Tuesday, August 28, 2007
August 24th - End of summer luau
The boy's school had an end of summer luau. The curriculum in Jack's classroom this week revolved around Hawaii - learning Hawaiian songs, where Hawaii is on the map, and of course making a Hawaiian headband and grass skirt. Cute as can be!
August 19th - Happy Birthday Kyle
Today we attended our buddy Kyle's first birthday party. It was at a local community pool and we all had a great time - as you can see by these pictures. The boys loved jumping in (or leaning in) from the edge of the pool.
Here is birthday boy Kyle with his Dad, Jim.
Here is birthday boy Kyle with his Dad, Jim. 
August 18th - I wanna rock & roll all night...
Monday, August 27, 2007
August 10th - Crazy hair day
Today was crazy hair day at the JSC Childcare Center. I enhanced Charlie's natural mohawk a bit and spiked Jack's hair up.
August 9th - Happy Birthday Ronny!
CHEESE!!! Whenever Jack sees the camera now, he says, "CHEESE!!!" with a big toothy smile.
August 5th - Happy Birthday Daisy Doodle!
This weekend we went to Daisy's 2nd birthday party at the Moody Garden's Aquarium. We had a great time and got to see a king penguin up close.
Saturday, July 28, 2007
July 16-22 Minnesota Trip - Day 1, Monday - Flying to Minnesota
On Monday, July 16th we flew to Minnesota – Grandma, Mommy, Daddy, Jack, and Charlie – for a little vacation. Jack was very excited to go on our trip. We had been prepping him for days, telling him that we were going on a trip to Minnesota and that we were going to fly on an airplane up in the sky with the whole family including Grandma.
When we drove up to the airport, Jack could see lots of airplanes. We parked in the ramp and took and elevator down to the terminal. Jack called it an “alligator” which made us all laugh. We took another “alligator” up to check in with our kids and a million bags. For the five of us we had 4 suitcases to check, 2 strollers to gate check, and 7 carry-ons. I was constantly counting to make sure we had everything. Just thinking about it makes me groan.
When we got to the gate, Ronny brought Jack over to the window to look at all of the airplanes around our gate area. Jack got so excited – he was almost jumping out of his skin. He was stuttering and could hardly get the words out of his mouth – “It’s airplanes! One two three four five!” Eventually he calmed down and would just sit and watch the airplanes.
If only Jack would have been happy watching TV for longer than 10 seconds...
After we got to Minnesota, we made our way down to the baggage claim and I took Jack to a neighboring carousel to see the suitcases coming down the conveyer belt to the carousel. He thought that was pretty cool. Eventually our bags started coming down, so I took him back to our carousel. Ronny collected all of our bags and it was time to go and Jack had a little meltdown. He screamed when I picked him up to take him away from baggage claim. He screamed, “More suitcases!!!” Everyone looked at us and I said, “He wants to stay and see more suitcases.” A mom with older kids said with an understanding look, “I’ve been there!” I bet she has!
We made our way along the “Rental Car” signs and eventually had to take a little tram to the rental car area. We told Jack it was a choo choo train and boy did he get excited. It was a short fun trip. Then after we hit the rental car desk, we took a little bus to get our rented minivan. With trips on an airplane, a train, and a bus – not to mention all of the elevators – and I think this may have been the best day in Jack’s life. The kid seems to have energy that won’t quit. We didn’t get to Grandma’s house until about 10pm and he was still going strong. Both kids were. We got the room set up with beds and clean sheets for the kids and finally got everyone to bed around 10:30.
July 16-22 Minnesota Trip - Day 2, Tuesday - Happy Birthday Espen
On Tuesday afternoon, after failed nap attempts for Jack and Espen, Holly, Ryan and Espen came over to play and have a little birthday celebration for Espen who had turned 2 the day before. We hadn’t seen Espen since he was about 9 months old in April 2006. He was just a baby like Charlie then and now he is a little boy with lots of personality. The boys just played and played.
These two look they are up to no good, don't they?
These two look they are up to no good, don't they? 
July 16-22 Minnesota Trip - Day 3, Wednesday - Busy morning
I found this great little playhouse on sale at Target. Espen loved throwing all the toys (and Grandma’s stuffed loons) into the playhouse and Jack loved throwing everything out of the playhouse.
The wicked witch of the East was here...
On Wednesday, Ronny had a morning teleconference that went from 9am until noon. When Charlie woke up from his nap around 10am, the rest of us headed up to IKEA to meet with Holly and Espen. We went around the upper level and then had a nice lunch in the cafeteria. We finished up below and Charlie was starting to fuss, so we headed home. Grandma convinced Holly to stay and hang out with us for the afternoon since Espen probably wouldn’t take a nap at home anyway. The boys played all afternoon again.
The wicked witch of the East was here...
On Wednesday, Ronny had a morning teleconference that went from 9am until noon. When Charlie woke up from his nap around 10am, the rest of us headed up to IKEA to meet with Holly and Espen. We went around the upper level and then had a nice lunch in the cafeteria. We finished up below and Charlie was starting to fuss, so we headed home. Grandma convinced Holly to stay and hang out with us for the afternoon since Espen probably wouldn’t take a nap at home anyway. The boys played all afternoon again. 
July 16-22 Minnesota Trip - Day 3, Wednesday - Video of Espen's funny faces
Espen makes a series of funny faces that we enjoyed over and over again. Super cute!
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