Sunday, September 26, 2010

Wyatt's 1st Swimming Lesson

Wyatt started swimming lessons a couple of weeks ago. He loves to swim and has a great time in his lessons with Brian.
Getting into the pool for the first time
Wyatt and Brian in the pool

The class doing Pop Goes the Weasel

Practicing his kicking

Oh my goodness! Rubber Duckies!


Jack's Birthday Party

Wyatt and Dean had fun playing with Jack's new bike
Wyatt's cousin Sam showing the boys how to play pool

Jared & Jack playing pool at lunch

Wyatt & Brian checking out the pool table. Future pool shark?

The birthday boy and his cake




Football!

A couple of weeks ago we went to San Diego for Jack's 7th birthday. While we were there we got to watch Jack play football. It was a very exciting game, which Jack's team won in the last 30 seconds.
Jack making a play
Wyatt and Dean had fun playing on the bleachers

Hmm, I wonder what Dean will do if I step on his foot?



Reconnecting

Recently Brian and I reconnected with some college friends, Tony and Helen. They and their two adorable kids, Luciana and Miles, just moved to Pasadena so we had them over for a BBQ.
After lunch the kids ran through the sprinklers. Wyatt and Luciana had a great time running between the sprinklers and our kiddie pool.
Miles wasn't so sure about the sprinkler, he preferred to run on the sidewalk and hang out with his dad.

Wyatt (finally) being nice to a girl!


Wyatt and Miles petting Sherby. Sherby lived up to his reputation as the most tolerant cat in the universe - he let the kids pet him as much as they wanted. It was a fun afternoon. We can't wait to get together again.




Sunday, September 12, 2010

Sesame Street at Sea World

A few weeks ago, Wyatt and Brian went to Sea World. Brian didn't take any pictures except for these. As soon as I get the pictures from Grandpa Richard and Grandpa Bob I will post them. As you can see Wyatt wasn't at all afraid of Zoe and Elmo. According to Brian, he had to hold him while they waited in line because Wyatt kept trying to rush Elmo! Sesame Street is Wyatt's favorite show. In the morning Wyatt asks for two things - milk and Elmo!



Fun, Fun, Fun

Wyatt is finally big enough to play on the ATV that his cousins Hannah and Meghan gave him. He loves riding it around the yard. He is still working on turning it, but he is really good at going in a straight line on it!
The Tafts came to visit in July - Hannah and Meghan had a great time loving on Wyatt. They were also excited to finally meet Sherby. Sherby liked meeting them too. Hannah spent hours petting and loving him.

Wyatt looking at pictures on Aunt Shannon's camera

4th of July - Playing with Jack & Dean

Dean & Wyatt playing in the pool

Jack & Wyatt playing with the sprinkler pad

Milk riot!

Bathtime

Aunt Lori & Dean - Wyatt kept stealing Dean's blankie. Dean had to hold onto it for dear life!

Twins

Jack-a-Roni

Brian with Wyatt and Dean

4th of July - Kidspace Museum

Over the 4th of July Aunt Lori, Uncle Erik, Jack, and Dean came to visit. We had a lot of fun together - the boys had a great time playing and the adults had a great time BBQing, hanging out, and watching fireworks from our second floor patio.
On Saturday, Lori and I took the boys to the Pasadena Kidspace Museum. They had firemen there that afternoon. We got there too late to see the firemen, but we did see the firetruck robot. Wyatt thought this was very cool and ran right up to it to touch it and watch it move.

The courtyard at the museum has fountains that come out of the pavement to play in. Dean wasn't so sure what to think about these.

But Wyatt couldn't get enough and had to be dragged out of the fountains.

Jack thought the fountains were pretty cool too. He was also a good helper, making sure that Wyatt didn't run too far away.

We explored the rest of the museum. Jack liked all the places he could climb and explore. Wyatt and Dean liked the toddler play area. It had lots of fun play mats to climb and toys to play with. I took Wyatt and Dean into this area while Lori took Jack out to the big kid stuff. I had three different people ask me how old my twins were. All I could do was laugh - the reality is that watching the two of them together, by myself, was exhausting!

San Francisco, Part 2

Wyatt and Ananya played and played and played. We went to the park, saw Grace Cathedral, and went down to the Bay. We were very lucky and had great weather while we were there. Of course, Wyatt and I still had to bundle up, since it was a lot colder than at home.
Wyatt and Ananya at Chrissy Field. My poor Southern California baby didn't know what to make of the cold evening wind coming off the Bay.

Wyatt & Mommy at Chrissy Field


Merry-Go-Rounding with Ananya




San Francisco, Part 1

Wyatt and I flew up to San Francisco in July to visit Auntie Aditi, Eemo Jean, and Ananya. Wyatt took his first airplane trip. On the way to SF he was an angel, charming the flight attendants and the passengers. He was so good, at the end of the flight he was invited to go sit in the cockpit with Captain Ryan. He thought that that was really cool - after all, there are about a million buttons and switches in an airplane's cockpit!

We stayed at Auntie Aditi and Uncle Pooneet in the city. He had so much fun playing with Aditi and Ananya. Here Wyatt is sharing his snack with Auntie Aditi.

Getting kisses from Ananya

Swinging at the park

Trying to convince Eemo Jean to climb into the fountain

The Fair

In June we went to the Del Mar Fair. First we went to visit Great Grandma Billie. We didn't get it on video, but when he goes to Grandma Billie's he is like a whirling dervish, exploring all of her fun things. He can't wait until he is big like Hannah and Meghan so that he can have one of Grandma's mints.
Checking out the livestock

On the carousel with Daddy


Enjoying a cold drink with Daddy

The highlight of the day was the elephant ride. The kids got a kick out of the fact that the elephant was named Becky.





Updating the Blog

Sorry I've lagged lately in keeping the blog updated. Between Wyatt and work, the last thing I want to do in my spare time is sit in front of the computer. I am going to try to update more frequently, though I am sure it still won't be anything regular. Bear with me as I put up a ton of posts to catch everyone up on the past three months.

The last post was, in fact, Wyatt's 15 month check up. Tomorrow Wyatt goes for his 18 month check up - I seriously don't know where the time has gone. I can say that we have an amazingly fun summer - visiting our friends in San Francisco (and Wyatt's first plane trip), swimming and running through the sprinklers, visits by all of Wyatt's cousins, and lots of other fun stuff.

Every day Wyatt discovers something new. He is growing like crazy and every day it seems like he is saying new words - yesterday it was waffle, today gorilla (ok, "rilla"). He is walking, running, climbing, and even learning to hop. He loves to laugh and to dance and to play with his puzzles. Evey day is a new adventure and the best part is that Brian and Wyatt and I are in it together.