Yonker Family Living

Friday, July 2, 2010

My Boy is 6

My little Dill. So full of life. How are you growing so fast!

For Dillon's birthday this year we decided to combine two of his favorites, his buddies and his Lego's. First we had the building competitions.

Then we headed to the basement for some destruction... pinata style. I was impressed how well my little home made pinata held up. All they boys got at least three hits in before she fell apart spilling her insides all over the floor.

Pizza, fruit, cake, yummmm.

(I spent a couple of hours making this cake only to have Charlee stick her little fingers in it about 10 minutes before the party)

Presents!

Party Favors. I found these cool candy Lego's that you can actually build with. A bag of those tied to a Lego builder set made the perfect party favor. The kids loved them.

A few other birthday memories.

Dillon,

Oh how you have changed in the past year. Your interests are ever expending and your curiosity growing daily. You are fascinated with the way everything works, functions, moves, etc.. Your more recent hobbies include taking things apart, creating new things, and getting your hands on any non-fiction books possible. You have a big heart and are always looking out for your sisters. You have done a great job of being "the man of the house" while daddy has been living in Washington and I know someday you are going to make a wonderful husband and father. We love you Dillon and our family wouldn't be the same without you!

Love,
Mom

Don't do this at home

Seriously, don't. This took FOREVER! The ending result was pretty cool though.
The things we do for our kids.

Behold... the Lego pinata. (to be used in a later post)

Curtsy Charlee

She's the prettiest little ballerina I ever saw. Thank you Katie, for being an excellent teacher!

Cleveland With Daddy

We had time to do a few things with Travis before he left to go back to WA. A trip to the zoo, the Arcade, and the West Side Market.

We'll see you again in a couple months.

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Easter Fun

Our family Easter picture taken at the church egg hunt.

Welcome home daddy!

Many contributed to make these Easters baskets good ones. Thanks!

The hunt is on. This is the main reason for taking pictures on all the nicely decorated eggs. Not just to document the cuteness, but to document the number, that way I don't end up with a rotten egg somewhere when the Easter Bunny forgets how many eggs he hid.

Travis go to help Dillon put together his motor kit that he got in his basket. It took a really l-o-n-g time and still wouldn't really work. Bummer.

Then we had our super cool friends come over and eat some yummy food, hunt for candy eggs and roll around in the big ball. And you wouldn't know it from the pictures (not sure why) but Grammy and Poppy got to spend Easter with us too which made it all the better. What a great Easter!