Go Illini!

Suited up and ready to play!

Our Little Indian

Gavin made this hat at school and wore it during their Thanksgiving Feast. He wanted to wear it all evening until he took it off, jumped on it and destroyed it.

Tractors!

Gavin got all of these tractors for his birthday and he loves playing with them! He is not partial to Cat though, he loves his John Deere tractor too.

Christmas Pictures

2 Year Pictures

Gavin was not leaving without a picture on the fire truck!

I am looking at the camera and sort of smiling, but Dad save me!!!!! (notice he is reaching his arm out)

Happy Birthday to me!

Why am I sitting here without my shirt on and all of these people are taking my picture?

I finally get to eat this Elmo cake I have been asking for since breakfast!!

Why is everyone singing? Can't I just eat my cake?
I need a fork.Gavin was not thrilled about the whole singing Happy Birthday tradition. He just wanted to eat his cake. I took the candle off and gave him the cupcake and he asked for a fork. That's my boy!

2nd Birthday Cake

Gavin loved his Elmo cake and Elmo party. I gave him a choice between a baseball theme and a dump truck theme while we were standing in the aisle at Hobby Lobby and he looked around me and saw Elmo and started yelling Elmo, needless to say, Elmo it was! I am not a huge character fan so this was a tough one for me. After finishing the cake Friday night we still had 23 cupcakes to decorate so even Jason helped with those (since my hand was about to fall off from making all of those little stars on his face!).

Birthday Gifts

Gavin had so many birthday gifts he didn't know where to begin playing! He got a tunnel, a workbench, a basketball hoop, lots of tractors and books and puzzles and playdough and golf clubs and his very own sweeper. Wow! That will keep us busy for awhile. : )

Now what do I do with this? Throw it in this big hole?

I made it!!!!!

Barney's Birthday Bash

Gavin's class at the museum this month was Barney's Birthday Bash. He had a blast singing happy birthday, playing with balloons and playing with the giant parachute. (Even though he has no clue who Barney is. We don't believe in giant purple dinosaurs at our house!) And it wouldn't be a day at the museum without driving the big tractor. : )

This little boy (in the background) wanted Gavin to come and help him at the "grain elevator", so we played with him for quite awhile, but then he started getting too bossy and we moved along to play with trains. Gavin would stay here all day long with so many things to do!

Science Experiment

Gavin was determined to get the ball to float in the air coming out of the tube. He probably spent a good 10 minutes pushing the button for the air and getting the ball to actually stay above the tube. As you can see from the look on his face he was extremely excited after he got it to work! It is good to know we finally have an interest besides driving!

Cheese!

I have no idea how I actually got him to sit down and pose for this picture. Most of our pictures turn out blurry because he is running around so much.