He's Three!!!

Three years ago today, the world's happiest grumpy baby was born.  We've managed to keep him alive for three years, and now he's hilarious, loving, kind, and a shade crazy.  Plus, just absolutely adorable.

Going on a Trip

We've had a suitcase kicking around the house for a week or so now.  It's empty, I just haven't taken the effort of putting it away up in the attic.  So the boys have made good use of it.  Fairly often I find them climbing in it and strapping themselves in, while the other one zips it closed.  Or they just run around the house dragging it behind them. 

The other day they wanted to take it 'camping', so they filled it up with the essentials (toys of course), and off they went.  We put a picnic blanket in the back yard with their little tent on it, and they had a camping picnic back there.  Some of the neighbor kids heard the noise and came to investigate and when the boys said they were camping, I'm pretty sure the neighbors were jealous.

Then there was the day that I saw this happening.  See the head sticking out the top?  And the little feet down at the bottom?

Date Night!

Zander and I were due for another date night.  We had already had a fantastic lazy family day where everyone miraculously stayed happy and content all day, so why not top that off with some adult-only shopping and dining?  We dropped the kids off to play with their cousins, so we knew they for sure wouldn't care if we were gone for a while, and off we went. We hadn't ever been to the new outlets over on Traverse Mountain, so we decided to try those out.  First stop was some new shoes for Zander.  He talked and joked around with the sales guy the whole time we were there, and ended up getting his shoes with the employee discount because of it.  I've noticed over the last few months that he has an amazing knack for getting stuff either for free or for employee pricing.  Seriously, stuff like this happens all the time with him.  Then we went over to check out the new Banana Republic and had the happy surprise of finding that everything in the store was half off  WOOHOO.  Needless to say we left the store with more than we were originally anticipating.

By this point we were hungry and headed over to Johnny Rockets for some fun, 50's theme dining.  It was then I realized that I should have been born in the 50's.  That would have been such a fun era to live in.  Ultimately though, I'm glad of any time period and experiences that I get to have with Zander around.  Every time we go on a date we end up holding hands, laughing and joking around the whole time.  And we always end up commenting on how much we love our little family of four.  This is what marriage and family are all about.  The little moments that make all the difference.