Celebrating Nathan's Fourth Birthday At Legoland

Nathan decided that he wanted to go to Legoland with his best friends to celebrate his birthday this year.  I, of course, was fine with that, as it meant that I did not have to plan a birthday party :)  Unfortunately, one of his friends was out of town for his birthday.  There was no way we were going without Brice, so we waited for him to get back from his trip (and get over his jet lag).  And, with the Three Amigos together again, we made the trip out to Windsor for Nathan's final birthday celebration this past weekend. We all had a great time, especially the birthday boy!!  

Birthday muffins in the van on the way to Legoland.

The roller coaster!  Nathan had been talking about going on the roller coaster for months and it did not disappoint!  He loved it!

The Three Amigos

We braved the water rides, but not without the appropriate gear :)

Pumpkin Patch 2014

It was a gorgeous autumn day today--perfect for our annual trip to the pumpkin patch at Garsons Farm in Surrey. The big boys were extra excited, because we let them wear their Halloween costumes this year!  We have never felt so safe at the pumpkin patch as we did today with Ironman, Spiderman, and a Storm Trooper accompanying us to pick out the perfect pumpkins.

Back to London and Back to School - August/September 2014

Although our trip to California this summer was great, it is so nice to be back home and get back to a normal routine!  Nathan started back to school a couple weeks after we returned to London.  And, Trent went to school too -- I initiated baby sleep bootcamp after Trent's jet lag wore off (apparently 5 weeks on the road makes a good sleeper turn bad).  After a few nights of the dreaded cry-it-out method, my good sleeper came back to me and now both boys are sleeping 7 pm to 7 am and we actually have a schedule again!

We have been enjoying what has so far been a gorgeous autumn.  Incredibly, we are still having days where the temperature gets into the low 70's!  Nathan has made it his mission in life to bring baseball to the UK, so we are out at the park playing baseball (yes, we even drag bases over to the park!) on most nice days.

Trent is trying his best to keep up with his big brother.  It's amazing to me that we left London in July with a non-mobile baby (he could roll to where he wanted to go, but definitely not even close to crawling) and came back in August with a mover (crawling, pulling himself up to standing, and even cruising along the furniture).  At our 8 month checkup the doctor seemed impressed that he is ahead of the curve and I asked what I could do to change that.  At this rate, he is going to be walking soon and I am definitely not ready for that!

This was just after we got home from California.  He was trying out all his new tricks he learned in California to make sure they worked in London too :)

This was also just after we got home from California.  This is when Boots figured out his world had changed in the span of a month :)

Bringing baseball to London!

Our first order of business when we got back to London was to drop the crib!

Nathan and his besties!  Can you tell they missed each other? 

First day of school.

Eight months old - not sure where the time has gone!

The saxophone player was a good sport.  He was chasing the boys around while playing music.  He got a good tip that day for entertaining the boys :)

Daddy and his boys :) 

My boys "helping" me unload groceries :)

He got his first two teeth right at the beginning of our trip.  So far, those are still the only two teeth he has.