Baby Wogs

Look at him go!

2012-02-17T11:30:00.000-08:00

Chris and I went ice skating today at the KC Ice Center. After a few minutes of getting used to his skates, Christopher was off on his own (with the help of a skate walker, of course). He loved it and said to me that the walker was his "hockey stick" and he was "pushing the puck." Here is some video of his skating feats!

http://youtu.be/53AWgsRobqI

I Want My Hat Back

2012-02-15T12:51:00.001-08:00

A couple weeks ago, Chris was "reading" a book to Grandma Jan and I wanted to share it with you all. The story is called I Want My Hat Back and it's about this bear who is looking for his missing hat. It turns out that a rabbit has taken his hat but the bear doesn't realize that the rabbit is wearing his hat when they are talking. The bear asks several animals about his hat but no one else has seen it. Finally he realizes that the rabbit is the one who stole his hat. The punch line is that the bear eats the rabbit in the end (some punch line!). Here is Chris reading the story...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQhhVMeXz1g&feature=youtu.be

Snow!!!

2012-02-13T16:43:00.000-08:00

We finally had snow today here in Kansas and it put Christopher in a good mood from the second he looked out his window in the morning! Here he is in his snowsuit. Good news Grandma Jan, it fits!

And here he is playing in the snow. He was helping me "shovel" and also made a snow angel...

Play ball!

2012-02-10T05:47:00.000-08:00

So I heard that pitchers and catchers report soon. Is that true? Because I'm totally ready.

Go G-men!

2012-02-05T13:42:00.000-08:00

Let's go Giants!!!

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to get back to Puppy Bowl...

Is this January?

2012-01-30T15:26:00.000-08:00

Three signs that winter is going to be mild this year... 1) Brian got snow tires on his car; 2) We bought nice boots for Chris, not the usual Target special; 3) Chris actually fits into his super cool red snow suit. Now let's be clear, I am not in any way shape or form complaining! 65 degrees on January 30th? Seriously? I will take it any day of the week. And so will Christopher! We played outside after school for well over 2 hours without coats on. We played for a little while by ourselves and then our neighbor Suzie and her son Braydon (who is just a few months older than Chris) came over to play in the sandbox and we, in turn, went over to play on their swing set. CJ enjoyed running around the backyard in his socks (which are now in the garbage--there was no salvaging them after he ran around in the pile of leaves that I never raked up) and playing with the other kids on the cul-de-sac. I wish I had some footage but Chris was moving too fast today to catch him!

Beans, beans...

2012-01-28T10:48:00.000-08:00

Christopher has been sick the past couple of days and since we don't want to spread his germs, we've been looking for things to do in our house. Today, we ran over to Target and picked up some dry pinto beans so Chris can do some construction work with his trucks. He also decided to put his cars in with the beans and when they got "dusty" he brought them to the "car wash" to clean them off. Thus far, this has provided hours of entertainment for him! And thanks to Pinterest, I have been putting together all kinds of Valentine's Day activities for us to do together. We've been having a great time in all our craftiness!

Smile of the day

2012-01-24T11:20:00.000-08:00

This is a good one...

Half Birthday

2012-01-18T05:31:00.000-08:00

At breakfast, I was telling Christopher that today is his half birthday. After the questions about when he was getting chocolate cake, he began to muse about how he was growing bigger and bigger everyday. He told me that now we have to measure him every single day. Then he told me the following...

"Mommy, when you measure me all the time, I will grow bigger and bigger and bigger, and I will be as tall as Grandpa Eric and then I will need more leg room!"

I love his observations!

Meet the Author

2012-01-17T06:36:00.000-08:00

Christopher wrote his first book today! When I was teaching, I used to put together these little completely blank books that the kids could make up their own stories in. Well, we had some time this morning so I thought Chris might be interested in such a book. Coloring and writing is not really one of his first choices in activities so I thought this would be a good way to encourage him and so far, so good. It is called CJ's Picture Book and is filled with his own illustrations and a very simple text that he can "read." It fun to see what he actually can do. Here he is holding up a picture of himself!

This was super fun for both of us and I am looking forward to what our little author will come up with next!

Musings of a 3 year old

2012-01-12T08:20:00.001-08:00

At breakfast...

"Mommy, is it cold in a rainbow?"

Artiste

2012-01-11T17:54:00.000-08:00

So to change things up a little bit this semester, we signed Chris up for an art class with his friend Luca. It is at the Shawnee Civic Center once a week and it gives the boys an opportunity to play around with all types of art materials and projects. Last week, they made a penguin and this week Chris put together a cloud with raindrops and a rainbow. He really seems to enjoy it! In addition to an art project, each week they get to play with different things like play dough, blocks, and (today) rain shakers. Here are some more pics from today...

We've started a Wednesday tradition of going back to Luca's house to play after class since they live about 3 minutes from this place. Some of you know this, but in case you don't, Christopher is obsessed with Luca's dog Bailey. He was more than happy to pose with Bailey for pictures today, and Bailey was more than happy to be on the couch, which he does not ordinarily get to do!

Dawg

2012-01-10T19:10:00.000-08:00

We love our doggie too!

Workout

2012-01-10T11:30:00.000-08:00

Sometimes I get exhausted just watching Christopher move. Today we went to Sylvester Powell Community Center to play at their indoor gym and Chris did a workout of epic proportions! He runs, he jumps, he runs, he rides, and he runs some more. The boy, like most boys his age, never stops moving... Well I wanted to upload some videos of him participating in this activity but You Tube doesn't want to work for me right now. If it decides to shape up later, I'll put up some videos.

Winter Classic

2012-01-02T16:39:00.000-08:00

Since Mommy and Christopher's favorite team was not represented in this afternoon's Winter Classic, we felt the need to represent.

I'll have everyone know that we did actually root for the Rangers this afternoon because we cannot possibly bring ourselves to root for a team from Philadelphia!

Happy New Year!

2012-01-02T05:06:00.000-08:00

Welcome to 2012! We rang in the new year with our friends MaryAnn, Sheryl, Ally, and Julia by having a little Mexican fiesta at our house. Chris was excited to dress up in his holiday attire...

... and spent the day hanging out with his buddies, Ally and Julia.

With the exception of the youngest of the kids, we amazingly stayed up and made it to the midwest new years celebration and had a great time playing cards and making fun of Ryan Seacrest. Our friends headed out this morning to go back to New York and we will miss them so much! We all had a great time, especially Christopher who got used to having two big sisters around for awhile and Kasey, who got more total attention in a week than she has had in the past 3 1/2 years!

