Here's a new game: Guess what Jeremiah is saying.
Here are a few of my favorite mispronunciations of late. You get to guess what he's saying.
1. Pupcake
2. Cally Lan
3. Missy mousatool
4. Frubble
and for my personal favorite...
I wuv you...
There are so many more that I can only think of when he says them. Good luck on getting them right!
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Friday, October 9, 2009
Apple Picking
It's that time of year again!
It took us about a month to finally find a place to pick apples that wouldn't require us to drive 3 hours away.
This was at Martin Vineyards at Knotts Island, NC. We picked mostly Granny Smith apples today but have plenty to make apple crisp and apple pie... and maybe even applesauce!
Each year we do this I realize just how much the boys have grown when I look back at the pictures. Here is the one from Last year. The year before that Jeremiah was barely even walking! How quickly things change.
It took us about a month to finally find a place to pick apples that wouldn't require us to drive 3 hours away.
This was at Martin Vineyards at Knotts Island, NC. We picked mostly Granny Smith apples today but have plenty to make apple crisp and apple pie... and maybe even applesauce!
Each year we do this I realize just how much the boys have grown when I look back at the pictures. Here is the one from Last year. The year before that Jeremiah was barely even walking! How quickly things change.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Just Us Lately
We've had a bit of a rough time adjusting to the new school schedule. It's not school itself, it's the attitude adjustment it has brought about in both of the boys. I'm finally feeling like things are settling into place again! It is rough when it feels like you're starting from scratch again discipline wise. Definitely glad to be on this side of the adjustment period!
Now that the weather has calmed for Autumn, we're trying to get the boys outside more often. Time to bring out the bikes again... unfortunately Joshua's brain must have grown substantially since starting school... as his helmet no longer fits properly!
Jeremiah still prefers his scooter. I bit easier to control, I assume. I'm glad he has something to move around in even though it is pretty difficult keeping up with our newly quite speedy Joshua while still supervising Jeremiah on the scooter that never seems to go very far.
This is what I woke up to the other morning out our dinning room window. My morning glories (in the bottom of the shot) are always awake before I am. This is my favorite time of year!
Jeremiah is really starting to come into his own now that he gets alone time with Mommy everyday. He has his own Library storytime, preschool books and runs errands with me while Josh is at school. It's so nice to be able to have this time with him. Just a couple more years and he'll be starting the school adventure as well!
Now that the weather has calmed for Autumn, we're trying to get the boys outside more often. Time to bring out the bikes again... unfortunately Joshua's brain must have grown substantially since starting school... as his helmet no longer fits properly!
Jeremiah still prefers his scooter. I bit easier to control, I assume. I'm glad he has something to move around in even though it is pretty difficult keeping up with our newly quite speedy Joshua while still supervising Jeremiah on the scooter that never seems to go very far.
This is what I woke up to the other morning out our dinning room window. My morning glories (in the bottom of the shot) are always awake before I am. This is my favorite time of year!
Jeremiah is really starting to come into his own now that he gets alone time with Mommy everyday. He has his own Library storytime, preschool books and runs errands with me while Josh is at school. It's so nice to be able to have this time with him. Just a couple more years and he'll be starting the school adventure as well!
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Wild Wheels
This weekend there was a car show nearby... so far be it for us to miss it! It was a combination of old classics and tuners, which made it pretty interesting. This is an old farm truck the boys both really liked.
Joshua read a bit of the sign and then decided to tell everyone else around about this "Amphicar" that can drive in the water. "See! It shows it in the picture right here!!"
Poor Jeremiah was stuck in the stroller, but Josh got to get in this one and even sport the owners sunglasses for the picture.
We've had some some beautiful weather lately, so hopefully we'll be able to get out a do a few more things and enjoy the autumn here.
Joshua read a bit of the sign and then decided to tell everyone else around about this "Amphicar" that can drive in the water. "See! It shows it in the picture right here!!"
Poor Jeremiah was stuck in the stroller, but Josh got to get in this one and even sport the owners sunglasses for the picture.
