From Miles:
From Cooper: A road with a tree beside it. The tree has blue birds in it.
From Cooper: This is for KU. He drew the giant 'D' first, and then asked if that was for KU. :)
From Cooper:
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Pictures for Daddy:
From Miles:
From Miles:
From Cooper: This is for KU. He drew the giant 'D' first, and then asked if that was for KU. :)
From Cooper:
From Miles:
From Cooper: This is for KU. He drew the giant 'D' first, and then asked if that was for KU. :)
From Cooper:
Sunday, August 15, 2010
A Few Pictures
Cooper and Miles in their matching shirts at the Springfield Cardinals game.
Cooper - going off the diving board at swimming lessons.
Jumping in!
Doing the back stroke...
Cooper - going off the diving board at swimming lessons.
Jumping in!
Doing the back stroke...
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Miles...
Here are a few sayings from Miles lately:
"kang-ku mom" - "Thank you, Mom"
Miles was driving his Gator with his milk in the back from the boys' bedroom out to the kitchen. Cooper and I were building a garage together, blocking the door to the hallway. Miles said, "Scuse me kids!" several times until we moved.
In bed tonight, I was reading Miles a book called "Let's Share." At one point, he said, "Zoe has two, that girl, none" to describe a picture. That is the perfect description! He is getting so good at putting words together!
"kang-ku mom" - "Thank you, Mom"
Miles was driving his Gator with his milk in the back from the boys' bedroom out to the kitchen. Cooper and I were building a garage together, blocking the door to the hallway. Miles said, "Scuse me kids!" several times until we moved.
In bed tonight, I was reading Miles a book called "Let's Share." At one point, he said, "Zoe has two, that girl, none" to describe a picture. That is the perfect description! He is getting so good at putting words together!
Friday, August 13, 2010
Blog Material
Nate had an overnight trip this week, and it seems to always happen that my best blog-material-moments happen while Nate is away. I think the reason for this is two-fold. First, we are all a little off when "Daddy" is gone. Emotions are often heightened, and our normal routine is just different. Second, when Nate isn't here for me to vent to, I vent to the blog. :) So without further ado:
We did our weekly Walmart shopping trip yesterday morning. I usually start in the nonfood section and then end with the food so it is out of the refrigerator the least amount of time possible. As I walked towards the nonperishables, Miles looked at me and said, "poopy." "Okay, Buddy. I'll head to the bathroom after I finish up over here." I finished the nonfood items and headed to the back. As we traveled, Miles continued to express his need, with increased frequency and intensity. I parked the cart near the bathroom, and Miles screamed at me, "POOPY!" I leaned in to him to whisper a message, as I try to do when I feel like screaming at him, and as I began to say, "Miles, please stop yelling," he gave me a huge head butt. Forehead to forehead. I was beside myself! What is a mom to do with that? And just when I thought I was at my witt's end, the bathroom was "Out of Operation." Really? Do I really have to walk all the way to the front of the store with both of my children, one of whom is shouting "POOPY" at me in order to take my potty training kid to the toilet? Needless to say, I changed a poopy diaper for the first time in several days that morning.
Thursday night was Bolivar Day at the Park at the Springfield Cardinals. Our family had tickets before we knew Nate was going to be traveling, so I invited my friend Sarah to join us. We arrived at the game and quickly found a playground. Sarah left to use the restroom, and I helped Miles go down the slide. When Sarah returned, we were regrouping to go find our seats, and I could not find Cooper anywhere! He was gone! I asked Sarah to stay with Miles, and I rushed to find someone who could help me find Cooper. The woman at the lemonade stand was the first employee I came to, so I rushed to her and said, "I can't find my son - can you help me find my son?" Another worker with a radio came quickly and I explained the situation. She used her radio to alert the stadium workers that a 3 year old was missing. They immediately locked down all the gates and began to look. I couldn't stand still and walked around in a frenzy, looking for Cooper between answering the lady's questions. "What color is his hair?" "The same color as mine!" "What color is his shirt?" "Gray - just like my shirt!" (We all - and I mean EVERYONE - had matching shirts for Bolivar Day at the Park.) "So - if you were to call your hair a color, what would that be?" "LIGHT BROWN!"
