We have decided to create a little blog about our family. Mainly as a way to share what is going on, with our friends and family, who we miss and don't get to see too often. Our family is growing up so fast and we want make sure that no one misses our every accomplishment.
Sadly because Jeremy's Grandma passed away we were unable to go on our camping trip, so we were able to make it to the big library party I talked about in this post. Brady and his cousins, Chelsey and Zack, had a great time. Enjoy the pictures.
The kids in the helicopter. We got to be very close and watch it take off, definitely my favorite part. Zack and Chels on the police motorcycle With the star wars guys In the police car. The silly airforce falcon sat in the police car, and then afterward he sat in our empty stroller. It was quite funny. You know these are not my children, because if they were, they would not be holding a huge pet roach! As Brady would say, "gusgusting!" The theme this summer was under the sea, so of course they had a mermaid. Not sure how I missed getting any pictures of Brady, but don't worry he had a great time too.
I am a little scared that Brady might be one of those weirdo kids. I know he isn't really, he is just 2, but what if he never grows out of his strange traits. The strange trait currently is sticking things up Brady's nose.
First were the eyes from his quiet book, which he eventually sneezed out.
Next were pieces of rice, while I was cleaning up dinner, and I guess he got bored.
Most recently, the other night, once again while I was cleaning up dinner, he stuck a peanut up his nose. We had chicken with a peanut sauce, which also had a garnish of peanuts, and a side of rice. I heard him snorting, like he was blowing something out of his nose. Since we had rice, I assumed it was rice again. I took the rest of his dinner away, and tried to make him blow out anything in his nose. I looked in his nose, and noticed a little something in there. I tried to get it out, but then he looked like he was in pain. I called Jerm for back up, and we both tried to get it out. I started to panic and run upstairs for tweezers, but just then I peanut comes flying out of his nose, all gross and boogery! ewe!
The Gross Peanut Sad boy, after the peanut incident
So, sadly, Brady has to be watched closely for putting things in his nose. Again I pray this is a faze and he will not be sticking crayons up his nose in 3rd grade, no one wants to sit next to that kid!
We love our local library! We go there at least once a week, either for story time, or to use the other many other resources. In the summer, they have a great reading program for the kids, with tons of prizes. They also have a bunch of different things for the kids all summer long.
This summer we saw miniature horses, a singing mermaid, and a magician. At the end of the summer they have a party with tons of fun things for the kids. We were supposed to be out of town for the big party, so we went to the smaller, north Colorado Springs party. I had my two nephews, and niece with me that day, so anything we did would be fun for Brady.
The kids got their faces painted, and temporary tattoos. Brady did very well and sat perfectly still. They also got their hair sprayed cool colors. They were doing Tae Kwan Do lessons, and though the other kids have done it before, Brady did not hesitate to jump right in. He was the youngest by at least two years. He thinks he is five! Here is a video of Brady trying to be just like his cousins, so cute!
After their lesson, the other kids got to punch, and break a board. The lady looked at me like, your little 2 year old can not do this, so he observed. Lastly we got to meet some firefighters, and see the firetruck. The coolest thing was getting to spray the fire hose. Once again, Brady was not shy and ran right up to do whatever his cousins were doing. The kids had such a fun day, and I must admit it was pretty fun for me to. Love the library.
Sadly on Saturday Jeremy's Grandmother went to be with the Lord. She lived a long, wonderful life, and would have been 93 in September. She will be so dearly missed, but it makes glad that she is in Heaven rejoicing right now. Because of travel issues Brady and I could not make it down to Houston to celebrate her life, but Jeremy is there with his parents and sisters. I am praying for Jeremy's Mom right now because of her loss, and I am sure she would appreciate any prayers her way. It is sad that Brady will not remember his great-grandma, but we will make sure to tell tons of stories, and he can know her that way. He will surely laugh when he hears what a character she was.
We have been having to much fun enjoying the summer to blog. Not really, but it sounds better than, I have been too lazy to blog. Sorry.
Here is Brady having fun in the local splash fountain. Love that boy. We are going to a water park this weekend, and that should be fun. In a few weeks we are going camping, and we are very excited about that. Hope you are all enjoying your summer.
This weekend we took Brady to see his first movie, Toy Story 3, and we were so happy with how well he did and how much he liked it. We have been watching the older Toy Story movies to catch Brady up. His favorite is Buzz. We tried to take him on his actual birthday, but Jerm was on call and had to work late so we did not make it. We planned to go on Saturday morning, at 11, to the theater near our house. We got there fifteen minutes early, and Brady was very excited, but sadly the movie was sold out. We quickly got the times at another theater, and hurried over there. Brady did not understand at first, and we thought we may have a melt down, but we promised him tickets after the drive, and that seemed to pacify him. Strangely the other theater was sold out, but the second one we went to we were 3 of the 7 people in the movie. That was fine with us, we sis not want to be sitting next to a ton of other people anyway. It was 3D so we a little worried he would not keep his glasses on, but he loved it, and did great. It was strange to see him, awake but not moving, besides eating his popcorn, for 45 minutes. I did not think he could be still while being awake! We kept asking if he was okay but he was just mesmerized. He started to get restless toward the end, but he just moved around some, and then he was fine. Such a great movie, although I think the first one is still my favorite. Hopefully we will be able to go to more movies as a family in the future.
Just like his momma Brady likes to drag his birthday out and have many special celebrations throughout the week. Saturday was his party, which was tons of fun, and you can read all about it on a previous post.
Monday was his actual birthday so we headed to one of his favorite places, the zoo. My mom had never been to our zoo, and I think she had fun. Feeding the giraffes Petting the baby wallaby Feeding the birds Riding the merry-go-round That evening we went to a local, Chuckie cheese kind of place, and had pizza and played. Brady got a build a bear gift card from friends, in the mail for his birthday, and he insisted on paying for dinner with it. Wasn't that so sweet of him?
We had fun, but we did have a little incident where Jerm had to yell at a teenage girl who worked there. She wanted to close the sand area early so she would not have to work as late, and Brady was still playing in there. That poor girl hates her job, but Brady did get to play in the sand pit, thanks Daddy! After pizza and playing, we came back home for cake and a few more presents. Yesterday, he got even more presents. Tomorrow we are going to go to see Toy Story 3 for even more of a birthday celebration. I can't even count how many presents he got. I guess I better start on thank you notes! What a blessed boy!
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