Jalen's 2nd Birthday Party

We can't believe our baby boy is 2 years old! On Saturday, May 9th, we had a party for Jalen's second birthday. My parents came to visit for this occasion. At first, I was pretty stressed out about what to do to keep a bunch of toddlers entertained. Then I had the idea of moving a slide from Rick's mom's house to our basement. That worked out great.

Here's Tyler and Preston playing with Jalen's train set. This train table set was Jalen's birthday gift. Rick found it on craigslist.

Here's the hand me down slide that we got from Rick's sister. We moved the poker table aside for this.

Jalen was super excited to have so many toys and friends around.

Here's us and Jalen with his Thomas the Train birthday cake. He cried when we sang happy birthday to him. Not sure why.

Slumber Party

Last weekend Jalen slept over at Rick's parents house while we were getting ready to go to Vegas for the weekend. Grace was also there while her parents went out. Those two had fun playing in their pajamas.

Getting ready for bed

As a part of Jalen's bed time routine, we have him sit on the potty and brush his teeth. Sometimes we let him do it naked. He still hasn't peed in the potty yet but he enjoys sitting on it and saying "sheeee...sheeee...sheee"

Fun in the Sun

Last weekend we were so thrilled to have some nice weather we had to go outside like everyone else in Seattle. We went to a park near our house and Jalen practiced his basketball skills. It was so lovely and warm.

Having Fun

Here's Jalen playing with a magna-doodle. Jalen also likes crayons and pencil crayons. It's one of the only ways to really occupy him when he gets bored at a restaurant.

Joon came over the other day and Jalen had so much fun playing with uncle Joon. Joon was a very good playmate and patient with Jalen.

Jalen's New Ride

We stopped by the Baby Style store in Bellevue Square last weekend where they were having a store closing sale. Jalen saw all the cool car ride on toys they had and just started riding around in them like they were his! He had so much fun we just had to buy one for him.

Jalen Takes Flight

Jalen is quite a little thrill seeker. Here he is loving being tossed way up in the air!