Mini Ace of Cakes!

Mommy helped me a little bit with my aim....

I liked making frosting designs on my cake!

There were tons of colors to choose from!

Danni wanted to test out the blue one....

Sprinkle time!

I bet it's as yummy as it looks!!  Mmmm!!!

Move over, Duff ... three's a new cake boss in town!  :)  Our Albertson's had a kids' cake decorating event for Mother's Day.  I got to decorate my own little mini cake for Mama Vee!!   I squirted all kinds of frosting on it, topped it off with almost an entire tub of sprinkles, then added some pretty flower picks to it!  I'm ready for my own show!!  :)

Not such a great idea....

 I LOVE my sister!!

Danni didn't get the memo that she was supposed to SMILE...

Danni inspected the leaf... then threw it aside with disgust.  She is not a nature girl.

After many threats and bribes, Mommy finally got a semi-decent picture of me...

The only time Danni would smile is when she was practically eating the camera!

Danni wouldn't even smile for ME!!  :(

Mommy got the bright idea to take pictures of us for our birthday invitation....  It sounds a lot easier than it was.  Danni HATES nature... she hated being in the grass and wanted the wind to stop blowing.  I wanted to climb all the trees, dig in the dirt, and stick sticks in my sister's nose.  It was a long afternoon!  :)

Enjoying the sunshine!

Danni likes banging on the play equipment!  :)

 Crossing the 'troll bridge!'

Enjoying the slide with my sister...

Give it up for beautiful weather!!!

I taught Danni how to climb up the slide...

She still needs to learn how to get out of my way....

Playing with the 'big sliders' ... I don't think abacus is a toddler vocabulary word....

Guess who?!  Mommy had to do a double take...  that's Danni, but she SURE looks like me!  :)

Mmmmm.... germs....

Danni didn't really care for the swing....

We LOVE the park!!  Danni is starting to really enjoy the park with me!  She just needs to learn how to walk to fully appreciate it!  :)  We all love the gorgeous warm spring weather.... it's a crime to stay inside when it's SOOOO pretty out!!! 

A New Park!!

 Mommy doesn't know what this thing is called.  I named it a Round-and-round-stander.  You stand in it and then use your body weight to make it rotate.  Cool!!

 I kept saying 'round-and-round-and-round-and.......'

 You get the idea.... I really liked it!  :)

Danni wasn't too fond of the play area....  she's not used to crawling on metal!

"Climbing up in the sky!"

Making Mommy nervous (yes, those are tree tops behind me!)

Climbing up the "blue cheese" ...

Mommy took us to a new park in Chino Hills (one that actually has trees...) to try to snap some pictures of us for our birthday invitation.  The photo session didn't turn out so great.... but the play session that followed was fantastic!  This park had all kinds of new play equipment for us to explore!!  My only complaint was that the ground was covered with wood chips.  These don't feel so great on toes in open-toed shoes...  they also don't taste very good when you eat it face first off the swing....  :) 

Diz Diz Diz!!

Lines are borrrring....

 I picked the yellow Dumbo!

Wheeeeeee!!!

Danni's first Dumbo ride!!

She was so excited, she did the macarena! ;)

Disneyland makes Danni happy!!

The Up&Down makes ME happy... always!!

I think Danni likes it too....

Happy Brasher babies!!

We rode it 4 times.... still not enough for me!

Danni loves the Diz!

Can you ever have too many Disneyland pictures??  We are definitely going to find out!  We visited our happiest home away from home again!  It was Danni's first time on Dumbo (she loved it!)  ...  I got in trouble for throwing my plastic Dumbo feather into the moat.  (Who puts a moat under a toddler-friendly ride, then gives them projectiles to 'hold'?!)   The day was a hot one, so we only stayed for a few hours... but it was plenty of time to capture tons of smiles!!!  :)

Carnival for a Cause...

I LOVE to bounce!!

 Reason #245 that toddlers are ALWAYS sick...

Smiling for the pretty girls!

One of the carnival games was picking a sunter off of a sunter tree.  I liked this game even though I only won a sunter!

I won at the SpongeBob sponge toss... of course, I didn't have to throw toooo far...

Walking the track with Mama Vee...

Happy to help little Daylon!!

One of the little boys in our neighborhood, Daylon, was born with a terrible disease that makes his skin super delicate...  he can't do any of the things that little boys should be doing because it makes him get blisters, cuts, and sores.  He is going to participate in a clinical trial that may help his condition...  you can read more about him here:  www.helpmakeamiracle.org   We all feel especially close to him because he is the same age as Danni ... hearing his story makes us all so grateful that she and I have been blessed with such great health!   In early May, there was a carnival and a walk-a-thon at the high school to raise money for Daylon's family - they will have to relocate to Minnesota for many months while he undergoes chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant.  We had a great time ... but it was even more amazing because we knew that we were helping a fantastic cause!!  :)

Planter Construction!!

 Hamming with Mama Vee.  I didn't hit her once!  :)

 Hamming with Mama.  I didn't hit her either!  That's some great aim!!

Sheesh... how much help does a guy need to do construction?!

 Daddy and Danni cheered us on from the sidelines!

Putting the flower pot in the 'circulo'....

Comparing planters with my friend and fellow builder Tristan...

I can't believe that the first of the month came around so quickly!  Woohoo for construction time!  (Home Depot has a free craft for kids on the first Saturday of each month!)  This month's craft was a wooden planter... It was super easy...  but I let Mama Vee and Mommy help me...  they need to feel important!  :)  Mommy tried to convince me to plant something in my new planter...  I declined the offer.  Right now, it makes a great holder for blueberries and Cheerios!