He especially loved the "ishies"....one of his favorite animals right now...We will definitely be back!
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Zoo Animals
Hunter and I took a quick day trip to Waco to visit their zoo on Friday. I've heard good things about their zoo and it is only about an hour and fifteen minutes away from our house. Hunter LOVED it! He kept saying "see animals" all of the way up there. It was a nice zoo with all of the animals you'd expect to see - giraffes, lions, tigers, monkeys, elephants, etc. The elephants and lions were especially active. Here are a few pics from our trip:
He especially loved the "ishies"....one of his favorite animals right now...
He especially loved the "ishies"....one of his favorite animals right now...
Monday, March 14, 2011
Choo-Choo!
Hunter has really been into choo-choo trains lately, so when our friend April suggested this playdate we knew it would be a fun day!
There is a park not too far from our house that has a short 1 1/3 mile track with a miniature locomotive that you can ride! I hate to call it miniature, because it's not super small, but it is small enough where the conductor sits out in the open and pulls several cars that the passengers ride in. We checked it out on Sunday with Hunter's friends Baker and Owen, and their mommies and daddies, of course. :) The weather wasn't that great but it was a good, cheap form of entertainment for the boys. We'll definitely be back!
Here is a little history about the train if you are interested. It's a cute story -
http://www.cedarrockrailroad.com/Cedar_Rock_Railroad/History.html
And some pics from the day:
The train -
Hunter waiting for the train to come -
Hunter, Baker and Owen. Impossible to get all 3 of them to look at the camera at the same time!! -
A wider view of what the train looks like -
Ready to roll! -
There is a park not too far from our house that has a short 1 1/3 mile track with a miniature locomotive that you can ride! I hate to call it miniature, because it's not super small, but it is small enough where the conductor sits out in the open and pulls several cars that the passengers ride in. We checked it out on Sunday with Hunter's friends Baker and Owen, and their mommies and daddies, of course. :) The weather wasn't that great but it was a good, cheap form of entertainment for the boys. We'll definitely be back!
Here is a little history about the train if you are interested. It's a cute story -
http://www.cedarrockrailroad.com/Cedar_Rock_Railroad/History.html
And some pics from the day:
The train -
Hunter waiting for the train to come -
Hunter, Baker and Owen. Impossible to get all 3 of them to look at the camera at the same time!! -
A wider view of what the train looks like -
Ready to roll! -
Saturday, March 12, 2011
23 months
Well, here we are. Hunter's last month of being a one year old!
While I am floored about how fast time has gone by since he was born, I really love the stage that he's at right now. He is just so much fun and such a happy little guy. He does things that make us laugh all of the time and it's just amazing how big of a sponge his little brain is.
We celebrated his 23 month birthday by taking him to Chuck E. Cheese for the first time and he LOVED it. He mostly wanted to play basketball but did run around and do some other things as well. He ate one piece of pizza and then threw the crust down and said "all done" because he wanted to get up and play. He cried when we left but luckily it didn't last too long. I forgot to take pictures....bad mommy.
The other day, he was playing in the drawer where all of the cookie sheets are and pulled out a muffin tin and started saying "muffin". He's never seen me make muffins so I couldn't believe that he knew what it was! He also said "Skype" when we were Skyping with Mimi a few days ago, which he's just picked up by hearing us talk about it, I assume, because I always ask him if he wants to talk to Mimi on the computer rather than using the actual word Skype.
Now that the weather is nice, we are spending a lot of time outside. He asks to go outside from the minute he wakes up in the morning. It has been a little chilly in the mornings so we usually wait until the afternoon, but he is happy as a clam just running around in our backyard. He also enjoys the playground and loves to play on the slide.
He's quite the helper these days and loves to be included in whatever I am doing. He's been helping with the laundry for some time now and runs in there to help whenever he sees me heading that direction. He helps me put the wet clothes into the dryer and gather up the clean clothes to go fold. He also helps me make the bed by giving me the pillows. Never too soon to get him excited about bed making, I suppose!
He's becoming very independent and is learning to walk down stairs by holding on to the railing. He's still a little timid and wants to hold your hand most of the time, but he can do it by himself if he wants to. He wants to do everything by himself - "Hunter do it", he says.
He's doing great at feeding himself with utensils. I can give him some applesauce or yogurt and let him feed himself with a spoon with minimal mess. When it comes to food, he's also my little vegetarian baby because he's not big on meats at the moment. He'll eat some brisket (although is picky about what kind of brisket...) but if I order him a cheeseburger he'll just pick the cheese off and leave the meat. There isn't a veggie that he doesn't like, thank goodness! His favorite food right now is probably mac and cheese (his typical answer whenever you ask him what he wants to eat).
In addition to his letters and numbers, he now knows 4 shapes - circle, square, triangle, and heart. He loves pointing all of these out whenever he sees them. He floored me the other day when we were driving and saw a school bus...he loves to look for school buses. He said "school bus", and then "two school buses". I couldn't believe that he knows to put the plural form of the word when talking about more than one! He does this for balls, cars, etc. but buses just seems harder to me. So fun. :)
While I am floored about how fast time has gone by since he was born, I really love the stage that he's at right now. He is just so much fun and such a happy little guy. He does things that make us laugh all of the time and it's just amazing how big of a sponge his little brain is.
