I've said this before but Cason is obsessed with lights. If we are at a store and a light is burnt out, he is first to notice. Then he will ask why it's off. If we're on a walk and a streetlight is on during the day, he will ask why the light is on. He's like the light police. Anyway, this morning was cloudy so after breakfast we were in the playroom and the streetlight outside was still on. He commented on it and then started playing. A few minutes later we looked up and the light was off.
C: Why is that light off? Did the sun turn it off?
Me: Yes.
C: Does the sun use its hands to turn the light off?
Me: No, the sun doesn't have hands.
C: Oh, it used its paws?
At first I just said yes. Then I told him that the sun does not have hands or paws and tried to explain sensors. He probably just tuned me out.
His other new obsession is clocks. He is constantly asking what time it is.
C: What time is it?
Me: 8:42
C: Oh. What time is it now?
Me: 8:42
C: Now what time is it?
Me: It's still 8:42, Cason.
Sometimes he will tell ME what time it is. Sometimes it's a legit time (although not the actual time) and other times it's something really funny like "twenty thirty thirty" or "eleven degrees".
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Day 1
So my friend Lacy inspired me to get into my camera (again) and try to learn how to operate it in manual mode. You know, like I said I was going to do last December after I got it. I tried twice this year to read through the manual and read Understanding Exposure but somehow always got distracted to do something else with my free time. But Lacy has been using manual for a couple of months now and is showing off some really great pictures of her boys so I decided to give it another go. This afternoon, I tried manual for the very first time. Apparently Cason wasn't too photogenic today because none of the pictures of him turned out. These are by no means good pictures but Rycie has such a big personality that I had to share day 1 of going manual. I know I have a ton to learn but I'm excited that I took the plunge and gave it a try. I would like to not go back to auto mode but I make no promises!
Rycie's pouty face after I told him that no, he could not play with the ceramic and glass crockpot.
"hat!"
This is out of focus but I thought it was so funny. He was singing and dancing.
Rycie was peeking in on us. Cason and I were sitting in the playroom closet. It was our plane and we were flying to "Southlake America".
Rycie's pouty face after I told him that no, he could not play with the ceramic and glass crockpot.
"hat!"
This is out of focus but I thought it was so funny. He was singing and dancing.
Rycie was peeking in on us. Cason and I were sitting in the playroom closet. It was our plane and we were flying to "Southlake America".
Monday, September 13, 2010
Tiger
Bryce LOVES his tiger that we got him at Alligator Adventure this summer. He sleeps with it every night and every nap. When I take him out of his crib, he must bring it with him. He brings it to his high chair and I have to coerce him to give it up in exchange for his food. A few nights ago, I washed Tiger in the washing machine. Right before Bryce went to bed, I checked the dryer and Tiger was almost dry but could have used an extra 5 or 10 minutes so I left him in there. I read Bryce his stories and tried to put him in bed but as I lowered him into his crib, he roared at me, which is his way of asking for Tiger. So I gave him an almost dry Tiger and he happily went to bed. He likes taking it in the car with him sometimes and will walk around hugging Tiger and giving him kisses. Tiger is definitely his comfort item, Rycie always wants him when he is upset.
So a few weeks ago when I began thinking about Halloween (I know, super early. What can I say? I'm a planner!), it was a no-brainer. Rycie would be a tiger. I have to say, the costume is cuter online but it's not too bad in person. It doesn't have a tail though! What a rip off.
This tiger eats raisins.
Ha ha, he did this last year too! What's up with this kid eating Halloween costume feet?
So a few weeks ago when I began thinking about Halloween (I know, super early. What can I say? I'm a planner!), it was a no-brainer. Rycie would be a tiger. I have to say, the costume is cuter online but it's not too bad in person. It doesn't have a tail though! What a rip off.
This tiger eats raisins.
Ha ha, he did this last year too! What's up with this kid eating Halloween costume feet?
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Random update on the boys
Here's just some things the boys have been doing lately in a very random format.
Bryce has been talking more lately. I counted 20 words that he says consistently, some are probably only clear to me though. He says uh-oh, aww, banana (nana), ball, balloon (one of his favorites), hat, shoe (another favorite), cheese, mmm, bubbles, eww, up, hot, waffle, drink, phone (another favorite, he loves phones), hi, bye bye, peek!, and night night.
