Father Son Campout

Unfortunately for Wyatt, he was too young to go with Andrew and me to the father-son campout in Larkspur, CO. First pic: Andrew getting his harmonica. Second pic: us being normal (goofy). Third pic: Andrew pushing himself out into the middle of a pond on a very low floating Huck Finn style raft. We had tons of fun.

Mother's Day

Andrew made a ceramic frog for Andi for Mother's Day. He was crushed to find out that he couldn't give it to her because it was selected for the regional art show. Andi was just as happy for the gift knowing it was beautiful enough for everyone else to see. She really likes it.

What Andrew Would Rather Eat

I asked Andrew what he would rather eat: brains or an eyeball. He thought eyeballs would be tastier. He asked his class and was crushed to find out that everyone else would rather eat brains. I know I would. What would you chose. Take the poll on the right.

Week of Birthday Fun!

Mylie's birthday was this past week and she turned 5!! I cannot believe that my baby is 5. She was so excited and wants to be big so bad. We had a great week celebrating with her.

On her actual birthday (Jan 27) we went to Chuck E. Cheese. The kids had a blast. We ate pizza, cotton candy, popsicles, care bear shaped rice krispy treats, opened presents and of course we played a lot. We ended up being there 3 hours!! It was a great day.

On Saturday we had a birthday party for her up in Longmont (Nana's house). With both families and some friends we had about 30 people there. It was very special for Mylie and she felt very loved. We had a fun day of roasting hot dogs, playing bocce ball, playing games, going on a treasure hunt, opening even more presents and eating cake and ice cream. Mylie had a great time with all of her family. She loves them all so much.

Broken Hand

Carmelo Anthony (Denver Nuggets' star basket ball dribbler) is not the only one with a broken hand. Andrew tripped while racing me to the front door on Friday night and fractured his pinky metacarpal near the carpal joint. This is commonly known as the "boxer's break". He wears a splint for about a week till the swelling goes down enough for the orthopedist to cast him up.

Cupcakes and Crystals

The last couple of weeks we have been working on all sorts of projects that Andrew and Mylie got for Christmas. Andrew got a crystal making kit and Mylie got a cupcake baking kit. Daddy help Andrew make the crystals. It was a quite envoled project and Andrew just thought it was the coolest thing ever. He had a fun time and was especially excited that it came with a set of gogles. He felt very offical. It has been fun to watch the crystals grow. I was just impressed that it actually worked!!


I got the better half of the deal. I helped Mylie bake her very own cupcakes. She did everything by herself (except for the clean up). She made very sure that I knew it was HER project. I thought she did a great job. With the help of Andrew she frosted them and she finished them off with of course sprinkles!! Maybe we have the next Martha on our hands. She was very proud of the final outcome. Yummy!!

Guts

We were munching dinner at the park last night and the dinner topic landed on guts. Andrew cringed and covered his ears when we said the word “guts”. It turns out that is one of the words that give him the willies. He suggested that we use the word abdomen instead. I don’t know why a seven year old even knows the word “abdomen”. What are some of the words that give you the willies?