Rollin' with my homies

2011-12-30T11:48:00.000-08:00

Chris got to ride with Luca this morning after My Gym and they were both very excited about it! Lindsey had to drop her car off for a little while to get worked on so we all went to lunch together and drove in our car. Here they are...

Goings on

2011-12-29T14:01:00.000-08:00

So we've been having a fantastic time with the D-L ladies! Here are some highlights of their visit...

We went to Kidscape and the Johnson County History Museum this morning and Chris had a great time with the girls! Here, Chris and Ally are figuring out an old fashioned water pump and then Chris and Julia were doing surgery on someone...

Chris was very happy putting on a dancing show in the theater too!

And, of course, Kasey has been having a wonderful time with all the company...

Speed Racers

2011-12-28T13:16:00.000-08:00

Ally and I went go kart racing today. Not the slow little wussy go karts... the real speedy ones where you have to wear a real racing helmet and you smell like gasoline when you are done. It was SO much fun! Chris is still a few years away from this outing but I'm sure he will like it when the time comes!

Company

2011-12-28T07:29:00.000-08:00

We have been having a great time with our friends, the Duren-Lubanski family! The ladies got here late Christmas night and we are so happy to be spending this week with them. MaryAnn, Sheryl, and Julia headed out Monday to St. Louis and Ally is spending some time here with us hanging out while they are away. In the picture above, she was helping Chris with his new marble set up and then we used the marbles to play the dreidel game. Today, Ally and I will be having a girls day of shopping and go kart racing. No one is happier for the company than Kasey, as she is benefiting from all the extra attention!

Marbles!

2011-12-25T09:05:00.000-08:00

Here is the marble set up, Grandma Jan. Once Chris can set this up himself, we will be contacting MIT for an admissions packet!

Because it's Christmas, that's why!

2011-12-25T07:17:00.000-08:00

The picture above shows the chaos that was our living room after present opening this morning. But it started off a little (emphasis on a little) more mellow first thing. Chris waiting until 7 before calling us and immediately went to the tree to see what Santa left. He was allowed to open his stocking before breakfast and found some crazy straws to use with his OJ.

On the menu this morning was pancakes, veggie sausages, and fruit... Oh and a little later (around 8:15), astronaut ice cream... because it's Christmas and the logical thing for a kid to do is eat astronaut ice cream early in the morning. Then it was on to opening the presents! Thank you to everyone who helped make this morning super fun for our little man. Here are some highlights...

As you can see, both of our "kids" had a very fun morning as did their parents! We hope you all are having a wonderful Christmas too. We are looking forward to seeing Grammy this afternoon and then another Christmas gift to us is our friends, the Duren-Lubanski family will be joining us later tonight, right here in Kansas!

Christmas Eve

2011-12-24T18:48:00.000-08:00

After a lovely church service tonight with Grammy and our friend Danna and her daughter Lahna, we came home and had dinner with Grammy. We tried our gingerbread men (not so bad) and opened a few presents. Even Kasey got a present from Grammy! Notice the anticipation on her face...

Christopher opened his stocking from Grammy and found several things, including a tattoo of Lucy the Margate elephant! Of course we had to put it on his hand right away.

When we got Chris ready for bed tonight, Daddy carried on the tradition of Grandpa Eric and read "The Night Before Christmas" to his little man.

I'm not sure how long it took Chris to settle down given the excitement of the evening and the even greater excitement and anticipation of the Big Man tonight. Chris wrote a note to Santa and left him some gingerbread men and carrots for the reindeer. When Chris was securely in his room "Santa" and "Mrs. Clause" proceeded to fill up the bottom of the Christmas tree. We told Buds that he has to wait until the sun comes up before he can come out of his room. Let's see if that holds!

Overheard

2011-12-24T13:31:00.000-08:00

I forgot to post this the other day...

At breakfast on Thursday, Christopher asked me how my yoga class from the previous night was. Here is our conversation:

Chris: So Mommy, how was your yoga class last night?
Mommy: It was good buddy, thanks for asking.
C: What did you do? Did you run, did you jump, what did you do?
M: No it was just a relaxing class. We did some deep breathing and stretching.
C: Was your teacher a boy or a girl?
M: It was a girl, a woman. She was a very nice teacher. Maybe Mommy will be a yoga teacher someday. What do you think of that?
C: No, I just want you to be my mommy. That's it.

Getting closer!

2011-12-24T12:07:00.000-08:00

Christmas is nearly upon us and the Kansas Wogloms are preparing as we speak. This year is unusual for us because we will be spending it in Kansas for the first time. We will definitely be missing our east coast family and friends!!! We just wanted Christopher to wake up tomorrow morning in his own house, open presents, and stay in his pajamas all day long... While it is fun to open presents and get caught up in the holiday, Chris and his parents have been talking about the actual reason why we celebrate Christmas. Chris is very excited to, as he says, "celebrate Jesus' birthday!" Tomorrow morning we will light a candle at breakfast and sing happy birthday to Jesus, which Chris is looking forward to. Recently, we got him a little kids nativity scene. This is great because he always wants to play with my breakable nativity set so now he can do whatever he wants with his own. Here he is setting up the scene...

It's funny because even though we have told CJ the Christmas story, he knows more details about it than we thought because they talked about it at school too. When we act out the story with his nativity set, he reminded me that Mary rode in on the donkey and the angels sang out loud (he never lets us forget this part!)... Mommy was busy cooking all morning because Grammy is going to come over after church for Christmas Eve dinner. Chris helped too, and we made some vegan gingerbread men. The verdict is still out on the taste of the cookies but it was a great effort that we accomplished today. Chris helped make the dough, roll it, and decorate the little men. None of them have run away yet, but we'll see what happens after dinner! Here is Chris making them and then the finished product...

Merry Christmas Eve everyone!!!

More My Gym

2011-12-23T10:48:00.000-08:00

Today at My Gym, they set up a really cool swing that was supposed to be Santa's sleigh pulled by a reindeer in the front. Chris tried the reindeer but he liked being Santa the best, with the presents and all...

They also set up a "hill" (about as big as the sledding hills here in Kansas) for the kids to go down on a sleigh ride. Here is Chris moving at lightning speed!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dMjPpdfjeo&feature=youtu.be

Playdate!

2011-12-21T11:46:00.000-08:00

Christopher joined Olivia, Elliott, Emily, and Connor at Aidan's house this morning for a playdate. Aidan is Miss Amy's son and he is just about a month older than Chris. The kids had a great time together! Here they are enjoying a snack...

