From the very beginning…
Year 03
Pianoman
0My little Pianoman is back! Ian loves his keyboard and he was all about playing a song for mama.
The Zoo
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We’ve made it back to the zoo again this year. Actually, we’ve already been twice and I’m thinking we should hit it up again. The first time we went, PJ and CJ were with us and the boys had a blast.
This last time, we took the train to the back and Ian was all about it. He sat next to me all prim and proper like and waited until the ride was over. Then he saw the sign with the zebra on it. He was all over seeing the zebras and wanted to go straight there. Then we had to go and see the tigers, but the tigers were sleeping (which he’ll still tell you if you ask him) and the lions were no where to be found. So he was a little disappointed with that. The day wasn’t that bad, but by lunchtime, Ian wasn’t digging sleeping in the stroller this time around and got really cranky. It might also have something to do with the water that may have splashed his eye, but I’m still not sure what totally happened. All I know was he was fine when we went into the polar bear exhibit, but he wasn’t a happy boy as we were leaving. Whatever it was, he says he had a blast and he was out in the car within moments of getting onto 10 Mile.
The Garden
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We have a garden this year and Ian has been having all sorts of fun helping Jesse with it. We were hitting the garden sections at Lowes, Home Depot and Meijers quite a bit and Ian loved running up and down picking out plants. The two of them even brought home flowers for me to plant one day. This picture was taken when we harvested the very first thing out of our garden this year – cilantro for Jesse’s salsa (or was it guacamole?). Jesse was down there snipping away and Ian just had to do “a snip” himself. We recently found a couple of ripe tomatoes on our cherry plants and Ian loves seeing the “baby tomatoes”.
Jesse has also been putting a lot of work into the yard this year. Since we moved in halfway through summer last year, we didn’t really do much with it. This year, we’ve been putting down grass seed like there’s no tomorrow. The backyard was soo soft until we had that heat wave and it killed half the grass. There’s still a few weeds in it, but all of the areas of dead grass are gone now and even the driveway is full of grass. That was another job Ian had a ball doing – spreading out the grass seed. Although, I really shouldn’t say he spread it; he had a tendency to dump it where he was standing. Not the best method, but it worked. He’s figured out that he can throw the grass seed and we’re actually happy about that, so he’s been all over helping even more. He likes to wander into the shed (even though he knows he’s not suppose to be in there), grab a handful of grass seed and toss it around outside.
Orchardly Park
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Ian and I went and visited Aunt Lori down in Dayton with Adrian at the beginning of June and we found an amazing park. It’s simple fabulous. Check out this shot…it’s just one fourth of the park too. There was a huge sandpit with a water playtub in a toddler section; a good size area of water fountains where you can play in and out of them; and then a whole another section for bigger kids. It’s pretty sweet and Ian had a blast there. He so didn’t want to leave.
Ian + S’Mores
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I know I’ve been slacking on posting for a bit, but I’m going to try and get better at it. Recently, we finally picked up a fire pit to have in the backyard and we made s’mores one night. Yeah, that ended up being a mistake on my part. Ian had a blast though. ;)
For the most part, Ian has been pretty indifferent to the s’mores. He likes all the individual components, but he’s not very patient.
Word World
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So this is Ian’s newest favorite show. Word World is on PBS throughout the day and he loves watching it. It’s actually quite an amusing show where everything is made up of letters that spell out what they are. For instance, the character FROG is made up from the letters F-R-O-G. It’s all about spelling and sounding out the words they build and we’re hoping it’ll teach Ian how to spell sooner. They do a lot of singing, dancing, and other things that so keep his attention. I need to get more Word World DVDs other than the Flying Ant one and after looking on Amazon, there are a ton of them!
My Little Artist
1It dawned on us this weekend that Ian is at an age where he can totally do crafts now. So the three of us went up to JoAnns for some fun craft shopping. We ended up coming home with a bunch of different items to paint and Ian had a ball with them this afternoon.
Ian Sings His ABCs
0My son is so smart. Ian loves singing the ABC song. It’s amusing as hell to hear him just start busting out with A-B-C-D-E…. He’s having a little difficulty with J-P, but he has the rest of down pat. His biggest problem is how they all run together, but he knows his ABCs and can recognize them. I have such a smart monkey.
The First Flowers of the Season
0Check out what Ian brought me after his walk with Jesse. They strolled around the park out back and Ian promptly began collecting the dandelions and stuffing them in his and daddy’s pockets. Then my little monkey gave me flowers he picked himself for the first time. He was so sweet.
Ian’s First Bike
0So this is the first bike we bought for Ian and then promptly returned. We liked the way that the bike looked like what he would graduate to (instead of being a tryke and it was cheaper than a tryke), but once we got it home and put together, the pedals were still on the wheels like a tryke. Ian couldn’t reach the pedals!
So we ended up returning Ian’s Thomas bike for a tryke instead.