He is still signing, I counted 17 signs that he uses regularly: eat, all done, potty, apple, banana, hat, fly (as in the insect), more, ball, star, milk, fan, airplane, light, fish, no, bird.
He also still loves animals and he makes the following animal noises: dog, cat, elephant, tiger, lion, duck, bear, monkey, bird (a favorite), cow, pig, and horse. Although tiger, lion, and bear are all the same "roarrrr!"
Rycie loves to play chase and he doesn't care if he is the chaser or the chasee. He always has a huge smile on his face and laughs when he is running.
Rycie loves to pick up random items of clothing and then carry them around the house. He gets really mad if you take them away from him. I have seen him carry underwear from all three of us around the house (yuck!) One day I was in the shower and I saw him come in the bathroom and go in our closet. He grabbed a pair of underwear out of the hamper and started to take off with them so I told him to go put them back. He disappeared back into the closet and returned with a random shirt. If he picks up a shirt or pajama pants that belong to him or Cason, he will put it over his head or around his neck and pretend to put it on.
Rycie learned how to blow a whistle and is actually really good at it!
Just about anytime I set food in front of Bryce, he holds his hand over it, says "hot", and then blows on it. It doesn't matter if it's hot or not, he's done it to cottage cheese and grapes. So stinkin' cute!
Rycie loves to imitate anything we are doing and he totally gets a kick out of us imitating him. He will clap his hands together, then put them over his ears. If I copy him, he gets a huge grin and then just does all kinds of silly stuff for me to copy.
Rycie is a huge pacifier addict. I keep saying I'm going to limit him to just having his pacis when he's in his crib but somehow he always ends up with one. He's even to the point where he likes to have one in his mouth and a few more in his hands to carry around.
Cason has a new interest -- building things. Every day for the past month or so, he plays with two things. His Trio blocks and the tubes that Grandma got him for his birthday. He builds all kinds of stuff with them. With the tubes, he builds a big light (like a street light), a whisper-ma-phone (from The Lorax), a blower, edger, pitchfork or else just a super long thing (he steals all the straight pieces and leaves Rycie with just T joints and elbow joints). With the Trio blocks, he usually builds a tall tower, a house with lots of sprinklers and water founts, or a dinosaur with whiskers. I will have to take some pictures of his creations. I already made up his Christmas list (I know it's only September, I'm a planner) and it has lots of building stuff on it.
Cason is obsessed with whether things are on or off. He always has to announce whether lights are on or off and is forever telling us if they need to be on but they're off or vice versa. He said he wants a light switch for Christmas. I think he's just a control freak like his mama. He is also obsessed with the status of doors and fans. He will go shut all of the bedroom doors and tell us that they need to be shut because the air (conditioning) is going to be on. At CrossFit, he is concerned about where fans are and if they are on or off. When we pull up, he will observe whether the big overhead doors are open or closed. Then he will announce it: "The doors are open! That means the air is off." If it gets over 100 degrees in the gym, Coach closes the doors and turns on the a/c.
He is finally getting over The Berenstain Bears books -- thank goodness! He still likes them but doesn't insist on every book we read to be Berenstain Bears. Right now we are reading him lots of Dr. Seuss and his favorite is The Lorax.
It has rained here a few times in the past few weeks (after not raining practically all summer) and he calls windshield wipers "whimper wipers". "Mommy, it's raining! Turn the whimper wipers on!"
The other day Cason said "my ear hurts". I replied "oh no, what happened?" He replied matter of factly, "it broke."
Last week one day, Cason went potty. He jumped off the potty and lay down on his softy blanket on the floor before putting his undies on or washing his hands. I quickly said "you need to wash your hands before you touch anything, you don't want to get softy blanket dirty". He stood up, put the blanket between his legs and said "I'm touching it with my butt" in a VERY funny voice. I about died laughing. Yeah, that's so much better than touching it with your dirty hands!
