How Man Catches Dinner....
"la la la la la"
Straighten that hat out Boy!
Friday, July 25, 2008
Duck Hunt (twas a great game back in the day!)
How Man Catches Dinner.... "la la la la la"
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Random talk....(Im boring these days)
Did I mention this summer is flying by? I can not believe its almost august. I love Michigan summers! But why oh why to the winters have to suck so bad? Ok, I'm going to stop there, its too early to be thinking about the W word. Mick needs to interview in a few weeks for our potential new home. I have mixed feelings about where I want to spend the rest of my life and raise the boys. I must say I do like the Grand Rapids area, but its easy to say when its in the 80's. Mick and I were talking today about how much we are going to miss Lisa when we leave grand rapids. I think maybe I will propose the offer of her ditching out on her degree to come live with us and be our live in nanny (Im sure she has other plans) The boys are sharing a room now so why can't they when we move back home? HHmmmm aupair??? I think I would seriously consider it if Kyan's Preschool didn't cost $4,500 a year! Alright, that's enough about the summer ending! We are enjoying our time in GR. We took the boat out last weekend and caught some bass. Nolan did really good on the lake, he is like his brother "ALL BOY" They Love the fish and worms! I think Kyan killed half a dozen minnows taking them out of the bucket to show his baby brother (he is going to teach Nolan so much....this could be good or bad :)
Mick and I attended a Foo Fighters concert the other night on the firm, it was a good time. Dinner was fantastic and the concert....a little more head banging than I am into but they put on a good show and hey.....it was free! We are heading to an amature baseball game tomorrow night and we may do some camping this weekend (I will try to remember the camera, Im always forgetting it these days) , I love having Mick free from his studies I know I am going to miss him so much once school starts again. The wedding planning is great! You may wonder why I never touch base here.....I unlike most people am having a stress free wedding!!! Next weekend the girls are all heading to Traverse city for a little wine touring and other festivities to help celebrate!!!!! The next few weekends are completely booked as we will be heading to the UP almost every week (why cant gas be a buck-o-five a gallon?) Well Nolan continues to slam dunk his diapers in the trash and now says Ball to every round object he sees. Between "ball" and "etch" aka Catch, I think we may have the next Nolan Ryan I mean Nolan Larson! Kyan continues to be well......he's 3 and that's all I have to say there, I am sure these times will come to an end. Until next time......
Mick and I attended a Foo Fighters concert the other night on the firm, it was a good time. Dinner was fantastic and the concert....a little more head banging than I am into but they put on a good show and hey.....it was free! We are heading to an amature baseball game tomorrow night and we may do some camping this weekend (I will try to remember the camera, Im always forgetting it these days) , I love having Mick free from his studies I know I am going to miss him so much once school starts again. The wedding planning is great! You may wonder why I never touch base here.....I unlike most people am having a stress free wedding!!! Next weekend the girls are all heading to Traverse city for a little wine touring and other festivities to help celebrate!!!!! The next few weekends are completely booked as we will be heading to the UP almost every week (why cant gas be a buck-o-five a gallon?) Well Nolan continues to slam dunk his diapers in the trash and now says Ball to every round object he sees. Between "ball" and "etch" aka Catch, I think we may have the next Nolan Ryan I mean Nolan Larson! Kyan continues to be well......he's 3 and that's all I have to say there, I am sure these times will come to an end. Until next time......
Monday, July 21, 2008
Some Random Pictures
"BRING ON THE BACON!!!!"
Is Nolan taking this pic????
"Hold on Big Bro, your going for a ride in my "Mid-life Crisis" rig."
"My bib is really ruining my appetite"Sunday, July 13, 2008
Our little cuddle Pie (a little update on the Piester)
Nolan has turned the tables on his biting. I don't think he's tried to bite (other than when Kyan deserves it!) in over a week! Now he's all hugs and kisses! Whew, didn't want to have the bully baby in the neighborhood when we get back home in the fall! He loves to sit on anything "big people" sit on, chairs , couches etc. its so cute, he sits there like hes a VIP. He is also picking up on mommy's cleaning. The other day he was doing the "uuhhh uuhhh uuuhhh" (kid has no vocabulary ) and pointing at his dirty diaper after a change. He then grabbed it and took it to the kitchen and Slam Dunk, right into the trash! Now he has to throw EVERY diaper away. This is good because I have now started introducing him to hand hygiene, something our family takes very seriously, thank goodness for Purell! Unfortunately I have also found toys and sippy cups in the trash as well :(
I am thinking we may have another one out of diapers at a young age. Nolan was tapping on the potty the other day saying "pa pa pa" so just for SH*$'s (no pun intended) and giggles I put him on and .....sure enough Mr. Pie was red faced and poopin'!!!!! WOW he went in the potty at 14.5 months old, that beats Kyans 18 months! Now for mom and dads sake hopefully the little man can be out of diapers by the time Kyan was,.....come on 24 months! We have such smart boys!!!! Nolan got his 7th tooth, FINALLY! Now we just have to work on that vocabulary!
