Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Thanksgiving

It is so nice to have family within driving distance around the holidays. This year we went to the DC area and stayed with Aunt Jeannie and Uncle Lynn. We really enjoyed our 2 days together. I think Parker had the best time of his life!

Dan and I made the mistake of trying to go get a toy at Toys R Us on Thanksgiving night. When we got there and saw the long line and huge masses of people we went right back to the house. On Friday we took Parker to the Air and Space Museum and the Natural History Museum in DC. He was in heaven. After the museums we went for a drive. It was nice to get a little tour of DC by people who know the area. They took us to Old Alexandria by the waterfront where we walked around and looked at little shops. We drank hot chocolate in a Starbucks that used to be a restaurant in 1775. It was a great trip until the drive home. Parker wouldn't go to sleep. We got home at 10:45pm and needless to say Parker was cranky!











Sunday, October 24, 2010

Duke Basketball

We are pretty excited about Duke basketball this year. Duke gave out free family tickets to grad students for the game last night so we got to take Parker. He was a little anxious at first with all of the noise, but I think he enjoyed it. He learned to say "swoosh!" and "Go Duke!" and "Go Devils!" so it was a productive night. Ironically I had just bought Parker's outfit for $4 at JCPenny a week ago. Dan got Parker to wear the original costume I bought for him (the one he was afraid of), but now we know that it is too small so this new outfit might be his new costume. A little Kyle Singler.





Thursday, October 21, 2010

23 months

Parker is always finding ways to amaze us with the things he knows. I find it funny that he picks up on some things so fast and others he doesn't. For example, Parker has been able to name all of the letters in the alphabet for a while and he can even tell you what sound they make. But when it comes to counting he usually says, "one, two, one". So imagine our surprise when tonight he counted up to 15. It's even funnier considering the fact that we usually only go up to 10 when we try to teach him how to count. We are also working on colors. Secretly he probably knows them all, but when asked everything is white or blue and sometimes orange.

He has also picked up a gross habit... He bites his nails. It occurred to me the other day that I never need to cut his finger nails and then I caught him. I thought his fingers were always in his mouth because he is getting more teeth, but he just likes to eat his finger nails. I would have never thought to look for something like that, but now we have to figure out how to stop it.

Here are a few more random things that I enjoy about Parker these days:
1. He thinks giving you a kiss will get him anything he wants.
2. He likes to say "bye, bye" to everything.
3. He still loves reading books.
4. All he ever wants to do with his blocks is build temples. Today he told me that Jesus lives in the temple.
5. He says "Thank you, Mommy" or "Thank you, Daddy" for just about everything.
6. He has a happy dance.

Monday, October 18, 2010

Pumpkins and Cousins

Parker loves pumpkins and he loves his cousins so we went to VA this past week to visit. It is always fun to be around family!

We went to a pumpkin patch on Saturday. Parker loved running through the maze, taking a hayride and picking out a pumpkin.

I have decided holidays are a lot more fun when you have kids. We have decorated a little bit. We made some festive cookies that are really really good (http://thepioneerwoman.com/tasty-kitchen/recipes/desserts/pumpkin-spice-sugar-blossoms/). Too bad Parker is afraid of his Halloween costume. Looks like we will have to be creative this year.

Enjoy the pictures!







Thursday, October 7, 2010

Florida part 2

Joe wanted to be buried in the sand so I made him look like a pregnant lady. :)

Cooper. I love Cooper. He is always smiling. And isn't that double chin adorable?!

Thanks to Jerry we got to go to Disney World for free. It was a lot of fun!



Riding on the train in "Mickey Town" (Parker still talks about it).

Riding Dumbo.

Isn't he cute?!?!

Parker loves temples so we went to the Orlando Temple and took some pictures. Parker was upset that he couldn't go inside and go to nursery.


Building the Provo Temple with grandma and at the Lego store.