Miss Amy made some gingerbread playdough for us to take home and Chris cannot wait to try it out! Apparently it smells great but tastes awful so hopefully he won't try to eat it. After our playdate we met Daddy for lunch at his office. It was a fun morning!

Happy Hanukkah!

2011-12-20T15:24:00.000-08:00

This year, in honor of our friends the Duren-Lubanski family who are coming to visit in 5 days (yay!), we got a menorah to help celebrate Hanukkah. Christopher was very excited to light the menorah for the first time after he had to sit there and look at it for the last week or so. We said some of the prayers (Mommy even attempted the Hebrew--it's a good thing the ladies will be here soon to help us with that!) and lit the candles. Chris even got to help light the first candle! He really enjoyed it. Then, when we were done, we spun the dreidel a few times and practiced saying the letter names on it. Unfortunately we don't have any potato latkes tonight; falafel will have to do for now. Later tonight we have to switch gears and we are going to the Jeff and Kay annual neighborhood Christmas party!

Elf Yourself #3

2011-12-16T12:36:00.000-08:00

It's that time of year again folks. It's time for the Kansas Wogloms to bust out their best dance moves just in time for Christmas! This year we went with a surfing theme. Hope you enjoy it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXNeWZ6pmGY&feature=youtu.be

My Gym fun

2011-12-16T11:51:00.000-08:00

Chris has been going to My Gym for about 6 months now and it has been a great experience for him. He's always been a pretty physical kid but My Gym has taught him skills like forward and backward rolls, headstands, stork stands and more. Here he is today doing a headstand with Ms. Jamie...

They also put together some cool swings every week at My Gym. Today they had a hammock holding a teeter totter boat that Chris got to swing in with some of the ladies...

One of the other skills he got to do today involved jumping onto a high bar, swinging, and then doing a forward roll. Here he is doing that with the help of one of his favorite teacher, Mr. Isaac...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZF5QyyurRA&feature=youtu.be

After gym class was over, we went back to Luca's house for lunch, followed by a dance party. These boys get crazy and were dancing on the coffee table!

These boys have a great time together!

Thank you, Buds

2011-12-14T05:10:00.000-08:00

I didn't have time to take a shower this morning before Chris woke up so I threw on some comfy pants, a sweatshirt, and my Yankees hat. When Christopher saw me in this get-up he said, "Oh Mommy, you look gaaawwwwgeous!" Thank you, little man, thank you.

Airborne

2011-12-13T11:39:00.000-08:00

Here is Chris jumping on the trampoline (again!) at Emerald City today...

According to him, he "did a pretty good workout" at the gym today!

Baking

2011-12-11T06:52:00.000-08:00

Here is Christopher stirring up a big batch of our world famous vegan chocolate-chocolate chip cookies in preparation for our dinner guests (the Titus family) tonight!

Wow!

2011-12-09T14:29:00.000-08:00

We are so lucky to have such wonderful and generous friends! Thank you to Luca and Miss Lindsey for Christopher's Christmas present-- a full-blown airport! This kid couldn't be happier. Now what to do with my time while he is fully engrossed in airport business...

Story Time

2011-12-09T12:55:00.000-08:00

So Chris loves this book called "Puppy Love." It's this tiny gift book that someone gave him as a party favor one Valentine's Day in Kindermusik. Here he is "reading" it (he's heard it so many times that he knows it!). I may be biased but he's so stinkin' cute when he reads it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-52C3-2S2ls&feature=BFa&list=ULC0J5SGfrzYI&lf=mfu_in_order

Buddies

2011-12-08T15:59:00.000-08:00

Olivia came over to play this afternoon after school. Chris and Livy had a great time, as usual! Here they are posing for their Christmas picture together...

The Elf on the Shelf

2011-12-07T18:59:00.000-08:00

Hello! My name is Frank, and I am "The Elf on the Shelf." You may have seen me in the book store that you frequent. I come with a book and according to the book, I am supposed to watch over little children to see if they've been naughty or nice. Then I report back to Santa and let him know how they have behaved. Well, apparently the mother at Christopher's house thinks that's a bunch of baloney so she hired me to play hide and seek with the little three year-old here. Each morning, I hide in a new location and Christopher has to find me while Mommy is making breakfast. It's a huge relief if you ask me. I get tired of judging kids' behavior all the time! Anyway, I'm quite enjoying the Woglom household, although I think I have to watch out for that four legged, furry creature they call Kasey. She seems to have her eye on me...

Reading with Kasey

2011-12-07T11:31:00.000-08:00

In this picture, Chris is reading Jingle All the Way (a fabulous Hallmark book designed by our friend Mary). The book originally came with a stuffed dog that actually responds to certain phrases in the book by barking. Unfortunately for Jingle, Kasey decided last year that there is only room for one dog in this house. Hence the book minus the stuffed dog.

More fun and games

2011-12-05T17:27:00.000-08:00

And to piggyback on what was written yesterday... Chris also loves playing Go Fish! Here he is with Mommy in an intense Go Fish game this evening before bed...

Soooorrrrrryyyy!

2011-12-04T16:09:00.000-08:00

To unwind after Liam's birthday party this afternoon, Daddy and Christopher relaxed with a friendly game of Sorry. If it was up to Chris, every card he picks would be a Sorry card. He just loves knocking Daddy's players off the board!

Union Station

2011-12-03T14:35:00.000-08:00

We took a trip to Union Station today with Grammy and it was all decorated for the holidays! Even better, they had the model train exhibit decorated and there was a small train that kids could ride on. Here is Chris riding right behind the engineer...

After seeing the model trains, we went over to Science City and explored a bit. Christopher did the usual things like flying the space shuttle, digging for dinosaur bones and taking a trip in a helicopter...

Chris and Grammy also sat and watched the real trains go by Mommy and Daddy's old apartment...

We ended the morning at Eden Alley Cafe. Miss Kay came over to watch Chris last night and brought him a big stuffed Clifford along with a Clifford Christmas book so little man brought Clifford to lunch with us. It was a fun morning!

Reunited

2011-12-02T11:57:00.000-08:00

Christopher was soooooo happy to see his friend Luca today! It's been two weeks and the boys had a great morning together, both at My Gym and then playing back at our house. It is wonderful that Chris has such a good buddy. Here they are giving hugs before Luca left...

Either that or they were having a test of strength. You be the judge!

