Levi's 2nd Birthday

This year for his birthday I decided to do a shapes and colors theme.  I hand made this banner, and two others for food and presents.

I made a pull string pinata in the shape of a number 2.  And I just now realized that I set the 2 backwards on the table, silly me.

One thing I included in the pinata was compressed sponges in coordinating shapes and colors.  The kids had fun putting their sponges in the water and watching them grow.

Thank you everyone for all the wonderful gifts.  Levi has loved playing with all of them.  And I love how they keep him entertained for me.  It has been very useful for letting me get things done around the house.

It was a beautiful day for playing outside while having cake and juice.

I like how the cake turned out, even if it wan't perfect.

Here is one last video of Levi playing with the toy kitchen I made for him.  The best thing is that out of the two doors to hide in, he always picks the oven.

I love free stuff!!

I can't believe I waited so long to try out the Staples easy rebates.  It is actually really easy to do, and you can get some great stuff for free!  My first Staples trip I got 2 reams of printer paper, 2 packs of tissues, 2 packs of pens, and one package of address labels.  I paid $44.31 at the store.  That night I filled out the online form for getting my staples rebate check.  Then about 3 weeks later I got my check in the mail for $40.93.  The remaining $3.38 was for taxes.  I think I will start shopping at Staples more, especially when they have such great deals!

Running

Matt and I will be joining some of his family at the end of this year to run a half marathon.  We started training this week for it, and so far we both are feeling really good.  Because we haven't done much of any running before, we are starting with a C25K method.  I really like the pace it is set at.  I don't feel like I'm going to die at the end of our run, but I can feel that it is pushing my body to get stronger.  We run first thing in the morning three days a week.  And I am proud to say that despite the delay this morning, and the rain... we still got out and did our run.  I have always enjoyed working out alongside with Matt.  Sadly we haven't exercised together much since Levi's birth.  So it is nice to be starting something up again.