We are doing a Clean Eating Challenge with our gym in which we can't have most starchy carbs (only oatmeal and quinoa) and no added sugar or artificial sugar. It's not too bad for breakfast, lunch or snacks but our dinners have been killing us. We can't use any sauces like soy, stir fry, ketchup, BBQ sauce, etc. We have only had a few dinners that have actually been good so far. Anyway, one night last week, Kelly made a quiche with green peppers in it. There were a ton of green peppers and they were the last thing on my plate I ate. After awhile, my plate was full of peppers and Kelly said "have you even tried the green peppers?" in a somewhat sarcastic tone. He got up to get some more veggies to eat and Cason leaned over to me and said in a hilarious tone "have you even tried the green peppers?" It was so funny how he said it, I couldn't stop laughing. He has been repeating a lot -- way too much -- of what we've said lately. We definitely need to start being more careful!
Cason's new excuse when he doesn't want to do something is "my hands are full!" For instance, if we ask him to pick something up or put on his shoes, he says he can't because he is already holding things. This morning I asked him to put something away for me and he said "my hands are full!" We both looked down to see his hands empty. He gave me a sheepish look, then grabbed the item I requested him to put away and ran off.
Bryce has been talking more lately. I counted 20 words that he says consistently, some are probably only clear to me though. He says uh-oh, aww, banana (nana), ball, balloon (one of his favorites), hat, shoe (another favorite), cheese, mmm, bubbles, eww, up, hot, waffle, drink, phone (another favorite, he loves phones), hi, bye bye, peek!, and night night.
He is still signing, I counted 17 signs that he uses regularly: eat, all done, potty, apple, banana, hat, fly (as in the insect), more, ball, star, milk, fan, airplane, light, fish, no, bird.
He also still loves animals and he makes the following animal noises: dog, cat, elephant, tiger, lion, duck, bear, monkey, bird (a favorite), cow, pig, and horse. Although tiger, lion, and bear are all the same "roarrrr!"
Rycie loves to play chase and he doesn't care if he is the chaser or the chasee. He always has a huge smile on his face and laughs when he is running.
Rycie loves to pick up random items of clothing and then carry them around the house. He gets really mad if you take them away from him. I have seen him carry underwear from all three of us around the house (yuck!) One day I was in the shower and I saw him come in the bathroom and go in our closet. He grabbed a pair of underwear out of the hamper and started to take off with them so I told him to go put them back. He disappeared back into the closet and returned with a random shirt. If he picks up a shirt or pajama pants that belong to him or Cason, he will put it over his head or around his neck and pretend to put it on.
Rycie learned how to blow a whistle and is actually really good at it!
Just about anytime I set food in front of Bryce, he holds his hand over it, says "hot", and then blows on it. It doesn't matter if it's hot or not, he's done it to cottage cheese and grapes. So stinkin' cute!
Rycie loves to imitate anything we are doing and he totally gets a kick out of us imitating him. He will clap his hands together, then put them over his ears. If I copy him, he gets a huge grin and then just does all kinds of silly stuff for me to copy.
Rycie is a huge pacifier addict. I keep saying I'm going to limit him to just having his pacis when he's in his crib but somehow he always ends up with one. He's even to the point where he likes to have one in his mouth and a few more in his hands to carry around.
Cason has a new interest -- building things. Every day for the past month or so, he plays with two things. His Trio blocks and the tubes that Grandma got him for his birthday. He builds all kinds of stuff with them. With the tubes, he builds a big light (like a street light), a whisper-ma-phone (from The Lorax), a blower, edger, pitchfork or else just a super long thing (he steals all the straight pieces and leaves Rycie with just T joints and elbow joints). With the Trio blocks, he usually builds a tall tower, a house with lots of sprinklers and water founts, or a dinosaur with whiskers. I will have to take some pictures of his creations. I already made up his Christmas list (I know it's only September, I'm a planner) and it has lots of building stuff on it.
Cason is obsessed with whether things are on or off. He always has to announce whether lights are on or off and is forever telling us if they need to be on but they're off or vice versa. He said he wants a light switch for Christmas. I think he's just a control freak like his mama. He is also obsessed with the status of doors and fans. He will go shut all of the bedroom doors and tell us that they need to be shut because the air (conditioning) is going to be on. At CrossFit, he is concerned about where fans are and if they are on or off. When we pull up, he will observe whether the big overhead doors are open or closed. Then he will announce it: "The doors are open! That means the air is off." If it gets over 100 degrees in the gym, Coach closes the doors and turns on the a/c.