We've had some some beautiful weather lately, so hopefully we'll be able to get out a do a few more things and enjoy the autumn here.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Hitting the Beach with Family
Almost officially caught up, these pictures are actually from this last weekend. Some of our family from North Carolina came up to visit. We all went out to the beach even though the weather wasn't the most conducive for splashing in the waves. Fortunately the kids didn't really care. Not much more to say about it, so here are the pictures:
California Trip
The boys were so excited to ride in a plane this time. I love that we can give them these opportunities to experience these things so young.
First things first: In N Out...
Then, we started celebrating Jeremiah's birthday! We had his party this year at my grandparents house. My Grandpa had been working for a long time getting a new go-cart put together so the boys could ride in it. They had a great time! Mommy and Daddy did too!
Jeremiah's #1 request for his party was hats.
The presents were a bonus, though.
Everyone wore a hat! Whenever we tried to take them off, Jeremiah asked us where our hat was.
He was pretty excited about his Thomas cake. My mom baked it so I could just decorate it once we got there. It was a lot of help!
Jeremiah and my Grandpa share a birthday so we celebrated for them both.
Then the next day we headed to Discovery Kingdom. Phil and I rode lots of grown up rides (a really rare treat for us since it's usually just us with the boys in tow). The boys... well, they rode a bunch of rides too!
They have a Thomas the Train area there which was obviously right up the boys' alley.
We weren't there while my folks took the boys through all this, so I was a little shocked to see this picture. Can they both really be old enough to ride things like this? They couldn't stop talking about it once we met up with them again.
We made the most of an unexpected trip to San Francisco and had some Boudin sourdough bread bowls with my favorite clam chowder. Josh... not such a big fan.
We walked around a bit and took a picture with Alcatraz.
My Mom showed us this ship and I couldn't resist getting a picture with Jeremiah and the USS Jeremiah O'Brien.
Daddy got to take us through the whole thing. He obviously knows more about these things then we do.
How appropriate for Jeremiah to ring the bell on this ship.
Jeremiah hung out with Nana when we went a little too high for him to be able to come with us.
Daddy explaining things to us again.
We stopped by a penny arcade that we really enjoyed. They had a huge amount of squished penny machines so the boys really enjoyed it!
Yep. It's big because he's so smart.
Then it was Jeremiah's actual birthday. Breakfast in bed was called for. It just happened to be Nana and Papa's bed because he was already in there playing and watching Disney Channel before I rolled out of bed. We even got to use the special plate I used as a kid on my birthday.
Then it was off to Chuck E Cheese. We tried very hard to put this off on Nana, but we ended up tagging along anyway. The boys had a great time! My big secret: go right at opening and you'll be one of maybe 2 or 3 families there. Much better then the evening with huge crowds of unwatched children. Go in the morning. It's just better that way.
Josh found one game that he could do great at that gave him a large amount of tickets. This is him celebrating another victory with hand shaking.
Hm... is it possible to see the gene transfer?
When I said it gave him a lot of tickets... I did mean a LOT!
Then off to the Lego store!
Another day we went back to ride the go-carts again. Grandpa took the boys around on the tractor a bit.
Here's one of us with my Grandma and Grandpa.
I'm pretty sure there are a billion pictures of me growing up in front of this fountain in their backyard.
There were a couple days that Phil and I spent in San Fransisco that we have no photographic documentation of yet. We were part of a friends wedding in the Bohemian Club which allows no cameras. Fortunately, my friend had a professional photographer who was permitted so hopefully eventually I'll have pictures.
We got home at around 11:30 Saturday night, packed, then woke again at 3:00 to head to the airport. It was one long day Sunday getting back home to Virginia. We did find a few things to enjoy along the way, though...
First things first: In N Out...
Then, we started celebrating Jeremiah's birthday! We had his party this year at my grandparents house. My Grandpa had been working for a long time getting a new go-cart put together so the boys could ride in it. They had a great time! Mommy and Daddy did too!