Kansas Hold 'Em

2011-11-30T11:26:00.000-08:00

So Christopher's new favorite pre-bedtime activity these days is playing cards. It goes back a few months to when Chris started partaking in craziness, such as dancing or simply running into furniture at full speed right before bedtime, and we had to crack down and do a "quiet game" before sleeping. We taught Chris how to play Go Fish and Memory with these cute Thomas cards that Kay gave him last year and now he wants to play these games all the time. Today, he found our Skip Bo cards and was setting up his own little game of Memory. Of course, because he is a 3 year-old boy, the games usually last about 5 to 7 minutes and then it's on to something else, but it's a start!

Back in NY

2011-11-22T17:32:00.000-08:00

Well, we are here in New York for the Thanksgiving week and as you can see, Christopher is already having a blast...

We arrived on Friday and made our traditional trip to the Mamaroneck Diner (with the algae eater!) after driving back from LaGuardia. On Saturday, we went down to Brooklyn to visit Uncle Peter and Aunt Dabney and, of course, Poppy, Elsie and Bennett. Chris was super excited to take the Metro North into the city where we stopped to be tourists for a moment at Grand Central...

After arriving at Grand Central, we hit the streets in search of the F train. On the way, CJ picked up his very first New York City pretzel (yum!) and took it to snack on while we waited for our subway. Buds loves the subway and his favorite part is when they say, "stand clear of the closing doors please," a phrase you will hear him saying in this little clip from our F train ride...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRO7quoFLkY

Chris was so excited to see his cousins! They are growing so big and the kids all had a great time together. They played, had lunch, napped, and even went to Brooklyn Bridge Park to ride the carousel, admire the city and run around in the green space. Here are some pictures from our day...

We stayed for dinner and then the kiddos busted out some good dance moves. First, Christopher showed his stuff and as you can see, the triplets were standing there wondering about the tornado that entered their apartment. Later, they took part in the fun!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RtBmqEu1os

After watching Chris for a while, Bennett wanted to show everyone what he can do. He is such a cute dancer!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSrwJBh24ho

Later, Chris and Bennett did a little pas de deux to some of Bennett's favorite tunes. Check out Bennett's big jump! Obviously, the boys were having fun together!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LIjsJMQO1U

After our big day in the city, we headed upstate for some country fun with Grandpa T, Nancy, and GiGi. Chris had so much fun shadowing Grandpa T in his dog-care duties. Our little guy helped his Grandpa feed and walk the dogs, put out corn for the turkeys. He also got a chance to hear Grandpa play the accordian! Here are some pics from upstate...

After some accordian playing, we busted out some Tchaikovsky and had a guest appearance from a local ballet dancer named Nancy...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8euD6bHYxns

It is good to be back east and we are looking forward to spending Thanksgiving with our east coast family!

New York State of Mind

2011-11-17T13:18:00.000-08:00

Hey New York... are you ready for me?

Meet up with friends

2011-11-16T11:22:00.000-08:00

This morning, after music class, we went to Emerald City to meet up with some friends from my mom's group. Chris was very excited to see Emily and Connor, who he had just played with last night. Olivia and Elliot were there too and the three big kids just went off to play by themselves which was fabulous for us! Here are some pics from the morning...

Adopt a Turkey

2011-11-16T06:51:00.000-08:00

In the picture above, Christopher is holding his "Adopt-a-Turkey" certificate. Visit our other blog for more information!

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Company

2011-11-15T18:04:00.000-08:00

Tonight we had the LaBarge family over for dinner. They are currently without a place to eat as they are having a total kitchen remodel so we invited them over to eat with us. Emily, Connor and Christopher had a great time together, as these post-dinner antics will show...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEF1NdKHluc

Thankful

2011-11-14T05:36:00.000-08:00

At breakfast this morning, the discussion was about things we are thankful for...

CJ: Mommy, you know what I'm thankful for? I'm thankful for looooovvvve. And I'm thankful for you. Mommy, I love you...

Of course at this point, I am melting.

CJ: And Mommy, I'm thankful for blackberries and my big boy bed too.

Random boy!

Little Yogi

2011-11-13T10:59:00.000-08:00

After lunch, Christopher declared that he wanted to do a workout. Because it was getting close to naptime, I didn't think his usual circuit training would be appropriate so we put on a relaxing yoga DVD for him. He and Daddy got straight to work on their mountain poses and standing forward bends...

As you can see, Chris chose to increase the difficulty level by doing his practice on a block. What was most amazing to us, however, was when he had to do tree pose (not one of Daddy's favorite poses). It is a pose where you have to stand on one leg, put one foot up like a kind of triangle on the inside of your standing thigh and then place your hands in prayer position. Christopher totally nailed it! And he did it on the block too. It was so funny to see how proud he was of himself.

Perhaps yoga is in our little man's future. I suppose it's better than football... definitely fewer concussions!

Flurp!

2011-11-13T10:51:00.000-08:00

Christopher had a sleepover at Grammy's house last night while Mommy and Daddy went out with some friends. Apparently, he had an awesome time not only playing with Grammy, but also playing with her Flurp Silly Putty. She told us today that he played with it for hours and only stopped when it was time for bath last night and time to go home this morning. I think I know what we're bringing on the airplane with us next week!

The Mote Control Car

2011-11-12T10:41:00.000-08:00

Just on a whim, we went to Toys R Us and got Chris a little remote control car. He calls it the "mote control car" so we'll just go with that. He is figuring out how to make it go in all different directions and it has even taken a few off road trips down the steps! According to its driver, the car has snow tires on it (we just got snow tires on Brian's car) so it will be set when winter officially arrives. Here is a little snippet of the new vehicle and you can see what Kasey thinks of it too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKZ_7o_DVfc

P.S.-- I think we may need new floorboards after this one!

If You Give a Moose a Muffin...

2011-11-09T12:52:00.000-08:00

So today was supposed to be Christopher's theater-going debut. We went downtown after music to the Folly Theater with our friend Emily to see the stage production of the book "If You Give a Moose a Muffin," a book that is loved by our little man. Here are the kiddos before the show began:

Well, we lasted about 5 minutes. The show was way too loud for Christopher and he basically freaked out. Poor guy! We went out to the lobby and then tried again a few minutes later. No go. Buds was done. I had to leave him with a nice lady usher while I ran back in the theater to get by bag so we could leave. Oh well, at least the tickets were only $6... We made the best of being downtown though and went to visit Daddy at his office. Here are the boys taking a break from picking stocks...

Leaves

2011-11-06T18:21:00.000-08:00

We went over to Olivia and Elliott's house for dinner tonight and, due to more unseasonable beautiful weather, the kids were able to go outside and play in the leaves. Here they are having fun while the leaves rained down on them...

