We had friends over! Caleb and Adrienne came over to play a couple of times. I made chocolate chip teddy bear pancakes...they were lovin' life!
Here they are all squeezed into one of the cubbies in our toy chest.
Chad helping the kiddos build a track for Thomas and his friends. Both Caleb and Alex LOVE Thomas...and poor Adrienne...she doesn't have a choice!
The end of the night...winding down watching Thomas on the tube. The look on Adrienne's face says it all, "You boys are obsessed!"
1st CARNIVAL!!! AND WE LOVED IT!!
We enjoyed a nice saturday with the Wewel's and all of the clean personal working at the LaVista Fair Carnival. :) Chad, Alex, John & Thaden on the carrousel!
Alex loving the motorcycles, as he is riding on the back of Thaden's "Harley!"
Chad and Alex rode down the tall slide, Mommy even got to ride down the slide with Alex...just no picture. :(
Alex and Thaden riding the train...more than once of course!
Needless to say, these two boys had a blast!
PLAYING AT THE FALTI'S!
We got to go play at Mary & Pete's house one Saturday afternoon and Alex just loved making monster puppets (made out of playdough) on his fingers....well they all loved it. And Mom enjoyed talking and catching up with Megan and Dad got to help Marc with his new roof.
ALEX LOVES TO READ...ESPECIALLY ABOUT THOMAS!
I love these moments....when I walk into a room and find Alex doing something that just makes my heart melt. This was right before Alex got his big boy bed and I caught him laying on the floor reading books. Alex loves this Thomas book so much that we read it before nap and bedtime everyday! He has every page memorized and will always say the last word on every page! 
This is what a bath looks like on most nights for Alex...a couple toys, laying on the belly with water dripping onto his feet! The water dripping is essential!
Alex loves taking baths (aka: "bafs") and this time Murphy decided to join him for most of it...and A-man loved it!
Our first "whole" apple...check out the next picture to see the damage!
Not too bad, ugh?!! Mommy was so proud of him for eating this much of the apple that now Alex thinks we can grab an apple out of the fridge, take a couple of bits and then be "All done!" Oh well.
Alex with our wonderful neighbors Alli, Christen and Gracen on his very first Easter egg hunt. He loved it! And Aunt Tiff came with us too. He wasn't too excited about picking the eggs up at first, but once he knew he could put them in his basket...he was lovin' it!
Alex and the Wooden Gang after the hunt! They all love each other so much!!
Alex opening his Easter baskets. Of course he loved his Thomas the Train book!
Nana and Aunt Tiff bought Al Peep Glasses....Aunt Tiff's dog chuck thought he looked pretty good!
It snowed right before Easter this year so Papa and Alex built a snowman, and Alex loved every minute of it...even if his hands were all red! But...building a snowman wasn't the only thing Alex helped Papa built.......
he also helped Papa, Dad, and Uncle Derek build the new sun porch for the hot tub.
Chad & Mia on the left and Uncle Brian & Aunt Tiff on the right....crashed after the awesome Easter turkey feast prepared by Nana!
The whole Kruse family! From left to right Mr. Alex, Maria, Chad, Sarah, Derek, Tiffany, Brian, Mary & Cary. We are quit the group....this was taken right after Easter Day Mass. What a blessing it was to have everyone together for such a wonderful holiday.
Alex lovin' life in his sand box...mom was even nice enough to let him have a little bit of water. For those of you who know Alex well...you know he LOVES water!
This would be Alex saying "Please, can I have more water for my sandbox!!????!"
This would be Alex "who isn't tired" laying under our end table.
Alex has two loves in his life. He loves tools and he loves....
CLEANING! And this particular time he wanted to "vac" in Mom's flip flops I guess.
Our good friend ANG (aka Angie who now lives in Wisconsin...we are so sad...we love and miss you ANG!) Anyway, ANG loves Runza (which they don't have in WI) and so she picked up some chicken strips on the way to our house. As she was eating them, Alex decided she needed some help eating the french fries and since ANG was dipping her chicken he needed to walk over and dip his fries. Well as you can see from the picture...the honey mustard spilt right on his head and Alex was not to trilled about it - but took it like a champ. ANG and I were laughing and crying so hard, I am lucky I got this picture taken.
Chad and I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary this May and the sweet husband he is surprised me with a trip to Kansas City to stay in a suite in the plaza. Nana, Papa, Uncle Derek and Aunt Tiff took Alex to Randolph for the weekend to watch him and brought him back just in time for his birthday party. Chad and I hung in the plaza and meet up with some of our great friend from KC. We even managed to sneak down to the new Power and Light District for a couple of drink. What a cool area! 
This was the view as Chad and I threw back a couple sitting on the couches looking at the big screen at the Power and Light District. We totally enjoyed ourselves on our little trip away. It was definately needed for the both of us!
Alex wasn't too concerned about the animals at the zoo...but he was loving the WATER!!
The birthday boy next to his Thomas cake!
Alex's good friend Caleb. Caleb too loves Thomas so really I think he thought this cake was for him.
Our wonderful friend Nicole playing with Alex.
ANG and Mia. Wow...we miss you girl! Can't wait to see you over the 4th!
Caleb enjoying his moster piece of Thomas cake.
The last and biggest present was his new TREK bike from Nana and Papa! Papa of course had to help him ride it!
Alex getting good use out of his new basketball hoop G-ma and G-pa Younkin got him....oh I mean Chris, Derek, Chad and Brady got good use out of it!
Chad and Caleb givin Alex and Adrienne a ride in Alex's wagon that he got for his birthday last year.
