Grevin loves, loves, loves the water. Over the weekend, he learned to "drink" from the hose and thinks it is the funniest thing ever!
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Drinking from the hose
Grevin loves, loves, loves the water. Over the weekend, he learned to "drink" from the hose and thinks it is the funniest thing ever!
Playing in the water
Splashing in puddles is alot of fun! I am blaming this one on Gigi (Grandpa Kearney) for teaching him about puddles!!
Memorial Day Weekend
What another great weekend. It has been rainy and yucky around here but the sun decided to show itself and mother nature gave us a small taste of summer weather to kick off the season. We took full advantage of it with BBQs four days in a row, bike rides, hikes, and water play.
Friday night, we kicked off the weekend with a BBQ with the Leffew's. With all of the rain, their road had HUGE puddles. Grevin is a little obsessed with water and after redirecting him for about 2 hours, I thought he would just go to the edge to throw rocks...well, I thought wrong. He took 3 steps and proceeded to sit down in the big puddle. At that point, I just let him go. Rocks, dirt, water, shovels...his idea of paradise :)
Saturday, we rode our bikes to meet Jill and Shane to go see JT play ball. We discovered a fantastic bike trail (did you know that google will give you walking, biking, or driving maps?) to ride from our house over to Rincon Valley. It is about 5 miles each way, but almost all the way is on the bike path that runs along a creek. Lulu, Shane, and Grey had fun trying to play tee ball on the side lines and it was fine watching them try to "take turns." After we got home, took a nap, we decided to look over our camping stuff to make sure everything still worked and we were not missing anything. We BBQ's some venison sausage and a backstrap...which was incredibily delicious! We set up the tent in the backyard and we were going to sleep in it until I realized that it wasn't going to get dark until almost 9. Considering our busy weekend, I was not ready to test that out on Grey :) Instead, we had a fire, let Grey chill for a little bit and then tucked him back in bed inside while we sat in the back yard hanging out together by the fire. Only thing missing was s'mores!
Sunday, we headed up to Windsor and went for our monthly hike...this time at Riverfront Regional Park. I couldn't understand the name though because even though it had access to the Russian River, the hiking trail was around a little lake. It was beautiful for an early morning hike...great for kids because it was a nice flat open path...but would be miserable in the heat of the day as there was little to no shade for the entire loop. They do have an awesome picnic area under the redwoods though with a volleyball net and horseshoe pits so that would be fun :)After an afternoon nap, we headed over to the Wing's house for a BBQ. We almost didn't get to eat the BBQ oysters and ribs because Zippy caught Brian's BBQ on fire! Michelle kept saying that she didn't think there should be flames coming out from underneath it....they should have listened sooner! Luckily no one was injured, the BBQ still worked, but they may need to think about getting a new one (good excuse to upgrade!) The little boys had fun splashing in the water, playing in the sandbox, and running around like crazy kids.
Monday, we did our weekend bike ride downtown to get coffee, Grey had fun interacting to all of the homeless people sitting on the sidewalk. I am always amazed to see how people light up around little kids and I am glad he is able to give others a little joy in their lives. For lunch, we headed over to Sonoma State University with sandwiches and fed the duckies some leftover stale bread Zippy had sitting in his car :)
We broke down and bought Grey a pool and a sandbox for the back yard on Monday, too. I had a hard time getting him out of the sandbox so he could nap before Grammie and Grandpa came over to BBQ at our house. Grammie and Grandpa helped set up the little pool and we let Grey go for a dip. As Grammie was filling it with water, Grandpa decided to help Grey go down the little slide part of it. None of us knew how slick it was and Grey went flying down the slide, wiped out, while Grammie was spraying the hose in his face. I thought it scared him so much he wouldn't want to go back in but it was about 10 minutes before he was trying to stand up in the pool and go down the slide again :) But..he wouldn't let go of my hand for the slide!
Friday night, we kicked off the weekend with a BBQ with the Leffew's. With all of the rain, their road had HUGE puddles. Grevin is a little obsessed with water and after redirecting him for about 2 hours, I thought he would just go to the edge to throw rocks...well, I thought wrong. He took 3 steps and proceeded to sit down in the big puddle. At that point, I just let him go. Rocks, dirt, water, shovels...his idea of paradise :)
Saturday, we rode our bikes to meet Jill and Shane to go see JT play ball. We discovered a fantastic bike trail (did you know that google will give you walking, biking, or driving maps?) to ride from our house over to Rincon Valley. It is about 5 miles each way, but almost all the way is on the bike path that runs along a creek. Lulu, Shane, and Grey had fun trying to play tee ball on the side lines and it was fine watching them try to "take turns." After we got home, took a nap, we decided to look over our camping stuff to make sure everything still worked and we were not missing anything. We BBQ's some venison sausage and a backstrap...which was incredibily delicious! We set up the tent in the backyard and we were going to sleep in it until I realized that it wasn't going to get dark until almost 9. Considering our busy weekend, I was not ready to test that out on Grey :) Instead, we had a fire, let Grey chill for a little bit and then tucked him back in bed inside while we sat in the back yard hanging out together by the fire. Only thing missing was s'mores!
