Riley turns 3!!!

Dear Riley,

Happy 3rd Birthday! Mommy and Daddy love you so much and are so proud of the little man that you have become. Here are just a few things about who you are at 3...
Right now you are in the "why" stage, you want to know "why" about everything, and my answers just lead to another "why." This is a cute, but often frustrating phase. You still love all motorized vehicles, especially trucks and tractors and airplanes. You can spell your name and know your address. You amaze me at how quickly you learn things...except for potty training. You have until recently had no desire what so ever to be potty trained. You always tell me, "Mommy, I will tell you when I have to go potty"...except you never do! Finally, you have shown some progress in the last couple of days and I couldn't be more thrilled, I was starting to worry you would be using a diaper in kindergarten! You are extremely polite, and always say thank you for everything. But you are also so stubborn sometimes, when you do something you aren't supposed to do and we ask you why you did it, your response is always "because I do that." We are still working on your creativity, your blue dog's name is blue dog, your fish's name is fishie, and so on for all your toys.
You got your first bike for Christmas and love riding it. You love to do arts and crafts and are obsessed with stickers. You saw your first movie in the theatre and sat through the entire movie. We saw the movie poster months later and you yelled "look Tangled!" Your memory amazes me everyday. You are so sweet to your little brother and are the best helper. To this day you still say "mommy, daddy, come get me" every morning when you wake up except it happens at 7 now instead of 8 like it used to.

We have been asking you for months what you wanted for your birthday present and you have said everytime that you want a fish and fish tank. When you got your presents, all you wanted was Grey's mater bubble blower and didn't care one bit about your fish!

We love you so much Riley, happy 3rd birthday!!

Happy (Late) Easter!

We had a great easter at my parents house this year, lots of food, family and fun! The kids had a blast and Riley was all about easter egg hunting... he is just as competitive as his momma! He ended up with a HUGE bucket full of eggs that he could barely lift in the end.

Silly boys...