Later on, we played inside and Chris had a lot of fun with both Olivia and Elliott. Here are the three little ones during an unusual moment of sitting still...

It was a very fun evening filled with laughter, chasing, and dressing up. Everyone had a blast!

NYC Marathon in Kansas

2011-11-06T07:45:00.000-08:00

Well, Christopher was up early this morning, not a surprise on daylight savings time. But it wasn't until a little while after breakfast before I realized why Chris was up before the crack of dawn today. It's NYC Marathon day! Of course! We put on the live video streaming for him to see the runners and he took off running around the house...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jhDsvceDmQ

When I was a kid, I loved watching the marathon on TV and I would usually go outside after the coverage was over to run around my neighborhood. Eventually it led to me actually running the race in 2002 and it was the experience of a lifetime! We don't necessarily have channel 4 out here in Kansas but now with the online streaming, maybe Chris will get as excited about the race too!

REALLY???

2011-11-04T05:40:00.000-07:00

I'm not sure who I should be more infuriated with right now--You Tube or Yoko Ono. I'm glad a lot of you were able to see that montage yesterday... when it had music! Probably because I used a John Lennon song, the audio has now been disabled on the slideshow so all it is now is, well, a slideshow. "Beautiful Boy" was probably the most perfect song for that montage and now all it has is silence. So if you didn't get to watch it yesterday, I apologize that there is no audio today. I'm going to have to find an alternate method of posting it or maybe I'll just change the songs I used. The Beatles ruined rock and roll anyway, right Grandpa Eric? :)

Gotta Have a Montage

2011-11-03T05:09:00.000-07:00

As we prepare for Christopher's bar mitzvah, we would like to take this opportunity to... what? He's only three? We're not Jewish? Oh, well I have this slide show prepared of some of our favorite pics of Christopher and his friends and family and it reminded me of something you'd see at a big coming of age event or a wedding so what am I supposed to do with it? I suppose all you blog followers can enjoy it for yourselves...

Every once in a while, Brian and I will browse through old blog entries or pictures and crack up at how much Chris has grown and how different he is now. We wanted to share some of our favorites with you and so I present to you the Christopher Montage. When you get to it, expand the video to full screen and make sure the volume on your computer is on. Enjoy! (I know all you grandparents out there will especially enjoy this!)...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6g3AUfWoDg

Emerald City Gymnastics

2011-11-02T11:44:00.000-07:00

Now that cooler temperatures have arrived, we are back to Emerald City's open play time. Yay! While we were at Kindermusik earlier in the morning, Christopher was jumping around like a jumping bean for almost the whole class so I thought for sure that he would go crazy at Emerald City. Well, it took him awhile to warm up but he found his niche on the trampoline...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acxfp6piFQ4

And to continue his jumping, Chris found a big ledge to jump off into the foam pit...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HILxnIxxbQ

When he got tired of jumping, our little man ran his heart out on the "bouncy runway..."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWFLG2xM5A8

It was a good morning of exercise and now buds is working on resting up after all that playing!

Shared Pics

2011-10-30T19:01:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures from recent events that other friends took of us/Christopher. Just wanted to share...

We had our neighborhood Halloween Party tonight and then all the kids went Trick-or-Treating. It was really fun and Chris got tons of good candy. Yes it is the night before Halloween and Chris should be out with shaving cream and toilet paper but apparently the grade schools are closed tomorrow and most of the families wanted to trick or treat tonight. Works for us! And we had a very nice evening catching up with some neighborhood friends and heading out for treats. I have no pictures though because frankly, I'm done with Halloween! When I was a kid, we dressed up the night before this holiday for the ragamuffin parade and then went trick-or-treating the next day. Must we have week-long holidays? Anyway, you stay classy, Planet Earth...

Today in Pictures

2011-10-29T17:35:00.000-07:00

At Black Hoof Park...

Lunch at Ingredient...

Trick or treating at Mahaffie Farmstead with Luca...

Excuse me?

2011-10-29T11:02:00.000-07:00

Wait, what? What do you mean there's snow on the east coast on October 29th? I need to get my eyes checked!

Fall Days

2011-10-28T11:40:00.000-07:00

Our lingering summer might be officially over as it has gotten slightly chilly the last day or so. I guess it's about time! Plus our leaves are starting to fall as well. Our formerly wussy trees are now big enough to make us rake when the leaves fall. But for now, we are playing in them. Here is Grammy, Kasey, and Chris yesterday in the leaves...

Today, we discovered a beautiful park, not too far from our house. It's actually a park we've been to before but they've added a new section with three playgrounds, lots of swings, a sand pit, a natural park and much much more, all overlooking Lake Lenexa, which was especially sparkly today. It was fabulous and Chris had a ton of fun going down some really high slides!

Kasey's night time ritual

2011-10-26T18:15:00.000-07:00

For the past 3 years, Christopher's bedtime routine has been pretty standard--brush teeth, take a bath, put on PJs, read a story, go to sleep. Kasey's has been pretty standard too--lay on the couch while the adult humans do all the work putting the kid to bed. Well, that has all changed. Ever since we switched Christopher into the big kid bed, Kasey has taken to his soft and cozy Thomas blanket. This video reveals what happens every evening as we are getting Chris ready to sleep...

http://youtu.be/WTciw_vMlQg

Trunk or Treat

2011-10-26T17:59:00.000-07:00

My mother's group hosted their annual Trunk or Treat event at Electric Park this evening. I've seen such events advertised before but never attended one with Christopher. Tonight was our first. The idea is everyone parks in a parking lot and decorates their trunks, leaving out candy for the kids to go around an collect. As you can see, we were qualified for the most randomly decorated car, as I refused to spend too much time and effort on our decor. But when there is candy in the trunk, who cares what it looks like? Christopher had a wonderful time and got to see some of his buddies, including Nico, seen here as a rocket ship...

Kindermusik Party

2011-10-26T12:00:00.000-07:00

The onslaught of Halloween parties has begun! Well, I suppose it began with the pumpkin carving on Saturday, but it continues nonetheless. Today Christopher wore his Clifford costume to Miss Amy's class and we danced to Halloween songs and played ghostly games. Here is our big red dog...

