Loose Park

Enjoying the weather at Loose Park, down by the Plaza with Grammy and Liz...

Cousin Cousin Liz

Chris has been having a great time visiting with Liz this week! Today, she came to drop him off at school and to watch this afternoon when he took a sample gymnastics class that we might sign up for. Here are some pictures from this evening...

So I must explain this next picture... We were trying to set up the picture and get Chris to laugh or at least to smile big. He had his pictures taken at school today and the photographer kept dropping a stuffed bunny to get the kids to laugh. Tonight I said I would drop a stuffed animal to make him laugh but he wanted to do it instead. I said, "Let me just do it once and then you can do it." Christopher was not having any of that so he said, "No Mommy, I'm going to do it because I'm the boss." If you look at his face in this picture, it was exactly when he was telling me who the real boss is!

A Pocket for Corduroy

Here is a little video of Chris "reading" A Pocket for Corduroy. He loves this story and we've been listening to it in the car for the past 3 days straight! This is only a clip because I didn't think you wanted to watch a 14 minute video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BguI5HoryJM&feature=youtu.be

Beautiful and active day

After a very rainy week, Christopher was able to get out and enjoy some sunshine today. After his usual morning hockey session, we went to the trail to ride his big kid bike. As with most things, Chris started off his riding a little cautiously before he broke into his full stride. He rode about a mile and a half and got faster and faster as his confidence grew. Here is a little clip of him riding...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16iCDURi5Jg

After we returned home, we played outside the rest of the morning! Christopher's new thing is drawing on the driveway with sidewalk chalk and rinsing it off with water to "clean" it. After that, he gets on his smaller tricycle (otherwise known as his zamboni) and "dries the ice off." We ate lunch outside after that and then played in the backyard. Chris and Kasey were lounging in the sun together so here are some pics of that...

It was a lovely morning. I don't want to jinx us but Chris is currently taking the first nap he's taken since Tuesday due to all this fresh are and exercise! We are going to Tristan's house later and I told him if he sleeps this afternoon we can stay later at his friends and even stay up until it's dark so he can see the stars. Whatever works! 

Have you heard?

Have you heard about the bird?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI4KWo3I7IE&feature=g-upl&context=G22698aaAUAAAAAAAAAA

Spring Break

This week has technically been Spring Break for Christopher which essentially means that he is off from school and his normally scheduled classes. I have to disagree with the "break" part of this for me but fortunately we have had absolutely unbelievable weather this week and Christopher has spent life as any 3 year-old should: covered in dirt and sweat and absolute happiness. Three days this week were spent at Black Hoof Park, that amazing park near our house that they opened up in the fall. Tuesday we were there with Luca, Sam and Noah. Now, Chris does not like to hold hands with too many kids (adults are another matter) but he and Luca are attached at the hip, or at least the hand...

Sam and Noah are twins who are just a month older than Chris. They are in Christopher's music class now and they are also old friends of Luca's. Amazingly, we got four 3 year-old boys to sit still to get this shot...

On Wednesday we were back at the same park with Nico and his sister Corinne. I didn't get any pictures but the kids ran each other ragged. And each day that we've been to the park, Christopher has needed a bath as soon as we've returned home! Yesterday we were back there again with Olivia and Elliot. Here he is with Elliot, who is making his very serious face. Of course, two minutes earlier, Elliot was laughing his adorable baby laugh!

This morning, we went to Roe Park with Lahna and Liam. Roe Park is the place where Christopher attended his first play group when he was about 3 months old. Obviously he can do a lot more now! There are great trails over there and he was excited to ride his bike. I raised the seat and he is pedaling much better now.

At first, Lahna and Liam weren't ready to ride bikes but Chris was excited to. He said to Danna and I, "Maybe if they see me riding my bike, they'll see how much fun I'm having and they'll want to ride too!" Later on we found a stream for the kids to play at and Chris threw many rocks in the stream. The best part of this week is seeing Christopher just go off and play with his friends. He is doing this a lot now and it is great to see. He wants to do what his friends are doing, especially Lahna and Liam because they are "big kids."

3 Year-old Thoughts

At breakfast many mornings, we read The Daily Word, a little devotional that I've gotten each month for many years. Sometimes, when I think the word is something Chris can understand, I'll read the word and we'll talk about it. For example last week the word was "kindness" so we talked about ways we could be kind to other people, etc., etc. This morning's word was "faith" so Chris asked me what that meant. As best I could, I explained what faith meant in that we can't see God but we can feel God in our hearts. So Christopher's response was as follows...

"Mommy, but here's a really cool thing! You can use a magnifying glass to see God. And binoculars too!"

I am so grateful for this blog so I can keep track of some of these things that he says! It's like the ultimate baby book...