Miles's Seventh Birthday

My sweet Miles turned seven in March. I love this boy! He is awesome. He brings so much joy to our family. He is great with playing with his brothers, and always listens to Mom and Dad. He is becoming a really good reader, and I think he is going to be like his dad and have a very good math/science mind. He wants to be a chemist when he grows up.

Opening his birthday presents

This cake was my first attempt at fondant. I even made the fondant myself. It was fun! (and thanks Maria for all your help!)

Enjoying his Lego Harry Potter Quidditch set

Miles' Birthday Party

So, I have to admit that I am not the biggest fan of hosting birthday parties. Just not my thing. But, I try to be a nice mom and give in every once and a while. Usually, for my kids fifth and eighth birthdays. But Miles just begged and begged to have a party this year. I caved, and we actually ended up having a very fun army themed party for Miles' seventh birthday. Sorry the pictures are blurry. I REALLY need to buy a new camera.

The party soldiers (they all got dog tags to wear). Miles was the general.

Musical chairs

My old standby at birthday parties- Pizza!

Noah

Playing pin the tank on the battlefield

Presents

Cupcakes

See the guns and swords. All the kids would have gladly have spent the whole time playing with these than playing games. They were constantly running off to the basement to play with them.

The cupcakes were thoroughly enjoyed!

All Miles Wants for Easter is His Two Front Teeth

Miles lost his two front teeth yesterday. The have been loose for a while, and Jordan was having a grand time trying to get them out. Miles was afraid to go near him! On Monday morning, one of his teeth fell out while I was wiggling it. I left the other one in, so Jordan could have a part in the removal process.

This is how Miles' second tooth came out:

Miles and his love of hot sauce

So I meant to post this video months and months ago, but never got around to it. And as I watched Miles douse his meal with hot sauce the other day, it reminded me about it. This kid loves hot sauce on everything! And the more, the better. :)

Mm Mm Good

Vance was playing out in the snow yesterday, when he opened the door and handed me a big chunk of snow and an icicle that had fallen off the house. He told me they were for our dinner, and told me to cook them. So, to humor him, I put a pot on the stove, and put the snow and icicle in it, but did not turn it on.

When he came back inside, he was still insistent that those items were for dinner, and wanted them to melt, so I turned the stove on low, and started to melt them. But who wants just ice for dinner? Not Vance!

Next he had me add a few grapes. Then a bit of flour and sugar. Then a handful of crumbled potato chips, and bit of cereal that had strawberries in it. But his creation was not finished. Next came some milk, butter, nuts, and some oats. Then it was finished. But luckily he did not insist that it be consumed!!

Gross!!!

Vance's Mousy Friends

The other day, Vance was in the bathroom, taking care of business, when he called me in. He pointed at the heater vent near the toilet, and informed me that a family of mice live in the wall. He says he talks to them every time he goes to the bathroom. It's so funny to hear! First he goes in there, and knocks on the wall to let them now he is there. Then I guess they talk to each other. The best part is that he thinks they need toilet paper to make their nests, so he always leaves a little pile of paper on the floor for them to take when we are not looking. I am often sneaking in the bathroom to take the paper away, so he thinks his little friends (whom he calls his mousy friends) came to take it. I know it's kind of a waste of toilet paper, but I know this won't last long, and I think it's so stinking cute! I love his imagination.

Serenity Now!!!

A few weeks ago, I took the boys to a place called Jumpin Jacks. It has a bunch of inflatables for the kids to play on. It can get quite crazy in there. At one point, I caught Miles doing this:

I think the craziness must have gotten to him!! He sat down in the middle of the floor and pulled off this meditation pose. He even had this thumb and index fingers connected. I have not idea where he learned that from! Hopefully he found the peace he needed. :)

(Sorry the picture is blurry. It came from my cell phone.)