Pictures

I've finally figured out how to get my iPhone pictures to the computer (I know, it's not that hard but...) so here are a few from the past week that I wanted to share. The first one is of Chris and his buddy Luca. They are taking a gymnastics class and here they are after the first one. Side note: I think Chris is in love with his teacher, Miss Ally. We went back for their open gym the next day and he followed her everywhere. I tried to tell him to play it cool, that stalking is not attractive!

Here are a couple pictures of Chris in the outdoor store in Lawrence the other night. Upstairs they had this whole tent set up which CJ found very entertaining. I think we are ready to go camping soon!

He was also trying on different hats, including this funky Japanese style sun hat...

Finally, here is the Buds at the playground after dinner having a blast on the rocking dinosaur...

NCAA Brackets

Recently I informed several of our readers that Christopher made some incredible picks in the early rounds of the NCAA men's basketball tournament. At that point, I was pretty much ready to purchase a ticket and send Chris to Vegas so make us some money. (Background info: Christopher's friend Emily and her mom were running a bracket pool with an adult division and children's division... and yes we were playing for money!). So on the morning after the finals, we must report that, although Christopher did not run away with the $8 purse, he did come in a respectable second. His mother, however, finished 21st in the adult division. Next year I'm having him pick both of our brackets!

Healthy for life

Just wanted to let everyone know that my vegan health blog "Healthy For Life" is back up and running. I know I haven't been consistent in keeping up with that blog but I am going to try to stick with it more in the coming months. There are two new posts on it today. Enjoy!

A new year at Deanna Rose

Ah, April 1st. For some it means practical jokes. For others, the beginning of baseball season. For the children of Johnson County, Kansas it means only one thing... Deanna Rose is open for business!!! We braved the opening day craziness (which really wasn't that crazy) and brought Christopher for his third season at the children's farmstead. Opening day is always so fun because there are a lot of baby animals at the farm. Today we got to actually feed the baby calves! They needed adult volunteers so of course I spoke up. Here we are feeding one of the new adorable calves...

Next it was on to the baby goats! This has always been Christopher's favorite part of Deanna Rose and this year was no exception. Some of the goats were so tiny! He enjoyed giving them a bottle and also just visiting with them. He would get down next to the goats and talk to them. It was so cute!

This was also the first year that Chris was old enough (or interested enough) to ride the tractor bikes. He was a good Kansas boy today and chose the John Deere for his first riding experience...

After a few hours of playing and visiting the animals, it was time for us to leave the farm. Before we did, we made a pit stop to wash our hands on the way out. Of all the things he did today at Deanna Rose, the following video shows perhaps his favorite activity of all...

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

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