He's 3!

So the biggest news obviously is that Drake is now officially 3 years old. I really don't know where the time has gone. As Matt so politely let me know, he's not a baby anymore. Every day he needs us a little less. And he's right. Every day he's gaining a little more independence. Very sad. But very exciting. He's such a smart and energetic and creative little boy. I can't wait to see what he makes out of life.

We had a Transformers party. Of course. The kid eats, sleeps and breathes Transformers. I am Bumblebee. Matt is Bulkhead. Trey is Prowl and he of course, is Optimus Prime. He watches Transformers 2 every single day. LOVES all of the action and the robots. He YouTubes Transformers all of the time too. Falls asleep every night with that dang iPhone in his hand =)

We had friends and food and the pool. And a great Transformers cake. He got lots of good loot (all of which we don't need, but what are you going to do??) and was exhausted at the end of it.

One fun present he got was a Betta fish. He named it Hawkeye (after a little nudging from Daddy). And he wanted to play with it. Why wouldn't he? We weren't paying attention...and there were cups from the party left on the table (kids LOVE cups and water). Except these cups had a little bit of beer left in them. When I found him, all of the leftover beer had made it's way into the fish bowl. Along with Optimus Prime and Bumblebee. He was literally playing with the fish. While funny...Hawkeye joined the angel ranks shortly after. RIP Hawkeye.

Drake fell asleep with his Transformer balloon in his hand...great day!

Now that Matt is out of school, we seem to be equally busy. I had recital last weekend which is always an all day affair. Trey was a trooper for one show, but then had to join Drake and Daddy at home. We bought a summer pass to the local water park and have been twice already. The boys (and us!) love it. Drake goes down the slide face first and is getting over his aversion to having his head under water. He'll be a fish by the end of the summer. Already has a lifeguard tan  (think: top of the butt- so cute!)

We are prepping for our 16 day vacay to Iowa/Minnesota/Wisconsin. Excited and nervous all at the same time. So much to do before we leave. So many things to pack. WHERE DO I EVEN START!!!

After a long day at the waterpark...

Water-Swing!

Daddy & Drake on the lazy river....

Mommy & Trey splashin' around