You also might notice that Christopher is wearing a shirt that says something about New Jersey. This was a birthday present from the D-L ladies (thank you!!!) and it says "Everything is better in New Jersey." At dinner tonight, I asked Chris, "Is everything better in New Jersey?" Of course his answer was "Yes!"
Whenever Grammy is visiting, we are finally able to get multiple family shots so here is one of them:
And last night, Mommy and Daddy celebrated their fifth anniversary! We got decked out and went out on the town... at least until the sun went down. We actually had a lovely dinner at La Bodega in our old neighborhood followed by drinks at the Cashew overlooking downtown. Chris and Grammy spent lots of time playing while we went out. Notice how Kasey was making sure the coast is clear before we made our escape!
Christopher took Grammy and I downtown today to visit his good friend Clifford, the big red dog. Kasey, a good friend of Clifford also, hooked us up with some VIP tickets to this already free exhibit at Crown Center. What a great exhibit it was! Christopher was very busy with the many activities they had for the kids. As you will see, he buttered up his canine pal with a huge biscuit and then tried to get Emily Elizabeth's digits.
And Grandpa Eric would be proud to know that CJ enjoyed being the captain of his very own boat! He set a good example by playing it safe with a Coast Guard approved life vest.
All in all we had a great time and when it got a bit crowded, Chris and I curled up and read a bunch of Clifford books in the reading corner. So many things make me proud of CJ but when he will sit and read book after book with me, the teacher in me gets a little vaclempt...
He just needed to sprawl out on the couch with Grammy and his paci to watch a little Thomas before calling it a night. And yes, he actually stayed in this position for a while. Mommy and Daddy, on the other hand, couldn't get enough partying and got dressed up to go to a wine party at Matt and Jaime's house! Yay!
It's been two years now and we are becoming pros when it comes to the children's party circuit... well, not really but we're getting there. This year, the theme was (what else!) Thomas and Friends. The cake, pictured above, was from Price Chopper of all places--isn't it great? Anyway, we had some old friends, some new friends, and our fabulous neighbors join us for the festivities. Here are some pics to enjoy:
So what else would we get Christopher for his second birthday but a big ticket item related to trains. We ended up getting Chris the same train set that Tristan had because, well, the Thomas people tend to rip you off. We got a lot more bang for our buck with this set up. Anyway, when Christopher woke up this morning, it took all his concentration to eat up his breakfast so that he could get to work playing with his "new choo-choos." In fact, the only thing that could peel him away from his trains was the fact that we were going to swim at a new pool this morning. (Anything "new" always gets CJ's attention). We swam with Maddie (who will also be 2 in a couple weeks) and Braydon and had a great morning!
Our neighborhood playgroup visited the new fire station down the road from us today and Chris had a blast! (By the way, notice the amount of boys in this playgroup. I pity the kindergarten teachers when their classes are made up of 90% boys!). First of all, this is a fancy new station complete with sleeping quarters, a kitchen, and a state of the art gym. (So proud that CJ knows what a gym is for! When he saw it, he said, "Workout.") Anyway, here is Chris with our neighbor, Braydon, sitting in the "media" room on one of the big comfy chairs:
He also got to sit on the truck by himself and kept saying "Lights on!" to the Fireman Bryan. In the other picture, he is checking out Fireman Tim's oxygen tank.
Yesterday afternoon, we had some time to kill before Mommy and Daddy went out to dinner and a soccer game so we hung out in the backyard. As you can see, my boys really know how to relax...
It was a tad bit hot outside though, so we went in to cool off. It wasn't long before Kasey and Christopher got a little crazy! Chris likes to go on the bed downstairs and have us throw the covers over him so he can hide from Kasey. Then Kasey jumps on the bed and buries her head in the blanket while barking. Needless to say, CJ enjoys this thoroughly!
After all that playing, though, everyone needs a good rest. Here is Daddy chilling with the monkey.
As I said, we got to go out to dinner and a soccer game last night while Kay and Chris played. The game was fun, but as it was soccer (and the Kansas City Wizards), it wasn't very exciting... except for the four streakers at halftime! Jaime (Olivia's mom) and I went to get some refreshments at halftime. We were on line talking when all of the sudden the whole place goes crazy and everyone runs from the line to look out onto the field. All we saw were two of the four streakers and then the tackling of them (never a pretty sight) but we did get to move up in the snack bar line! Anyway, it was hilarious and when I told Chris about it (in not so much detail) he told me that it sounded like a lot of fun to him. After all, it combines two of his favorite things: running and no clothes!
Our child is a fish! When I was nearing the end of my pregnancy with little CJ, I did a lot of swimming around the same time of day, several days a week. There was a nice old man who usually ended up in a lane swimming laps near me and he said, "That baby is going to come out swimming like a fish." He couldn't have been more correct. Christopher loves the water. The title of this entry is what he says every single time we pass the pool, see a pool, think about a pool, or make an obscure reference to the pool. In the picture above he is wearing the new suit that Grandma Jan recently sent to him as well as his super cool swimmies (since he wants to do it by him- "self please"). And below, as we were getting ready to go to the pool today, Christopher is flexing like his Daddy...
The swimsuit also came with a cute tee shirt that says "No shoes, No problem" which could easily be Christopher's motto for the summer!
After spending a fun morning playing at the park with his friend Lucy (from Kindermusik), Christopher took a great nap and was busy in the backyard. Notice the utter curliness of his hair and you can understand the humidity going on outside (don't worry east coasters, we're not complaining... we know how ungodly hot and humid it's been by you!). Here is the buds standing on top of the world (otherwise known as the rock wall)!
Chris and Kasey, always the best of friends, love investigating together. He is also a big help when it comes to watering the flowers. Notice the top notch watering can from Target!
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