Happy Birthday to Garrett. He turned 1 on November 17th. We had cupcakes and he, well Casey opened presents. He got some great loot from everyone! They both love playing with all his new toys.
Sunday morning (18th), Casey sang in the church choir in front of the congregation. She was great and a bit funny with all her zoning out and yawning. But for the most part, she knew the words and the moves. Check out the videos.
Garrett went for his 1 year old appointment on Monday. He is in the 95th percentile in height at 31.5" and 50th percentile in weight weighing in at 21 lbs 4 oz. He got 3 shots and did great!
Kelly & Bodie drove into town on Tuesday. We all headed to Vail Cascade Resort for the night. A nice swim in the outdoor heated pool, then dinner over at The Ritz where our friends Mark and Amy were staying.
Wednesday, Stan and I went snowboarding in the morning on the 2% that is currently open at Vail. Before leaving the resort, Stan, Kelly and I went and got massages while the kids played in the spa's daycare.
Thanksgiving Day, we all went to Keystone in the morning. Kelly & I took Casey down the bunny hill a few times, which was way too easy for this skiing expert;) She actually seemed a little bored and got a little cranky, so after a nice break inside the lodge with me and Garrett and a lot of snacks, she skied down Schoolmarm, to the bottom. She was awesome. She talked or sang most of the way down. No whining at all!
Sean, Kathy, Dillon and Connor come over for a Thanksgiving Day feast. So yummy!
Friday, Kelly, Kathy and I went to see Breaking Dawn...yes, definitely blog worthy.
Kel left us on Saturday and the rest of the weekend was pretty lax.
Garrett started in the 1 year old Munchkin room today. He did great. Had a great 2 hour and 10 minute afternoon nap, ate all his food and drank none of his milk.
Enjoy video.
November 28, 2012
November 14, 2012
Walks and Signs
Garrett is walking. He is walking way more than crawling. He started at the end of October with a few steps here and there. Then last week he just got it. He is also climbing the stairs, though he seems to know he's not supposed to. He'll climb a couple steps then look back. If we are behind him, he'll try and go real fast up the stairs. He is also starting to use sign language. He claps for "more" and does a 1 handed wave in the air for "all done," and it's usually after we ask a billion times. He also randomly waves when we say "Hello" or "Goodbye."
Casey is a great big sister. She gets very excited when he starts walking, cheering him on, "Come on Garrett," and yelling for us to come look. Friend and Foe...She is also getting a little tired of him getting into all of her stuff. The past couple of days, Casey will be upstairs playing, and I will head up with Garrett and she will get very upset, "I want to be by myself mom." And she'll make her toys say little comments here and there, "We're going to have a party, but little baby boys aren't allowed." When I tell her "that's not nice," she comes back with, "it wasn't me mom, it was my toy..."
Since our last post, we had Halloween. It landed on a Wednesday this year, so both kids wore their costumes to school. Casey's class went trick or treating around the Town of Dillon, then had a Halloween party in the afternoon. We then went trick or treating that night on Frisco Main Street then to dinner at the Boatyard with Sean & Kathy and Sarah & Brian and the kids. Casey was very into it this year, running up to the doors and yelling "Trick or Treat, Thank you!" She got a ton of candy.
The first weekend of November, I hosted book club so we had a bunch of visitors. The ladies went skiing at Abasin in the afternoon then dinner/book club in the evening. Stan took Casey to Connors bday party, where she got to wear her Halloween costume one last time.
Wednesday, the Town of Dillon hosted "Hibernation Hoedown" to celebrate the DC Capitol Christmas tree driving through the Town on the way to DC from Meeker, CO. Casey's class went and got to go on a hayride, visit with Santa, Mrs. Claus and Smoky the Bear and sign the Christmas Tree truck.
Thursday, we headed down to Denver to hang with Amy and Mark for the VT game. Amy's sister babysat while we went out to the Denver Hokie Alumni Tailgate at Jacksons. Casey and Garrett had fun playing with all of Ella and Hanna's toys!
Friday, Casey got one last bike ride in before the snow arrived. She still needs help starting, but she can ride and stop by herself. She doesn't whine much anymore, but she does talk or sing the entire time.