I am thinking we may have another one out of diapers at a young age. Nolan was tapping on the potty the other day saying "pa pa pa" so just for SH*$'s (no pun intended) and giggles I put him on and .....sure enough Mr. Pie was red faced and poopin'!!!!! WOW he went in the potty at 14.5 months old, that beats Kyans 18 months! Now for mom and dads sake hopefully the little man can be out of diapers by the time Kyan was,.....come on 24 months! We have such smart boys!!!! Nolan got his 7th tooth, FINALLY! Now we just have to work on that vocabulary!
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Over due
Wow, this summer is flying by! I have been in Grand Rapids now for a month already. We aren't that used to the tight living quarters but all in all things are going o.k. The kids are....well the kids are animals lately. They are doing really well with there nanny Lisa. I love having her around. Can you believe I get to take showers 3 days a week all my myself with no little monsters in the bathroom!!! Kyan has turned into a rebel without a cause. His favorite word is "NO!" and he insisted on doing what ever the $%*# he wants lately! Our new approach is to try to remain strict but applaud the good behavior. I feel bad because some times I feel we are constantly saying KYAN! NO!.... KYAN do this .....KYAN DO THAT. He's too smart for his own good and knows exactly what buttons to push and when to push them. Example #1 Lisa does not work on the day before I go into work at night, usually a good nap when the boys nap is good for me. So I lay both of them down at 1130 the other day, Nolan fell asleep (was quiet) by 1220. They usually will take a 2-3 hour nap. I fall asleep and wake up to the clock saying 1:00, the toilet flushing and Nolan screaming. Kyan tells me, "yeah, I tapped on Baby Brothers Shoulders to wake him up on the way to the bathroom" I WAS LIVID!!!! Lets just say Kyans plans to go to the zoo with his auntie that day, GONE! My sleep before work GONE too :( I think we just need to get through this summer and into year number 4. I am over 3 year olds. Kyan is still a lady's man and people person. It doesn't matter if a cats got your tongue, he'll get you to talk! He is still full of "Thank you Sir's" and "Thank you Mam's" and over all is an awesome intelligent 3 year old!
Mr. Pie has been navigating the word on two feet now for a few weeks. He no longer crawls anywhere unless its in a mad rush to get to something he's not supposed to. Like if he sees the opportunity to get into the bathroom if the door is left open. His teeth count and vocabulary are at the same level as they were a few weeks ago 6 teeth and barley any words! He does however do a really good impression on Tim the Tool Man Taylor. He says "Huh" to just about everything, its really funny! It's weird how I don't really care about when Pie hits his milestones, I want him to stay little forever. I remember wanting Kyan to crawl and then missing the times when he couldn't, yet still wanting him to learn to walk and when he could, wishing he was still a baby. So with Nolan.....he can take as long as he wants on everything! I loved how he didn't learn to walk until almost 14 months, he felt like a baby longer. Kyan learned before 10months! No thank you! Pie points to everything wanting to know what it is or be carried over to it. He always replies with "HUH" again, its priceless. He loves to turn on and off light switches and can not get enough off closing and opening his bedroom door. He is the first to chase kyan up the stairs if he sees his big brother going up. Nolan is a very aggressive baby and will bite you at any moment and if you back off he will raise his hand and hit you. We have NO IDEA where this behavior was learned. He doesnt care if you tell him no and that it hurts he will hit harder or bite harder. Poor Kyan has learned this all to well. We are all hoping this phase is a quick one. On the other hand if you say "Kiss" he will stop and drop everything he's doing, toddle over and give a big kiss. He also makes the "Muh" smacking sound with his lips now to go along with his wave when you say ba bye. His hair still remains ever so fly away and duck like and he is as cute as ever right now! He is quite the mammas boy but slowing turning daddy's way. He loves to be carried everywhere on my hip and both boys are constantly in competition for the center of attention. Add the attention seeking dog we own to that and you have one caotic time....Kyan saing mamma mama mama, Pie hitting me then biting, then crying, and the dog liking everybody as fast as he can sneak on in! Oh the caos!! Thank you Lisa for still being around after a month! Both boys are loving the out door summer fun. We went to Michigan's adventures last weekend and Kyan went on his first Roller Coaster and did some big water slides as well! We all had a blast. Nolan liked just hanging out in the lawn chair like a "big Boy" Mick is busy at work and is loving his job. I am very happy to know he is going to love his career after finishing up law school next year! We are heading up to the U.P. later this afternoon for the 4th and his 10 year class reunion. This was a lot crammed into one post, Ill try not to be so distant from now on. I can gladly say I am happy I have not been spending too much time blogging over the summer (mick should be proud!!)
