4-Years Old

Happy Birthday Matthew!! You are getting to be such a big boy and today you were so glad you were finally 4!!

Daddy and Mommy are so happy that you are our son. We love how much you tell us you love us. We laugh at your wild imagination and can't stop kissing your chubby cheeks! You are our wonderful 4-year old son and we love you as much as we possible could.

Mac also learned how to swing just in time for his birthday. By 7am he was out on the play set just swinging away!!

First Present

Matthew got to open his first birthday present tonight. He got his very own mummy sleeping bag in blue....just what he really wanted! He was really anxious to go to sleep tonight so we were pretty happy about that. Joshua and him are both "camping out" in the guest room in their bags. Good Night Boys.

Early Breakfast Party

This morning we had an early 7am breakfast part for Natasha. Her birthday is today and she has family in from Canada so Matthew and I headed out to the bakery bright and early to bring home some sweet treats and surprise her. Hey..this bounce house is sure letting us have lots of party time. The boys waited so patiently till we rounded up everyone, lit the candle and sang! Such a fun morning. Brenna is starting to practice her 'walking" with Daddy.

She thought she was quite the big shot sitting all by herself up on the slide.

Friday Fun

This is yesterday when Joshua had a 1/2 day of school so I brought all the kiddos over to our house for lunch...they were so good all lined up and ate great! It was so much fun.

After lunch we headed out to the bounce house. We decided that for the big birthday weekend --Brett 35, Brenna 1 and Matthew 4 we would rent a big bounce house for 3 days. We are having tons of fun with it. Everyone has been over and all the kids are loving bouncing and sliding!

Even Brenna and Sophia have been enjoying themselves being bounced around by their brothers.

First Soccer Game

After our fun afternoon in the sun we went to our first soccer game. Here are the two brothers...we love having them on the same team. In fact, there are 5 second-cousins on this team so it is a mini-family reunion every Monday and Thursday evening!!

Joshua got to spend some time in the net..he took this task very seriously and didn't let any balls past.

Natasha and Zubair even came out for the game...here are the mommies watching the babies.

Some Warm Sunshine

We have had some beautiful summer like weather the past week. Brenna was able to wear her new swim suite and crawl around outside. She decided to check out my plants and got a little bit dirty so we pulled out the sprinkler. Matthew was so sweet playing with Brenna and showing her how to get wet.

Here is a handsome picture of our almost 4-year old.

Brenna was thrilled to get wet and even did a good job of clapping for herself.

She then realized that she could stick her whole face in!!

We were having so much fun we called our friends over. Brenna and Sophia socialized on the little swings.....

...while Matthew and Rayhaan tried out the new Slip and Slide.

Here is an action shot of Matthew..we had such a fun afternoon.

Soccer Season Begins

We started another year of soccer this week. Joshua and Matthew are going to end up playing on the same team and Brett and I are so glad we will be in just 1 place at the same time! Hurrah!! Joshua just loves playing and has his uniform on every day after school, even on non-soccer days, cleats and all! This is Matthew's first year and he is doing great, he runs his little heart out at the games. Here is a picture of the first night...Matthew did not have his uniform shirt yet but was decked out in his Italy Jersey! I am thinking that the Word Cup is going to be watched quite often at our home this summer.