Big Boy and Robot Boy

Cooking up something yummy. 

Coasting down the driveway. 

The box that Momma turned into a robot. He's really into robots right now.

Robot dance!

I tried to convince him to be a robot for Halloween, but he says he wants to be a shark. I'm not sure where the shark thing is coming from, so we'll see about that. I'm going to attempt to make his costume. If I'm successful I'll put it up here. 

Silliness!

Cash and Lucas with their pacifiers (when Lucas still had one) under Lucas' blanket. 

Cash wearing Momma's shades. 

Lucas' Angry Birds face painting. 

Phillie Phanatic hat!

Cash in the doll stroller. 

Cash being silly with his teether. 

Pretty! I like the pink the best. 

Lucas trying on the headband now. 

Having fun at Michaels with the feather boas. 

Lucas and his Minion. 

Monsters University

Yesterday the boys and their cousins got to see their very first movie at the movie theater. It was the same movie theater that Jen saw her first movie at. This year is also the 100th anniversary of the Strand Theater in Kutztown. 

The movie was great and everyone really enjoyed the experience. Cash sat still for the first 20 minutes, then squirmed until I nursed him to sleep in our seat. When we left the theater Lucas tried to turn around and go back in to watch it again. 

I made tshirts for the kids for the occasion. Lucas and Riley have Mike Wazowski shirts and Peyton and Cash have a Monsters University tshirt transfer I got on Etsy. 

Hopefully, Lucas and Riley will fit their shirts next year when we go to Disney World. 

Sunrise

Lucas and I got to enjoy the sunrise a couple of days ago. These are the small pleasures that you have to seek when helping your child transition to his new "big boy" bed while also potty training. That and a carmel iced coffee from Dunkin Donuts. 

Rides, Rides, and more Rides

This summer has been all about Lucas finding opportunities to ride on any kiddie ride he can. Even after we scared him on the first ride when we went to Knoebel's. 

Uncle Todd's riding mower. 

Barrel train at the Old Plough Boys. 

Another barrel train at the Kutztown Carnival sponsored by Kutztown Elementary School. 

The boats, cars, and ladybug ride at Knoebel's. 

Pony ride at the Kutztown Pennsylvania Dutch Festival. 

The dizzy bears, fire trucks, and cars at the Kutztown Fair. 

Monster trucks at Dutch Wonderland. 

Backyard Adventures

Lucas and Cash having a blast on our Craigslist slide. 

The boys on our new hand me down swing set from Uncle Dave. 

Our toad, that helps keep the insect population in check. 

One member of the rabbit family that lives under the shed. 

Cash's First Birthday

We celebrated Cash's first birthday shortly after we moved into our new home, so we decided to host a party. It was great, we had a bunch of family and friends come over to help celebrate. 

Everyone had a great time, especially the kids. 

Cash's favorite part was the cake, of course. 

Corn Everywhere

We live in a house on a farm, surrounded by wheat, soybean, and corn depending on the season. This summer has been really wet. I swear the corn has to be 10' high. 

Hopefully this pic illustrates just how tall the corn is. 

Our new home in PA

We made the move to PA at the end of March. We took a couple of weeks to clean up Jen's grandfathers house before we moved in.

It's great house with good "bones" but we've done a lot of work to it and still have more to do. But, you can't beat a mile commute to work and the yard is wonderful after living in a condo in Oakland for 6 years. 

Here's Cash loving the water table. 

Lucas can spend hours in the sand turtle. 

Lucas giving his brother a ride in his jeep.

 

As you can see we are making the most of all the open space. We are also enjoying our new community. The water table, jeep and sand turtle were acquired from family, friends and neighbors. 

The Lau's Blog

I've been thinking for a while now of how to better keep in touch with everyone since our move. I've fallen off Facebook lately, plus not everyone is on "the book". So, I'm going to give blogging a try. I'll do my best to keep this updated as often as possible. I hope you reading it. 

Cheers,

Tish