Pink Water Bottles, Presents, and Hand Washing, Oh My!

I wanted to pick up another water bottle in preparation for our Thanksgiving trip. Considering I have three boys, I was a little frustrated by the fact that the style I wanted was only available in pink. Skyler told me that he didn't mind having a pink water bottle and then Jonah piped up saying that pink was his favorite color. They then proceeded to argue over who would get to use the pink water bottle! I went ahead and grabbed another to solve that problem, and then picked up another one for good measure. In a house full of boys, it's kind of fun to have three pink water bottles lying around!

We brought home gifts for the boys from their cousins. Jonah was very concerned that there was no gift for me or Jordan. I told him we'd get some from other people. That night, when he said the prayer at dinner, he added in "please bless Santa to bring presents for mom and dad". I love it when they pray about Santa Claus.

Oliver is currently very obsessed with washing his hands. But only when they are already clean. If they are dirty, he pitches a fit if I try and wash his hands.

Oliver Looks Like His Dad

When Skyler was a year old, we decided to try and replicate a picture of Jordan when he was about the same age. So, we dressed Skyler up in overalls and a red shirt and, well, not so much a match.





Sorry, dad, one year old Skyler looks not so much like you.


Fast forward to now. Oliver looks an awful lot like his dad.

Visiting the Birds

These are some pictures of our trip to Bosque del Apache wildlife refuge. It's supposed to home to like billions of birds (especially this time of year) but I guess they heard we were coming and left perhaps. We still had a great time and saw a good amount of wildlife (including some deer that were very, very close to us).

They were doing different things and watching how it affected their shadows

He Walks!

Ollie has finally got this walking thing down. He took his first steps shortly after he turned 16 months old, but it took him almost six more weeks to figure it and actually prefer walking over crawling.

Now that he walks, he thinks he owns the place. He's drawing on the walls, climbing on the table and throwing much more tantrums. Yippee!

Not Too Cold For Flip Flops

I normally don't condone such wardrobe choices (yet apparently I take pictures of them?), but Jonah is in incredible denial that it is cold outside and socks under flip flops is sometimes the best compromise that the two of us can make. Earlier, he tried to go outside with just his t-shirt and shorts and quickly came back in to put on pants (over his shorts) and add a jacket. It was maybe 50 degrees outside, if that. The kid just does not like pants or jackets and will only wear them if completely necessary. He used to tell me that since it's cold outside, he just wouldn't go outside. Now he'll at least put pants on while he's outside. Last week we went to the aquarium and the botanic gardens (they are right by each other - they share a parking lot and an entrance area). He insisted we bring a pair of pants for him to put on after we were done with the inside portion of our outing (the aquarium). Eventually he'll give in and wear warmer clothing, right?

I Tried Out for Wheel of Fortune and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt

A few weeks ago, Jordan and I abandoned the children for half a day to drive to the Wheel of Fortune auditions. If you ever have a chance to go, I'd highly recommend it - it was really a lot of fun! The way it works is everyone there fills out a brief application form. All of those application forms go into a big box and several of them are drawn during the one-hour "show" that you get to watch. It is somewhat like Wheel meets Price is Right in the sense that five names were drawn, those people went to the front and played a quick round of the game. Then five more names were chosen. Neither one of us got chosen, but not all is lost, they will choose some names of those who were in attendance to come back for a second round of auditions early next year. Plus, we got a fabulous T-shirt!

Finding Nemo

Nemo is lost! We must find him! Super Guy is on the job.

Here's Nemo! Oh, wait, no that's a frog.

A frog that likes lollipops

A frog that wants another lollipop.

Okay, back to Super Guy - I think he's found Nemo!

Yup, there's Nemo

And he's over there!

And there!

And there!

What about me, you say? Well, someone had to find Nemo once Super Guy was off duty.

I'll save you all the comment - I did not make the costume, my sister-in-law did for her daughter several years ago. We were glad to re-use it!

How's Oliver Doing?

This is a question I get a lot, and one that I certainly don't mind answering! However, Jordan and I have put together a blog to answer just this question. We will keep it updated with how he is doing and also what we know about his disease (eosinophilic esophagitis).

http://hehaseoe.blogspot.com/