Josiah and Buzz

For two years now Josiah has been wanting a Buzz Lightyear. Before opening any present, whether it was his birthday, Christmas or Easter, Josiah would say "I hope it's a Buzz Lightyear." Missy and I would explain to him that Toy Story came out about 10 years ago and they don't make the toys anymore. He was insistent on finding one and and never gave up hope. Missy and I always looked for Buzz and couldn't find one. My searches on eBay would usually show a few Buzz Lightyear MIP but the prices were always ridiculous.

Well this year I found myself at Target and while walking down the toy aisle I spotted Woody from Toy Story. I immediately grabbed Woody and said, "Woody, where's Buzz?" Scanning the shelves I could not see the space ranger. I looked up and down each aisle and eventually found Buzz tucked way back on the bottom shelf. Eureka, a Festivus Miracle. I called Missy and we were both elated that we finally found a Buzz for Josiah. We could hardly wait to see his reaction when opening our gift to him.

Christmas morning comes and we saved Buzz for his last present. He sarted to unwrap it and began shaking in excitement as he revealed what was there. His first reaction was amazing. He immediately grabbed the package and held it up to Missy and said, "See Mom they do still make them. Santa was able to find it." Missy and I just about bust a gut laughing. Wacky kid. Well anyways that's the story of Josiah and Buzz.

Adorable

The most adorable thing I've seen in a long while. My little princess being bashful.

A day at the park

The weather was great yesterday. The boys and I headed over to the park for some afternoon fun and boy is the park great. My wife finishes work around 2:30pm so we gave her a call before going and she met us there. What is it about the park that is so great? Well, first it has some great toys for the boys to play on. There is a tugboat that they love to climb and steer. It has portholes and windows to play peek-a-boo. The stairs help the boys work on their climbing ability. There is also a giant platform structure with tubes, ladders, slides, stairs and a bridge. The boys were just introduced to the slide feature and, man, do they love it. There is such a gleem in their eyes at the end of the slide. They both will occasionally get stuck on the slide but continue to "WHEE!!" and push themselves down it. It can be scary watching them climb and tumble around but thank God kids are made of rubber. If you have kids and haven't been to a local park lately, please take them, who knows maybe you'll get a kick out of it too.

These are my twin boys. Josiah is on the left and Trayton is in the back. This picture is from Halloween so it is a bit dated. They sure are amazing. Maybe I'll try a weekly recap on their activities. Who knows, there could be an interest in the two-year old twin's antics. I know they make me laugh.