Party Time!

 Cole was invited to one of his best buddy's birthday party.  They had a blast at Bounce U!

 I love his concentrating face!

 Cole LOVED the obstacle course.

 And the cupcakes.

Cole and Greg are good buds.  Greg is a year and a half older, but they get along great!

4th of July and Cole's Birthday Party

Jonathan's Uncle Tom took some pictures and I got some copies of them.  Here is one of them.  We had a little Birthday Party for Cole yesterday on the 4th.

Smiles taken by Uncle Tom.

Another shot taken by Uncle Tom outside.

How often do we get a family picture?  Not perfect, but we'll take it.  We will have to get another family picture before this week is through.

Big grin by Uncle Tom.

Cole has a funny face in this picture.  I like my hair, too!:)

I took all of these but the last one.  Cole and Grandma checking out the American flag on Independence Day.

Sitting on the front porch swing.

Waving the flags!

Go, USA!

Just being too cute.

In the backyard with the flags.

Being presented with his cake.

Waiting for his birthday gifts.

Checking out the card.

He liked this card.

He also loved both the school bus and the bread truck from Granny.  He got a neat book from Grandma about America's Birthday and another about George Washington.  He also got a cool ball, hot wheels towel, clothing, etc.  It was fun!

Checking out Uncle Tom and Aunt Miriam's gift.

The big gift!  The pedal car from Pop-Pop and Grandma (mostly from Pop-Pop who has been excited since early May about this).

Driving...vrrrrmmmmm..

Hugs for Grandma.

Upset that his little bread truck got stuck on the dash of the new pedal car.

Loving the pedal car!

Uncle Tom got a great one of Cole and I.  I love this picture!

Happy Father's Day!

There were two birthday parties yesterday.  Here's a nice Father's Day picture of Jonathan and Cole.  This was the first party of the day.  Cole loves swings.  It was so hot out we were both hoping he'd go for the splash park all the other kids were playing in about 20 feet from the swings.

Getting hydrated.  It was so hot.  The splash park looked like so much fun and he wasn't going in it at this point.

Cole LOVES balloons!  He was trying to get this one off the sign and I loved this picture because of his reflection.

I can't get the balloon off of here, so I am going to station myself with it.

Ok, it's too hot, so maybe I will try to get wet.

Feeling the water.  It must have felt good (we were jealous:).

A little wet.

A lot wet!  This bucket helped give him a task in the water so he felt more comfortable playing in it.

Loving the water!

Look!  Water!

More water collecting basins!

I am working here!

After party number 2 we got home late and Cole walked up to me like this.  I laughed very hard.  It is the first time he has tried to wear our shoes.  I consider it a milestone.  I loved trying on my parents shoes as a child.

Going to show Daddy his shoes.

One party was at 9:30 and the other at 4, so he got a good nap in between.  Bad news is that our digital SLR broke.  The good news is that we will have a working SLR again soon.  Luckily we have a point and shoot to document until then!  We are all pretty tired from the parties, though.  Cole was not in a good mood all morning this morning so I hope he is jovial after his nap!  After all, it is Father's Day!