Cast FREE!

 May 13th was a super exciting day at our house. Bryton got his cast off! He got released from his doctor to return to his regular activities and with time he would gain full strength in his arm again. As you can see in this picture, it wasn't exactly straight when they took the cast off. Everyday it is getting a little bit straighter and a little bit stronger. It still isn't perfectly straight, but it is getting there. He is playing soccer and swimming which are both helping him use it again. We are SO glad to have that behind us! 

Mother's Day and Muir Woods

We painted all of our Mother's Day cards to be sent out in the mail. 

Bryton's preschool had a Mother's Day tea that was just the cutest. They all sang songs and had treats for the Moms. He had been working on the songs for a few weeks and telling how much I was going to love them. He always gets so shy when he is in front of a group of people. They presented the Mom's with little hand painted gifts. It was such a special morning! 

We spent the Saturday before Mother's Day at the Muir Woods looking at the redwoods. Oh my goodness, amazing! We had such a wonderful day! The boys loved exploring and I was just in awe of how gorgeous the trees were. I hope we make a trip back there soon. 

Bryton carried my phone around snapping pictures of everything in sight! 

Cohen climbed anything he could!

We stopped at Muir Beach on our way home and the boys stuck their toes in the water. It was a little chilly!

Disneyland (abbreviated version)

We left the day after Scott off of his 4 month alert to head to Disneyland! The boys didn't know we were going until two days before, so they were super excited. We spent 3 days at Disneyland and California Adventure. We were exhausted by the time we headed home. It was so much fun and the daily question is now when do we get to go back. I am going to make a photo book of our trip, but I had to share a few pictures on here too!

Bryton's favorite ride! He became a roller coaster fan on this trip. We must have taken him on this ride 15 times.....no kidding! He LOVED it!

The first morning we stood in line for an hour for the gates to the park to open.  That was the start of our 14 hour day of fun! We were SO glad people told us to take 2 strollers!

Luckily, they let you bring in snacks!

Lightning McQueen was the favorite by far!

lots of waiting in line, but the boys did a great job!

We did a character breakfast on our second morning. Bryton LOVED it! Cohen was not a fan, so it made it a bit interesting. Cohen did like Minnie as long as she stayed on the other side of the flower wall. :)

Tigger wanted a family picture :)

Who needs an autograph book when you have a cast?

the afternoon parades were Cohen's favorite!

the third morning we met a lot of the characters we hadn't seen yet

We went on a few trails and found the pirate's treasures!

After 3 long days of fun!

the boat

 As most of you know, Scott has been waiting to buy another boat since the day he sold his last one. It just couldn't happen fast enough. Over the winter, he found "the boat". Within 24 hours, we became boat owners again. He has been SO excited and ready to get out on the water! The temps here in CA are already in the 90's, so we are boat ready! On Saturday, we made a trip up to Lake Berryessa to make sure she was ready for the summer. After a few hiccups, we had a great day on the lake. Cohen was not a true fan of the experience until the very end, but Bryton LOVED it. It's going to be a fun summer! 

Past few weeks

 I haven't taken too many pictures over the last few weeks. We have just been doing our normal routine of preschool, library storytime, and therapy sessions for Cohen. Here are a few snapshots from the last couple of weeks! 

We are SO fortunate to have amazing neighbors. The kids play together on a daily basis. The doorbell is constantly ringing and we love it! 

Bryton got his pins removed from his arm last Monday and got a new cast! They x-rayed his arm to make sure the bone is healing properly and everything looks good. The process of getting the pins removed was insane, but we have that behind us! Hopefully this is our last cast and we can enjoy some pool time after May 13th!

We have been in a fort building mood lately :)

Cohen has been in a snuggle mood lately. He carries stuffed animals everywhere we go. We have a collection of 8 or 9 bears and dogs that travel from room to room. His favorite thing to do is share his drinks and food with them. 

We go to library story time every Tuesday. Every other week they have a craft to go with the theme of the day. They boys made capes last week. 

Monster Party

Bryton wanted to have Monster Bash for his birthday party this year...but only good monsters, not the bad kind! His main request was having the game pin the eyeball on the monster. We decided to have a small lunch play date style party for a few of his friends. It turned out perfectly. Not too crazy but was just enough "party" for the birthday boy! I had lots of fun getting everything ready for it...who knew monsters could be such a fun theme! Enjoy the pictures! 

Monster Cupcakes 

The birthday boy with some of the decorations!

Pin the eye ball on the monster in action!

Picnic lunch in progress....we had to move indoors because of the crazy wind!

Daddy made a quick trip home to say hi!

We did a pull string pinata that Bryton and I made together. We went the pull string route after B broke his arm. He was also our centerpiece :)

Cupcake time!

Wish big :)

Birthday weekend

Bryton has been waiting all year for the day he gets to celebrate his birthday at school. We had a doctor's appointment for his arm the morning of his "school birthday", but I knew we HAD to go no matter what! We made it there in plenty of time to share our cupcakes we had made with his class. He was thrilled with his birthday crown that Miss Myung had waiting for him. I am so glad that day at school was all he had been hoping it would be. 

 For Bryton's real birthday we let him pick out all the things we would do for the day. We played at home all morning and then went bowling with our neighbors in the afternoon. After some bowling fun, everyone came back to our house for pizza and cookie cake. It was a low key and fun evening! 

 It is so hard to believe this little guy is FIVE already! I just love him to pieces! 

Don't you love the cake stand...I told you it was low key :)