Miss Amy busted out "The Monster Mash" for the kids to dance to. Here is Christopher showing off his moves (similar to last night's post!)...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOZHFbRjjho

And one of my favorite things that we do at Kindermusik is this little quiet time where we lie down and relax with our kids. We do it every class and today was no exception. My favorite thing about it is lying down next to Chris and just watching him as he chills out. Sometimes he will just look at me with that sweet face of his and it is just the best! Not sure if video will actually capture it but here it is anyway...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtR3hb6v3Jg

Get Ready for the Launch

2011-10-25T18:43:00.000-07:00

So one of Christopher's favorite post-dinner pastimes is dancing to "crazy music." Apparently "crazy music" is the music I used to listen to in my younger days, music which (I will neither confirm nor deny) I may have danced to in a club or two. Buds loves this music and the faster it is, the happier he is. There happens to be a song on our iTunes collection called "The Launch," a completely appropriate song for a little boy who loves rockets and anything related to space. Here he is dancing to "The Launch" this evening. Daddy was dancing too but I spared him the footage just in case he runs for president next year...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncsuIJoGzAk

Hiking

2011-10-25T05:14:00.000-07:00

Hiking at Shawnee Mission Park yesterday after school on the "purple trail..."

Yesterday the high was 83. Tomorrow the high will be 53. Well, I suppose it is the end of October...

6th Annual Pumpkin Carving

2011-10-22T18:32:00.000-07:00

That's right, folks. It was time once again for the annual Eakin pumpkin carving massacre! This happened to be the 6th annual carving and I am proud to say that we have attended each and every one of these events over the years. On top of that, Christopher has now been to 4 of the 6 carvings. He is happy to report that he ingested nothing but pizza and sugary treats tonight too. (Quote of the night: "Mommy, I like candy.")... And now you will get a preview of Christopher's Halloween costume. Here are two super cute puppies!

Christopher is going to be Clifford the Big Red Dog this year! Anyway, he wore his costume to Tristan's house and it lasted for a little while as he played...

More importantly, I now know what I am going to get both Chris and Brian for Christmas this year--a remote control race track! The boys played with this toy of Tristan's for quite awhile and I'm not sure who was more excited about it. You decide!

We had a fabulous time as usual and it was great to spend yet another holiday celebration with the Eakin family!

Today with Grandpa T

2011-10-18T17:46:00.000-07:00

We've been busy with Grandpa T and today was no exception. Here are the boys ice skating...

Although Chris was not thrilled about the ice at first (it's a little more slippery than roller skating), he claims he wants to take skating lessons (yay!). Later on in the afternoon, we went to Union Station and met Daddy for dinner at Pierpont's. Here are the boys waiting at the station...

Christopher (and the rest of us) have had a very nice time with Grandpa and we can't wait to see him again at Thanksgiving time!

Misc Pics from Today

2011-10-16T17:45:00.000-07:00

Here are some miscellaneous pictures from our day today. First up is Chris riding in the driveway like a madman and then taking the long road down the sidewalk...

Also this afternoon, Christopher was playing in the back of Grandpa T's truck. Grandpa has this really cool thing called a bed slide that slides out of the back of the truck. It makes it easier for him to put things in and out of the truck. When Chris discovered this contraption, he couldn't resist and made Grandpa T slide him out of the truck countless times...

KC Pumpkin Patch-Year 2

2011-10-15T11:52:00.000-07:00

We made a return trip to the KC Pumpkin Patch in Gardner this year and the weather was just perfect for picking pumpkins. This year we brought Grandpa T with us too. They added a few new activities this year and we did some of the oldies but goodies from last time. Here is Chris on the barrel train and the Wizard of Oz train...

Of course, there were many areas for Chris to dig in and he even remembered the corn kernel sandbox from last year! Here his is with some John Deere trucks digging away...

Ever since Olivia's birthday party, Christopher has been loving every opportunity he gets to ride a horse. Here are some different kinds of horses he got to go on. He even took Daddy for a ride too!

One of Christopher's favorite activities this year was the bouncy bubble. It's kind of like a bouncy house, minus the house. They separated the big kids from the little kids (good thing!) so here is a video of Chris bouncing away!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPUGLCWoHJA

After a bunch of playing, we all took a hayride out to the pumpkin patch where Chris picked out his favorite pumpkin. Of course, he wanted to get the first pumpkin he saw but we gave him a lesson in being more selective. Here he is on the hayride eating kettle corn to fuel up for the big pumpkin search...

We had a lovely day at the pumpkin patch today! We also brought along another friend (named Flat Stanley) but Julia will have to wait for the pictures that we took of her until we send her back to New Jersey. Stanley wanted to bring home a 10 pound pumpkin until we told her she had to carry it herself!

Flat Stanley

2011-10-13T05:02:00.000-07:00

Dear Julia,

Just wanted to let you know that Flat Stanley has arrived safely in Kansas. She said her flight was good and on time and the mail taxi brought her directly to her destination. Flat Stanley has been adjusting nicely to the midwest and thinks Kansas is quite lovely so far. All of her traveling has left her hungry so we've been feeding her well, as you can see from the picture above. We have also been keeping her busy by taking her to music class as well as to my friend Luca's house for a playdate. Mommy says we have lots of activities planned for her and we will show her all the fabulous sites in the Kansas City metro area. Don't worry about her a bit; she is in good hands with us!

Love,
Christopher

Summer Lingers On

2011-10-10T07:48:00.000-07:00

I suppose the weather gods are granting us a few extra weeks of summer because of the unbearable heat we had to endure during the actual summer months. Christopher has been making the most of it by playing outside endlessly. We have been at the trail as much as I would have liked to in July and August where our little outdoorsman has been hiking, playing, collecting, and riding his bike like a speed racer. He has also been spending time in the sandbox making roads and houses (and Spin Pizzas) as well as in the driveway drawing miles of roads with sidewalk chalk. We are going to take advantage of this pleasantness as long as we can because I have a feeling true fall is just around the corner...

The boys

2011-10-07T18:52:00.000-07:00

Here are the boys at dinner this evening. We went to Blue Koi, a noodles and dumpling place in Leawood.

6 years ago...

2011-10-05T19:50:00.000-07:00

Lest we forget... six years ago today, we met our adorable little snuggly girl, Kasey Moe. We went to a Petsmart in Independence, Missouri where we thought we would be looking at two little beagle puppies and we left having adopted the best dog in the history of doggies. It would be three more days before we actually got to take her home. Adopting Kasey was a fantastic decision. We love you Snuggles! (These pictures are from the first week we had Kasey at our old apartment).

Marbleworks

2011-10-05T16:06:00.000-07:00

Special thanks to Olivia for sharing this awesome toy with Christopher! Marbleworks is really cool as Christopher announced when he said, "Wow, this is coooooooool!" She also shared another game with us so we were switching between the two the whole afternoon. Very fun stuff!

