Monday, April 26, 2010
Spring
We have finally had some great spring weather. I better post this tonight becuase I think it is supposed to snow tomorrow! So we have been doing all things spring - planting, picnics, scooter riding, yard work, BBQing, park going and so on.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Desert Camping
We love camping! We camped just one night out at one of Cory's races this weekend. When I first witnessed this racing 'village' of campers a couple years ago I thought they must be crazy and wasn't sure how my husband managed to get into this sport. Well, now I'm kind of one of them although I still don't think I blend quite right - not that I want to :) So here we are camping at our first race, in the middle of the desert, burning man style.
Playa dust
Ahhhhhh! Brock was honking the horn and yelling 'look out lizards!'
Brock had the great idea to scoot down this hill on his bottom to make a track for his truck. By the end of ou trip he was riding his trike down the hill.
Camper heaven.
Cozy by the campfire.
Our camp was a few yards from this dirt hill where all the kids were playing. I mean really - what could be more entertaining than a big dirt hill? Brock would announce, 'Mom, I'm gonna go play with my friends' and then run off. They played for hours and hours!
Theo is pulling himself up on everything!
What a cute little camper!
Playa dust
Ahhhhhh! Brock was honking the horn and yelling 'look out lizards!'
Brock had the great idea to scoot down this hill on his bottom to make a track for his truck. By the end of ou trip he was riding his trike down the hill.
Camper heaven.
Cozy by the campfire.
Our camp was a few yards from this dirt hill where all the kids were playing. I mean really - what could be more entertaining than a big dirt hill? Brock would announce, 'Mom, I'm gonna go play with my friends' and then run off. They played for hours and hours!
Theo is pulling himself up on everything!
What a cute little camper!
Monday, April 12, 2010
Catch Up
We stayed close to home this weekend. The weather was just gorgeous - rainy, cold, windy beautiful April weather-uuggghhh. I see some 70's in the forcast so I'm trying to stay positive! We got the camper ready for camping...new tires and all. I did some laundry - where does all the laundry come from? We did some SERIOUS baby proofing. Theo is full speed ahead and enjoying his new freedom. He also got his first tooth which kept him up at night this last week. We are gearing up for a VERY busy and VERY fun summer - lots of weddings, trips, camping, and so on...I'm exhausted just thinking about all the fun to be had! Hope you enjoyed that random paragraph of information...
Brock putting on my deodorant the other morning.
Love those brown eyes!
Theo checking out the house plants and making short work of our baby proofing efforts.
Theo loves the baby on the diaper box - he gives him kisses and pats his face.
Playing in the laundry basket!
Brock putting on my deodorant the other morning.
Love those brown eyes!
Theo checking out the house plants and making short work of our baby proofing efforts.
Theo loves the baby on the diaper box - he gives him kisses and pats his face.
Playing in the laundry basket!
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Aces vs. Wolfpack
Our local baseball team played UNR this week in the Aces stadium. We went with some friends and had a blast! Let's just say (the mascots) Alphie, Wolfie and Archie in one place = Brock heaven! He spent the entire time looking for them, visiting with them, hugging them and shouting at them from across the stadium. I felt bad for the people sitting in front of us...although they too seemed to be entertained by Brock's obsession too.
I didn't have my camera handy for this picture, but this really nice lady took it and emailed it to me! Brock loves wearing his hat, 'like the catcher' - he wore it backwards to school today.
I didn't have my camera handy for this picture, but this really nice lady took it and emailed it to me! Brock loves wearing his hat, 'like the catcher' - he wore it backwards to school today.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Brockisms
Just imagine a whole day filled with Brockisms...
I find myself both amazed and entertained by Brock all day long and then at the end of the day it is hard to remember all the great things he said. I think I must hear "hey, mom.." and "Why?" a thousand times a day at least! Here are a few...
Brock loves these national geographic books on animals that we have. The other day Brock wanted me to read to him and he said, "Mom, will you read me a story...the one about cliff swallows". Then the other morning he scupted a beaver out of play dough (and, yes, it really looked like a beaver) and he said, 'this beaver slaps its tail on the ground to warn the other beavers of danger'
We were playing basketball the other day. He laid the hoop down and was rolling the ball through it...apparently this is more fun than basketball. I mentioned that it was kind of like bowling and he said, "no mom, its cholling". Then he came up with a whole lingo for cholling...'choll it mom', 'yeah choll' when you scored a point and so on.
The other day he wanted to know, 'when I get bigger will Theo still be little?'
Many of our parenting strategies have now been reversed on us... for example, "dad you can swing me and then read me a story, those are your choices" By the way the choices are always good, while the choices mommy gives are not as desirable.
