Frank at THREE

Frank is Three!

Here are a few things that our three year old Frank loves

**TRAINS! Especially Thomas the Train... anything Thomas the Train

**Swimming and Swim lessons

**Riding his bike or laying catch with daddy

**Hot dogs, berries, chicken, guacamole, chocolate milk

Tonight You Are My Baby...

Three Years ago we were anxiously awaiting the arrival of Frank5... It is hard to believe that was THREE years ago and he is not longer a -baby- but a BIG BOY! Even stores designate him as no longer a baby... 3T and up is located in a completely different location then 2T... At least for one more night I can think of him as my sweet -little- baby

Because tomorrow he will truly be a little man... but at least my little man is never too little or too big to ask him mommy for a hug :)

Air Force Museum

Sunday we decided to take a trip to the Air Force Museum after church to get out of the house! Frank appeared to have a great time... he was very excited to see the planes. We always forget this is a great winter option of something to do... we will need to go more often before the big move to Washington DC in June!

Frank the astronaut... he fits it much better then this summer :)

The Frank's and an old plane

Frank was asking "the people" why they were fixing the plane

Frank really liked the old planes

The Air Force Museum

More airplanes

Frank as the air traffic controller

Frank landing the helicopter aka Harold

Frank checking out the planes... maybe he will fly them someday...

Ice... Snow... Power

On Monday Night a big ICE STORM rolled through Dayton Ohio! I was so excited to get a call that my High School was cancelled on Tuesday morning {though really shocked because we rarely cancel}. Even more exciting was when Frank4 was sent home from his class that afternoon so we had a family snow/ice day! It was hard to do much when outside the house it looked like this...

So we managed to do some cleaning... Found Frank's old cheese head just in time for the Super Bowl this weekend! Frank was so excited to wear it he was running around yelling "I'm a cheese head!!" Much more enthusiasm then when he wore it before....

Tuesday night we lost power for about an hour... but thankfully it returned much sooner than most people! NO POWER= another snow day for Frank5 and me... Daddy Frank already had a scheduled day off... so more family time! We spent Wednesday hanging out... Frank wanted to "study" his flash cards.... Later that night we ventured out to dinner and BounceU with friends...

Frank also enjoyed helping daddy Fix things... he became pretty handy with a flashlight

Seeing how this shredder works...

Then to my surprise I got a THIRD day off due to the destruction on power lines and icy sidewalks making it difficult for students to make it safely to school... Frank and Frank headed back to school and work respectively so I could clean up the destruction that happened to our house after two days of being stuck inside! Today I headed back to school... just in time to start the weekend! More snow scheduled to fall... just got to love winter in Ohio!

Away We Go!

A lot of snow is falling here in Dayton... so post-call Daddy picked up Frank from school and they headed to the golf course sledding hill near our house. I followed behind them to make sure I took some pictures {last time I did not}... It is very hard to keep a camera dry with all the snow falling and while trying not to slip and fall up the sledding hill...

The boys trekking trough the snow

Frank and Frank at the top of the hill

Waving to mommy from halfway down the hill

They made it to the bottom of the hill :)

31 Weeks

9 weeks {or less} to go... almost seems crazy to think about!

The doctor does not want me to go past 40 weeks, so if this little boy/girl is not here by March 21st... It looks like it will no longer have a choice! If this baby is anything like Frank was {Mr. 42 weeks} I have a feeling 3/21/2011 will be this baby's birthday... Hopefully between now and then we will get another peak at this little one via ultrasound :)

More Ice Skating

Friday night we took Frank to "open skate" at the rec center so he could practice his skills for class on Wednesday. This was his first time experiencing the Zamboni... and let me just say a car that drives on ice is a big hit with an -almost- three year old.

Watching the Zamboni clear the ice

Frank decided to watch daddy go around the ice a few times by himself... but then he was very eager to join him

He stepped out onto the ice... and all at once remembered how scary ice skating can be

Luckily he got a little help from daddy and was able to make it around the ice ok

He quickly became more comfortable

And daddy looked like a pro skating with a little one... I would not have appeared so graceful

Frank and Frank were able to make it around safely... but that seemed to be enough for our little ice skater

He does think he looks pretty cool next to the ice though

Hopefully he will gain more confidence and become comfortable with the ice :) But I must say he looks pretty cute out there just trying...