I can do it myself!

Okay I knew this was coming - he is 3 1/2 years old after all - but I am not ready for it. I went to get him dressed Sunday morning and he looked at me and said "I can do it myself". So I reluctantly sat back (with my camera) and let him show me that he could do it. The entire time waiting for him to have troubles and tell me that he needed me but that never happened. He got himself completely dressed without any help at all from me. I was so proud of him and a little sad at the same time. I just want him to be my baby but he reminds me everyday that he is my little man now and doesn't need his mommy for everything like he used to. Seriously where have the past 3 1/2 years gone, it seems like we just brought him home from the hospital and now he is dressing himself... I am not ready for this!!

He also loves to pretend he is a cowboy, which is why that hat is on his head - don't worry I did not let him out in public looking like Huck Finn!

Gallons of Fun!

We spent today at the Waterpark of America and we had a blast! We spent 7 hours going down waterslides, playing in the wave pool, relaxing on the lazy river and watching my sisters Marissa and MaryBeth and my cousin Eric try to surf! It was so much fun. We are very tired tonight and will be in bed extra early. And don't worry even though there was water I managed to take about 75 pictures (I know I have an addiction). I even took about 15 videos of the others surfing. Here are just a few of my favorites from today.

Step away from the fruit and no one gets hurt!

The Next American Idol

He makes his momma so proud!

1-2-3 Imagine with Elmo

Colton received his final Christmas Present this morning. We went to the Target Center, with Auntie Melissa and cousins Isaac and Jaxx, to see 1-2-3 Imagine with Elmo! The boys loved it! We rode the light rail downtown, which they thought was awesome. They really enjoyed the tunnel (and of course at every stop they asked if we were getting off). The show was great, very entertaining even for adults. The boys had their snacks, Sno-Cones and Popcorn and even did some dancing and singing. Now Colton and I are home and we are gonna take naps, I seriously love have Thursday's off. Here are just a few pictures from our adventure this morning.

Gooooooooal!!

My cousin Chris took me to my very first Minneasota Wild game last week. It was awesome. And the Wild won by 3 goals, couldn't have asked for a better outcome for my first game!

An Ice Cream Cone and Playdough - What more can you ask for?

Ahhhhh - to be 3 years old again!

Skating in Rice Park

We took Colton skating in Rice Park in downtown St Paul last Sunday. It was a cold night but with all the lights it so beautiful no one seemed to even notice the cold. We got down there only to find out that you had to have skates to get on the ice so being the amazing mom that I am I rented myself a pair skates so I could go with Colton. Now I want to you know that I have been on skates since I was about 15 years old. Frankie and Grandma Yvonne watched from the outside of the rink and I am sure it was quite entertaining. Colton is not very stable on his skates and I have no idea what I am doing. To my amazement I never fell, although I did let go of Colton so he could give it a shot on his own and he was on his backside in about 2.6 seconds. We had a lot of fun despite the fact that we only made it around the rink twice (which took about 15 minutes)!