My Firstborn Turns 5!

The man of the hour with silly string in his hair.

Where did the time go? How many parties can one five year old have? The answer is 4! One at school, a special dinner with just Grandmom and Pop on the actual day, then on the following weekend a friend party followed by a family party. Cupcakes at school and 3 cakes. Yes, we Cronins are a very wealthy family. hehe right. Thank God Noah doesn't have any friends yet besides Jonny. The poor guy is only going to get one party. The new baby will probably get a Twinkie with a candle on it.

Here's our special Grandmom and Pop dinner on January 14.

Evan has really been into Legos since his cousin Jack visited and had them. he's gotten a lot of them for Christmas and his birthday. Legos were also my absolute favorite toy as a kid. I could sit for hours and build with them. I literally zone out when they're in front of me, as you can see here.

And there was silly string!

For some reason the silly string made Noah FREAK OUT. Screaming. Crying. Shaking. I literally have never seen him scared of anything. It was crazy. But it happened again at Evan's friend party. Stay tuned...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MY BIG BOY EVAN!!! Mommy and Daddy love you so much and are so proud of you!

Bad Kitties

It's Court House!

Roxy says hi.

They're such bad kitties. We love them. Court House likes to go outside and always makes a break for it when we come home and enter through the side door. Usually, I just let him hang outside a bit, like if the kids and I are outside playing and then bring him in a half hour later. One day the boys and I came home from one of our many doctor visits. This one was actually for Evan this time - a well visit - 98% in height! Anyway, Court House ran out and I had to forget about him for a minute so Evan could get ready for school. A half hour later, Court House is nowhere to be found. I ran around our house and both our neighbors' homes. No Court House. I had to get lunch ready, but I was shaken up and was ready to call Animal Control to see if they picked up a tuxedo cat. Court House has a microchip in his ear that lists his name as "Butchie" (his shelter name). The Animal Control truck is always parked across the street by the police dept and I was tempted to run over and ask them. As the boys were eating, I kept opening both the front and side doors, stepping outside and shouting "HERE KITTY KITTY! COURT HOUSE!" Noah was finished eating and jumped off his seat and the little boy who barely speaks kept running between the two doors, opening them and yelling, "HERE KITTY KITTY! COURT HOUSE!"

At one point I walk from the kitchen into the dining room - and there's Court House standing by the table like nothing had happened. Noah's squealing and looking very proud of himself so I asked him where Court House came from. Noah pointed to the front of the house and ran to the front door. I followed him and he opened the door and pointed outside laughing. Noah got the cat in! Yay Noah!

And this is Evan when Mike was gone on a business trip. I have to plant him in front of the tv while I put Noah to bed. I came downstairs to bring him up for stories and found that someone was keeping him company during Scooby Doo.

Court House looking scary

Some cute stuff

Evan plays legos with Pop.

The boys eat their lollipop lips from Valentines Day.

Noah takes a drink and...

Evan borrows Noah's cup for a drink too.

Noah passed out on Pop's lap.

My mom bought special markers that write on glass and you can erase off. The boys pose by their artwork.

At the arcade.

The boys hang out with the girl they love.

Evan and Noah have an intense game of air hockey.

I have a cute story too. I was getting dressed one morning. It was one of those 65 degree winter days so I turned off the heat opened all the windows to take advantage of the weather. The boys were in Evan's room, whose one window faces Mr. Back's house and their friends' Chaeli and Jonny's backyard. Evan and Noah were standing on the emergency ladder box shouting to our neighbors. I heard Evan yell from the window, "HI CHAELI! HI JONNY!" The neighbors yelled in response. Noah kept yelling too, "BAAAAAH! BAH! BAHHHHHHHHHHH!" Then Evan, "CHAELI! YOU LOOK PRETTY TODAY!" I didn't hear it at the time, but Chaeli's response was, "THANK YOU! YOU LOOK HANDSOME TODAY!" Evan yelled back, "THANK YOU!" Then Noah, "BAHHHHHHHHHH!" Their mom, Shannon was now in the back yard too. Now dressed, I joined the boys at the window while Shannon was asking the boys if they wanted to come to the yard to play. Noah - "BAH!" So we ran over and got all dirty in the mud before school.

Baby C's First New Outfit!

I always thought that this new baby would never have a piece of clothing of his or her own. Being third in line and all... But look! Uncle Henry sent him/her this from Hawaii! He/she will look so cute! Brittany said that this baby will be the only newborn sporting a tan being that this baby will be born in July and will probably go to the beach a week after being born. Poor little Noah was 3 months old and had a tan despite being covered head to toe in sunscreen and spending his beach time in the shade under the pier. I know it's terrible, but we did everything we could to avoid him getting color. We're just beach people. So Baby C. will look adorable and Hawaiian with his little tan wearing a pristine onesie that his older brothers never puked or pooped in.

And even more...

CHRISTMAS!!!

This family does NOT quit.

Grandmom and Pop and "Christmas morning" at their house on December 26.

Mike and Josh are really excited.

More Christmas

I pulled these off my mom's camera...

Very early on Christmas morning.

Mike LOVES this gift. You can see by the look on his face. It's the same look he gives our cats.

ROOOOAAAARRRR!

Josh rests up.

Noah and Evan put on some boots!

And work on Noah's new computer together!

Then off to Grandmom and Pop's house for the big Christmas party! Unfortunately my mom worked so hard on a beautiful, homemade spread only to get too drunk and pass out! She woke up in the middle of night all upset. Luckily the party still went on to 1 am without my poor mommy. We even played the games she had planned. It is a night we'll never let her live down.

Christmas with Mima & Popo

Mima and PoPo visited us for a special Christmas celebration. We had a great time hanging out in Cape May walking around and just hanging around the house opening presents!

Evan is wearing his school uniform here... We don't dress him waspy on purpose.

Evan got a karaoke microphone and he decided to serenade Court House. It's a nice addition to the drum set Mima and PoPo got him last year hehehe. This microphone has been a playdate favorite.

"Snow" Day

We took advantage of a teeny tiny bit of snow we got one day and it slowly melted and turned to gushy mud as we played. Noah and Evan are still waiting for a real snow day.