This weekend we got snow both Saturday and Sunday. Much needed and we are hoping for much more! Saturday night, the kids school hosted a Spaghetti dinner fundraiser with a face painter, moonbounce and balloon artist. The kids also performed songs! Casey mostly messed around in the back with her teacher, Miss Shannon, but did sing a little bit!
Tuesday, Casey got the flu mist and 2 shots, leftover from her 4 year old annual visit this past May. I had Garrett with me too, so it was quite an event. I sat in a chair with both kids on my lap and my arms wrapped tightly around both. Casey did great with the flu mist. But once it was shot time, She started screaming. When she started crying it set Garrett off crying. This went on until after the 2nd shot and I was able to get Casey a lollipop and she calmed down. I walked out to the lobby and everyone was staring...another nurse let it be known, "oh yea, we all heard that." Awesome!
Enjoy pix and video...
Casey is a great big sister. She gets very excited when he starts walking, cheering him on, "Come on Garrett," and yelling for us to come look. Friend and Foe...She is also getting a little tired of him getting into all of her stuff. The past couple of days, Casey will be upstairs playing, and I will head up with Garrett and she will get very upset, "I want to be by myself mom." And she'll make her toys say little comments here and there, "We're going to have a party, but little baby boys aren't allowed." When I tell her "that's not nice," she comes back with, "it wasn't me mom, it was my toy..."
Since our last post, we had Halloween. It landed on a Wednesday this year, so both kids wore their costumes to school. Casey's class went trick or treating around the Town of Dillon, then had a Halloween party in the afternoon. We then went trick or treating that night on Frisco Main Street then to dinner at the Boatyard with Sean & Kathy and Sarah & Brian and the kids. Casey was very into it this year, running up to the doors and yelling "Trick or Treat, Thank you!" She got a ton of candy.
The first weekend of November, I hosted book club so we had a bunch of visitors. The ladies went skiing at Abasin in the afternoon then dinner/book club in the evening. Stan took Casey to Connors bday party, where she got to wear her Halloween costume one last time.
Wednesday, the Town of Dillon hosted "Hibernation Hoedown" to celebrate the DC Capitol Christmas tree driving through the Town on the way to DC from Meeker, CO. Casey's class went and got to go on a hayride, visit with Santa, Mrs. Claus and Smoky the Bear and sign the Christmas Tree truck.
Thursday, we headed down to Denver to hang with Amy and Mark for the VT game. Amy's sister babysat while we went out to the Denver Hokie Alumni Tailgate at Jacksons. Casey and Garrett had fun playing with all of Ella and Hanna's toys!
Friday, Casey got one last bike ride in before the snow arrived. She still needs help starting, but she can ride and stop by herself. She doesn't whine much anymore, but she does talk or sing the entire time.
This weekend we got snow both Saturday and Sunday. Much needed and we are hoping for much more! Saturday night, the kids school hosted a Spaghetti dinner fundraiser with a face painter, moonbounce and balloon artist. The kids also performed songs! Casey mostly messed around in the back with her teacher, Miss Shannon, but did sing a little bit!
Tuesday, Casey got the flu mist and 2 shots, leftover from her 4 year old annual visit this past May. I had Garrett with me too, so it was quite an event. I sat in a chair with both kids on my lap and my arms wrapped tightly around both. Casey did great with the flu mist. But once it was shot time, She started screaming. When she started crying it set Garrett off crying. This went on until after the 2nd shot and I was able to get Casey a lollipop and she calmed down. I walked out to the lobby and everyone was staring...another nurse let it be known, "oh yea, we all heard that." Awesome!
Enjoy pix and video...
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| Casey's preschool room getting ready to go trick or treating...she's the pink bat girl |
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| Garrett in his classroom |
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| trick or treat |
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| who is that horse? |
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| relaxing...watching the tube |
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| Casey displaying her sun with a face |
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| sidewalk chalk |
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| hopscotch |
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| probably last day of sandbox til spring |
October 28, 2012
Festivities
It's been a couple weeks. We "carved" the pumpkins we got from the Silverthorne Pumpkin Fest. They have been on our front step for 2 weeks and are really soft and rotted, but still standing good enough to keep until Halloween.
