Birthdays

Way back in May, Seth turned 7!  He is such a fun, creative, smart, silly boy, and we love him so much.  He is a Lego "master builder" for sure and is always busy making "recipes" and trying "experiments."  Seth has Legos everywhere and by that I mean everywhere.  He can still make a mess faster than anyone I know and has world's loudest speaking voice, and he is awesome!  He loves school, reading, swimming, and playing just about anything with his brothers.  Seth's swimming skills are actually pretty sweet.  He is all over in the deep end diving down, off the diving board, you name it.  He's great!  Love you Seth!

Seth had some friends over for a Lego themed party at our house.

 Yes, that may resemble something with 6 nipples, but it's supposed to be a Lego block!

 

In between the boy's birthdays we had a family party for them both at Wellsville Dam.  I did not take a single picture!  Grandparents and cousins were there and we played a sweet game of kickball.  My dad pulled a hammy but everyone had lots of fun.  They also both enjoyed their birthday doughnut breakfast on their big day.

Two weeks after Seth's is Luke's actual birthday.  I really gave him the shaft as far as pictures go!  He invited as many friends as we had seats to the Aquatic Center.  They had a great time and ate a ton of food!  We came back to the house afterwards for a quick pizza dinner and then it was time to rush off for baseball games.  Because of that I didn't really take pictures and we didn't sing to him at the party!  I'm slacking off, but he did have swimming, presents, friends, pizza, and ice cream so I think he was satisfied.

Luke is a smart, sensitive, clever, helpful, funny, sometimes crazy kid that we love so much.  I can actually type helpful now and mean it.  This summer he has really stepped up a lot and has been a big help to me.  He and Seth still have their moments, but it has been much better.  Luke is still the one that's likely to get things all riled up and get a wrestling match or some other kind of wild play going, so I don't know if he'll ever grow out of that.  He is a lot of fun to be around, and it really does kill me how grown up he seems sometimes.  He loves his family, traditions, and is quite the sentimental kid.  He loves to be outside exploring, playing with friends, playing soccer, swimming, and just hanging out with the fam.  He's kind of a homebody like me.  Love him so much even if I've only got one photo of the big day!

On a funny sidenote that night after baseball we let the kids stay up late because it was Luke's birthday.  There was a Diary of the Wimpy Kid movie on TBS that we let the kids watch.  There is a scene in that show where the brothers are watching a scary movie about a foot that is detached from a body.  It totally freaked Ian out.  Since then (although it's starting to get better) Ian has been petrified of "the foot," and hasn't wanted to go to bed or anywhere in the house alone!!  Bedtime was a nightmare for over a month.  Seriously, "the foot"!