Let the birthday fun ROLL!

Tyler's Birthday!

Today, my baby turns two!  This morning I pulled out the announcement we mailed to friends and family when he was born.  It seems like just yesterday.  After we picked up Alex at preschool, we did one of our favorite things - eat lunch at the park and then play!

The boys always have so much fun, but it is better now that Tyler is big enough to chase Alex up the steps and down the slide!  I think Alex still laps Tyler at least once, but he doesn't notice much.  I like to sit in the shade at the picnic table and watch.  When their little legs get tired, they run over to the swings and then I get a chance to work on my arm muscles pushing the two of them.  "Push me higher!" Alex yells.  Tyler just giggles and watches as his brother flys back and forth.

Tomorrow I take them to the peditrician for Tyler's annual check up.  I love our doctor, but hate taking them into the office because one (or both) of them always ends up getting sick from all the germs.

We are celebrating Tyler's birthday on Saturday with our parents (both Memaw's and Papa).

The Works

Today Alex's preschool took a field trip to The Works in Newark.  Tyler and I tagged along for fun.  Of course I forgot to take my camera, but a friend took pictures of the boys and promised to email them to me.  I'll post some here when I get them.


The Works is a hands on activity museum (like a mini-COSI).  We built a race car and watched it race down a gravity track.  Alex wore out his little arms using the cranks to generate an electrical current.  Tyler had fun in the little tykes area playing with paint brushes (dry) and plastic vegetables in the Farmers Market.


All in all, it was a good morning.  Getting them to leave for lunch was the challenge!

Spring has sprung!

We, in the Hayes Household, know when Spring has sprung when Daddy fires up the tractor and begins his daily roam of the grounds.  Daily?  Yes, he can always find a reason to use the tractor.  If he's not mowing the grass, he is spraying the lawn with some concoction of beer, dishwashing detergent, salt and who knows what else!  Whatever it is, it works!  This weekend he launched an all out assult on the dandelions.  Alex still enjoys riding on the tractor now and then, but Tyler won't have anything to do with it yet.  Daddy keeps trying to coax him onto his lap, but he is adamant. 

We put new play sand in the sand box and the boys have kept busy displacing each piece onto the ground.  Tyler is officially too big for the baby swing.  He actually sits on the regular swing and holds on while I push him. We don't go very high though.  He has also discovered the superman style of using the swing!  The boys love to run around the yard kicking a ball or shooting rockets.  They are ALL boy, let me tell you!

We are taking them to the beach later this summer and Alex is looking forward to seeing the ocean again.  Tyler loves the water, so he will have a good time too.  We are driving them to Florida so that should be fun for Mom and Dad...