Colin Speaks!

He said a 3-word sentence this morning! I don't remember what it was, but it was something like "Mama up please." For those who haven't heard him in a few weeks, his vocabulary is growing every day. He now says cereal, gramma (Grandma), Pappy, and many other two-syllable words.

As for Kevin, we all know language is his strength. He learned the word nocturnal this week, and loves his dinosaur names. I think he knows more than I do.

Swim Lessons

Kevin has had swim lessons each week for the last few months. It has been interesting, to say the least. While the other kids are putting their faces under and laughing, my son took 7 weeks to put his chin in the water. He has to practice getting his face near the water since he cheats at lessons, too. The last activity of class is where the sink rings are at the bottom, and he is supposed to reach down and then pick them up. But he doesn't want his face that close to the3 water. Kevin uses his foot to drag them to the shallow water and then gets them. As a result, we had to bring a straw to bath time so he could blow bubbles in the water. We then shorten the straw just to get his face close to the water. He is very proud of that!

He doesn't have wet hair when he gets out of the pool, either. You should see how stiff he is when the teacher tried to have him lay on his back while resting on her. You would think the water was acid or something.

While he is in lessons, we play with Colin in the water. Colin likes splashing much more, and occasionally dunks his face under since he is playing and splashing so much. We tried to get some decent pictures to show you all. Here are the results:

Kevin during his lessons:

Hiding from splashes

A rare picture of his great smile!

Some pictures of Colin playing:

Giggling at the waterfall

And of course, a train was made!

Measuring and Hammering

Today Colin decided to fix things around the house. (I think it had something to do with Daddy being out in the garage fixing things as well.) He went around the house measuring and then hammering. He also required a stool for each project. (Daddy was also using a stool in the garage.)

Here are the pictures:

Measuring an fixing one side of the stairs.

Then the train table.

Then the other side of the stairs.

Measuring face.

Fixing face.

A Visit To See Aunt Kelly

Over Spring Break, Kevin and I went to see Kelly in Colorado. We made the trip sans kids, which made the trip much easier even though I almost cried three times before we even got on the plane. (The first time was about 6 seconds after we said good-bye to them. There wasn't a reaon to cry other than being a mom. I am sure they had an amazing time playing with Pappy and Grandma for the weekend.)

We hung out with both Kelly and Walter Saturday, walking around Pearl Street for most of the day. The highlight of the day was purchasing the cinnamon rolls for breakfast the next morning, but don't let that fool you into thinking our day was that boring. It is just the grocery shopping was that great.

On Sunday Kelly, Kevin and I went to Vail to snowboard/ski/read (respectively). I heard that they had a great time on the slopes. All I know is that it was warm and comfortable next the huge fire, where I finished my book.

We hope we didn't disappoint Kelly with our activities on Monday. We had several hours to kill, and instead of visiting the Dinosaur Ridge (We will do that when we bring the boys out.) we chose to watch tv instead. It was perfectly relaxing and quiet, and it was cable tv!

We had a great time. It was wonderful to see Kelly and Colorado again. Next time - the boys are coming!

On Pearl Street

The view from Kelly's

Where I was most of Sunday. (I will ski next time!)

Where Kelly and Kevin were for most of Sunday.

Colin Flirts

Anyone who has met Colin knows that he is a big flirt. Here is the best I have seen so far:

Downtown Grandma and I took Colin out to dinner to see Aunt Cathy. A blonde was working named Lizzie. Every time she would walk by he would stare at her, and a few times it looked like he was even checking her out. Finally, she came over to meet him. She had noticed him checking her out. He immediately starts tilting his head and smiling like crazy. He said "hi" and then "zoo." I think he asked her out to the zoo. Then he said "mom" which means he hasn't yet figured out not to take his mom on dates.

All was well until Lizzie walked away when he was looking behind him. As soon as he turned around and saw she was gone, he started yelling (very pathetically) "Zee! Zee!" I had to take him back over to her so he could say good-bye.

That kid moves fast.

Kevin's First Ransom Note

Martha

Skits

K2 and I went to Colorado to see Aunt Kelly last weekend. (Post coming soon.) The morning we left we were loading our bags into the car. Kevin saw the bags and starting talking about stealing Martha.

(Back story - Martha Speaks used to be his favorite show. Martha is a talking dog. Skits is the other dog in the household, which does not talk. On one episode there are some bad guys who want to steal Martha to make money off of her. They try to put Martha in a black bag, which happened to be the color of our luggage.)

So Kevin saw the bags and helped us carry them outside, all while saying "We are bad guys. We are taking Martha and Skits." He talked about taking Martha and Skits for about 30 minutes, which was adorable. We had a bit of time to waste before we had to leave, so I asked Kevin if he wanted to write with his new dinosaur pen. He agreed, and immediately started telling me what to write. This is what he said:


I soon realized he was leaving a ransom note. He was very proud and wanted to tape it on the window. Here he is.

Colin's Stylish Glasses

He loves wearing glasses. Obviously.

Colin Hiding Again

Another example of Colin hiding:

I am trying to find him after dinner. I hear giggling from behind the bathroom door...

I like how he is smiling because he thinks I still don't see him.