Happy Birthday JJ!

JJ just turned 7....here are my top 7 reasons for loving JJ:

7) His sense of style.....undies inside out, pants on backwards, socks with crocs and sweatpants all the time. This kid has style, no matter what he is wearing.

6) His passion....when JJ LOVES something, he LOVES it....Garfield, Arthur, Disney, Eeyore, his friends, his family. If you catch JJ's attention, you have it for life.

5) His Hugs....They are awesome!

4) His love of reading....a very fun shared hobby for us. His love of art and climbing trees and riding his bike....JJ is a 'good time'.

3) He is outside the box....JJ marches to the beat of his own drummer, which makes life much more interesting for all of us. He is so unique. He has different interests than most kids...and it is so much fun learning through him.

2) Smart, funny and cute (this is Mickey's addition to the list). Those should be 3 separate bullet points....but then again, it is hard to contain JJ's personality into just 7 things! JJ is all of these things, as we know.

1) Just because we do! JJ brings so much joy to our life, funny stories, love and hilarity. He is the greatest 7 year old in the world!


Enjoy the baby JJ pic....and would you care to add to the list?

JJ's b-day party #1

JJ's birthday fell at a weird time this year....within the marathon recovery time frame, the day after spring break started....and one week prior to Easter which has all contributed to his big birthday party being pushed back a few weeks. But, right before he left to go to Ohio for Spring break, we held a family party here. It was a preview of the Disney party yet to come...with lots of Disney gifts, and a pin the tail on the donkey game. D & D (JJ's favorite Sunday people) were the big winners of the much sought after Eeyore statue!

Team Harrison!

Marathon Weekend

Mickey and Minnie completed their first (and last) full marathon over St. Patricks Day weekend. Billy and JJ each ran in the kids 'final mile' race.

Billy (paced by Mickey) keeps improving on his mile time....this time clocking a blazing 7:55.

JJ (paced by Pie) ran his first mile EVER in a 12:13.

Their PE teacher came by and watched the run (we are hoping for extra credit!) because her husband was running the 1/2 marathon the next day.

What a fun weekend it was, especially for the boys who got to stay in the Hilton all weekend with Mom Mom!

Harlem Globetrotters

We had a treat this past week....the Harlem Globetrotters came to town and we went to see them. It was lots of fun....great ball handling, awesome dunks and funny potty humor!

Two of our favorites....when one player got up on top of the basketball rim (see picture) and then another time when a Globetrotter pulled a player on the other team's uniform ALL THE WAY OFF (except his undies!). It was funny...but JJ actually got mad and yelled at them to give him his clothes back (they didnt listen!)

A warm spring day.....

is perfect for repelling and a walk in the woods with the pup!

Happy Birthday, Dr. Suess

Our favorite author's birthday was yesterday, so we celebrated with a fun Dr. Seuss themed dinner.....

A butter-battle (we had a contest with two different enhanced butters....the blue cheese infused one beat out the honey kind by a vote of 3-1....of course JJ favored the honey, just like Pooh would!)

Cat in the Hat Pizza

The Yink's pink ink drink (story from One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish)

Green Egss and Ham

And to top it all off the best dessert SCHLOPP!!! (From Oh! The Thinks you can Think)
'You can think about scholopp, beautiful schlopp...schlopp, schlopp with a cherry on top!'

We are working to read every one of the Dr. Seuss books this month to find the one we like the best. We read a book and see if we like it better than the current leader. If so, we move that one into the leader spot. We have read 17 of his 44 books so far.....and at this point, 'If I Ran the Zoo' reigns supreme. Stay tuned to The Adventures of Billy and JJ to see which book will top our list (we know you just cannot wait for that announcement!)