Last Tuesday was Mom/Grandma Sally's birthday and of course we had a party! It was a blast!
The watering can was full of "fertilizer".
Said fertilizer...
Micah stole the show. He would shove a couple handfuls in his mouth, then go for more to hand out to others. We finally had to take it away or he would have eaten the whole lot. It sure was good for a laugh, though. ;)
Happy Birthday, Mom. Blessings on a wonderful year full of God's goodness! We love you!
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Memorial Weekend
Wowzers I'm behind in pictures!
While I'm waiting for our carpet to be installed and the house to be returned to functionable (why bother cleaning while there's work going on, right?), I decided to tackle the growing pile of pictures that need to be edited.
The Thursday before Memorial Day, Brandon had surgery. Here are the before pictures (these were taken on my phone):
Those are all the pictures I managed to get from surgery day. He woke up having a hard time breathing and started panicing. I'm afraid that waking up scarred him pretty badly. He's still telling people that the doctor put him to sleep and then he couldn't breathe when he woke up.
It took him through Sunday before he finally became himself again so we didn't do anything big for the holiday weekend. Saturday evening we went out to the "boat" park for supper and to play for a little while, but even that tuckered him out pretty well, so that was the extent of our picnicing.
See how red Micah's hair looks in this picture? He has the temperament to match. He's 22 months old. For the past couple of days when I've gotten him up in the morning, I've just pulled out a set of pants and shirt to put on him as usual. However, at 22 months he's decided he wants to pick out his own outfits already and has thrown a fit every morning until I put his clothes back in the drawer, lift him off the changing table and let him pull out his choice of pants and shirt (some days he'll let me pick out the shirt).
Speaking of stubborn, I've always said when Micah decides to talk it's going to come out in sentences. About a month ago words really started coming (starting with the middle vowel and the end consenant, but rarely the beginning consenant (isn't that weird?)). Anyway this afternoon he and Brandon were sitting in the chair together watching me vacuum and Brandon started singing his Bob the Builder song. Part of it goes like this:
"Bob the Builder, can we fix it? Bob the Builder, YES WE CAN!"
Did you guess it? This afternoon, after a month of using only one word, Micah says as clear as day (several times might I add) "YES WE CAN".
Okay, back to our picnic...
Well it's been fun, but the carpet is officially in so it's time to get ironing curtains and getting the house back into working order.
Blessings.
While I'm waiting for our carpet to be installed and the house to be returned to functionable (why bother cleaning while there's work going on, right?), I decided to tackle the growing pile of pictures that need to be edited.
The Thursday before Memorial Day, Brandon had surgery. Here are the before pictures (these were taken on my phone):
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| He LOVED that digger and was quite upset when he became too tired to play with it. He kept trying to stand up to go play, but the sleepy juice didn't give him very good balance. |
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| Slowing down. We were reading stories. |
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| Too tired to do much other than lay down. The wagon didn't fit him as well this time around, though, so he had a hard time getting comfortable. |
It took him through Sunday before he finally became himself again so we didn't do anything big for the holiday weekend. Saturday evening we went out to the "boat" park for supper and to play for a little while, but even that tuckered him out pretty well, so that was the extent of our picnicing.
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| Taking a picture of taking a picture. |
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| This little one is so investigative!! |
See how red Micah's hair looks in this picture? He has the temperament to match. He's 22 months old. For the past couple of days when I've gotten him up in the morning, I've just pulled out a set of pants and shirt to put on him as usual. However, at 22 months he's decided he wants to pick out his own outfits already and has thrown a fit every morning until I put his clothes back in the drawer, lift him off the changing table and let him pull out his choice of pants and shirt (some days he'll let me pick out the shirt).
Speaking of stubborn, I've always said when Micah decides to talk it's going to come out in sentences. About a month ago words really started coming (starting with the middle vowel and the end consenant, but rarely the beginning consenant (isn't that weird?)). Anyway this afternoon he and Brandon were sitting in the chair together watching me vacuum and Brandon started singing his Bob the Builder song. Part of it goes like this:
"Bob the Builder, can we fix it? Bob the Builder, YES WE CAN!"