We celebrated his 23 month birthday by taking him to Chuck E. Cheese for the first time and he LOVED it. He mostly wanted to play basketball but did run around and do some other things as well. He ate one piece of pizza and then threw the crust down and said "all done" because he wanted to get up and play. He cried when we left but luckily it didn't last too long. I forgot to take pictures....bad mommy.
The other day, he was playing in the drawer where all of the cookie sheets are and pulled out a muffin tin and started saying "muffin". He's never seen me make muffins so I couldn't believe that he knew what it was! He also said "Skype" when we were Skyping with Mimi a few days ago, which he's just picked up by hearing us talk about it, I assume, because I always ask him if he wants to talk to Mimi on the computer rather than using the actual word Skype.
Now that the weather is nice, we are spending a lot of time outside. He asks to go outside from the minute he wakes up in the morning. It has been a little chilly in the mornings so we usually wait until the afternoon, but he is happy as a clam just running around in our backyard. He also enjoys the playground and loves to play on the slide.
He's quite the helper these days and loves to be included in whatever I am doing. He's been helping with the laundry for some time now and runs in there to help whenever he sees me heading that direction. He helps me put the wet clothes into the dryer and gather up the clean clothes to go fold. He also helps me make the bed by giving me the pillows. Never too soon to get him excited about bed making, I suppose!
He's becoming very independent and is learning to walk down stairs by holding on to the railing. He's still a little timid and wants to hold your hand most of the time, but he can do it by himself if he wants to. He wants to do everything by himself - "Hunter do it", he says.
He's doing great at feeding himself with utensils. I can give him some applesauce or yogurt and let him feed himself with a spoon with minimal mess. When it comes to food, he's also my little vegetarian baby because he's not big on meats at the moment. He'll eat some brisket (although is picky about what kind of brisket...) but if I order him a cheeseburger he'll just pick the cheese off and leave the meat. There isn't a veggie that he doesn't like, thank goodness! His favorite food right now is probably mac and cheese (his typical answer whenever you ask him what he wants to eat).
In addition to his letters and numbers, he now knows 4 shapes - circle, square, triangle, and heart. He loves pointing all of these out whenever he sees them. He floored me the other day when we were driving and saw a school bus...he loves to look for school buses. He said "school bus", and then "two school buses". I couldn't believe that he knows to put the plural form of the word when talking about more than one! He does this for balls, cars, etc. but buses just seems harder to me. So fun. :)
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Oprah!
Hunter and Daddy had their first boys weekend while I was out of town last weekend. It was the second time I've left Hunter overnight so it was still very hard to leave but I did much better than the last time. :)
My friend April and I went to LA to see the Oprah show! We have been trying to get tickets to see her for several months. The drawing for tickets is totally random. You basically have to stalk her website to see when they are opening up the window to apply for tickets, then apply for show dates and they email you after they close the window to see if you are one of the lucky ones. We had applied several times before and never got them and then happened to check online on the day that she had the window open for her After-Oscars Party show taping at the Kodak Theatre the day after the Oscars (which is why we went to LA instead of Chicago). We were only there for two nights but it was so cool to be around all of the Oscars buzz and to be in the Kodak Theatre with Oprah the morning after while everything was still set up from the night before. Our seats were in the top balcony so they were a little far away, but they weren't bad at all...everything was pretty clear!
Hollywood!
This was about 1/3 from the back of the line. They were checking in people at ONE card table by marking them off on pieces of paper. At 6am. In 40 degree weather. And I was wearing open-toed heels. Not thrilled at this point...
This was taken with my phone so it's not a great picture. We could see better than this in real life. But, it's Oprah!!
Hunter and Daddy hung out with April's husband and son, Chris and Owen while we were gone. They had a cookout one night and went to breakfast the next day. They did a pretty good job holding down the fort while we were gone. I'm glad they got to have some male bonding. :)
My friend April and I went to LA to see the Oprah show! We have been trying to get tickets to see her for several months. The drawing for tickets is totally random. You basically have to stalk her website to see when they are opening up the window to apply for tickets, then apply for show dates and they email you after they close the window to see if you are one of the lucky ones. We had applied several times before and never got them and then happened to check online on the day that she had the window open for her After-Oscars Party show taping at the Kodak Theatre the day after the Oscars (which is why we went to LA instead of Chicago). We were only there for two nights but it was so cool to be around all of the Oscars buzz and to be in the Kodak Theatre with Oprah the morning after while everything was still set up from the night before. Our seats were in the top balcony so they were a little far away, but they weren't bad at all...everything was pretty clear!
Hollywood!
This was about 1/3 from the back of the line. They were checking in people at ONE card table by marking them off on pieces of paper. At 6am. In 40 degree weather. And I was wearing open-toed heels. Not thrilled at this point...
This was taken with my phone so it's not a great picture. We could see better than this in real life. But, it's Oprah!!
Hunter and Daddy hung out with April's husband and son, Chris and Owen while we were gone. They had a cookout one night and went to breakfast the next day. They did a pretty good job holding down the fort while we were gone. I'm glad they got to have some male bonding. :)
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