3 Years

Last Saturday we had some family and friends over to celebrate! Both Gramdmas and Papas were there along with Great Grandma Spanburg. We cannot forget JJ and Uncle Top. His little friends that were there are Lydia, Parker and Lauren, and Hannah and Matthew.

Ryan received anything and everything Lightening McQueen related. His two favorite are a L.M. car that you can make into a monster truck, he likes running over all the othe cars. The other favorite is a L.M. bike. He took plenty of laps around our kitchen. He even learned why it was important to wear a helmet!

Ryan turns 3.

Yes, can you believe it, he is three. I'll never forget traveling back and forth on 146th St listening to "Bad Day" by Daniel Powter every time we were on the road (4 total).

Now on to the good stuff... Ryan and I got to leave school early and go to Dr. Jim's. After a stressful time at the Doc's, we went to McDonalds. We ate ALL our chicken nuggets and apples, and drank most of our milk. He was one hungry boy!

We then went home to nap, or what I thought was supposed to be a nap. After going down at 1:00 he did not fall asleep until 2:30.

After waking up we had a nice snack and dinner, pancakes (his favorite). We waited for mommy to get home from a meeting so we could open presents!

Finally mom got home and Ryan got to open his presents. He received a Tractor, Guido, and Luigi (CARS characters), a couple hats, crocs, plates, plastic ware, a tee, scissors and glue. Needless to say he received all he asked for.

January

Boy January sure did go by fast! The family has been cooped up indoors most of the month. We did get to go out side after the foot of snow on the 28th. Ryan loves being pulled around on his sled. It takes more energy than I can remember to pull a sled.

Jen is feel fine, she is just tired which is to be expected. Little Baby Skura is doing a fine job of growing.

We are getting ready for Ryan's birthday coming up in 2 weeks. Lately he has been in to Thomas the Train, Clifford the big red dog, and puzzles. It seems as though that is all we do when we get home from school.

One big change is that Ryan has started Soccer. This is taking the place of gymanistics. He is going with Brady (a friend from school). They love kicking the ball around and having fun.

Another big event is that he moved up to the 3-5 year old class. His first two full days have been SPECTULAR! He has napped (thanks goodness) and come home totally happy and ready to play. Next week Jen and I decided to start taking him to the library to pick out books, so we will see if he likes it!

I'll be back after Ryan's party!