Within five minutes, they had found a little boy without his mom and indicated to us that we needed to meet them near gate 2. Not long after that I saw a man walking towards me, holding my child. I grabbed Cooper and held on to him so tight. We hugged and cried for several seconds. That was one of the most terrifying experiences of my entire life. For the rest of the evening, Sarah and I did not let go of the kids' hands - she held on tight to one and I held on tight to the other. I am so thankful for that girl! I knew that I couldn't take my kids to a baseball game by myself, and I was SO RIGHT! :) When I was by myself, I lost one of them! My thoery is that Cooper saw Sarah leave for the restroom and followed her, thinking we were all going somewhere. I asked him later where he was going, and he said he was looking for me. Poor guy thought I walked off and left him!
So besides that few minutes of terror, it was a very enjoyable evening. We didn't see much of the game, but the experience was very fun! And I left praising God for my sons and His protection over them!
We did our weekly Walmart shopping trip yesterday morning. I usually start in the nonfood section and then end with the food so it is out of the refrigerator the least amount of time possible. As I walked towards the nonperishables, Miles looked at me and said, "poopy." "Okay, Buddy. I'll head to the bathroom after I finish up over here." I finished the nonfood items and headed to the back. As we traveled, Miles continued to express his need, with increased frequency and intensity. I parked the cart near the bathroom, and Miles screamed at me, "POOPY!" I leaned in to him to whisper a message, as I try to do when I feel like screaming at him, and as I began to say, "Miles, please stop yelling," he gave me a huge head butt. Forehead to forehead. I was beside myself! What is a mom to do with that? And just when I thought I was at my witt's end, the bathroom was "Out of Operation." Really? Do I really have to walk all the way to the front of the store with both of my children, one of whom is shouting "POOPY" at me in order to take my potty training kid to the toilet? Needless to say, I changed a poopy diaper for the first time in several days that morning.
Thursday night was Bolivar Day at the Park at the Springfield Cardinals. Our family had tickets before we knew Nate was going to be traveling, so I invited my friend Sarah to join us. We arrived at the game and quickly found a playground. Sarah left to use the restroom, and I helped Miles go down the slide. When Sarah returned, we were regrouping to go find our seats, and I could not find Cooper anywhere! He was gone! I asked Sarah to stay with Miles, and I rushed to find someone who could help me find Cooper. The woman at the lemonade stand was the first employee I came to, so I rushed to her and said, "I can't find my son - can you help me find my son?" Another worker with a radio came quickly and I explained the situation. She used her radio to alert the stadium workers that a 3 year old was missing. They immediately locked down all the gates and began to look. I couldn't stand still and walked around in a frenzy, looking for Cooper between answering the lady's questions. "What color is his hair?" "The same color as mine!" "What color is his shirt?" "Gray - just like my shirt!" (We all - and I mean EVERYONE - had matching shirts for Bolivar Day at the Park.) "So - if you were to call your hair a color, what would that be?" "LIGHT BROWN!"
Within five minutes, they had found a little boy without his mom and indicated to us that we needed to meet them near gate 2. Not long after that I saw a man walking towards me, holding my child. I grabbed Cooper and held on to him so tight. We hugged and cried for several seconds. That was one of the most terrifying experiences of my entire life. For the rest of the evening, Sarah and I did not let go of the kids' hands - she held on tight to one and I held on tight to the other. I am so thankful for that girl! I knew that I couldn't take my kids to a baseball game by myself, and I was SO RIGHT! :) When I was by myself, I lost one of them! My thoery is that Cooper saw Sarah leave for the restroom and followed her, thinking we were all going somewhere. I asked him later where he was going, and he said he was looking for me. Poor guy thought I walked off and left him!
So besides that few minutes of terror, it was a very enjoyable evening. We didn't see much of the game, but the experience was very fun! And I left praising God for my sons and His protection over them!
Sunday, August 1, 2010
A Man Weekend
On Friday afternoon, Carey left for a weekend trip with some girlfriends to Branson. Besides the excitement for her to have a break, I was looking forward to some time with the boys. So, here is a brief summary of our first real 'man' weekend.