Did you guess it? This afternoon, after a month of using only one word, Micah says as clear as day (several times might I add) "YES WE CAN".
Okay, back to our picnic...
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| He's decided he's quite capable of using a big boy cup. With the handle he actually does quite well. |
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| But splashing it out is still more fun, so we're just practicing outside at this point. |
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| See the tongue? I love this boy! |
Well it's been fun, but the carpet is officially in so it's time to get ironing curtains and getting the house back into working order.
Blessings.
Monday, May 21, 2012
Athleticism
It's raining again and I'm catching up on pictures, can you tell?
For those who know us, neither Bryan nor I are athletic. Bryan has the build for it but only enjoys a few sports. Brandon, however, is ALL athlete! Our siblings enjoy rubbing in that we have days and days worth of sitting watching sports coming up because he is so athletic. As long as I have a camera near by to capture my boy enjoying playing sports, I'm okay with that.
Mother's day we went for a walk/bike ride to Bender and there were several teams playing baseball. Brandon was completely fascinated with it and Auntie Cheryl did a good job explaining the game to him. When we got back home she helped him learn some throwing skills in the back yard. We're still practicing.
Bryan and Cheryl went to play tennis in the evening. Brandon desperately wanted to go watch so after a bath and some supper I took them over there to "watch". The watching didn't last very long! Brandon soon decided it was his job to become the ball fetcher.
Then, after finishing their last game, Bryan called Brandon over to try play and he did SO well!
He dropped the ball for himself and hit it...
Sometimes he missed...
Then Bryan started dropping the balls for him...
and he hit most of them...
He hit with flare...
and nice form...
and Micah took over the ball fetcher job! :)
Yep, we have sports in our future. :)
Blessings
For those who know us, neither Bryan nor I are athletic. Bryan has the build for it but only enjoys a few sports. Brandon, however, is ALL athlete! Our siblings enjoy rubbing in that we have days and days worth of sitting watching sports coming up because he is so athletic. As long as I have a camera near by to capture my boy enjoying playing sports, I'm okay with that.
Mother's day we went for a walk/bike ride to Bender and there were several teams playing baseball. Brandon was completely fascinated with it and Auntie Cheryl did a good job explaining the game to him. When we got back home she helped him learn some throwing skills in the back yard. We're still practicing.
Bryan and Cheryl went to play tennis in the evening. Brandon desperately wanted to go watch so after a bath and some supper I took them over there to "watch". The watching didn't last very long! Brandon soon decided it was his job to become the ball fetcher.
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| Seen Brandon's hands? He's just itching to touch those balls. |
Then, after finishing their last game, Bryan called Brandon over to try play and he did SO well!
He dropped the ball for himself and hit it...
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Then Bryan started dropping the balls for him...
and he hit most of them...
He hit with flare...
and nice form...
and Micah took over the ball fetcher job! :)
Yep, we have sports in our future. :)
Blessings
Precious Moments: "I LOVE getting muddy, Mama!"
With all the beautifully sunny weather we've been having lately, we've been spending lots of time outside. Alas, my children think 73/74 degrees is hot... *sigh*.
Brandon came up to me one day and said, "Mama, can I get muddy?" Sunny day + water + sand box = priceless fun. Of course I said yes. The wide smile and "Thank you, Mama! I LOVE getting muddy." made the cringing in my head at all the extra laundry coming up in the next couple months rather insignificant.
I got out of there soon after, fearing for the cleanly safety of my camera. They were pretty covered in mud by the end of the afternoon and their smiles were as wide as they could get.
Brandon came up to me one day and said, "Mama, can I get muddy?" Sunny day + water + sand box = priceless fun. Of course I said yes. The wide smile and "Thank you, Mama! I LOVE getting muddy." made the cringing in my head at all the extra laundry coming up in the next couple months rather insignificant.
I got out of there soon after, fearing for the cleanly safety of my camera. They were pretty covered in mud by the end of the afternoon and their smiles were as wide as they could get.
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