Movie night. I believe we were watching Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. I love how Silas is totally into the picture while Kieron and Avery are like, “Mom, you’re blocking the TV!”

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My knight and viking preparing for battle

Notice Kieron’s tough guy expression

Jonathan took Avery and Kieron to Nana’s house one weekend, so it was just me and Si at home. On Saturday, we had a late play date with Ethan at Caroline’s. Here are the boys at about 9:30 pm.

Avery and Kieron like to go to the swamp in the woods behind our house to explore and try to catch fish.

At the park with my three amigos

We surprised Jonathan and visited  him at his office at the end of his work day. The boys had just had haircuts across the street.

The brewery is very close to Jonathan’s office, so we decided to walk there for dinner. Avery loves the big brother duty of holding Silas’ hand.

We went to Bellevue Park one weekend. Avery and Kieron were pretty busy running around, but we got a few cute shots of Silas.

Back at home

Our baby boy turned two on March 1st. We celebrated with a small car-themed birthday party. Silas thoroughly enjoyed himself, loved being sung to, and left most of the present-opening to his older brothers, who were happy to help out.

At two years old, Silas is loud, expressive, happy, and likes to be the center of attention. He knows what he wants, and he wants it now. He doesn’t see any reason why he shouldn’t do what his big brothers do, and wants to be involved in whatever they’re doing, whether it’s a good idea or not. He does not think he needs a bib, prefers not to use a booster seat, likes Legos, and would really like to ride a bike. He mimics what his brothers say, complete with their intonations. He has a pretty deep voice for someone his age, his favorite word is no, and he loves cars, playing outside, dogs, and his big brothers.

At his well child visit last week, Silas weighed in at 26 lbs 4 oz, and was 34″ tall. This makes him our skinniest, shortest two-year-old yet.

Happy birthday Silas Tristan! We love you!

Setting up for the party

The spread

Bode

Avery brought his magic set down and performed a couple tricks

Girl Scout cookies make a great bribe for pictures

We’ve wanted a piano for a long time, and I’ve been keeping an eye on Craigslist since shortly after we moved into our house. The right one finally came along, so we brought it home. The boys are having fun with it, and I think lessons are probably in our near future.

Avery stayed up late the night we brought the piano home. Here he is with it right after we got it in the door.

We had a fun start to February, celebrating an impressive and historic Superbowl win! We watched the game at home with the boys. Here they are enjoying Seahawks cupcakes.

Hiking at Tiger Mountain

Silas is still practicing potty training. It’s going so-so.

Shower time

Avery conquered his fear of going to the top of this large rope jungle gym.

On rainy days: play-doh time

Puzzle time

And tea time

We took the boys out to The Old Spaghetti Factory for dinner one night. They had such a great time! We had a twenty minute wait to be seated, so they kept busy weighing themselves on this large scale. We got a seat by the window and watched several trains pass by during our meal. With pasta, bread, applesauce, and spumoni ice cream, everyone was happy and well fed!

Avery with his friends Hamza, Aubrey, and Drithi at recess.

Silas had his first ride on the glide bike. He probably needs to grow another inch or two before he can take off, but he was excited to have a whack at it. Unfortunately for him, it wasn’t quite as easy as he thought it would be and he got a bit frustrated.

At the party store with Avery. Party season is just around the corner at our house (2 in March, 1 in April, 1 in May, and 1 in June).

At a basketball game.

Look at the expression on his face! He’s so proud of himself!

Snow day!