Family Time

Tonight we enjoyed a little family time in the kitchen. Caleb started out a little fussy when we first got home so I decided to include him in getting dinner ready.

He had a good time helping David and I put toppings on the pizza and quickly forgot about throwing a fit. He is such a great little helper and who knows may have a future in the pizza business.

Viola, the finished product!

Since pizza making went so well we decided to make some snickerdoodle cookies while we were at it. I don't think I've actually ever made snickerdoodle cookies so I got to experience a first with Caleb.

They were "Mmmm.........good" as Caleb says and will definitely be something we make again.

Happy Father's Day Daddy!

Thanks for being the best Daddy ever! Thanks for reading to me, acting silly with me, sharing ice cream with me, being a great example for me and loving Mommy and me so much that I wonder sometimes if its got to hurt. Mommy and I love you lots and lots and thank you for taking such great care of us and for being our best friend.

Love,

Caleb

P.S. Mommy said sorry that she used our picture from Mother's Day. She realized later that the only pictures she got of us together today was when we were in the pool.

Summer Nights

I love me some summer nights! Tonight when we got home David worked on getting the sprinklers ready for the summer and made sure they were all adjusted properly. Caleb enjoyed getting to play in them just as long as the water didn't hit him in the face. Since he was wet we decided to just eat outside as there was no point in drying him off only for him to want to go back outside when we finished and play in his "bath" as he likes to call it (aka the inflatable swimming pool) and run around in the yard some more. We had a great time just hanging out together and watching Caleb play in the backyard.

We decided to be a little lazy and instead of taking Caleb upstairs to the bathtub we just did a quick little sponge bath in the kitchen sink. This is something we haven't done in a long time so Caleb had to be sure and touch and mess with everything that was within arms reach.

Nana and Papa emailed us some pictures of his play date today with Madeline and pics of him playing in the sprinkler at their house. Caleb must of had me scroll through those pictures 7 or 8 times while he told me a story about each picture. Every time I would go to close out the program he would let me know that he wasn't done looking at them yet.

He went right to sleep tonight and didn't make a peep after David put him in his crib. David and I went then back outside and sat and listened to the sprinklers water the shrubs. It may sound silly but it's super relaxing and sounds like a nice little rainfall.

Ahhhh, nothing like summer nights.

That's My Boys

Such cheese balls! Yep, it's good times at the Winberry's......good times!

Happy Birthday Dada!

We have had a great time celebrating David's birthday...at least I have and I'm hoping he has to. Caleb even got into the fun and has been a very busy little artist making some very special birthday gifts for David. I may not be the greatest about writing in Caleb's baby book but one thing I definitely love to do is stamp his hands and feet. As you may recall from one of my earlier posts David and I decided to stamp Caleb's hands and feet every month for the first year. So I decided why stop there and have found a love for Crayola brand washable finger paints. I guess it's a little sad that Caleb already smiles when he sees the paint and knows exactly what to do after it has been applied to his hand. So in honor of David's birthday our little Picasso made his Dada a very special birthday card and picture! I originally thought we would just make a card for David but suddenly had a hair brained idea to let Caleb try finger painting for the first time. Yes, I realize this could have spelled disaster and a nice mess to clean up but he loved it and amazingly only got it on his hands and a little on his arm. I showed him at first how to put his finger in the paint and tap it on the paper and he was off from there. I didn't help him at all except for turning the paper every now and then so he wasn't getting paint in just one spot. He did a great job and we will definitely do it again sometime. This was my favorite gift that we gave David.

Not quite sure if it's ok to actually touch the paint

After I put his finger in the paint and reassured him it was ok to play in it.

Busy at work creating his first masterpiece.

Viola, the finished product!
BTW I did not put paint on his hand in order to create the hand print in his picture. He managed this all on his own.

Birthday card

For David's birthday we also enjoyed a great dinner at Herman's last night with friends, lunch today after church and dinner tonight at Bud's with his parents. In honor of David's big day we decided to join a band (well Guitar Hero World Tour, which David was shocked I actually bought) and have already enjoyed playing several gigs. It's been a great day!

We love you lots and lots David and are so glad that we got to spend this special day with you. You are a great husband, dad and friend. We hope you enjoyed your birthday as much as we did.

Happy Birthday!!!!!

P.S. sorry all of the pictures are of Caleb even though it was your birthday :-)