Cool? Thursday and Fun Friday!

Fun Friday!

Today, we went to the DMA for fun and a very cultural friday. We met our friend Brandi (BeBe) and her baby Zack there for lunch and some exploring. The children's area is bein re-done and their temporary set up is geared more for the well behaved 7 year old girl. Or maybe just girls in general would probably do fine. Reece stood on a chair and jumped down, ran around pretending to be a butterfly on the large open carpet --just like an open field (naturally), put the little doll house dolls in time out for hititng and not being nice (experienced in this area), and rolled himself up in the curtain. I didn't force him to stop playing since it was the "kid area" but the security lady told me to keep an eye on my child. I guess it was more of a creative retreat for ladies than the chick fil-a play area he was hoping for. Lucky for us, Reece wanted to see the pictures on the walls very badly. But after learning that he had to walk holding my hand or "driving in his stroller", our time inside became limited. I personally enjoyed walking around in the refreshingly chilly museum looking at the contemporary art. I usually go as a chaperone on field trips and feel like I am herding cats rather than taking it all in. They have a Land Meets the Sea exhibit that I would love to go back and look at sans child. The scultpture garden was our best attempt at a play area and he loved running and climbing -- surprise surprise.

posing in front of the waterfall

saying cheese

Mommy and BeBe - reece took the picture! we just held the camera for him.

scusculpture garden -- eyes on the prize...he wants to run!

Cool Thursdays

at the Arboretum

Family adventure night to the Arboretum I cooked some chicken, grabbed some pre done veggies at CM, packed some fruit, pretzels and hummus and chilled a bottle of wine and we headed down to the Arboretum. We love being members and getting little perks like discounted tickets to special events and free parking!! After relocating once to a more 2.5 year old friendly place, we relaxed and had a great picnic listening to the tunes of an Eagles cover band. It was the last concert of the summer and our first, but we can't wait until they start up again in September!!!

R-man playing and running around with the big kids.

our best attempt tonight.

gorgeous scenary

lol - attempting to take off his own shoes!



snacking after dinner -- handfuls of hummus.

and a special treat...

what happens we play soccer inside with a larg inflatible baseball - lands in the sink!

he's a real cristian ronaldo!! :)

I'm BACK!

well...at least for the time being. I am being very non-comittal to my blog at this moment. School starts back in a few weeks so who knows what will happen then. But until I felt like I needed a space for more personal facebook updates and remembered that I did have a place!!!

Summer 2010 has been one for the record books. With trips to Puerto Vallarta, California, Austin, Turkey, and Greece -- BUT it is so incredibly nice to be home. I have been hoarding my time with Reece man since leaving him for 2.5 weeks. He is absolutely a momma's boy and this has been amplified since we being home. I am loving loving loving our time together right now.

We are starting our days with swimming lessons with Ms. Tracey, going to the park, then to the gym, lunch and "colorin'" and Caillou time, good luck with a nap, and more play time. We spend a ton of time coloring, dancing and singing and running and chasing each other-- and snuggling.

Over the weekend "we" (me) decided that it was time for Reece to move out of his crib and into a big boy bed. Initially we were going to take the front off of the crib, but as we dis-assembled the crib, it turned out that it had to all be taken apart anyways. SO, into a full bed he went. Two and 1/2 hours later he had a full size bed with his new madras print quilt with surfer sheets in place! No planning at our house -- that's to stressful b/c then I never can quite accomplish it. BUT spur of the moment is easy and without expectations.

1. Why markers are even still made in "non-washable" form. My white kitchen table will never be the same.

2. Is there a non-messy way to have 2.5 year olds eat popsicles?!?!

3. Will he ever stay in his bed?!?!?!?! omg....

vacation posts to come --- surprise, I took 2500 photos on our Turkey trip. which is a lot to sort through when the laptops are barely hanging on. these previous photos are from the trusty BB. :)

thanks for reading my first post back. more to come.


Photos :

1. what happens when parents feel guilty about leaving you for 15 days - you want two popsicles? okay no problem.

2. 9 hours after we got home from turkey - on a walk to help with jet lag. 2 hours out walking in the sunshine is supposed to help reset your internal time clock. we went to breakfast too.

3. fireman reece at starbucks. lots of little dates with my boy. :)