Mr. Pie has been navigating the word on two feet now for a few weeks. He no longer crawls anywhere unless its in a mad rush to get to something he's not supposed to. Like if he sees the opportunity to get into the bathroom if the door is left open. His teeth count and vocabulary are at the same level as they were a few weeks ago 6 teeth and barley any words! He does however do a really good impression on Tim the Tool Man Taylor. He says "Huh" to just about everything, its really funny! It's weird how I don't really care about when Pie hits his milestones, I want him to stay little forever. I remember wanting Kyan to crawl and then missing the times when he couldn't, yet still wanting him to learn to walk and when he could, wishing he was still a baby. So with Nolan.....he can take as long as he wants on everything! I loved how he didn't learn to walk until almost 14 months, he felt like a baby longer. Kyan learned before 10months! No thank you! Pie points to everything wanting to know what it is or be carried over to it. He always replies with "HUH" again, its priceless. He loves to turn on and off light switches and can not get enough off closing and opening his bedroom door. He is the first to chase kyan up the stairs if he sees his big brother going up. Nolan is a very aggressive baby and will bite you at any moment and if you back off he will raise his hand and hit you. We have NO IDEA where this behavior was learned. He doesnt care if you tell him no and that it hurts he will hit harder or bite harder. Poor Kyan has learned this all to well. We are all hoping this phase is a quick one. On the other hand if you say "Kiss" he will stop and drop everything he's doing, toddle over and give a big kiss. He also makes the "Muh" smacking sound with his lips now to go along with his wave when you say ba bye. His hair still remains ever so fly away and duck like and he is as cute as ever right now! He is quite the mammas boy but slowing turning daddy's way. He loves to be carried everywhere on my hip and both boys are constantly in competition for the center of attention. Add the attention seeking dog we own to that and you have one caotic time....Kyan saing mamma mama mama, Pie hitting me then biting, then crying, and the dog liking everybody as fast as he can sneak on in! Oh the caos!! Thank you Lisa for still being around after a month! Both boys are loving the out door summer fun. We went to Michigan's adventures last weekend and Kyan went on his first Roller Coaster and did some big water slides as well! We all had a blast. Nolan liked just hanging out in the lawn chair like a "big Boy" Mick is busy at work and is loving his job. I am very happy to know he is going to love his career after finishing up law school next year! We are heading up to the U.P. later this afternoon for the 4th and his 10 year class reunion. This was a lot crammed into one post, Ill try not to be so distant from now on. I can gladly say I am happy I have not been spending too much time blogging over the summer (mick should be proud!!)
Friday, May 30, 2008
Missing my boys :(
My three guys have been in Grand Rapids without me know for 2 weeks! Kyan and Nolan have adjusted well with there new nanny. Her name is Lisa and she is wonderful! Everybody has adapted well to our crazy life over the last two weeks. I haven't seen my babies since Monday night :( I know they are in great hands with Lisa! Mick and the boys will return home for one last weekend this Friday before we rent out our home for the summer. The renters will be here on Sunday all the way from Arizona! ( I guess we are staying tied to there one way or other!) My contract at my current job ends next Tues so I will be homeless for a couple nights, or I think Ill stay in a hotel. Then i will join the rest of the family and AMY (thanks for adopting us this summer) next wed.! Yaaaayyyyyyyy!
Our Crazy Trip to Canada!
We attended a wedding in Toronto Ontario this past memorial weekend and this is how it went....