Jeremiah's #1 request for his party was hats.
The presents were a bonus, though.
Everyone wore a hat! Whenever we tried to take them off, Jeremiah asked us where our hat was.
He was pretty excited about his Thomas cake. My mom baked it so I could just decorate it once we got there. It was a lot of help!
Jeremiah and my Grandpa share a birthday so we celebrated for them both.
Then the next day we headed to Discovery Kingdom. Phil and I rode lots of grown up rides (a really rare treat for us since it's usually just us with the boys in tow). The boys... well, they rode a bunch of rides too!
They have a Thomas the Train area there which was obviously right up the boys' alley.
We weren't there while my folks took the boys through all this, so I was a little shocked to see this picture. Can they both really be old enough to ride things like this? They couldn't stop talking about it once we met up with them again.
We made the most of an unexpected trip to San Francisco and had some Boudin sourdough bread bowls with my favorite clam chowder. Josh... not such a big fan.
We walked around a bit and took a picture with Alcatraz.
My Mom showed us this ship and I couldn't resist getting a picture with Jeremiah and the USS Jeremiah O'Brien.
Daddy got to take us through the whole thing. He obviously knows more about these things then we do.
How appropriate for Jeremiah to ring the bell on this ship.
Jeremiah hung out with Nana when we went a little too high for him to be able to come with us.
Daddy explaining things to us again.
We stopped by a penny arcade that we really enjoyed. They had a huge amount of squished penny machines so the boys really enjoyed it!
Yep. It's big because he's so smart.
Then it was Jeremiah's actual birthday. Breakfast in bed was called for. It just happened to be Nana and Papa's bed because he was already in there playing and watching Disney Channel before I rolled out of bed. We even got to use the special plate I used as a kid on my birthday.
Then it was off to Chuck E Cheese. We tried very hard to put this off on Nana, but we ended up tagging along anyway. The boys had a great time! My big secret: go right at opening and you'll be one of maybe 2 or 3 families there. Much better then the evening with huge crowds of unwatched children. Go in the morning. It's just better that way.
Josh found one game that he could do great at that gave him a large amount of tickets. This is him celebrating another victory with hand shaking.
Hm... is it possible to see the gene transfer?
When I said it gave him a lot of tickets... I did mean a LOT!
Then off to the Lego store!
Another day we went back to ride the go-carts again. Grandpa took the boys around on the tractor a bit.
Here's one of us with my Grandma and Grandpa.
I'm pretty sure there are a billion pictures of me growing up in front of this fountain in their backyard.
There were a couple days that Phil and I spent in San Fransisco that we have no photographic documentation of yet. We were part of a friends wedding in the Bohemian Club which allows no cameras. Fortunately, my friend had a professional photographer who was permitted so hopefully eventually I'll have pictures.We got home at around 11:30 Saturday night, packed, then woke again at 3:00 to head to the airport. It was one long day Sunday getting back home to Virginia. We did find a few things to enjoy along the way, though...
Getting Caught Up
Between starting school, going to California, family coming to visit and all the other little things that have come up in between... I've gotten behind. So we're going to go out of order. Eventually I'll put up pictures of our trip to California but for now, here's other stuff that's been going on.
We got our truck back!!! Isn't she beautiful? It's certainly not new but runs great, has new brakes and we simply couldn't be more grateful to be driving our own 2 vehicles again finally!
Last Friday was BINGO night at Joshua's school. I would have never known Josh would like the game so much! I guess you can't go wrong with letters and numbers. Phil and I are definitely feeling weird about having a child of school age. We can't really be old enough for that, right?
We got our truck back!!! Isn't she beautiful? It's certainly not new but runs great, has new brakes and we simply couldn't be more grateful to be driving our own 2 vehicles again finally!
Last Friday was BINGO night at Joshua's school. I would have never known Josh would like the game so much! I guess you can't go wrong with letters and numbers. Phil and I are definitely feeling weird about having a child of school age. We can't really be old enough for that, right?
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