Chuck E. Cheese Birthday Dinner

Our little Noah is not so little anymore (not that he ever was "little", haha)! He turned 5-years-old today, and was blessed to have Grandma J and Grandma Anita and Papa here to celebrate!

He spent the first part of the day in school with his TK (Transitional Kindergarten) class. Noah was very excited to get to wear a birthday crown and take cookies to share :-)

His big request for the last several months has been to go to Chuck E. Cheese for his birthday, so that's what we did tonight! Both boys LOVED it, and Wednesday night is definitely the night to go because there weren't that many people there and they handed out tons of free tickets!

Love them 😊

Early Celebration

The boys' birthdays are not for a few more weeks, but since Daddy will be gone during that time we decided to have a little early family birthday celebration tonight :-)

We started off the evening with some backyard football!

Noah launching the ball

Lucas ready to receive it!

Checkout our little lefty's form!

Able to palm the ball already ;-)

Time for presents!

Birthday Cookie Cake! (A watermelon was all they had...but Noah loved it!)

Lucas doesn't want to take pictures, he wants the cookie!

 Happy 5th birthday, Noah-man!!! Happy 2nd birthday to our little Lucas!!!

Phoenix Zoo

Over Memorial Weekend, we also took our first trip to the Phoenix Zoo!

Big Brother taking over

Lucas was throwing a fit in the middle of the sidewalk, so Noah decided to sit behind him for a photo :D

Both boys LOVE brushing the goats at petting zoos!

Noah takes it very seriously

"Cheese!"

Lucas was very serious about his tractor driving

Noah set up this shot :D

Someone got a hold of Aunt CiCi's hat

Cooling off at the splash pad

 Carousel ride while Little Brother is napping

Love from Lucas OR Extreme Concentration

These photos are from Memorial weekend, but they are too funny not to share!

Over Memorial Weekend, we drove Aunt CiCi back to Phoenix after she so graciously helped us out by watching Lucas until a spot opened for him at KinderCare when I went back to work in May. While in Phoenix, we went to one of our favorite restaurants there, Macayo's.

These photos were taken within a minute time frame :)

Using straws as chopsticks...on Noah's hair...

Giving his brother some love <3

Noah doesn't even pause in his coloring process!!!

Not the best picture, but I was laughing too hard to hold the camera steady!

Seriously, Noah didn't stop what he was doing for even a second, and he didn't say a word to Lucas or even acknowledge anything he was doing!!!

Preschool Graduation Day

We officially have a preschool graduate! I don't remember having any kind of "preschool graduation" when I was little, but it's a big thing now!

On Friday, Noah officially graduated from the preschool program at KinderCare! He just misses the cutoff for kindergarten for next year (which is ok with us!) but California has what they call Transitional Kindergarten (TK) for children who have their 5th birthday between September 2nd and December 2nd. It's basically the first year of a two-year kindergarten program. So he will be starting that in the fall at the elementary school right by our house!

Anyways, here are some pictures from their graduation ceremony:

Walking out :)

The graduating class of 2015

Looking a little more restless by the end of the ceremony ;)

Our Preschool graduate!

Noah with his teachers

Ms. Maria, Noah & Ms. Holly

Lucas came outside with his class during the ceremony

This is how you dress when it is 70 degrees and overcast in June in SoCal!

My boys :D