Jae turns 3

We are all under the weather, minus Jimmy, so we tried to make Jae's birthday fun. When Jae woke up, he said that he wanted to go to the park. I think he saw his shovel and rake in the toy bin and decided that that's what he wanted to do. It was a fabulous idea! So, Jimmy took Jae to the park while Joey and I stayed home and made breakfast. Well, I tried. I peeled the potatoes for hashbrowns and I made caramel syrup for our French toast that was in the freezer from when Jimmy made it earlier this week.

Jae enjoying the park:

It looked like such a beautiful morning!

So, they got home and we had breakfast and then went to campus for a Saturday's Market type thing. We walked around the different booths and spent a couple dollars at our friend's Japanese Relief for Sendai booth. We got Jae a water balloon yo-yo and I got a bookmark. I wished I had looked around more, but I failed. Ha.. it was so hot. :(

Jimmy wanted a caricature of Jae done, so we did that for his present.

We got home, had pizza, and then napped.

After we woke, Jae wanted to glue:

And eat a tuptake.

He started with 3 Junior Mints on his cupcake.

He ate those.

Then he licked some frosting.

Then he added 2 more Junior Mints.

Then he licked the rest of the frosting.

Then he asked for more.

I said, "no."

Here is a really long, maybe boring video of Jae opening presents. The best part is 2:36-2:39. And, also a shout out to G&G Roberts at the end!  Thank you for the gifts!

Roberts Reunion: Longwood Gardens

We went to Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA for part of our reunion.

And then we went swimming at the hotel that G&G and Seth & James stayed at.  Our poor parenting skills left Jae by himself by the edge and he fell into the pool and was almost drowning. Ivan said he was actually doing pretty good staying afloat by the time he got to him to pull him to safety. Thanks for saving his life, Ivan! 

This is a bad shot, but Joey had his legs crossed; I thought it was cute!

Roberts Reunion 2012

Jena, Joey, Jae, and Max:

Chesapeake Bay:

Rope swing:

silly jae

Jae put the curtain around him and said, "I'm a queen!"

Jae was refusing to nap. I will add the story below just for my own sake of remembering. I found him in his room asleep as shown below, hours after he was supposed to take his nap.

He didn't sleep because he said he was poopy. So i changed him, but no poops. So, whatever... Go to bed. I heard him playing, so I told him to get in bed. He said he was poopy. What the? Ok, he really was.. So I changed him. Later, he is still playing. He says he is poopy. Wha??! No. Go to bed! He didn't take his nap and told me again he was poopy. Ok, he had more. Guh. So, by 4:00-4:15 he was overtired & crabby and I sent him to his room. Later he yells for help, but I ignored. And that's what happened. [no children were harmed in the making of this memory]

LeTort Park

DO NOT FEED THE GEESE said the sign.
so we fed the ducks.

 Jimmy getting Joey to look at the camera:

Honey, it works best if you are in front of him.

Jae always calls this picture and "ant":

Then, the boys have more energy after a nap... Jae and Joe playing Hide-and-Seek:

inside and outside

Inside we played with
cars...

Outside we played with

a bull?

Hampden Park

We went with some friends to Hampden Park. It was a perfect day; the sun was out, the breeze was cool, and had good company!

just a lil bit scary

Me: Jae, what does this sign say?
Jae: No.. horses!