Birthdays in June: Part II

In continuation of the previous post, the Savage cousins even had gifts for each of the kids in celebration of their birthdays. Here they are below.
Dominique with her purse and Dora doll.

Sandor and Zoli opening gifts.

Zoli playing with his new umbrella.

Sandor with his tigger puppet.

Birthdays in June

With Mat being gone on a business trip to London for a week and the kids cousins being in town from Singapore, I decided to venture over to the eastside to spend a few days at their house. Their cousin Isabella thought we should have a party to celebrate all 3 kids birthdays, so that's exactly what we did. All in the same day, Dominique turned 2, Zoli turned 4 and Sandor turned 5! We had a great time being festive and spontaneous with the cousins.
Here we are celebrating with lunch at the Spaghetti Factory.

Sandor posing with the Isabella and Sebastian in his birthday hat

Zoli and Sandor playing blower wars during the evening portion of the party.

The evening menu was pizza and cupcakes, courtesy of Isabella.

Portland Rose Festival 2008

We ventured down to Portland's Waterfront Village today for the annual Rose Festival. This was my first time going, and the main reason we went was to see the Dinosaur exhibit featured this year. It was pretty fun. Some of the exotic animals that they had there were better than the zoo!

Sandor posing with Homer and Marge

A stegasaurus at the dinosaur exhibit

Sandor's first pony ride - he was pretty excited!

Sandor and Neanderthal man at the dinosaur exhibit

advice from big brother

"Don't grow up!"

Superheros

Dress up is a daily occurance at our house. Here are 2 of the boys favorite superheros. Ask them who their dad's favorite is!

Kings of the Mountain

Our kids never cease to amaze me with wonderful new things they say or do, but this was definitely the highlight at least of this memorial day weekend. We went hiking with Mat's sister and husband on Saturday at Dog Mountain (near Stevenson, WA. in the gorge). Mat and I both being out of shape, we planned to go as far as the boys would let us on this hike. Needless to say, Sandor led the adults all the way up this 8 mile hike, and we even coaxed Zoli all the way to the top with promises of a "snack and a nap" as it was during naptime. Sera (sister-in-law) commented that she felt like a celebrity being related to her nephews, as there were continual stares of admiration and awe at the boys accomplishment. They were by far the youngest hikers on the mountain. Now I just wonder what is the youngest age they can climb Mt. Hood?!

Little Princesses

The other day our neighbor gave Dominique some dress up clothes. I should have guessed that the boys would end up getting into them. I was preparing dinner while the kids were laughing in the other room. Here's the result. You thought we only had one little girl in the house, but if you look closely at the last picture, it looks very much like a little princess! Sandor then proceeded to dress up in his Sunday clothes and take princess Zoli to the ball. They danced in the living room and Zoli seemed perfectly fine with the whole arrangement!