Colin, you started your 20th month with a bang. Hand, foot & mouth spread through your room at daycare and you, of course, caught it. Fortunately for all of us your case was pretty mild. These photos don't do it justice.
That blister on your right hand was by far the worst one - it was about the size of the head of a bulletin board tack. You also hand tiny red bumps all around your ankles and part way up your right leg.
You were such a good kid while home "sick" with your momma this week. Goofy and happy, as usual.
We had a lot of playtime together which included many car ("tahr") races, pretend play with Little People animals ("moo", "rowwww", "baa"), coloring ("dah" draw), bird ("buhd") watching, and outside ("sigh") fun.
I decided that you needed a hair "trim" a couple nights ago and used your dad's clippers to shave down that hair. You weren't too keen on me interrupting your viewing of Mickey but you let me do my thing for the most part. I think you were mostly fascinated by the noise of the clippers and wanted to play with it yourself. : ) It didn't look too bad that night, but now I notice there is a weird section on top that we might have to trim again. If you let me.
Your vocabulary is starting to expand every day now. You love to sing with mom and dad, and even sing along with the Hot Dog Dance song at the end of The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse each morning ("mouse" and "house" are the two words most commonly heard). The ABC song has become a favorite and you know almost all of the letters. "A" and "P" seem to be your favorites. : ) Of course you always clap at the end to congratulate yourself on a job well done.
You are such an active little boy and you enjoy helping us around the house. You even helped me plant flowers along the house when we were home together this week. Your latest way of "helping" makes me laugh every time: if you see my BlackBerry sitting somewhere, you'll pick it up and run it over to me - regardless if I asked you for it or not.
Your dad and I cannot wait for you to experience summer now that you're a toddler. You really love to be outside and we look forward to many bike rides ("whee"), park visits, and hopefully a Twins game or zoo visit here or there.
Fall 2013
Friday, May 27, 2011
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Marathon weekend
This past weekend was marathon weekend and I'm ashamed to say I didn't participate! John did though, and finished the 10k in great time.
| The only photo I got of John running. Terrible. |
We opted to stay at Andy & Susan's instead of biking up to the dome to see John finish. Colin had the royal treatment - his own chair and a bite of uncle Andy's donut. Lucky kid!
| "High five, Dad!" |
After the full & halfers went past, we weaved our way down to Mike & Karina's. It was a completely different atmosphere going from mile 1 to mile 21. They had a John Hughes movie character theme & the costumes were hilarious! Rumor is these guys thought they were in college again that afternoon...
Unfortunately, this was not an uncommon sight the entire day. Poor kid had a temp & was feeling the effects of hand, foot & mouth. Yes, again. : (
No matter, it was a fun weekend cheering on the runners & hanging out with friends & family.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Da, Mommm, & Call
The little one is finally starting to say [part of] his name. Even though it's only one syllable, he knows what he's saying.
Hope this brightened an otherwise dreary, rainy day. : )
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Whee!
We purchased a Burley bike trailer from a Concordia professor (on Craigslist) this weekend. Lucky for us it was a gorgeous day on Saturday, so we hooked it up & rode to the park in the afternoon.
I wish I would've had the camera out to capture Colin's face when we started moving. He was so excited & absolutely love it. He kept saying "whee!" and squealing. : )
When we got home, John grilled some Twins dogs for supper while Colin & I relaxed on the patio.
What a fantastic way to start my second Mother's Day weekend!
Friday, May 6, 2011
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Sandals!
Anyone that knows me, knows that I LOVE spring and summer, mostly because I get to wear sandals. Especially my Teva's. So I was slightly excited when Helena willingly Jen (without Helena's knowledge) gave these adorable Teva sandals to Colin for the summer.
| Don't worry, the yard no longer looks this terrible. We were outside raking. |
Thanks again, Jen & Helena!
Monday, May 2, 2011
How's this for a headline?
This is one of those moments in history we'll never forget. After not being by a TV almost all day (except to watch the Twins lose yet another game), we turned on NBC at 10:00 last night to catch up on the day's news. Instead, what we saw was David Gregory with a headline below him stating that Osama bin Laden was dead. I will never forget turning to John & asking him if it was real.
I realize that this is probably more of a symbolic event than anything, since bin Laden no longer held a central role as an al-Qaida mastermind, but how gratifying for our government, military personnel, & families (both of troops and those who lost someone in 9/11). I'm sure we'll be talking to Colin & his kids some day about where we were when he heard the news.
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