He is finally getting over The Berenstain Bears books -- thank goodness! He still likes them but doesn't insist on every book we read to be Berenstain Bears. Right now we are reading him lots of Dr. Seuss and his favorite is The Lorax.
It has rained here a few times in the past few weeks (after not raining practically all summer) and he calls windshield wipers "whimper wipers". "Mommy, it's raining! Turn the whimper wipers on!"
The other day Cason said "my ear hurts". I replied "oh no, what happened?" He replied matter of factly, "it broke."
Last week one day, Cason went potty. He jumped off the potty and lay down on his softy blanket on the floor before putting his undies on or washing his hands. I quickly said "you need to wash your hands before you touch anything, you don't want to get softy blanket dirty". He stood up, put the blanket between his legs and said "I'm touching it with my butt" in a VERY funny voice. I about died laughing. Yeah, that's so much better than touching it with your dirty hands!
We are doing a Clean Eating Challenge with our gym in which we can't have most starchy carbs (only oatmeal and quinoa) and no added sugar or artificial sugar. It's not too bad for breakfast, lunch or snacks but our dinners have been killing us. We can't use any sauces like soy, stir fry, ketchup, BBQ sauce, etc. We have only had a few dinners that have actually been good so far. Anyway, one night last week, Kelly made a quiche with green peppers in it. There were a ton of green peppers and they were the last thing on my plate I ate. After awhile, my plate was full of peppers and Kelly said "have you even tried the green peppers?" in a somewhat sarcastic tone. He got up to get some more veggies to eat and Cason leaned over to me and said in a hilarious tone "have you even tried the green peppers?" It was so funny how he said it, I couldn't stop laughing. He has been repeating a lot -- way too much -- of what we've said lately. We definitely need to start being more careful!
Cason's new excuse when he doesn't want to do something is "my hands are full!" For instance, if we ask him to pick something up or put on his shoes, he says he can't because he is already holding things. This morning I asked him to put something away for me and he said "my hands are full!" We both looked down to see his hands empty. He gave me a sheepish look, then grabbed the item I requested him to put away and ran off.
Friday, September 3, 2010
Just Roo it
I can probably count on one hand how often I call our youngest "Bryce" in one week. He mostly goes by Rycie, Roo, or Rooster. Earlier this summer, during the World Cup, there was a soccer player named Wayne Rooney who played for England and the phrase "Just Roo It" was coined, used in commercials, press releases, on t-shirts, etc.
When we were in Myrtle Beach, walking around Broadway at the Beach, there was a guy who made custom metal street signs. We thought it would be funny to get one that said "Just Roo It" for Rycie's bedroom door. He even had the Nike logo.
We wanted to get something for Cason too. His nickname is Stinkbug, which we didn't think would be great for a sign. So we went with just "Cason's Hangar" to go with the huge airplane decal on his wall and his "I love airplane noise" bumper sticker on his door.
When we were in Myrtle Beach, walking around Broadway at the Beach, there was a guy who made custom metal street signs. We thought it would be funny to get one that said "Just Roo It" for Rycie's bedroom door. He even had the Nike logo.
We wanted to get something for Cason too. His nickname is Stinkbug, which we didn't think would be great for a sign. So we went with just "Cason's Hangar" to go with the huge airplane decal on his wall and his "I love airplane noise" bumper sticker on his door.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
CrossFit Kids
Here's an overload of pictures from July and August of Cason at CrossFit Kids.
Jacquie and Cason were so cute together but sadly, her family moved away.
Here are some videos I've taken over the past two months of Cason doing CrossFit stuff at home. He mostly just copies things he sees us doing and it's always his idea to do it at home.
Here's Rycie doing some shoulder pass throughs that we do in our warm up. And then Cason doing modified hand stand push ups.
At CrossFit Kids pushing the weighted bar around.
What I love about this one is how he throws the bar after he does his back squats. He made up this workout all on his own.
Jacquie and Cason were so cute together but sadly, her family moved away.