First off because of our temporary move to GR this summer I unfortunately had just brought all our important docs to Amy's. This included the kids Birth certificates :( Well we called the border in the UP and they said as long as both mick and I were with and had our birth certificates it wouldn't be a problem (later we found out different) Then the morning we are leaving mick decides to tell me he also left his BC in Grand Rapids (my good ol mickey always prepared!) We headed out in hopes of Amy being able to fax it when we got to Port Huron (border town to Canada) While there and on the phone with Amy I received a fax at the local Kroger that was blank. Amy "oops, Ill resend it, I placed it upside down." Amy again "ahhh sh*$ aaahhh the fax is eating his birth certificate aaahhhh!!!" Me "sure amy nice joke hahah is it working did you send it yet?" Amy "no seriously I cant even see it anymore!" After the news that the birth certificate is in shreds we decided to press our luck and continue on as we were already vested into this trip, new clothes, gas to Port Huron, reservations at a bed and breakfast, wedding gift etc. At customs we were directed to the Canadian immigrations office for lack of documentation were they did a background check and told Mickey he is not able to enter the country unless paying 200.00 (Reasons not to be publicly displayed, don't worry he's not a felon LOL!) They gave him is "papers" and we now have 2.5 days to get in and get out! So now we are down a birth certificate a couple hundred bucks and about 2 hours of time. The wedding starts at 4:30 we got to our Bed and Breakfast at ten minutes to 4! Got everybody ready and headed out. We arrived at the wedding 10 minutes late. However it was a Jewish wedding and they like to drink a bit first so really we weren't late at all (this may be a first for us!!) To my surprise we got there and had to be separated, woman upstairs men down stairs. "WHAT!? I don't event know anybody!" OK i did know 2 other girls there and thank god I found them right a way!!! Did I mention were were the only ones with kids ! Oh and Mick also forgot all of his suits in Grand Rapids so he was the only Man with out one! (my good ol Mick always prepared) Needless to say we STUCK OUT! The kids were great and didn't misbehave once. After the culture shock of a Jewish wedding (did you know that the men dance with the men and the woman with the woman all night long?) It was a nice time and back to the B&B at about 1130pm. We saw a cop across the street and asked if we could park on the street over night. He replied, "Yes but only until 8am" No problem we would be up and heading to Niagara falls by then anyway. 815 out the door it was a quick stay at the B&B owned and operated by Micheal and his "partner" Micheal cooked Mickey some mini hard boil eggs and told him "their cute, and fun!!!" in that oh so not strait voice. hahahah
Can you believe we had a parking ticket!!!! AAUGH! Stupid Canadian cop! Yeah we could park there over night if we had a PERMIT!!! AAAAgh! Another unexpected expense. We made it to Niagara falls by 12 or so and had a lot of fun seeing the falls. Kyan was very impressed (he has always had a love for water fountains and this was the mother load!) We took a boat tour down at the bottom of the falls with with kids. It was like being in a hurricane and we had to wear ponchos. Pie had a baby one that was adorable. (I will post pics later...mick has them in GR and I am still in Ypsi) We then ate dinner in the space needle tower in a revolving dining room over looking the falls, it was a great view but we got ripped off on the food. We were told kids 3 and under were free. Not a bad deal we thought. Soon to find out it was only the ride to the top NOT the 13.00 a piece grilled cheese sandwiches (ripped off eerrr!) we dropped 100 bucks on a meal that was not worth that much!!!. Well we had to head out quick because we had a 4 hour ride ahead of us and I needed to work at 7pm. Oops not enough time so I suggested an alternative route of Canadian highway 3 instead of backtracking to the freeway. Oops again. I think the max speed was between 60kl/hr and 80kl/hr. Ill let you do the math. Lets just say Jen didn't make it to work that night :( we didn't make in home until 10pm Surprisingly We were allowed back into the US without any trouble even with our lack of ID! Canada is expensive! Especially because our dollar sucks these days the exchange rate was something like .93 on the dollar and things in Canada are not cheap! At McDonald's our value meals cost almost $9.00 Canadian! So lets just say we dropped over a grand in 24 hours. I will officially call this trip National Lampoon/Larsons trip to Canada.
