Monday, February 3, 2014

Trampoline

What to do outside now that we have cold weather again but no snow? A trampoline party.



 
He's calling for me to stop taking pictures and come be the trampoline monster.

Friday, January 31, 2014

Cute

This is for you Aunty Linda. And mom. And anyone out there who likes puppies, little boys or both.

http://www.boredpanda.com/toddler-napping-with-puppy-theo-and-beau/

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

1/29/2014


Both Van's questions and vocabulary are getting increasingly more complicated.

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Van: "Mom, what does jet p'apulsion do?"
Me: "You want to know how jet propulsion works?"
Van: "Yeah."

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Van: "How does electricity work?"

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Van: "Say your favorite animal"
Me: "um, turtle"
Van: "Ok my turn."
Me: "Ok what's your favorite animal?"
Van: "Tarbosaurus."



Crazy hair day

Today was crazy hair or hat day at Van's pre-school.  :)



Sunday, January 19, 2014

A day of skiing

This morning Van and I went cross country skiing with the Lunoes.


We did Randy's loop. For the most part he can do it by himself, but his favorite part is when I skied with him between my legs for the big downhill.

'That was AWESOME!' he said.

So I decided we should try some downhill skiing. Because he's a bit of a daredevil, I had this idea that he would love every second of it and be a total natural. Obviously my perspective was pretty skewed. He was more like a 4 year old who'd never been on downhill skis before. Like 45 lbs of putty in my arms as I directed him down the hill. I held onto him the whole time. I think his balance improved by the end, but he can't do it on his own yet, he's just getting used to the feeling. I'm sore, but he got kind of cold.

Van on the slopes.


On the chairlift



Success! On the last run, we finally got to ride on the McDonald's chair, which was Van's goal all along. He was disappointed that they didn't hand out nuggets on the chair.





Saturday, January 18, 2014

A cute little Saturday

Getting ready for a birthday party



This was so close to being the cutest picture, if only she was looking. 



I get one picture

 Before this happens




She comes up laughing. What a cute pair.