Friday, September 19, 2008

Our blossoming Picasso


Ian's class is studying colors, shapes, veggies and turtles this week. Yesterday they covered veggies and this is his beautiful coloring of Cookie Monster eating a salad. It's difficult to see, but he even colored the salad with a green crayon. Looks like he also tried coloring Cookie Monster with blue crayon but missed the mark just a wee bit. Way to go little guy!

Isn't it beautiful?

Monday, September 15, 2008

Saturday was beautiful for the park

There's nothing quite like our fall weather here in Colorado. It's just right. Not too hot, not too cold. We took advantage of the beautiful weather on Saturday and loaded the kids up in their wagon for playtime at the park. We do this about every other night, weather permitting. The kids love the wagon because they can see each other and I think they just like the movement. They can't touch so Ian's not pulling out Charlotte's pacifier and Charlotte's not pinching Ian. You get the picture.

Here are more pictures from one of our many visits to the park. We think this next one is telling of days to come. Ian figured out that he could pull his sister around in the wagon. He was thrilled. She was wondering what in the heck was going on with the four-wheeling wagon!








Miss Charlotte just loves to swing.


Ian wanted up on everything. Daddy was more than obliging. And here's one to just wrap up our weekend. This is not an uncommon view at our house. The person who said that children should not watch TV doesn't have two under two to wrangle while getting dinner cooked and diapers changed with bedtime fast approaching. Thank heaven's for PBS Sprout!

Little Soccer Dude

I finally got a picture of Ian in his soccer uniform. Ian's best time of day is right after sleep so mornings are usually filled with activity at our house. Here's our little imp trying to to escape out the front door and reach the phone.

It's a wonder I was able to get in front of him long enough to snap a photo at all!


This week, Ian and Robert went alone to soccer because having me and Charlotte there is simply too distracting. One of these weeks I'll see if Nana can come over so I can sneak in and get in action pictures for you. Really, it's hysterical to see these 18-24 month olds trying to do anything organized. I think Robert got more excercise than Ian did!


Monday, September 8, 2008

Houston, we have a tooth


Miss Charlotte, or "Cissy" as Ian calls her, has just sprouted her first tooth! We discovered the new arrival on Saturday during our daily tooth check. She was a little cranky and kept waking up a few nights last week and we thought she had my cold. Turns out the little stinker was just cutting teeth. She's much more agreeable than Ian is while teething. She's got a good dose of baby tylenol on board and good to go!

The difference between "cheese" and "please"

There is a difference between asking for cheese and saying please. Unfortunately both of these words sound the same when they come from Ian's mouth. Luckily he's learned how to sign those two words and our little squishy-faced boy doesn't have to pitch a fit when he's asking for his cheese anymore.

Oh, and Charlotte is picking up on "more" which makes getting her banana melt-away's delivered quickly much more convenient. :)

Just keeping the tears to a minimum because soon Charlotte will also be a toddler and let me tell you...having two toddlers will more than likely test every shred of patience we have. It's a good thing they're cute.

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Ponder this...

As someone pointed out today, Jesus was just a community organizer, and Pontius Pilate was a governor with "responsibilities." Have faith. It's downright Christian.

Source: http://community.adn.com/adn/node/130537#comment-377963

Promotion


People on the move
The Denver Post
Article Last Updated: 09/03/2008 11:32:39 PM MDT

RSM McGLADREY INC.: Announced the promotion in the Denver area of Brian French from manager to director of IT consulting; Josh Kettle from manager to director of risk- management consulting; Chris Kutt from supervisor to manager of sales; Robert Edwards from associate to senior associate of the internal client server; Matt Bailey from supervisor to manager of IT consulting; Joel Yager from associate to senior associate of IT consulting; Laurie Maciag from manager to director of tax; and Kristin Burg from supervisor to manager of tax.