First off because of our temporary move to GR this summer I unfortunately had just brought all our important docs to Amy's. This included the kids Birth certificates :( Well we called the border in the UP and they said as long as both mick and I were with and had our birth certificates it wouldn't be a problem (later we found out different) Then the morning we are leaving mick decides to tell me he also left his BC in Grand Rapids (my good ol mickey always prepared!) We headed out in hopes of Amy being able to fax it when we got to Port Huron (border town to Canada) While there and on the phone with Amy I received a fax at the local Kroger that was blank. Amy "oops, Ill resend it, I placed it upside down." Amy again "ahhh sh*$ aaahhh the fax is eating his birth certificate aaahhhh!!!" Me "sure amy nice joke hahah is it working did you send it yet?" Amy "no seriously I cant even see it anymore!" After the news that the birth certificate is in shreds we decided to press our luck and continue on as we were already vested into this trip, new clothes, gas to Port Huron, reservations at a bed and breakfast, wedding gift etc. At customs we were directed to the Canadian immigrations office for lack of documentation were they did a background check and told Mickey he is not able to enter the country unless paying 200.00 (Reasons not to be publicly displayed, don't worry he's not a felon LOL!) They gave him is "papers" and we now have 2.5 days to get in and get out! So now we are down a birth certificate a couple hundred bucks and about 2 hours of time. The wedding starts at 4:30 we got to our Bed and Breakfast at ten minutes to 4! Got everybody ready and headed out. We arrived at the wedding 10 minutes late. However it was a Jewish wedding and they like to drink a bit first so really we weren't late at all (this may be a first for us!!) To my surprise we got there and had to be separated, woman upstairs men down stairs. "WHAT!? I don't event know anybody!" OK i did know 2 other girls there and thank god I found them right a way!!! Did I mention were were the only ones with kids ! Oh and Mick also forgot all of his suits in Grand Rapids so he was the only Man with out one! (my good ol Mick always prepared) Needless to say we STUCK OUT! The kids were great and didn't misbehave once. After the culture shock of a Jewish wedding (did you know that the men dance with the men and the woman with the woman all night long?) It was a nice time and back to the B&B at about 1130pm. We saw a cop across the street and asked if we could park on the street over night. He replied, "Yes but only until 8am" No problem we would be up and heading to Niagara falls by then anyway. 815 out the door it was a quick stay at the B&B owned and operated by Micheal and his "partner" Micheal cooked Mickey some mini hard boil eggs and told him "their cute, and fun!!!" in that oh so not strait voice. hahahah
Can you believe we had a parking ticket!!!! AAUGH! Stupid Canadian cop! Yeah we could park there over night if we had a PERMIT!!! AAAAgh! Another unexpected expense. We made it to Niagara falls by 12 or so and had a lot of fun seeing the falls. Kyan was very impressed (he has always had a love for water fountains and this was the mother load!) We took a boat tour down at the bottom of the falls with with kids. It was like being in a hurricane and we had to wear ponchos. Pie had a baby one that was adorable. (I will post pics later...mick has them in GR and I am still in Ypsi) We then ate dinner in the space needle tower in a revolving dining room over looking the falls, it was a great view but we got ripped off on the food. We were told kids 3 and under were free. Not a bad deal we thought. Soon to find out it was only the ride to the top NOT the 13.00 a piece grilled cheese sandwiches (ripped off eerrr!) we dropped 100 bucks on a meal that was not worth that much!!!. Well we had to head out quick because we had a 4 hour ride ahead of us and I needed to work at 7pm. Oops not enough time so I suggested an alternative route of Canadian highway 3 instead of backtracking to the freeway. Oops again. I think the max speed was between 60kl/hr and 80kl/hr. Ill let you do the math. Lets just say Jen didn't make it to work that night :( we didn't make in home until 10pm Surprisingly We were allowed back into the US without any trouble even with our lack of ID! Canada is expensive! Especially because our dollar sucks these days the exchange rate was something like .93 on the dollar and things in Canada are not cheap! At McDonald's our value meals cost almost $9.00 Canadian! So lets just say we dropped over a grand in 24 hours. I will officially call this trip National Lampoon/Larsons trip to Canada.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Take me out to the ball game
This is what I get these days when I ask for a smile. Who taught him this anyway? Dave!
another lovely smile
'its too early for this ma"Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Pie and The First Haircut
hhhmmm this is a weird place...
umm.....getting nervous
"Aaahhh get her away!!!" Thursday, May 1, 2008
"Im going to call him........Ben Cooper!"
Opps I killed Ben!!! Mick thought I went to extremes to keep a worm. 1 gallon bucket...check, lid with holes cut out....check, grass and dirt with one worm named Ben Cooper named by Kyan...check. Leaving ben in his new habitat out in a rainstorm priceless....whoops! I guess the big guy has to learn about life and death someday right? No really it didnt phase Kyan one bit that mommy murdered Ben.
R.I.P. BEN COOPER
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