Sunday, we headed up to Windsor and went for our monthly hike...this time at Riverfront Regional Park. I couldn't understand the name though because even though it had access to the Russian River, the hiking trail was around a little lake. It was beautiful for an early morning hike...great for kids because it was a nice flat open path...but would be miserable in the heat of the day as there was little to no shade for the entire loop. They do have an awesome picnic area under the redwoods though with a volleyball net and horseshoe pits so that would be fun :)After an afternoon nap, we headed over to the Wing's house for a BBQ. We almost didn't get to eat the BBQ oysters and ribs because Zippy caught Brian's BBQ on fire! Michelle kept saying that she didn't think there should be flames coming out from underneath it....they should have listened sooner! Luckily no one was injured, the BBQ still worked, but they may need to think about getting a new one (good excuse to upgrade!) The little boys had fun splashing in the water, playing in the sandbox, and running around like crazy kids.
Riverfront Regional Park, Windsor
It was a tough hike for Grey :)
This one cracks me up-like he is bored!
Give this boy a stick and he is happy!
Monday, we did our weekend bike ride downtown to get coffee, Grey had fun interacting to all of the homeless people sitting on the sidewalk. I am always amazed to see how people light up around little kids and I am glad he is able to give others a little joy in their lives. For lunch, we headed over to Sonoma State University with sandwiches and fed the duckies some leftover stale bread Zippy had sitting in his car :)
We broke down and bought Grey a pool and a sandbox for the back yard on Monday, too. I had a hard time getting him out of the sandbox so he could nap before Grammie and Grandpa came over to BBQ at our house. Grammie and Grandpa helped set up the little pool and we let Grey go for a dip. As Grammie was filling it with water, Grandpa decided to help Grey go down the little slide part of it. None of us knew how slick it was and Grey went flying down the slide, wiped out, while Grammie was spraying the hose in his face. I thought it scared him so much he wouldn't want to go back in but it was about 10 minutes before he was trying to stand up in the pool and go down the slide again :) But..he wouldn't let go of my hand for the slide!
Hmm...how do I use ALL these shovels at the same time?
I was a little sad to head back to work...but I needed a break from the weekend!!
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Sleepy Boy
Grammie is on vacation so Grevin has been playing with his friend, James, during the day. The first day he did not sleep at all, he was having way too much. But not today!! This is the picture I got from Andrea, James' mommy. (by the way, who is so awesome to be watching Grey!!) Tired little man!
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
Eating Peas
Grevin still loves his peas...even though he is trying really really hard to figure out how to eat them with a spoon.
And I love the "please" at the end :)
Happy Birthday, Andrew!
Grevin's best friend, Andrew, is TWO!! We had such a good time at his birthday party-eating monkey cake, jumping in the bounce house, and especially playing in the sandbox!
Happy Birthday, Andrew!
Playing in the sandbox
Grey*Andrew*Brewer (after playing hard ALL day!)
Including the parents this time!
Monday, May 10, 2010
Happy Mother's Day
I never knew how much love my heart could hold until someone called me "mommy."
-- Author Unknown
-- Author Unknown
Look at all the wonderful gifts I received from my little boy...he is so thoughtful! Grammie and he made this potholder for me. I promise his hand really doesn't look like that...but it shows you how hard it is for him to sit still!
He picked out some flowers( and a balloon) with his daddy.
And he can't wait to help me dig a hole to plant these flowers...
On Mother's Day, I was able to sleep in while Zippy and Grevin went to the store to get flowers, mimosas, and food for our picnic lunch at the Oakland Zoo. Grammie and Grandpa went with us, and we met up with the Wings to check out all the amazing animals. Auntie Zephy even came to hang out with us for awhile, too!
Grey and I riding the train
Gotta love those kisses!
This was Grevin's first trip to the zoo. I think he really enjoyed it even though it rained (or I guess I should say because of the rain because there were lots of puddles to play in!)
He really liked the stairs where you go to see the lion...
The sticks by railroad crossing
Going through the tunnel with his dad
And looking at the "wild" animals in the enclosures..
(he was so fascinated by the Homo sapien hosing down the bird cage)
He did like playing with the lion...as long as he had his stick!
As you can tell, he really wasn't too interested in the zoo for the animals...and would have had more fun playing in the backyard :) I guess we will wait a little longer before our next visit so he can really enjoy the zoo for what is there!
It was a nice Mother's Day and it was fun hanging out with the people who mean so much to me. I really love being a mother to this cute little boy!
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Monday, May 3, 2010
Birthdays and Horse Races
A weekend full of birthdays! And for adults, not kids! Saturday, we celebrated Andrea's birthday and Grey had alot of fun playing with her son, James. Now that James is sitting up, it is entertaining to watch them interact.
Grevin trying to share with James
James trying to walk like Grevin!
Enjoying the sunshine and warm weather
Grevin is in heaven if he can find a shovel and somewhere to dig...we finally found a place where he could dig and wouldn't destroy the flowers at their house!
On Sunday, we went to celebrate Ben's birthday at Golden Gate Fields. It was alot of fun to watch the horses, Grey thinks they are big dogs, and he danced to Tainted Love between the races.
Ben (aka Uncle Larry the birthday boy)*Grevin* Zippy* OJ
This is the only picture I got at the races. When he wasn't listening to the band, he was soooo soooo cranky! I am not sure what has gotten into him this last week, I think it is allergies (runny clear snot nonstop), he has been melting down at anything and everything. He kept asking for a cracker, as soon as he got one, he would throw it. He would ask to be put down, as soon as his feet would hit the floor, he would drop to the ground in tears asking to be picked up. I know he doesn't feel well but I hope this isn't foreshadowing the terrible twos!! Ugh!
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