Happy Birthday Luke

Our wonderful Godson Luke turned 3 today. We still remember waking up to a text that he had arrived and have enjoyed seeing him grow up.  He's a great "big brother" to Valentina and so gentle with her.  He always tells her sweet things like, "Oh Valentina, you're so cute!" We were able to celebrate his 1st Birthday with him  at West Point and now his 3rd just down the road.

Adrian made a Mickey Mouse cake at his request and we enjoyed a pizza party complete with Mickey Mouse hats. After dinner and cake he opened his remote control truck and took it for a drive. The adult boys got in on the fun too. 

It was another fun night at the Thompson house. 

Pinch him... He's Three!

M-I-C-K-E-Y-M-O-U-S-E

Tio's Mickey Mouse cake

Chasing his remote control truck

Luke gave Tio a try.  Tio always says he had a "remote control truck" as a kid but it wasn't truly remote control because there was a string attached to it.   

Jake the Pirate fun

Adrian schooling the kids on punch balling

Little Red Wagon

A few weeks ago Adrian found a Radio Flyer Little Red Wagon abandoned on the side of the road.  He brought it home, took it apart and started restoring it.  While Valentina napped  he would work on it and bring it back to life.  Yesterday he finished it and Little V was so happy when she saw it.

The Radio Flyer Customer Service representative that Adrian spoke to said it was 25-30 years old.  With Adrian's TLC it has a lot more life to it.

This is now Adrian's second project for Valentina.  I can't wait to see what he thinks of next.

The wagon was very rusty when Adrian got it.  This unfortunately is our only before picture.

The finished product.

The first look at her wagon.

Happiness

This is all mine!

Valentina asking Akira if she wants to sit on her wagon.

Thank you, Daddy!

Our girls.  

Enjoying the ride.

She was holding on while Daddy was pulling her and I was running behind them just in case. 

Seal of approval.

First Father's Day

I could not think of a better person to share the joys of parenting with than Adrian. We laugh together, figure it out together and talk about our Valentina constantly. He's a world class Daddy and I look forward to many more adventures in parenting with him.

To celebrate his day Valentina and I went to Starbucks to start it off with caffeine. We gave him a dude diaper bag and our first Daddy's Day art project.  For lunch we found a cool crab house along the Potomac to take him and the rest of the day was spent running errands as a family. 

Thank you God for giving us the blessing of being parents and a wonderful weather day to celebrate fatherhood.

Adrian and his Little Lady, August 2, 2013

Adrian and his Little Lady, June 15, 2014

Valentina's First Daddy's Day art project

Happy 1st Father's Day, Daddy!

Telling Daddy which boat she wants

Hanging out on the pier

We will definitely be back here!

Valentina did not care to show her teeth

Bring me the crabs

What is a DC born kid to do?  Play with Maryland crabs!

Daddy was playing with the crab's little leg and she just wanted to eat it.

Bird Class

Every week she gets stronger and does more at her gym class. This open gym time included kids that were running around so she was fascinated with their movement. 

Take a picture of my good side, Daddy

Look at me!

With Ms. Nicole

Feed myself Wednesday

Little V gaining independence is fun to watch but messy. On Wednesday there was no desire whatsoever to be fed. Adrian and I decided to embrace the madness and this is what happened. For background it started as ground beef, beans and avocado. 

  

She went immediately from her chair to the tub. It was a mess of floating meat and beans and quite disgusting. 

After a few times of washing and refilling the tub she was all clean and had a jam session with her Daddy. 

Being parents to this little girl is so much fun. 

Korman for District 16

When Marc and Rebecca started dating we all knew we'd be volunteering on his campaign one day. Marc is running to represent Maryland's District 16 in Annapolis and we couldn't be more proud. He's working really hard and we look forward to the day we visit him at the state Capitol. 

This weekend we stuffed, sealed, folded and walked in support of Marc. Valentina was a great helper. Her favorite activity was playing in the ballpit and with stickers. 

Fun-ventures

Adrian and Little V have fun-ventures every week. Even things like going grocery shopping are turned into a treat. 

On Tuesday they drove me to work and then visited the Capitol Botanical Gardens. 

On Wednesday they had music class and the baby gates made an appearance. They also joined Aunt Kerry and Cole for a play date. 

on Thursday they went to Sams and invited Snoopy. After they had lunch and Little V discovered how delicious a grilled sandwich is. 

Friday was a stay at home and torture Akira with all the crawling kind of day.