The new ABC song

2011-10-05T05:06:00.000-07:00

So one night, when Grandma and Grandpa were visiting, Christopher decided to serenade us with some music at dinner time. He has been having fun coming up with his own words for things, usually at inappropriate times (such as during grace, as in "God is great, God is choo-choo"). Well, he didn't want to leave out the "ABC song" in this endeavor so please, if you will, sing the following words to yourself with the tune to the "ABC song" in your head or out loud or whatever...

"A, B, C, D, E, F, U,
"H, I, J, K, L, M, N, choo choo..."

Of course we were hysterically laughing after the first line and Chris joined in the laughter after the second line so the song didn't get much further than that. We can only imagine what else is coming our way in future made up songs!

Tree hugger

2011-10-04T05:04:00.000-07:00

Here is Christopher looking for the best tree to climb at the park yesterday with Grandma and Grandpa...

We love Franklin Park!

2011-10-02T11:18:00.000-07:00

Here is Christopher having some fun in his "spaceship" this morning with Daddy at Franklin Park...

The KC Zoo

2011-10-01T11:38:00.000-07:00

We have traveled far and wide, from Oklahoma City to Omaha to San Diego, to see different zoos and now we finally made it to our own local one, the Kansas City Zoo. Grandma Jan and Grandpa Eric arrived from New York yesterday and joined us (and Grammy!) to explore the zoo and check out the animals. The weather could not have been more perfect and in addition, it was Girl Scout day so Chris had lots of ladies to flirt with. In actuality, however, Chris preferred to run from animal to animal to see how fast he could make it through the zoo. And when he wasn't running, he was directing which grandparent was to push the stroller next!

At the end of our visit, we asked Chris which animal he liked the best and he declared that it was the tiger! The tiger gave us a nice close up and Buds was roaring at him...

Christopher rode the carousel with Daddy and Grammy next.

And here he is with Grandma and Grandpa while we were waiting for the tram...

Then later, on the tram ride...

We had a wonderful trip to the zoo and now Chris is zonked out and trying to recover!

What a beautiful day...

2011-09-26T17:26:00.000-07:00

After school today, we met Grammy at Deanna Rose. The weather was perfect today. As far as I'm concerned, it can stay like this forever. We have never been to the farmstead in the afternoon and it was nice because it was so quiet there and not very crowded. We fed just about every animal they allow you to feed and Chris met his daily swing quota. Here are some cow pictures because, well, I dig cows...

2011-09-25T19:07:00.001-07:00

Christopher and I at dinner tonight in Lawrence.

Strutt With Your Mutt

2011-09-24T11:08:00.000-07:00

So this morning we went down to Brookside to participate in Strutt With Your Mutt, a fundraiser for a local animal shelter we support called Wayside Waifs. The weather was gorgeous and we had a lot of fun seeing all the other doggies that were there, especially the bulldog wearing a tutu! Many vendors were there, including Pawz at Play, the doggie day care where we bring Kasey and board her when we go away. Snuggles managed to get some treats out of her visit to their booth! Here is our four-legged family member scoping out the course of her 3K walk...

Daddy and Christopher warmed up by racing each other on the trail!

The walk was really lovely, going through the neighborhoods of Brookside and Morningside. You just had to always keep an eye out for where you were stepping! Afterward, we went down to the plaza to have lunch at Eden Alley. Kasey joined us too, as we were able to sit outside and enjoy the nice weather. Here is Chris snacking on some bread and lemonade...

We had an enjoyable morning and now everyone is tired and resting up!

2011-09-23T06:35:00.001-07:00

Have a great weekend everyone!

Mooostache

2011-09-18T06:53:00.000-07:00

Christopher and Daddy have a little inside joke of late. They pretend to have mustaches but say they have a mooostache. Yeah, I guess you have to be there... Here is Chris at dinner pretending to have a mooostache and then making his "mooostache face."

And then here is buds looking all preppy for church this morning. Grandma Jan, these are the Vineyard Vines pants you sent us a while back!

Just for the Record

2011-09-14T11:42:00.000-07:00

I'm writing this so that when we look back at Christopher's life, we can laugh and say, "Remember when Chris was 3 and went through that phase?"

Christopher's new favorite phrase is, "No, I won't." As in...
"No, I won't eat my lunch."
"No, I won't go to sleep."
"No, I won't take a nap."
"No, I won't do what you say."

Is it margarita time yet?

Old Settlers Day

2011-09-10T16:38:00.000-07:00

As if riding a pony wasn't exciting enough, Christopher decided to forgo his nap and we went to Olathe's Old Settlers Day festival. Oh yeah, you know there's some exciting stuff at Old Settlers Day. We saw a side of the local population that we've never seen before. Chris got to ride the carousel with Daddy...

Then he "drove" a big dump truck...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3isQ2hL57BE

And finally, he shared a ride with some other kids in a genuine mustang...

It was a fun afternoon that just added to his fun morning. We even ran into Christopher's friend Maddie while we were there! Hopefully buds is so worn out that he will sleep the night away.

Happy Birthday Olivia!

2011-09-10T11:17:00.000-07:00

Today we went to Olivia's 3rd birthday party and Christopher had a blast! We were the first ones there and Olivia went running up to Chris and gave him a huge hug. It was so cute! Anyway, much to Olivia's delight, her parents had pony rides at her party but they hadn't told her ahead of time. Imagine her surprise when a trailer pulled up in front of her house with three little ponies on it. Chris was also excited to ride and went on four different times! Here he is on the ponies and two videos follow with him riding...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2A7j_aJy5Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzxGzXEPGfs

Chris also got to see his buddy, Luca and his friend, Emily. Here they are playing at the sand table.

And Olivia's baby brother, Elliot, is getting so big! Here is the happy boy playing in his exersaucer.

Another highlight of the party was the bouncy house they had set up after the ponies left. Christopher had a ton of fun in there jumping with his friends. Here he is playing with his friend Aidan followed by a video of him bouncing around. The little girl bouncing with him is Lia, who is a girl from Christopher's class last year and this year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0J5SGfrzYI

I would say that all the kids had a wonderful time celebrating Olivia's birthday today, Christopher included.

First day of school!

2011-09-08T06:25:00.000-07:00

Christopher is off to his first day of school for the 2011-12 school year! He will be in the older kids day out classroom and his teachers today will be Miss Debbie and Miss Bev. We are all so excited, including the school boy himself! We will let you know how it goes! Here is Christopher practicing being a ham...