Stan and I made it to Arapahoe Basin's opening day on Wednesday, October 17th. We arrived at 3:00 p.m., parked up front, no lines, 1 run was open from mid mountain. We got 4 runs in before the mountain closed. After snowboarding, we picked the kids up from school and headed to the Lake Dillon Fire Station for an open house/free hot dogs/safety night. All was good until the smoke trailer added a bit too much smoke for Casey. The fireman wanted Casey to crawl under the smoke, through the trailer and out the window...Casey said "No Way!" Her momma didn't raise no dummy!!
Friday, I took Casey, Garrett and Rowan to the Denver Zoo. We met up with Amy and Ella and Sarah, Kaelin and Graham. It was a little overcast, so the animals were out and about. The Lion was walking around, the bears were playing with their toys, the monkeys were swinging around and the elephants were wandering. The kids got to ride on the merry-go-around and got chocolate ice cream on the way out.
Last Saturday, we went to Vail for a Fun Fest with Sean, Dillon and Connor and Sarah and Rowan and Ava. There was a bounce house, bounce slide, large bounce slide, blow up obstacle course, face painter, balloon animal guy...and Casey ran around for a good 2 hours and did them all while Garrett watched. On Sunday, it was another beautiful day, so we played bocce ball while the kids ran around playing basketball, soccer, hide and seek and on the playground.
This weekend, we drove 2 1/2 hours NE to go to Pope Farms Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch in Wiggins, CO. It was in the middle of nowhere, however, it ended up being a blast!! The corn pit was a huge hit, with the kids burying each other and jumping in, like a ball pit. There was a giant bubble you could jump on, a train, a tractor ride, duck races, a spider web, potato guns, and a huge corn maze, that we were for at least 30 minutes.
Sunday, the kids dressed up and went trick or treating at the Silverthorne Outlets. We made it to all 4 villages this year!!!
Garrett is taking steps. It has been very difficult to get on video. Whenever the camera comes out he decides not to show off. The most consecutive steps so far has been 6.
Happy Belated Birthday to Uncle Stuart!!!
Enjoy the pix.
Stan and I made it to Arapahoe Basin's opening day on Wednesday, October 17th. We arrived at 3:00 p.m., parked up front, no lines, 1 run was open from mid mountain. We got 4 runs in before the mountain closed. After snowboarding, we picked the kids up from school and headed to the Lake Dillon Fire Station for an open house/free hot dogs/safety night. All was good until the smoke trailer added a bit too much smoke for Casey. The fireman wanted Casey to crawl under the smoke, through the trailer and out the window...Casey said "No Way!" Her momma didn't raise no dummy!!
Friday, I took Casey, Garrett and Rowan to the Denver Zoo. We met up with Amy and Ella and Sarah, Kaelin and Graham. It was a little overcast, so the animals were out and about. The Lion was walking around, the bears were playing with their toys, the monkeys were swinging around and the elephants were wandering. The kids got to ride on the merry-go-around and got chocolate ice cream on the way out.
Last Saturday, we went to Vail for a Fun Fest with Sean, Dillon and Connor and Sarah and Rowan and Ava. There was a bounce house, bounce slide, large bounce slide, blow up obstacle course, face painter, balloon animal guy...and Casey ran around for a good 2 hours and did them all while Garrett watched. On Sunday, it was another beautiful day, so we played bocce ball while the kids ran around playing basketball, soccer, hide and seek and on the playground.
This weekend, we drove 2 1/2 hours NE to go to Pope Farms Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch in Wiggins, CO. It was in the middle of nowhere, however, it ended up being a blast!! The corn pit was a huge hit, with the kids burying each other and jumping in, like a ball pit. There was a giant bubble you could jump on, a train, a tractor ride, duck races, a spider web, potato guns, and a huge corn maze, that we were for at least 30 minutes.
Sunday, the kids dressed up and went trick or treating at the Silverthorne Outlets. We made it to all 4 villages this year!!!
Garrett is taking steps. It has been very difficult to get on video. Whenever the camera comes out he decides not to show off. The most consecutive steps so far has been 6.
Happy Belated Birthday to Uncle Stuart!!!
Enjoy the pix.
