Danny and Josiah find the ice at every family function. Here they were putting it in their mouth and spitting it

Next they found the fruit on the table. Danny ate about half of that huge container of strawberries before Dan noticed and stopped him

Campbell and Jess

Elie joined in on the snacking fun

Time for cake

Dave didn't have to work very hard to blow the candles out because it was a very windy day

Josiah and Danny both got into the icing while we were distracted with singing and candles

Yummy! Notice the intensity on all of their faces.

Cleaning up after himself because I was too busy taking pictures

Homemade pinata

Lori made a very sturdy pinata for the party. It was so much fun. Micah was the first to take a crack at it.

Then it was Elie's turn

It was Danny's turn to take a swing. He and I were both very excited about it

Good hit kid! Notice the one shoe method. Perhaps he's superstitious?

Josiah's up.

Now it's big boy Chace's turn. We were sure he would make short work of the pinata.

Time for Chantelle to take a swing

Finally it was Dave's turn. It took many swings, a broken bat, and eventually a pocket knife to get the candy out

Waiting for the goods

Finally, the sweet taste of victory

collecting candy

enjoying the goods

Danny's bag was almost empty because he was eating the candy as soon as he picked it up

It was a very fun and creative pinata. Good job Lori.

opening presents

Dave got some very nice, and some very silly gifts

There was a lot of laughter during the gifts

I love this one of the card and Micah

Our new Kitten!!!

After months of asking, Danny finally talked us into getting a kitten. I really wanted an orange cat that I hope to make fat in the upcoming months. We picked our Kitty up in Doylestown at the kid's castle park. He was a little scared, but did great sitting with Danny on the ride home.

The cat was meowing and we told Danny that he was scared so Danny turned on his Thomas the Train video and kept turning the cats head telling him to watch. He was trying to comfort the kitten with his favorite cartoon.

We are thinking of naming the cat Thomas because of that little story, but every time we asked Danny if we should call him Thomas he says "no! Kitty Cat"

I hope Danny and "Thomas" are best friends really soon

When we got home it was time for Danny to take a bath and after he got out he thought it was the kittie's turn in the water

The cat looks backed in a corner, but he did manage to get away

Uncle Taylor with "yet unnamed kitty"

The Zoo

On Tuesday morning we went to the Lehigh Valley Zoo for Julia's birthday party. It was the perfect day and everyone had a great time. Here is Danny and several buddies checking out the penguins.

Doesn't' he look like such a big boy standing on the fence in that cute outfit?

The penguins were really cute and one of my highlights of the day. I also really loved the otters, but was too busy watching them to get any pictures.

Feeding the goats was a highlight of the day. Again, Danny had no fear.

Once we walked by the playground our time of looking at animals was over. There was still more to see but Danny was much more interested in the slide. It was a beautiful day. Great idea Becca.