Thursday, July 31, 2008

The little engine that could

One of our favorite coffee shops hosts a weekly event called Retro Reader.  Retro is the name of the coffee shop. Reader refers to the nature of the event:  Each week a new guest reader entertain the neighborhood kids with a few stories.

Recently, Brad Childress and his daughter Cara regaled the youngsters with the tale attributed to Watty Piper.  Perhaps that's the optimistic spirit that gets pre-season training camp off to a good start!  One can envision Tarvaris Jackson running down the field telling himself "I think I can. I think I can..."

No. Mr. Childress did not reveal any secret plans involving Brett Favre.

Monday, July 21, 2008

31 Weeks

As of today Ericka has made it to 31 weeks!  That's about a month longer than with Mathias!







In the most recent ultrasound, the weight of baby X was estimated at 3 lbs 1 oz (1400 g).  That is more than double Mathias' birth weight.



37 weeks would be considered full term.  So, 6 weeks to go...

The t-shirt was a gift from Erickas friend Jennifer.
Not sure it applies, but we think it is funny!

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Signs summer has arrived




The back yard pool is out!








There are clear benefits to being outside when splashing water. Trouble comes in when we take a bath indoors and he remembers how fun it was to fling water in every direction... 

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Zero to 100 in 27 months

A while back we sat down and wrote a list of words (and/or expressions) M is using.  We had broken the 100-word barrier!  Although that list quickly became obsolete as new words are piling in by the day.  The most recent additions - causing us to scratch our heads - are "Hay bales" and "Windmill".  Were not sure where those came from...  But we're definitely at the stage where you better watch your mouth.   

The list of M's first 100 words:
Again, airplane, Amy, apple, baa (as in “what does the sheep say?”), baby, ball, beach, big, blanket, blocks, blue, boat, book, bubble, bug, bus, bye-bye, car, carrots, cat, chase, cheese, clock, cracker, cup, digger (goes for anything that moves dirt around), dog, duck, dump truck, egg, Elmo (that”s the red puppet on Sesame Street), empty, eyes, fish, foot, fruit snacks, giraffe, green, green beans (yes, green beans made the list of the first 100!), hello, hippo, hot, hotdog, ice cream, Jeep (goes for any car that is not a sedan), juice, knee, lawn mower, leg, light, mama, Mathias, meow (as in "what does the cat say?"), mess, milk, monkey, moo (as in “what does the cow say?”), moon, more, no, oops (goes with “mess”), orange, out, outside, pancake, papa, peas, pig, piip (as in “what does the mouse say?”), pink, pizza, please, police, pool, purple, quack (as in “what does the duck say?”), red, sandbox, shoes, slide, strawberry, thank you, that, Thomas (the tank engine for those without young children), toes, too (as in “that”s a green bean. That”s a green bean too!”), tractor, train, tree, truck, up, vacuum cleaner, water, wheel, woof (as in “what does the dog say?”), yellow, yes, yucky.

Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Life jacket day


The final day of Aquatots was life jacket day.







Of course, the idea was to get kids used to being in water with a life jacket.


Other than that most of the time was spent jumping into the water - just like any other day at the pool.












The water temperature catches up with you after about 20 minutes so it becomes a short but intense visit to the pool.

Sunday, July 06, 2008

4th of July


It is a little known fact...


That our hometown goes all out to celebrate Independence Day every year.  As it happens, we're usually not at home at the time.  But this summer were pretty much permanently within a quick drive to the hospital - just in case...


So this year we celebrated in style!  We started by participating in the kids parade on Wednesday afternoon. 



While there we met Miss Delano who also happens to be our neighbor and frequent babysitter!
Congratulations, Alex!






We also took in a few rides at the carnival.  














It was fun but heartbreaking when daddy ran out of funds before M ran out of appetite for more rides...








































On Friday we took in the grand parade. Delano's 4th of July parade is actually the largest parade in the state of Minnesota!  It was a 2-hour steady stream of emergency vehicles, marching bands, go-carts, horses, floats, sports cars, tractors, etc. etc. In other words: everything you find fun when you're 2 years old.



The grand finale of the celebration was the big fireworks show.  M slept right through it.

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Tuesday, July 01, 2008

Picture evidence


Favorite foods come and go.











This week it is: Broccoli!  Who ever heard of a two-year old shoveling in the green crunchy cabbages?



The fad may not last but at least it is good for you and high in fiber!
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