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| Casey's Princess Pumpkin and Garrett's Goblin Pumpkin Potato Heads |
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| showing off their new winter hats |
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| opening day at ABasin. pray for snow!! |
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| Ice Cream...a perfect way to end a day at the Zoo! |
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| running through the obstacle course at Vail Fun Fest... |
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| "I am a beautiful Butterfly!" |
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| "Don't bug me...I am performing" |
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| a quick "cheese" |
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| Pope Farms Pumpkin Patch |
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| Family Portrait |
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| The corn pit... |
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| Pumpkin Train...a wild ride |
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| Lost in the Corn Maze |
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| Skeleton and Bat Girl...Trick or Treat at the Silverthorne Outlets |
October 14, 2012
Butterflies
Garrett loves school. He cries the minute I drop him off at Kids Korner at the Rec Center until I leave the room and then plays the rest of the time. However, when I drop him off at school, no tears, he just starts playing. I had to drop something off at lunchtime at the school this past week, so I peeked in at him and he and another little girl were sitting right across from each other (almost on top of each other) throwing a block back and forth. So he will get a check next to, "makes friends easily."
He doesn't eat or sleep much there, but he's happy all day. He takes 2 half hour naps, has been refusing his lunchtime bottle and food, and then will drink about 2 oz at 4 and eat his food. This past Wed we went out to dinner after we picked them up from school and he ended up eating 1 1/2 bottles during dinner!
He had turkey and mango this week and seems to like them. We think he is starting to do the sign language for "all done" and he is sort of starting to wave a little too. He is very into throwing balls and playing with cars. He even knows to make the "vroom" noise when playing with a car.
Casey is doing great. I think we finally have her completely potty trained during the day. I still remind her to go (even though she NEVER has to go when I tell her to go), but she is now going on her own and not peeing her pants at all. I know I'm going to jinx it, but she has not had an accident in a while.
Casey is a very dramatic 4 year old. The other day she was sitting on the floor looking at her toe and where it attaches to the foot she a little cut...she tells me, "mommy, my toe is coming apart!"
She is getting along very well with her brother and keeps him entertained when he gets fussy in the car by playing peek a boo. He LOVES his sister. Casey can now recite my phone number without any help. And now we are working on perfecting the writing of her name. She is also learning to use the computer and can now work the mouse pretty well. Playing on the computer has been a good way to work on her impatience. She has to calm down in order to get the cursor right on something to click.
Since our last post, Casey, Garrett and I hiked Old Dillon Reservoir. Then last Sunday, the whole fam hiked Tenderfoot Mountain, which we can see from our living room, to spread Frisco's ashes. Casey hiked the 3 miles without much complaint. This was twice as long as any hike we have done before. We bring lots of treats!
Yesterday we went to the Butterfly Pavilion in Denver. Casey almost held a tarantula...she got up close and personal, but pulled her hand away just before it was dropped into her hand.
This morning we went to the Silverthorne Pumpkin Fest. Casey was dressed as a witch and Garrett was a skeleton. Casey picked out a free pumpkin for both herself and her brother. After the fest, Casey and I drove to Denver for her friends Lainey's and MaKenna's birthday party at their Gymnastic Center. Casey had a blast on the trampolines, beams, bars and sliding into the foam pit.
Enjoy pix!
He doesn't eat or sleep much there, but he's happy all day. He takes 2 half hour naps, has been refusing his lunchtime bottle and food, and then will drink about 2 oz at 4 and eat his food. This past Wed we went out to dinner after we picked them up from school and he ended up eating 1 1/2 bottles during dinner!
He had turkey and mango this week and seems to like them. We think he is starting to do the sign language for "all done" and he is sort of starting to wave a little too. He is very into throwing balls and playing with cars. He even knows to make the "vroom" noise when playing with a car.
Casey is doing great. I think we finally have her completely potty trained during the day. I still remind her to go (even though she NEVER has to go when I tell her to go), but she is now going on her own and not peeing her pants at all. I know I'm going to jinx it, but she has not had an accident in a while.
Casey is a very dramatic 4 year old. The other day she was sitting on the floor looking at her toe and where it attaches to the foot she a little cut...she tells me, "mommy, my toe is coming apart!"
