Nolan's Third Birthday--Third Party

We celebrated Nolan's birthday with Andre's family in a park near where Andre grew up.  It's very quiet and green.  Nolan ate his strawberries and everyone else had cupcakes!  There was a playground there that they enjoyed!  Diana got to come and we were happy about that!

 

 

 

 

Nolan's Third Birthday--Second Party

 

Nolan is three!  Our baby is three.  I don't know where the time went, but it was just yesterday that we were headed to the hospital.  On his birthday, we had an enjoyable morning at a playground and waited for Papi to come home for presents and cake! He brings such joy!

 

 

His stats:

Height: 105 cm, 41 inches

Weight: 17.4 kg, 38 lbs.

 

 

His birthday strawberries

:)

 

 

 

 

 

Nolan's Third Birthday--First Party

Nolan is three!!!  How can that be????  We celebrated two days early with some friends from church since they were leaving on vacation on his birthday.  We just went down to the ice cream/ playground place and enjoyed a couple of hours with our good friends.  Nolan loves ice cream!  It was a really nice afternoon.

 

Some Capri Suns and ice cream made everyone happy!

The water was nice and muddy by the time we left.  At one point there were SEVEN little boys playing around the water tub!

Swimming

We decided to go swimming in the outdoor swimming pool.  The weather had been great and of course, about 10 minutes after we arrived it started raining.  We still stayed almost 2 hours.  The rain quit and the boys had fun, I think! 

 

 

 

I Spy....

Nolan has learned the game of I Spy!  We enjoy doing this game when we are on the tram, waiting for someone, etc!  Nolan kind of has an accent on the words I spy...Oi spoi...:)  And here is what my balcony looks like!  I am really enjoyed the plants!

A City Festival in our Part of Town

Our part of the city had a festival and we decided to take the boys.  They had at least two bouncy houses and the boys really enjoyed those!

 

 

Elliot is climbing up the side!

 

 

 

Nolan has learned to bark like a dog--I think he scared a few little children!

 

Strawbeeis

Nolan has discovered strawberries!!!  I am so thankful!

I think this first video of Nolan is just about my all time favorite!!  So funny!

 

Blueberries

We headed out to the woods a couple of weeks ago and found blueberries!  We sure found and ate a lot! 

 

CER 2018

We were able to go to the Central European Retreat again this year.  What a wonderful experience!  I guess I really only have pictures of the boys on the water!  Oops.

 

Nolan waiting to ride in the boat with Papi.

Elliot having to wait.

 

 

 

This is a video on the way home that I took.  Nolan was telling me stories out of his Bible!  It just warmed my heart.  He also went to bed at CER and opened his Bible and started telling me the stories right before bed! It was a wonderful experience.

 

Bikes and Scooters

I am thrilled that both boys are doing so well with their wheels.  Nolan is really speedy with his balance bike and Elliot is onto great adventures with his bike--which he can ride without training wheels!!!  I'm actually thinking of taking Elliot's scooter for myself so that I can keep up....

 

 

For Granna

For you, Granna!  We were at the ice cream place and the boys were "driving" the car!

 

Good Times with Good People

We have had some great visits lately!  We are so thankful for our Christian family far and near. Annalisa doesn't live too far from us and we were happy to spend some time with her!

 

Annalisa came for a visit!!

 The Everharts were in town and it was so nice to catch up with them.  The children were able to be in Bible class together and then we got to play on the playground for awhile.

 

 

 

April and I

 

They really were happy!!