he is doing:
Wearing his Cape constantly–being Dash or Hercules, depending on the day.
Dressing in Red–Because Dash wears red.
Playing Planet Heroes, wearing containers on his head to be like Ace in Space (he’s an astronaut type figure)
(like the halloween shirt? I keep hiding it, and he keeps finding it. I have got to find better hiding spots!)
When we are creating things, he likes to create superhero items, Here is Ace in his cake box rocket. Awesome, uh?
Here he is pretending to be Spiderman on his scooter(filmed with the help of Tucker)—
scooterhero.mov
When I ask Truman what he wants to be when he grows up, he says, he wants to grow up to be a hero. With that kind of attitude, you can’t fail…
and that we did!
We celebrated Trumans birthday in so many ways, and so many times, you only turn three once right?
The night before our family party and tradition. Doughnuts. We went to the Krispy Kreme Doughnut Factory (again 🙂 ) and Truman couldn’t have been happier.
They could spend hours watching the doughnuts being made…
Look at the smile on his face…
And this funny movie of him trying to figure out how old he is…
3-years-old.mov–Funny Boy
The next morning, Cat, Becca and Mom were here and we had a fun time opening presents, and having oatmeal (I had used all the eggs on the cake, so we didn’t have too many options!)
Opening his soccer net–
Tune–
Tune playing soccer–
That afternoon we celebrated with the Greene Family and Great grandparents for Lasagna and Cake and Ice-Cream. What fun.
Great Grandpa and Grandma Hunsaker made the trek from the cabin-
Waiting for the food to cook–
Here is the cake, as per Trumans request…Hercules–
Blowing out the candles
Dishing the cake and icecream–
Eating the good stuff–
Amy and Tru
The one thing that is great about having cousins, is how they all crowd when present time comes!
The planet heroes rocket he has been talking about since before Christmas, he was thrilled–
The boys and their ‘puters. They were all playing against each other some car game, I don’t know…
The next day (St. Patricks Day) , at playgroup (Friends from his nursery class), we had a little party, we had an easter egg hunt, decorated cupcakes, baloon soccer, and presents. The kids had a good time.
The guests in attendance were Asher in his St. Pattys day Garb, (and his sister Isabel, who I didn’t get a pic of)
Cameron
Ryan and Braxton
Now, we are looking forward to the party with the Phillips this weekend! Still celebrating, I’m almost all partied out, good thing he isn’t!
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Truman is 3?!?!?
How time flies, and too quickly does it fly. My little boy, Truman, is one year older. I swear he was just born, but that can’t be, because babies don’t constantly request things by saying, “Mom, put me down, I want to walk, I’m not a baby!” or “I’m a big boy mom, I’m like a big brother, I’m not a baby.”
Things I love about Truman:
–Right now, he loves the story of Sampson and Delilah. He asks me to tell him about it often, especially when his hair is cut.
–At night time after I put him to bed, he will swing his feet off his bed, and read books sitting up, using the nightstand as a table.
–Truman has such a caring heart, is full of compassionate.
–He is constantly looking to his best friend and big brother Tucker.
–Truman is happy to be one year older, because that means he’s almost as old as Tucker.
–Loves his classes, which constist of a nursery, weekly playgroup, and library reading time.
–He loves Baby Einstein Movies, and at our weekly library reading time, always chooses one to check out to take home…
–For some reason, Truman thinks that he learns everything in nursery, and is always saying things like “I learned that at nursery class, or I sing that song at nursery class” Most of the time, it is things that he probably shouldn’t be learning or singing in nursery class! Silly Boy.
Happy Birthday Big Boy! We love you!
So it can be used!!!
Ikey and Belle were here for Friday Night…
Watching a movie, Robots again, actually–
Coloring Pictures–
(again, we were so busy, I didn’t stop to take pictures!)
Then on Saturday, it was a Girls Night Out
Cat,
Becca,
and Mom
came from Logan and spent the night….
We went to the Pizza Factory and watched Stardust–How wonderful it is to have a home to share with others, and share in good company.
Yeah, people spend good money on weigh lifting equipment.
Not needed.
Solutions: just have yourselves a couple of crazy boys who want to both get superman rides at the same time….
Love the smiles on those boys faces. I’m a lucky mama.