Today was the party!

Today was Zanthias' birthday party. Pics will be coming as soon as I get them from the photographer. I am SO glad we chose to do that, because things were stressful enough and we wouldn't have had any pics. It was pretty hot out, which sucked, but it was shady in the pavilion and there was a decent breeze. Lots of people showed up, and most of the kids were in costume, which was super cute. I shouldn't have waited to do the cake last minute, it ended up looking pretty crappy, but at least it tasted good. The only 2 bad things were all the fire ants-Zanthias was throwing his cake all over, and pretty much instantly there were fire ants all over, and I got bitten once =( Luckily, it was just on my foot, so I was ok.

We forgot the pirate photo prop (where you stick your head through the hole) =( Zanthias had a great time. He got knocked down once, and hit his head, and then fell down later and smacked his head. He was pretty upset since it was concrete. Everything was really fun, and we gave all the kids balloons and goody bags to take home. Drew set up the video camera to tape it all, so eventually we'll have a small compilation video to show you (I have over 3 hours of video to go through!) Zanthias was so tired, he ended up falling asleep in my arms.

Boo at the zoo

We went to Boo at the Zoo on Friday with some friends. We were a family of pirates, and our friends were a little girl, a teddy bear (her baby), and a security blanket. They won first prize in the costume contest, and we won second. We got 4 free passes to the zoo. It was really fun, but really hot. Of course, the next day, it got really cool out. Oh well!

More playground fun

Who left this here?
Having fun!
Digging in the mulch


The weather has been so cool this weekend, we went for a walk with the dogs!

Crazy face!


Still coming, a day in the life of a 1 year old...but here's some fun photos for now!

Happy birthday Zanthias!

Happy birthday to my beautiful boy! Tomorrow, I'll be posting a photo set entitled "A day in the life of a 1 year old". You've brought such happiness to our lives and you're loved more than you will ever know.

Fun at the playground

Bonking my head on the tetherball
I'm big enough to play!

Peekaboo!

I crawled through the tunnel by myself!

Yeah, I'm hot.

It was a hot one today, but we had fun anyway!

Trying on my Halloween costume

We got Zanthias' Halloween costume today. He and Drew have matching costumes. It's a little long but easily fixable. He really liked the belts!
We have his birthday (costume party) as well as attending a zoo event (Boo at the Zoo) and a Halloween party/trick or treating at a friend's, so he'll get plenty of use out of it! His birthday is a pirate theme and we're asking people to come in their costumes. We're having a photographer come so we should have great photos to share. We got some really neat stuff from Oriental trading company for it. I'm making a pirate ship cake, we have a skull pinata (that you pull strings to open, you don't hit it), and there will be a temporary tattoo station, make your own eyepatch, and a sticker sheet for crafts at the party. We've got some really neat favors (OTC is so cheap!) like mini inflatable pirate beach balls and spyglasses and such. It will be a great time! The party is Oct. 24th.
Arr matey!

Fun stuff

Having fun at the pool with Dad
Relaxing at the pool
Swimming in the deep end!
Climbing out?
His custom pirate hat
A fun hat from a book we bought
Sleeping with his buddy, Tobey


Here's one of the birthday presents we got for him-a personalized pirate backpack! We also got some tie dyed playsilks, books, a custom pirate taggie blanket, and a custom pirate hat. We'll take a pic of it all together at his party. So far, we have lots of people coming!