Like any man weekend, it centered around food. We went to the boy's favorite place Friday night (El Rodeo) and that was followed with some chocolate custard at 3G's. The boys requested that we drive around and so we did! It was a really pretty evening and we had a great time. Bedtime was uneventful and by 8:30PM I had the evening to myself. After a little work, a little cleaning, and some veg time in front of the TV I called it a night.
Saturday proved to be a big day! We all slept in (which was really great and lots of fun!!) but then got right to business. We spent the morning at the Farmers Market, C&C (a favorite farm supply store), Quarrels Supply to pick up the remaining accessories for the Big Green Egg, and packed for our adventure in Springfield! While we were at Quarrels Supply (a general hardware store that has electrical, plumbing, and farm supplies), Cooper tells me he has to go to the bathroom. We were near the plumbing hardware section where they have lots of toilets on display. I told Cooper we'd have to go find the bathroom as I wasn't sure where it was. He looks at me, looks at the line of toilets on display, looks back at me and says 'Dad. There are plenty of toilets right there that I can use.' I then had to explain that those were not hooked up (let alone the fact that they were not in private!). For the rest of the day, Cooper would double check to ensure toilets in the restrooms were hooked up. How fun to experience these kind of things with my babies!
In Springfield, we picked up lunch at McDonalds, a toy storage box at Lowes, and a few things at Outdoor Home. When we came home, Miles took a nap and Cooper helped me work on a table for the Egg and assemble the storage box. We cooked our first pizza on the Egg and it was AWESOME. I think Cooper is just about as excited to cook things on the Egg as I am! I'm sure some of it has to do with the fact that the Egg is green...just like John Deere of course. After pizza and lots of playing in the toy box, we all called it a night. Besides waking up in the middle of the night to find Miles stuck under his bed (don't ask me how he got there), it was pretty uneventful.
This morning, keeping with the food topic, I got up early and put on a beef brisket. I'm pumped about seeing how it turns out!! With the temps cooling off in the morning, it was a fantastic way to start the day. What could be better than a cool morning, watching the sun come up in a rocking chair, and the smell of smoked meat?!
Here is a picture of the Egg in action!
Like any man weekend, it centered around food. We went to the boy's favorite place Friday night (El Rodeo) and that was followed with some chocolate custard at 3G's. The boys requested that we drive around and so we did! It was a really pretty evening and we had a great time. Bedtime was uneventful and by 8:30PM I had the evening to myself. After a little work, a little cleaning, and some veg time in front of the TV I called it a night.
Saturday proved to be a big day! We all slept in (which was really great and lots of fun!!) but then got right to business. We spent the morning at the Farmers Market, C&C (a favorite farm supply store), Quarrels Supply to pick up the remaining accessories for the Big Green Egg, and packed for our adventure in Springfield! While we were at Quarrels Supply (a general hardware store that has electrical, plumbing, and farm supplies), Cooper tells me he has to go to the bathroom. We were near the plumbing hardware section where they have lots of toilets on display. I told Cooper we'd have to go find the bathroom as I wasn't sure where it was. He looks at me, looks at the line of toilets on display, looks back at me and says 'Dad. There are plenty of toilets right there that I can use.' I then had to explain that those were not hooked up (let alone the fact that they were not in private!). For the rest of the day, Cooper would double check to ensure toilets in the restrooms were hooked up. How fun to experience these kind of things with my babies!
In Springfield, we picked up lunch at McDonalds, a toy storage box at Lowes, and a few things at Outdoor Home. When we came home, Miles took a nap and Cooper helped me work on a table for the Egg and assemble the storage box. We cooked our first pizza on the Egg and it was AWESOME. I think Cooper is just about as excited to cook things on the Egg as I am! I'm sure some of it has to do with the fact that the Egg is green...just like John Deere of course. After pizza and lots of playing in the toy box, we all called it a night. Besides waking up in the middle of the night to find Miles stuck under his bed (don't ask me how he got there), it was pretty uneventful.
This morning, keeping with the food topic, I got up early and put on a beef brisket. I'm pumped about seeing how it turns out!! With the temps cooling off in the morning, it was a fantastic way to start the day. What could be better than a cool morning, watching the sun come up in a rocking chair, and the smell of smoked meat?!
Here is a picture of the Egg in action!
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