Saturday Morning

We had



a little



bit of



Saturday



morning



fun



at the



pumpkin patch!




How about you? How was your morning?

Ten on Tuesday Wednesday

Here is a random smattering of photos from the last couple of months, mostly taken from my phone. This is what we've been up to.

1. It's not unusual to find things such as this around our house these days. Thank you, Aaron.



2. One day where Aaron needed some snuggling during nap time. This is how he ended up.



3. A pretty common look for our playroom these days. The picture does NOT do the mess justice.



4. I asked for a writing desk for the alcove in our bedroom. I am repurposing the space from baby space (Aaron slept here for the first 4 months that we lived here and it's been empty ever since) to mommy office and retreat. John and I found this on Craigslist and bought the lamp, too. I love it! Now I have a place to work (and blog) again.



5. Seeing pictures like this just makes me want to break out in the Raffi song, "Bathtime."



6. This just melts my heart. John and Aaron are reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar, which is Aaron's favorite book. Aaron's favorite page is Saturday. Probably because it's filled with food.



7. I walked into the tv room one day and found this little guy. Again, playing with food.



8. Peek-a-boo!



9. Mama and her boys.



10. One of those times where I decided the mess is worth the fun. And oh, what a mess. But oh, what fun!

Orange County Fire Authority Open House 2010

It's that time of year again!

Fire Safety and Prevention Month is in October. Which means it's time for the annual fire station open houses. A lot of the stations have individual open houses on one Saturday, and then on the following Saturday, they have the big one, at the Fire Authority Headquarters, where fire trucks and assorted other equipment and fire fighters and EMT and all sorts of people and big trucks come for one HUGE open house. It even includes free lunch! We like to go to the big one at OCFA Headquarters. Remember this trip, from last year? Well, we headed out again, this time with two little boys that are fascinated by the big, red trucks.

I brought my little camera this time, so we wouldn't have to juggle the big camera with the boys. Usually, it takes pretty decent pictures, but for some reason, it wasn't cooperating on Saturday. Unfortunately, we missed out on a lot of great shots. Here are the semi-decent ones.

Jacob and Aaron had a fantastic time climbing in the big, big trucks!



They liked the ambulances, too.



John helped Aaron fire a water hose.



The fire fighters were very impressed with how well Aaron did. They think he'll be a future fire man.



Jacob's turn! He did awesome, too! They are shooting the water at little wooden houses and trucks that have wooden flames that flip over when the water hits them.



Jacob checks out some more of the interesting equipment.



We were waiting to take a ride on a fire truck.



I think Aaron was a bit overwhelmed by all of it. He passed out in his stroller before we even got to lunch.



The boys had a great time! It was an awesome family outing, and I even got some important pieces for their Halloween costumes. (Any guesses as to what they are going to be? Wink, wink.) Jacob has already asked to go to the fire station again. I'll make sure to put it on the calendar for next year.

A Bunch of Pictures from my iPhone

I've hardly used my big camera. I pulled it out on Friday to take a picture of Aaron's lunch tray, and the battery was dead. Oops. I guess I need to pull it out more often. Now that Aaron is running (usually in the opposite direction of Jacob, or trying to take whatever it is Jacob is playing with) it makes having two hands (and feet) available at all times an absolute necessity. So, here are pictures from my phone. Because that is all I have from the last month or two (hanging my head in shame now).

See, he really did eat his lunch out of the ice cube tray.



Look what someone else has been eating! Okay, so maybe a hotdog isn't the healthiest food out there. But it's meat. And it's something different. Baby steps, people, baby steps.



This big boy got to go to the park down the street because he now has big boy shoes. Brand new big boy shoes. Expensive brand new big boy shoes. Because he has really wide feet. I've had two children's shoes salespersons comment on his wide feet. All I have to do is walk in the store and they go, "Wow. He has really wide feet!" Oh, dear. That's not a good sign. So much for saving all of Jacob's old shoes. They won't fit.



Jacob and I went on a date to Zoomars. It was a perfect morning. Just me and my sweet first-born.



Aaron created his own jungle-gym.



A fun new game.



This is what's been going on at our house lately. Yes, it is installed wrong. It's a really long story.



And this is my new toy. It arrived Friday.



Happy May, everyone!

Aaron's Lunch

Make a Joyful Noise

The previous video I posted was from several weeks back. This video, however, was taken this afternoon. Jacob had a really good dinner--after refusing lunch, he was starving and grumpy, but Mandi finally convinced him to eat a hot dog, which filled him up, and then we let him have fruit and chocolate soy milk, wiring him up with sugar. A half hour later, this was the result. Aaron was all too eager to join in the festivities as well.

Happy boys!!

Aaron and the Recorder

Pretty self-explanatory. Aaron figured out how to play recorder and march around the house :)