Picnic

We went to the Barn Park (aka Willow Farm Park) and had a picnic dinner Saturday night. The weather was beautiful but strangely we were alone for most of our time there!











I just couldn't leave this one out - Connor and Logan love bath time!

Student of the Week

Wow I've been neglecting the blog a lot lately - and the camera too! Connor was the student of the week at school this week which means there was a bulletin board full of pictures of him up all week for the kids to see and he got to bring in two books from home to read at circle time. He chose Curious George and the Firefighters and Dancing Dinos. Here is the bulletin board!


He told his teacher his favorite food was macaroni and cheese?! I would have guessed pizza. And his favorite pet is lions? Must be leftover from the Mirage in Vegas. And playing with doctors is obviously from his recent surgery. Wanting to be a firefighter when he grows up is not surprising at all - he says that every single time you ask him what he wants to be! I'm shocked that he didn't say his favorite color is pink!

Thursday was Connor's last theater class and they put on their final play entitled "Everybody Gets Lost." Connor played Batman and then there was a girl playing a ballerina, a girl playing a singing rabbit, a boy who played a fairy, a boy who was a pirate, and a girl who played Snow White. The story involved the girls waking up and practicing for a performance, then trying to find the castle where they were to perform at which point they get lost and Batman swoops in. At first the girls are scared of him and he chases them around but then he points them in the right direction (saving the day) and they all go to the castle to watch the ballerina and singing rabbit perform and then eat a huge meal and fall asleep. Connor couldn't decide if he wanted to be a good guy or a bad guy so the teacher let him scare the girls and then save them. :) She also painted their faces before the performance and guess what color Connor wanted his bat to be? Yep, pink! :) He had a lot of fun, though, and everyone enjoyed the cast party afterwards complete with chocolate cake! By the way, chocolate cake crumbs and pink face paint don't really mix :)





Logan and I got to go to a Mother's Day party at Connor's school today! The kids sang songs and then we had a snack and the moms got presents. Mine was a framed picture of Connor and I that he had decorated with foam cutouts. My favorite song was skinnamarink and it's accompanying hand motions -

Skinnamarinkydinkydink. Skinnamarinkydoo. I Love You!
I love you in the morning and in the afternoon.
I love you in the evening, underneath the moon.
Skinnamarinkydinkydink. Skinnamarinkydoo. I Love You!

It was really cute!

Just sharing some photos from last week...

Just sharing a few pics from the last week...
Connor enjoying a bagel from Einstein Bros - they put so much cream cheese on there! :)


Posing in the scrubs he got from Children's Hospital...


We went to the Cinco de Mayo celebration at Roosevelt park on Saturday and met Rhyann there. They had lots of fun running around, dancing, and jumping on the jumpy castle!

Logan had a very relaxing time hanging out in the stroller...

Our little model

Connor is quite the ham when there's a camera around! Today he wanted to have his picture taken because he thinks he looks "super cute" in his overalls. I can't say that I disagree... :)


He's pretty much back to his old self after his surgery, bouncing around and talking a mile a minute! He still can't do ride on toys like his bike or fire engine but other than that he doesn't have any restrictions. We have to remove one of his bandages tonight which I am definitely not looking forward to but hopefully it will be quick and painless for everyone!

Connor's surgery

Connor had his surgery today and did great. He made an impression on everyone he met, as usual! I'm so glad we went to the hospital tour yesterday - it definitely helped him prepare for the experience so he knew just what to expect up until surgery time. He's home now and will have to take it easy for a few days but everything went well and he'll be back to his crazy self soon! Thanks for all your well wishes :)

Wednesday pics

Just sharing a few pictures of the boys from today. It's getting harder each day to get them both to sit still AND look at the camera at the same time, but a couple of them turned out pretty well!





Looks like he's trying to escape :)

Logan's 9 month appointment

Logan had his 9 month appointment on Friday and he's doing well! He weighs 18 lbs 11 oz (25th percentile) and is 29 inches long (75th percentile). Those are the same percentiles that Connor was in at his 3 year appointment! Logan also had the routine 9 month old blood draw to check his iron levels. I'm not quite sure the logic of drawing blood from a baby's big toe, but it's agonizing for everyone involved - it takes a long time to get a good amount of blood from a tiny pin prick in a big toe! We all survived, though, and Logan took a good long nap afterwards. He's officially 9 months old on Monday!

Arbor Day

We went to Longmont's Arbor Day celebration today and Connor had a great time checking out the huge machines, jumping off tree trunks and climbing a tree! Unfortunately we were running late this morning and forgot our camera so these pics are from Jeremy's cell phone camera - not the greatest resolution but hopefully you get the idea! Make sure to click on them to see the larger version - it really does help especially with the tree shots! :)


About to get in a harness with the help of a St. Vrain Arbor Care Arborist


Pulling himself up the rope


Almost to the bell!

I know it's hard to tell from these low res shots, but he had the biggest grin on his face! He thought it was so cool to go so high in the trees by himself and liked swinging on the rope when he got back closer to the ground. He also got to use the controls on a huge truck that digs up trees (not sure what its called).

Here's a link to the local paper's story about the Arbor Day events: http://www.longmontfyi.com/Local-Story.asp?id=15917
Here are Daddy and Logan waiting in line with Connor and I for the rope climb


And a shot of the boys at Lowe's today. We went to buy some more CFLs (Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs) as part of our small steps to be a little greener. That reminds me - Happy Earth Day tomorrow! Anyway, Logan loved driving the cart right next to his big bro!

Easter, part two

We spent last Sunday with Grandma and Grandpa and had a fun Easter Egg hunt. Good thing the Easter bunny waited a week to hide the eggs since we were in Las Vegas over Easter! :)

Getting ready for the hunt...


Looking up, down and all around...


Good ol' Colorado - finding eggs in the snow :)


Finding lots of eggs!


Hunting behind a big rock with Grandpa


Posing with a couple eggs

I love Southwest Airlines!!!

So in the post below I told you about our travel problems on the way to Las Vegas - we were supposed to take off at 10:45 but had engine troubles and didn't end up leaving until almost 4. Sitting on the first plane for two hours while they investigated the problem was no fun, and neither was sitting in the second plane for an hour while we were de-iced and one lonely baggage handler loaded our luggage. People were upset, especially those that missed their connections in Las Vegas, but I thought the airline handled it pretty well. And like one of our fellow travelers said while we were waiting for the second plane, it's better to have engine trouble on the ground than in the air! Anyway, as we landed in Las Vegas the crew said they hoped our experience wouldn't turn us off from flying Southwest again. The important part was we made it to and from Las Vegas safe and sound and I hadn't really thought about the delay anymore. Until today...

In our mailbox today was a letter from the President of Southwest apologizing for how we "waited and waited and waited some more" (his words) and it included three vouchers for $125 each!!! Our three original tickets cost a little more than $400 so we were basically refunded our money minus taxes. It was a really nice gesture and totally unexpected!

I also didn't tell you about our portable DVD player. We accidentally left it on the plane when we got off in Denver and by the time we realized it the plane had already taken off for Chicago. With a bit of calling around we discovered that it hadn't gotten off the plane in Chicago so our last chance of finding it was when the plane landed in Detroit. Jeremy spoke to a really nice Southwest baggage person in Detroit and she personally went to the plane to look for it. She didn't find it, but the cleaning crew there found it a short time later. Amazing! We thought for sure it would have been taken by another passenger but it's on its way back to us now after an extended vacation in Detroit (perhaps it dreams of being a car someday?)!

So Southwest has treated us well and we'll definitely travel with them again! Especially before April 2008 when these vouchers expire :) haha! Now...where to go?