I'm Blue, Da ba de, Da ba da...

2011-09-07T15:17:00.000-07:00

Here is the result of Christopher's first experience with "blue raspberry," the lollipop he picked after his haircut today...

Yikes! What will we tell the dentist?

S.J.

2011-09-06T11:14:00.000-07:00

For those of you who did not previously meet Swim Jacket the Wolf (S.J. for short), he is a wolf that we brought home from our weekend at Great Wolf Lodge over Labor Day. C.J. and S.J. have certainly bonded over the past couple days so Chris decided to bring his new friend to the park to meet his old friend Olivia today. Here he is with S.J. swinging...

Lazy bones

2011-09-06T11:12:00.000-07:00

What a life these two have! I mean, seriously...

Correction

2011-09-05T11:49:00.000-07:00

Okay, seriously, the doctors office must have been hallucinating. Christopher is not 42.5 inches tall. More like 40. We stood him up next to the measuring tape at Great Wolf Lodge to make sure he was big enough for certain slides and he still has a way to go. So maybe he'll run cross country instead of playing basketball...

Great Wolf Lodge

2011-09-05T11:43:00.000-07:00

Well we all look like prunes on this fine Labor Day because we spent the last two days in the pools of Great Wolf Lodge! This was Christopher's first trip to the indoor water park/hotel/kids heaven and he had an absolute blast. When Chris first entered the water park yesterday, he was amazed at all the fun things he saw...

We spent the next two hours swimming in the pools, going down water slides, getting splashed, and floating down the lazy river. It was fun for all (and brought back memories of Action Park for Mommy and Daddy--c'mon Jersey readers, I know you've been to Action Park!). Finally, Christopher announced that he was ready to dry off so we went up to our room and got cleaned up for dinner. The restaurant was really fun; we got to eat in a pretend tent!

As dinner drew to a close, Chris reflected on his trip so far and talked about his favorite parts. Then he transformed into a wolf!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BevvqJBFmSc

Once he became a wolf, he needed a wolf of his own to add to the pack so he got to stuff his own pet wolf (a la Build a Bear). He named his wolf "Swim Jacket" (don't ask) and S.J. proceeded to join us everywhere for the remainder of the vacation.

After a proper treat of ice cream, we hung out downstairs in the arcade where Chris made his first attempt at playing skee ball. Let's just say he needs a little more practice! Then, before bed, they have a mass story time for the kids staying at the hotel that we attended. Many kids were in their PJs and brought blankets but we were such party animals that we didn't have time to change into ours. Here is Chris listening to the story...

After a "good" night's sleep, we were all ready at 9 AM when the pools reopened this morning for another few hours of water play. One of the highlights for Christopher of any swimming experience is wearing his life jacket (or swim jacket--do you understand now?). Here he is proudly donning a Great Wolf Lodge swim jacket.

There was so much to do and I think Chris would have stayed at the water park all day long if he could have! One of his favorite things was this huge bucket on top of this play structure that fills up every five minutes and dumps a huge amount of water on everyone. At first he was a little cautious but then he wanted to get right in the middle of the action with all the big kids! Also, there were some bigger water slides for older kids and adults. I wasn't sure if Chris would go with me but after a while, he said he wanted to go. We had to climb quite a ways up and then the two of us went flying down on the big slide (which, of course, also got really dark at one point). It was super fun! I think one ride was enough for buds though. This slide was more his style...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQoJMJrN150

All in all we had a great little Labor Day weekend trip and for once this week, Chris did not fight his nap when we got home. He was ready for some sleep!

Official

2011-09-03T04:52:00.000-07:00

It's official. Christopher's full size bed is now put together and Kasey has a new bed to curl up on too!

Party Time!

2011-09-02T11:22:00.000-07:00

Happy birthday to Christopher's friend Nico! Nico had his 3rd birthday party today and it was rocket themed, which made our child very happy. The kids had a blast playing in Nico's backyard. There was a bouncy house and a sandbox so Christopher was thoroughly engrossed in both of those things. We are so excited that Chris and Nico have become friends this year and we are looking forward to playing with him more in the near future.

Yesterday Christopher took a good nap and was in a singing kind of mood when he woke up. He really enjoys a Bob Marley song called "Trenchtown Rock," a song that his daddy really likes too. He especially likes the part that goes "groooooovin', groooooovin'." Here is Chris showing off his reggae skills...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfmkf5vdAtc

Big Kid

2011-09-01T10:58:00.000-07:00

Christopher is becoming such a big kid, as you can probably tell from recent posts. A couple days ago, we said good-bye to the crib and moved Chris to his big kid bed.

Most kids I knew (myself included) grew up sleeping in a twin bed. Well, that would have been my preference for CJ but his crib converts to a full size bed so there you go. For the first part of the transition, we just put the mattress and box spring on the floor to see how he does. This weekend we'll put the actual frame together to make it official. But regardless, Chris loves his new sleeping arrangements and is telling everyone about it!

We also had Christopher's 3 year check up today and after hearing his numbers, Daddy can't decide whether to make him a goalkeeper, a center, or a pitcher! CJ's weight was 37lbs. (90%) which is really where it has stayed for the past year. His height was 42.5 inches (99%!) which blew us away. And do you know they actually do BMI for little kids starting at 3? Christopher's was 14.5 which is in the normal, healthy range. Crazy! We know Chris has some height running on both sides of his family so we'll see if this 99% thing continues. But our "little" man is certainly growing up!

Water is SO much fun

2011-08-26T11:23:00.000-07:00

Christopher has had so much fun with water these past two days. Yesterday we joined Luca and his mom at the Legends outlets to do some back to school shopping and they have this awesome fountain that the boys got to play in. It was a beautiful day and the water felt really good to them! Here is Chris giving his plane a bath...

And then today, after My Gym, we went to Grammy's place to take part in their water party. Chris had a blast running through the sprinklers, playing with water balloons, catching rubber duckies, and blowing bubbles. Here are some pics from our morning...

And we're not quite sure what he was trying to do here with the umbrella. It certainly wasn't raining but I guess it's pretty cool to walk around holding an umbrella three times your size...

After the water activities were done, Christopher found the putting green and showed us that golf is, in fact, too slow a game for him...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQD6K_TDQTU

Look!

2011-08-26T11:09:00.000-07:00

We found the yellow brick road! It really is in Kansas...

CJ and Olivia

2011-08-25T18:50:00.000-07:00

Chris and Olivia hung out this afternoon and, among other things, they chased each other all over the house, played hopscotch, and made "pillow chairs" as seen in the picture below...