Happy Birthday Josh! Of course he got a car cake - unfortunately, I paid money for it. It was voted the ugliest cake by my brother. It truly looks like a"beehive" project. But, Josh was happy with it (I think). He loved blowing out the candles and in big brother style, Brett beat him too the candle blowing every time. (We had to restrain him a few times so Josh could get the satisfaction of blowing it out all by himself)
We did go swimming at Grandma's house for the birthday party. Josh started swimming lessons this summer, so he was ready to show off his swimming skills. After a week of swimming lessons, he could dive for the rings. I was shocked the first time the teacher shoved him down to the bottom of the pool to retrieve the rings. When Josh came up for air without any rings, she looked at me with a frown and said, "Aah, he didn't get a ring." I thought, What do you expect? He is just two and he is in shock he is being forced under the water by a stranger. But the second day of lessons, he got a ring. Every day since, it has been his favorite
thing to do. I guess that is why we pay for swimming lessons, to let a stranger force them to hold their breathe under water.
Happy Birthday Josh! Of course he got a car cake - unfortunately, I paid money for it. It was voted the ugliest cake by my brother. It truly looks like a"beehive" project. But, Josh was happy with it (I think). He loved blowing out the candles and in big brother style, Brett beat him too the candle blowing every time. (We had to restrain him a few times so Josh could get the satisfaction of blowing it out all by himself)
thing to do. I guess that is why we pay for swimming lessons, to let a stranger force them to hold their breathe under water. 
Josh has a new Car bed. This could not be more perfect for the boy who sleeps with cars. His big cousin Nate finally grew out of this model and let Josh have it....Thank you Nate! 
The first night he slept through the night! WOW! Then the next night and the next and the next he would wake up and yell for Mom to come lay down in his bed. He would say, "Mama, Down!" So this picture is of Josh and Mommy's new bed. When I wake up in the morning, I feel like I have been run over by a car...Or just slept on one. 
Yeah, Right!...When I bought these beautiful washing machines, I asked the oh- so- knowledgeable- salesman about kids getting into the front load machines. I had visions of kids opening up the washing machine while it was running. "No worries", he said..."once you set the controls, the door locks and the kids can't change the settings." Great! But, just in case, I opted for the pedestals so the controls are too high for my preceious little Rugrat. Well, he outsmarted me. First, he got a chair from his brothers room and pushed it into the laundry room so he could comfortably reach the controls and second, he pressed the Pause/Cancel button (which is the pretty pink button) and voila! One load that was almost through a wash cycle was foiled and had to be restarted from the beginning. At least I got there before he actually opened the door and sorted through the wet clothes. 
We walked around alot because Josh did not want to be inside. They both enjoyed just hanging out outside. Brett wanted to bring his treasures he collected inside to display. After I found more than a few bugs crawling on the kitchen counter, I made him keep his finds outside on the steps. 