She is getting along very well with her brother and keeps him entertained when he gets fussy in the car by playing peek a boo. He LOVES his sister. Casey can now recite my phone number without any help. And now we are working on perfecting the writing of her name. She is also learning to use the computer and can now work the mouse pretty well. Playing on the computer has been a good way to work on her impatience. She has to calm down in order to get the cursor right on something to click.
Since our last post, Casey, Garrett and I hiked Old Dillon Reservoir. Then last Sunday, the whole fam hiked Tenderfoot Mountain, which we can see from our living room, to spread Frisco's ashes. Casey hiked the 3 miles without much complaint. This was twice as long as any hike we have done before. We bring lots of treats!
Yesterday we went to the Butterfly Pavilion in Denver. Casey almost held a tarantula...she got up close and personal, but pulled her hand away just before it was dropped into her hand.
This morning we went to the Silverthorne Pumpkin Fest. Casey was dressed as a witch and Garrett was a skeleton. Casey picked out a free pumpkin for both herself and her brother. After the fest, Casey and I drove to Denver for her friends Lainey's and MaKenna's birthday party at their Gymnastic Center. Casey had a blast on the trampolines, beams, bars and sliding into the foam pit.
Enjoy pix!
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| concentrating |
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| his new favorite toy |
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| Old Dillon Reservoir hike |
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| Tenderfoot Mountain hike, Lake Dillon, Buffalo Mountain in the background, this is the spot we spread Frisco's ashes |
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| Tenderfoot Mountain hike, Keystone in the background |
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| Butterfly Pavilion with Connor and Dillon and some bees in the trunk of a tree...bzzzzz |
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| Holding Rosie the Tarantula |
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| holding an Atlas Moth, or something like that... |
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| even Garrett got to play with the butterflies |
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| Happy Halloween...close enough |
October 04, 2012
First Day of School
Garrett started school this week. He is going for a full day on Wednesdays, along with Casey. He did great at drop off. I put him down, standing next to a fellow classmate, put a dump truck in front of him and he was good to go. No crying. He didn't eat lunch, kept pushing the bottle away, and his naps were short, only 30 min and 45 min, but he was happy all day long.
At home he is crawling fast everywhere. Pulling up on everything. Starting to understand the word "NO" and "Do Not Touch" but still likes to test us. He is eating more real food and definitely likes it better than baby food. He ate brown rice couscous, watermelon, bread, bananas, green beans, potatoes and carrots this week.
Garrett has 3 new body languages of the week: arching his back when he doesn't want to get into his high chair, stroller or carseat; straightening his arms in the air, losing his shoulders when he doesn't want us to pick him up; and headbanging, sometimes against furniture, sometimes against my head and sometimes just randomly in the air.
Casey is doing great in swimming. They are working on floating on their backs, feeling comfortable in the deep end and this week, they started working on freestyle. Tumbling is going well too. They got to go on the uneven bars last week which was very exciting for Casey. She ran over and jumped up on the low bar immediately and was first to volunteer for the top bar.
We are working on her listening skills and trying to stop the talking back. The talking back is a bit different then it has been.
Me: "Casey it's bathtime"
Casey: "It's NOT bathtime"
Not that she doesn't want to take a bath...she just wants to say something back.
She has started playing more with Garrett this week. She chases him around and then grabs him and tickles him and he just laughs and laughs.
Not many pix this week, but enjoy!
At home he is crawling fast everywhere. Pulling up on everything. Starting to understand the word "NO" and "Do Not Touch" but still likes to test us. He is eating more real food and definitely likes it better than baby food. He ate brown rice couscous, watermelon, bread, bananas, green beans, potatoes and carrots this week.
Garrett has 3 new body languages of the week: arching his back when he doesn't want to get into his high chair, stroller or carseat; straightening his arms in the air, losing his shoulders when he doesn't want us to pick him up; and headbanging, sometimes against furniture, sometimes against my head and sometimes just randomly in the air.
Casey is doing great in swimming. They are working on floating on their backs, feeling comfortable in the deep end and this week, they started working on freestyle. Tumbling is going well too. They got to go on the uneven bars last week which was very exciting for Casey. She ran over and jumped up on the low bar immediately and was first to volunteer for the top bar.
We are working on her listening skills and trying to stop the talking back. The talking back is a bit different then it has been.
Me: "Casey it's bathtime"
Casey: "It's NOT bathtime"
Not that she doesn't want to take a bath...she just wants to say something back.
