goin to costco, goin to costco

Costco is a favorite, plus it has hot dogs and sometimes other kids to play with.

Doggie in the park

This is from a couple years ago.  We went to Greeley to see Husband's aunt, and the boy and I went to a fun little park to pass the time.  A neighborly man came through the park with his little dog that was super patient, and liked kids.  The boy got to hold the leash and he was so excited, and couldn't get enough.

grabbing a quick workout

Touchdown

Bunch o pics

I haven't posted in a while, but we have been doing some stuff.  The end of year will always be tricky for our little family, because of husband's work schedule, general Christmas/New Year busy-ness, stress, baking, and etc.  But we try to squeeze in some fun things, too.

I was looking through a recipe book, searching for a treat for Christmas brunch, and the boy says "tada"  I looked up to see he'd made a humunculus from play-dough.

Adventures in the back yard: a bucket had filled with snow, the snow melted then hardened to ice.  Here's the boy doing his best John Henry impersonation.

My friend Megan got tickets to a special ice show at this new enormous hotel and invited the boy and me to go.  They supply these over coats to go over your own coat because it's super cold in there to keep the ice pristine.  It covered the boy down to the ankles and I thought it was hilarious.  They also had an ice slide that the boy loooooooved.  Video to come.

After the ice show, we decorated ginger bread people.  This is the dog.  Then someone came in dressed as a ginger bread man, who greeted the kids and invited them to dance.  The boy and our friend's daughter went up and danced around while Megan and I talked.  

Then after New Years, we finally got around to decorating our own ginger bread train. The kit came with white icing and a little tube of green gel.  I mixed up some extra icing in more colors with my new mixer. :)

You might recognize this area, or not, but the boy and I have hung out here before.  It's the wilderness area behind his school.  In the fall, it was covered with tall reeds.  Now the reeds have died back, exposing all these rocks, and the brooklet.  He had a blast and very wild half hour climbing allover them, and nearly braining himself on the giant rocks.  At one point, he dunked a hand in the brooklet, and soaked his shirt and jacket at the wrist.  He got fed up with the wet wrist and took off the jacket and shirt and was running around for a few minutes with no shirt which is so boy, I can't stand it.  I didn't post a pic because evidence.

Fun times

It was pajama party day at the boy's school.  Someone handed this suit to us, I have no idea who, so he wore it.  His teacher's aide was trying to get him to make a wookie noise, but he just looked at her in confusion.  We've never let him watch any of the movies yet, so it was news to him.

Roar was super dirty.  The boy decided it needed a bath.  Can you see the washcloth in his hand?

He had to come with me to book club.  Husband has been working long hours, it being Christmas time, so they couldn't have usual boys night.  For some reason, the boy thought wearing a small down blanket was preferable to wearing his coat, like a weirdo.  

One new thing he's been doing lately is "big kisses", which are kisses on each cheek and them sometimes on the nose, too.  

The boy and I went to our ward Christmas party.  Husband was working, sadly. So after a quick burrito and grapes, plus a couple knocked over cups of water, then running in the halls with a pack of children, we went to see Santa.  While we waited in line, he ran off with a couple other kids and didn't come back with those same children.  So, i went to find him.  He was curled up against the wall of the dark portion of the hallway, wailing.  When I picked him up, he told me tearfully "I couldn't find you!"  Good news, he wasn't scared of Santa at all this year.  Or, as he calls Santa, "HoHoHo"

A candid moment

The boy likes to sings nonsense sometimes as he plays.  You'll notice near the end of the video, he shouts '99', which is a family cry, modeled after the show Brooklyn 99.

The other day, the boy and I were at a Webelos meeting.  The leader offered us some brownies, and while the leader and the other scout discussed what was going on with the brownies, my boy repeatedly shouted "Let's do it!" over and over while pumping his fist.  My thoughts exactly.