Brock loves to pretend. You never know what type of animal will be pawing at your leg next. My favorite part about this is how he gives instructions to us on how to play along, "mommy, this kitty doesn't talk, this kitty loves to play with socks, this baby can't walk". The other day this baby was being a little naughty and I was telling the baby to stop doing something and this baby told me, "this baby doesn't understand words" - VERY TRICKY little baby!
Another favorite of mine is the use of the word awesome and cool - so hilarious. We will be about do something, like build a fort and he will say, "this is gonna be awesome mom".
These are some of Brock's lego creations. He is so good at legos!
I find myself both amazed and entertained by Brock all day long and then at the end of the day it is hard to remember all the great things he said. I think I must hear "hey, mom.." and "Why?" a thousand times a day at least! Here are a few...
Brock loves these national geographic books on animals that we have. The other day Brock wanted me to read to him and he said, "Mom, will you read me a story...the one about cliff swallows". Then the other morning he scupted a beaver out of play dough (and, yes, it really looked like a beaver) and he said, 'this beaver slaps its tail on the ground to warn the other beavers of danger'
We were playing basketball the other day. He laid the hoop down and was rolling the ball through it...apparently this is more fun than basketball. I mentioned that it was kind of like bowling and he said, "no mom, its cholling". Then he came up with a whole lingo for cholling...'choll it mom', 'yeah choll' when you scored a point and so on.
The other day he wanted to know, 'when I get bigger will Theo still be little?'
Many of our parenting strategies have now been reversed on us... for example, "dad you can swing me and then read me a story, those are your choices" By the way the choices are always good, while the choices mommy gives are not as desirable.
Brock loves to pretend. You never know what type of animal will be pawing at your leg next. My favorite part about this is how he gives instructions to us on how to play along, "mommy, this kitty doesn't talk, this kitty loves to play with socks, this baby can't walk". The other day this baby was being a little naughty and I was telling the baby to stop doing something and this baby told me, "this baby doesn't understand words" - VERY TRICKY little baby!
Another favorite of mine is the use of the word awesome and cool - so hilarious. We will be about do something, like build a fort and he will say, "this is gonna be awesome mom".
These are some of Brock's lego creations. He is so good at legos!
8 Months
Theo turned 8 months this week! He is getting so big, so fast and we are just trying to enjoy every minute. I got to hold my friends 2 week old today and I just couldn't believe how small he was compared to my big boys. What is Theo up to?
- He is crawling, slowly but surely! The last couple weeks he has been getting around by sitting, then going to his tummy, then sitting...it looked exhausting! But now he is starting to crawl and he is so proud of himself.
- He says dada and baba and a few other cute sounds. Whenever he says dada we just pretend he is talking about his awesome Dad :) And of course, Baba is Brock - must be...right?
-He is an eating machine! This kid loves to grub...it takes a lot of work to maintain this rolly polly physique. I don't believe we have come across a food he doesn't like. Tonight he induldged in some squash and potatoes, the other night I swear he at half of a chick breast!
-He still loves to boogy and loves music.
-He waves to me when I leave for work in the morning...it is a whole arm wave..cute!
-He is tough! Brock wrestles around with him and even though I'm usually yelling for him to be gentle, Theo loves it. I'm sure our house has a few thousand wrestling matches in its future.
-He has the sweetest personality and is just a happy guy...I always say this.
- He is crawling, slowly but surely! The last couple weeks he has been getting around by sitting, then going to his tummy, then sitting...it looked exhausting! But now he is starting to crawl and he is so proud of himself.
- He says dada and baba and a few other cute sounds. Whenever he says dada we just pretend he is talking about his awesome Dad :) And of course, Baba is Brock - must be...right?
-He is an eating machine! This kid loves to grub...it takes a lot of work to maintain this rolly polly physique. I don't believe we have come across a food he doesn't like. Tonight he induldged in some squash and potatoes, the other night I swear he at half of a chick breast!
-He still loves to boogy and loves music.
-He waves to me when I leave for work in the morning...it is a whole arm wave..cute!
-He is tough! Brock wrestles around with him and even though I'm usually yelling for him to be gentle, Theo loves it. I'm sure our house has a few thousand wrestling matches in its future.
-He has the sweetest personality and is just a happy guy...I always say this.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Mini Vacation
On Friday night we got a room at the Peppermill - why? Just for fun! We knew it had the potential for disaster with a toddler and baby in tow, but it turned out perfect! We had a blast swimming, bouncing on the hotel bed, eating and playing arcade games. They had this family deal where you got a room for $100, then you got a $50 food credit, $50 arcade credit, a free movie, and 4 huge delicious waffle cones. The pools were outdoors, but they were heated to a very comfortable 90 degrees - we swam a lot!
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