She has started playing more with Garrett this week. She chases him around and then grabs him and tickles him and he just laughs and laughs.
Not many pix this week, but enjoy!
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| swinging on the top bar on the uneven bars |
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| what? |
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| Casey taking her brother for a walk |
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| First day of school |
September 24, 2012
Amusement Parks
The past 2 weekends we have spent at amusement parks in
Denver with Sean, Kathy, Dillon and Connor.
Sunday, the 16th, we went to Miners Maze at Heritage Square
in Golden, CO. There was a human maze for the kids to run through, trying to
find their way out, a web crawler with a slide, a train, a merry go round and a
candy shop. The kids started in the bouncy house, but that only lasted 30
seconds, before they came out saying it was dirty and that they didn't like
bounce house anymore...hmmm...we'll see what happens next time they see a
bounce house.
This weekend was full of fun. Friday was the last Farmers
Market. Saturday, we went to Frisco for a band and fireworks (there was a fire
ban during July 4th so they were not able to shoot them off Independence Day).
The kids played on the playground, played soccer, cornhole, hide and seek,
chase, danced and then cheered for every firework that went off. Garrett was in
the middle of all the action too, crawling all over the place, playing with the
soccer balls, hamming it up for anyone and everyone who would look at him. And
he loved the fireworks.
Sunday we went to Lakeside Amusement Park, which can be seen
from I-70. They have a bunch of toddler rides and a couple big rides that they
could ride with an adult. The kids had a blast. And Kathy and I even rode the
Cyclone Coaster...the big white roller coaster seen from I-70.
The weekdays consist of swimming on Mondays. Casey is
jumping in by herself now, pushing off the wall and is moving her arms in a
FREESTYLE motion, see video below. Garrett swims and crawls and splashes around
in the 1/2 foot part of the pool. This morning he told me he was done by
crawling up onto me and hugging me. I got him dressed and put him in the stroller...he
crashed immediately. We then have been heading to the library, where Casey picks
her 3 books then heads up to the desk by herself with her library card to
checkout.
Tuesdays, Casey goes to school until 12:30. Wednesdays Casey
goes to school all day. Garrett will start full day Wednesday on October 3rd. Thursdays,
Casey has Tumbling. I don't have to stay for the class...for the first time.
She seems to really enjoy herself...much more than ballet. We head to the
playground afterwards with her friend Rowan. Fridays, Casey is in school until
12:30.
Garrett has been keeping us entertained, check out the
videos below. He is crawling everywhere right now. His favorite place to hide
is behind the fireplace...a nice safe place. He also likes to crawl onto the
first step. He loves the bathtub. He crawls as fast as he can all over the tub
and splashes like crazy. Casey is tolerating him a lot more now. She has been
helping to "discipline" by picking him up and carrying him away from
outlets, electronics, the steps...wherever he is not supposed to be. She even
gave him a hug the other day, on her own.
Casey is a funny 4 year old. She loves playing. Tonight she
had set up her little people around a plate that had a play cookie on it. She
likes to play "family" with her friends, calling them
"honey." "Honey, let's
pack our bags for our trip.” She is still very into princesses and pink and
purple, but has opened her mind a little. She also likes to be a mermaid, and a
mixture of things.
We do have some very sad news...our amazing chocolate lab
that we have had for 12 1/2 years, passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 18. She had a
fantastic Summer visiting with family on the East Coast and had a great life.
Thanks to everyone who walked, watched, fed, played with, or just had fun with
Frisco. She will be GREATLY missed!!!!!!!
Enjoy pix!
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| I love my brother...and don't comment on my bangs... |
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| being goofy |
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| Daddy caught a fish...not quite big enough to eat |
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| being cute |
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| GO HOKIES! |
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| in the web |
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| sliding out of the web...a little sweaty |
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| merry go round was a hit |
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| Garrett is chasing Dillon with the soccer ball over to the left. he did finally get the ball and got the biggest grin on his face when he did |
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| Rowan and Casey rockin' and rollin' |
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| Casey, Dillon, Rowan and Lucas enjoying the fireworks over Lake Dillon |
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| Dillon and Casey on the Roller Coaster |
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| floating their boat |
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