Here are some videos I've taken over the past two months of Cason doing CrossFit stuff at home. He mostly just copies things he sees us doing and it's always his idea to do it at home.
Here's Rycie doing some shoulder pass throughs that we do in our warm up. And then Cason doing modified hand stand push ups.
At CrossFit Kids pushing the weighted bar around.
What I love about this one is how he throws the bar after he does his back squats. He made up this workout all on his own.
The lost month
If Grandma G. hadn't sent that package a few weeks back, I wouldn't have blogged at all in August. Honestly, I've been too busy during my free time (a.k.a. when both kids are sleeping). On August 1st, I decided to start on Volume 2 of Pages We've Turned (the book of my blog) and it ended up taking an entire month. Volume 1 was 77 pages and Volume 2 is 258 pages I think. Not fun. The Booksmart software I have to use is SO painfully slow and when I was 50 pages into it, it ate my book (for lack of better terminology) so I had to start over. But anyway, this volume will be better than the last so I'm excited to finally get it ordered and see it in person.
So here's what we were up to in August. We returned from vacation on July 26th. On the 28th, Kelly was at the gym jumping rope and broke his third metatarsal. Our CrossFit Football coach's theory is that he had new, stiff shoes on and they were laced too tight. As he was jumping up and down, there was not enough give in the toe box to let his foot flex and that is why he broke it. Anyway, after speaking with his company, Kelly found out he could not go back to work while he had the post-op shoe on. So he has been home for the past 5 weeks. Which has been awesome.
Basically, we've been at the CrossFit gym 6 days a week since we got back from vacation. I work out 5-6 days a week, sometimes twice a day. There is a great group of ladies that go most evenings at 7:30 so I joined them most nights. There are also some fun girls in the mid morning so sometimes I go then. Some days I end up working out alone and that's okay too. This is only funny because I used to HATE working out. You can read my testimonial here if you scroll down to the bottom of the page. Kelly goes in early to work out with the 5:30 am crowd.
Not only are we working out a lot but we also just go there to hang out or help out too. Cason had CrossFit Kids twice a week until mid August so we were there for that. We have also helped do things like build wall ball targets, put up some drywall, and I have done a lot of painting. We have also helped with marketing and the gym's 12 week Clean Eating Challenge that we are participating in. In early August, Coach asked Kelly to get his own Level 1 Coaching Certificate. His training is mid September and then he will start working at the gym part time coaching the classes.
Kelly should be back to work in about a week. We will miss him. It has been great having him home for all this time. He has been so much help with the kids and it's nice to have a family dinner every night. And we will both miss being at the gym so much. That pretty much sums up our August!
So here's what we were up to in August. We returned from vacation on July 26th. On the 28th, Kelly was at the gym jumping rope and broke his third metatarsal. Our CrossFit Football coach's theory is that he had new, stiff shoes on and they were laced too tight. As he was jumping up and down, there was not enough give in the toe box to let his foot flex and that is why he broke it. Anyway, after speaking with his company, Kelly found out he could not go back to work while he had the post-op shoe on. So he has been home for the past 5 weeks. Which has been awesome.
Basically, we've been at the CrossFit gym 6 days a week since we got back from vacation. I work out 5-6 days a week, sometimes twice a day. There is a great group of ladies that go most evenings at 7:30 so I joined them most nights. There are also some fun girls in the mid morning so sometimes I go then. Some days I end up working out alone and that's okay too. This is only funny because I used to HATE working out. You can read my testimonial here if you scroll down to the bottom of the page. Kelly goes in early to work out with the 5:30 am crowd.
Not only are we working out a lot but we also just go there to hang out or help out too. Cason had CrossFit Kids twice a week until mid August so we were there for that. We have also helped do things like build wall ball targets, put up some drywall, and I have done a lot of painting. We have also helped with marketing and the gym's 12 week Clean Eating Challenge that we are participating in. In early August, Coach asked Kelly to get his own Level 1 Coaching Certificate. His training is mid September and then he will start working at the gym part time coaching the classes.
Kelly should be back to work in about a week. We will miss him. It has been great having him home for all this time. He has been so much help with the kids and it's nice to have a family dinner every night. And we will both miss being at the gym so much. That pretty much sums up our August!
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