airplanes!

A quick visit to the Flying Leathernecks Museum with the Bean and Papa and Dodo.

touching the stars

discussing the finer points of aviation history

flying with Dodo

smile?

shiny old plane

a look inside

the yellow plane- Corbin's favorite

future red baron...just add scarf and goggles!

Are you ready for some football?

Yellow Birthday Party!

Corbin-o turned two!  In the words of the Bean's favorite cartoon, Little Einstein's, "I...Can...Not...Believe...It!"

Corbin has long been obsessed with the color yellow.  I think it started with an obsession with yellow trucks but has morphed to all things yellow- pjs, cups, food, cars, hats, shirts, and of course trucks (thank goodness there's a Penske moving truck yard near our house so we often point out yellow trucks!).  

While wrestling with whether or not to throw a birthday party this year with a new baby coming any day, a friend suggested having a yellow party for Corbin... brilliant!  So the search for yellow things began in earnest.  There were lots and lots of DIY projects including invitations, garlands, party hats, and yellow cake too.  Corbin was so excited to see the sudden influx of yellow into our home and eagerly told strangers that he was having a 'lellow party with lellow cake.'

front of the invitation

By the way, choosing a color for a party theme makes for a surprisingly simple party to throw together... unless you choose a weird color I guess.  Like puce maybe?  What color is puce?

On to the photos!

The birthday boy sporting a yellow hat

Yellow table cloth, yellow sun flowers, yellow popcorn, some homemade fabric garlands in the background, and even yellow decorations for the playhouse.

Some of the random yellow things I collected and/or painted for the party.

Birthday boy wearing another yellow hat.  I couldn't find plain yellow party hats so I doctored some multicolored ones with a little spray paint and crepe paper fringe.  Oila! Custom party hats!  Yellow pom-pom garland was also hand made for the party.

The present tent.  The kiddos LOVED piling inside to 'help' Corbin open his presents.  The tent is still hanging in our backyard because Corbin loves playing inside so much.  The yellow smiley guy in the middle is from Ikea.

We had a bubble station for the kids to play with.  We also asked everyone to wear yellow in honor of the Birthday Boy.

One of Corbin's best buds, Karson showing off his yellow apparel.

Another friend, Josh with a better look at the yellow party hats.

Dessert Cart!

Lemon Mini cupcakes with washi tape flags and sugar cookie yellow cars made by 'Dodo.' (Grandma)

Rice Krispy Treats dipped in yellow frosting with lots of yellow candies and dried fruit in the back.

My camera- shy little boy ;)

Actually enjoying his birthday cake this year!

Posing with friends in front of the playhouse.

We still have lots of yellow around the house and since his party was a few days before his actual birthday, we ended up keeping the celebration going all week long.  Here's how we celebrated the morning of his birthday:

Yellow!

Yellow Pancakes!

Blowing out his candle.

I will do anything for a yellow pancake. (she got Corbin's leftovers)

Happy Yellow Birthday Corbin-o!  

Can't believe how fast two years have gone!

when did this happen?

who is this little boy and where did my baby go?

now entering: make- believe land

Corbin's Vocab List

Animals:
dog
kitty
piggy
fish/fishy
penguin
birgie (birdie)
hippo
rhino
neigh neigh (horse)
bug
bee
ladybug
capertiller (caterpillar)
tiger
ligon (lion)
raff (giraffe)
roo (kangaroo)
panda
goat
lamb
cow
peacock
lizard
froggy
turkey
whale
dolphin
butterfly

Vehicles:
truck
car
van
bus
school bus
army truck
jeep
bike
jet
plane
helicopter
snowboard
boat
snowplow
excavator
tractor

weather:
hunny (sunny)
windy
rain
hot
cold

Nature:
tree
flabu (flower)
hand (sand)
ocean
beach
hun (sun)
cloud
moon
star
leaf
plant
tick (stick)
dirt
rock
wabu (water)
mountain

Body Parts:
heady
eye
nose
mouth
chin
cheek
ear
teeth
hair
heart
hand
arm
leg
foot
toe
knee
elbow
shoulder
belly
button
butt
'peeney'

Salutations/Expressions:
hello
hey
hi
morning
nigh nigh
thank you
welcome
please
right here
right there
okay
no
yeah

Emotions:
happy
silly
cry
funny

Weird Things:
batman! (and batman theme song)
bow wow wow
buckabucka (don't know)
Lightning McFeen (Lightning Mc Queen)
Mater Truck
Race car

Family:
Mama
Dada
Dodo
Papa
Grammy
Grampa
Gee Tee (Uncle JT)
TuTu (Aunt Marinela
Auntie Mandy
Ja-hun (Uncle Jason)
Boomer
Nora
Ralph (reindeer)
Norman/Bobo/Elmo (new baby brother)

Friends:
Landon
Rubble (Russell)
Karton (Karson)
Cauldin (Colin)
Smiles (Myles)
Micah
Molly
Joge (Josh)
Auntie Kelly
Tim
Pam
Hen (Jen)
Kyle
Karin
Manda (Amanda)
Brody
Ella

Stuffed Friends:
Neigh Neigh
Cout (Scout)
Elmo
BIIIGG Neigh Neigh
Little Nora
Pabu (??)
Bunny

Abstract Ideas/Descriptions:
Friend
lucky
heavy
owie
fit
tight
oops
other
go
play
back
high
still
lots
fall

Clothing:
hirt (shirt)
hortz (shorts)
pant (pants)
zzzooes (shoes)
handals (sandals)
hock (sock)
jacket
hat
jamming' (pajamas)

Places:
home
park
Mona (Ramona)
(insert friend's name) house
church
bae-ball game (baseball game)
(insert mama/dada/etc) car
little house (his play house)
blue chair
green potty

Colors:
red
green
lellow (yellow)
'on-yonge' (orange)
purple
black
white
grey
blue
pink

Food:
milk
water
jui (juice)
coke
coffee
waffle
oh- ones (cherrios or anything o-shaped)
cereal
pancake
apple
apple hause (sauce)
carrot
punkin (pumpkin)
foodie (cookie)
booty (pirate's booty)
halha (salsa)
guacamole

**Not a complete list**

pickin'