Family time

The Wogloms are here for a visit this weekend and we've been having a wonderful time with them, eating lots of yummy food, jumping on the big red couch, and looking for live rats (inside joke that Grandpa Eric and Christopher will understand!). This morning, Grandma and Grandpa woke up at the crack of dawn so they could see our little man playing hockey. Chris proudly showed off his ever-improving skating abilities and scored a couple goals as well. We went to the Prairie Village Art Fair this morning, which turned out to be fantastic and Chris and Daddy found a bouncy house to play in while the rest of us perused the art scene. Grammy joined us for that too and we all went to Pizza 51 West for lunch. We then proceeded to order perhaps the biggest pizza we've ever seen. Daddy tried to eat it all but we stopped him before it was too late!

Getting back to hockey, Chris and I went to public session yesterday on our way up to the airport to pick up Grandma and Grandpa. He has really come a long way since his first skating days of marching in place! Here he is tearing up the rink...

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

You might have noticed that he is saying "You can't keep up with me!" 

The Loop

So we took Luca to Franklin Park today to ride bikes, play in the water and run around the park. After a crazy thunderstorm last night, the weather cooled down a bit and the humidity disappeared to it was a pleasant day to be riding. Here are the boys going around the loop...

The loop includes a bunch of exercise stations so the boys stopped riding at random stations to get their cardio, strength and stretching in. Here they are practicing their hip circles!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1DDcRlqqIQ

Happy Memorial Day

This Memorial Day, as we headed over toward our old neighborhood for lunch, we passed a field filled with thousands of American flags. It was so cool that we had to stop over and check it out after we ate. The flags were put up on the corner of Renner and 95th Street and we were among many people walking through them and remembering the people who have served our country. Chris really liked walking among the flags and by my estimation, there were probably about 2,500 flags in this location. It was super cool and as we were leaving, there was a veteran who had served in World War 2 at the invasion of Normandy. If Chris wasn't with us, we probably would have stayed and listened to him, but anyway we heard him telling a younger couple about getting the call that the invasion was happening and what it was like to land at Omaha beach. Here are a few more pics from our visit...

While we were on that side of town, we ran by our old house to check on things and make sure it was still in one piece. We visited with our neighbor, Dave, and walked around a little bit. We have an offer on the house so I had to take a picture of the sign in the front yard...

Who Stole the Cookie from the Cookie Jar?

Tristan and Christopher stole the cookie from the cookie jar. Four cookies... each, to be precise! You always have to be suspicious when two little boys, ages five and three, go off into another room and all you hear is silence. The boys finished dinner before the grown-ups did and so we let them go into the playroom while we had some adult conversation. Christopher had helped me bake chocolate chip cookies earlier in the day and he knew we were having them for dessert. Several times, they came into the dining room asking to have cookies. "You can have them when we are all done eating. Please do not ask again," was my response. Fair enough, they must have been thinking... because they did not ask again. The next time they came into talk to us, Chris had chocolate on his mouth and Tristan was chewing something. Funny, because the cookies had still been in the fridge when last we saw them. Now, when we entered the kitchen, the plate of cookies had magically appeared on the counter and the refrigerator was wide open! And about half of said cookies had magically disappeared! I sent Chris to his room (myself, trying hard not to laugh at the situation) and questioned him about how many cookies he took. "Oh not too many, Mommy, about four or five." Mary and Dan then told us that Tristan said he ate four as well. At least they were honest about that. Oh my! Needless to say, the adults took care of the rest of the cookies while the boys burned off the sugar for the next couple hours.

Loose Park Spray Park

It is hot here in Kansas City this Memorial Day weekend so we needed to find a way to cool off. After spending the morning making pancakes for breakfast and then cookies and pasta salad for our dinner with the Eakins tonight, we made our way over to Loose Park to enjoy their spray park! It was super fun for Chris and we are so thankful to be back in a more urban area with all its busy and exciting parks and playgrounds. Here he is enjoying the water...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flq-w4B_40E

For most of our visit, he was pretending that he was at a car wash. The occasional water spray that we got on us felt good too! This weekend we have been exploring our new neighborhood. I guess I should say re-exploring as we used to live downtown. Now, however, we are getting to see things from a parental point of view. Yesterday after hockey, we went over to Brookside to visit their farmers market and some of their stores. There is a great toy/science store and even better is Reading Reptile, possibly the coolest children's bookstore ever! I even signed up for a race tomorrow simply because it starts about 5 minutes from our house. We are really enjoying our new hood! 

Shaving

Christopher is fascinated with how Brian shaves. Check out this video of our little man attempting his first shave with Daddy's new shaving brush...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b0HkvfudRM

Rest Time

Here is what rest time looked like today at the Woglom residence. After a long and fun morning of playing with Maddie, Chris went to his room for quiet time. I don't even require that he sleep anymore, I just ask that he stays in his room and plays for about and hour and then he can come out. After I heard some noises for a while, it became suspiciously quiet. When I peaked in, here is what I saw...

Nothing like hardwood floors for a comfortable bed! I suppose he was quiet enough to sleep anywhere. My other "kid" was also suspiciously out of sight, even when the landscapers came to mow. I peaked into the playroom where she usually likes to lay under Christopher's little table and here is what I saw on her end...

Kasey has officially taken over the bean bag chair! It was a peaceful rest time for all.