I have so much fun taking pictures of Davey on the trampoline.
It’s because he jumps around with a big grin on his face.
Lots of them turn out blurry, but I kinda like that too.
Every once in awhile he has to pause for a drink. Jumping makes a person thirsty!
And then back to it (oh my look at that dirty shirt!).
and a little closer!
So last week we lost Winkie. I had called the hotels but no one had seen him, so I got Davey a new Winkie.
Two days later, the Holiday Inn in Lincoln called. They’d found Winkie and they kindly offered to mail him back.
Today Winkie arrived. Davey and I were headed out to run an errand, and when we opened the door, there was a package on the front porch. I immediately knew what it was. Davey just thought “yay yay a package!!!” as he always does. So I knew he’d want to open it.
And he did. Davey opened the box and he looked a little confused for a moment, but then he smiled and said, “Winkie!” and gave him a big hug.
I explained how Winkie had been left behind at the hotel. I told him that we had been worried that he would be sad so we got him Winkie’s twin brother Winkie.
Davey was thrilled. “Mommy! Thanks so much! That was so nice of you!” (I felt a little guilty about this.)
He told me, “This is Winkie’s little twin bruver!”
He hugged them both.
Then he started getting goofy.
He likes to walk toward me when I am trying to take his picture.
So Winkie made it home and everyone is happy!
David’s dad was here visiting for the last several days, and on Friday we took him to Breckenridge. We all enjoyed it, but it was a big fun day for Davey for sure.
We had lunch in Frisco, and then we had a little photo session with Davey. He wanted to take pictures of us. I was fairly nervous watching him hold that heavy camera, but for some crazy reason, I went with it.
He liked taking pictures of us.
Sometimes he didn’t quite get his aim right.
Some were better:
Davey made some canine friends.
He discovered newspaper boxes, and it looks like he wanted to climb right in.
We went up to Breckenridge where Davey got to pan for gold. He was so careful about shaking the pan, and then he’d turn it very carefully to set it back on the tray thing.
He rode his very first pony all by himself.
He was really concentrating. His pony’s name was Disco.
While Davey was on the pony, all the other ponies decided it was time to poop. Davey was not too thrilled with this. The smell soon got the best of him, and he was ready to get off Disco!
Davey then moved on to a maze with Daddy. I watched from above. I still have bad memories from the corn maze last fall. They did great figuring this one out.
Then they played putt putt. This was also a first for Davey.
He didn’t want to be bothered with long shots. He took that ball, marched to the hole and placed it carefully about a foot away.
I was kinda surprised to get an action shot of Davey on a putt putt course.
I took a break from all this activity and knitted on my purple blob for awhile. I am getting very close to finishing my Girasole.
And then (well there was also a ride in the gondola – but Davey is quite comfortable with that now, and also Mary’s Mountain Cookies (where as usual Davey ate only the icing between the cookies)) we went on a carriage ride. Davey really liked this too. Another first for him!
Oh and then he found another newspaper box. He was quite interested in these today.
After all this, Davey played chase with David. I guess the icing must have energized him once again.
Whew what a day!
I blogged about getting ready for the wedding. Now here’s after.
Davey was ready for the party!
Before the dancing we had dinner, and the nice lady let him use the mallet on the keys to announce that dinner was beginning. Davey thought this was pretty darn cool.
Then he needed some energy.
And cake of course. He had to have cake. Or as usual – icing.
Energized once again, he was ready to scope things out.
We watched the bride and groom start off the dancing. It was dark so the photography was a challenge. But David got some cool looking pics.
This was a Greek wedding with Greek dances. I didn’t know what I was doing, but we got together with our Aunt Liz (who is also mother of the bride), joined hands, and off we went.
We went round and round and round. Davey kept going and going and going. I tried to get the hang of the steps, but my sad attempt at mastering the dance steps pretty much equated to my playing Ring Around the Rosie. Oh but it was a fun time though! Davey wasn’t at all concerned with perfect dance steps which was as it should be!
Tonight I went on a secret mission. Replace Winkie the Rockstar Bear.
Winkie went with us to Omaha. I took this photo shortly after our departure from home.
We returned home last night and we realized that Winkie did not make it back.
I called the hotels where we’d stayed. I have a feeling he might have been left lost in the sheets and bedspread in Lincoln. Nobody seems to have found him though.
Davey was looking for him last night, but then he fell asleep. Davey loves “Wink” (he recently gave him that affectionate nickname), but he can fall asleep without him and he is not desperately attached. However, I knew he would not be happy to lose Winkie for good.
We decided to replace Winkie. So tonight after dinner, I made a quick quiet trip to the mall. Davey’s Pa (David’s dad) arrived today, so Davey barely noticed that I’d left. They all went to the playground and I headed to Build-a-Bear to purchase a new Winkie.
Somehow Winkie’s blue shirt was still in the car. I don’t know exactly how Winkie lost his shirt. So new Winkie has on the old shirt. I gave him to Davey and he didn’t notice at all that this was a new Winkie.
I debated all the way home as to whether I was pulling an elaborate trick on the poor child. I don’t like the idea of that at all, but then on the other hand, is Winkie a homogenous good? I mean the new Winkie is exactly like the old Winkie. There is not a lick of difference. Old Winkie was not really very worn at all. So I have tried to convince myself that Winkie is a homogenous product (This took me back to some business class that I had in OSU. I knew this would come in handy one day).
So I still don’t feel too good about it, but for now I guess I will let it go.
Old Winkie = New Winkie.
Davey was a ringbearer at my cousin’s wedding this weekend. He had such a fun time (we all did!). I took almost 400 pictures, so I’m thinking I can blog about the wedding weekend just abit.
I learned that dressing wiggly wriggly Davey in a tux required at least two people, and it still wasn’t easy.
Then I was reminded that I usually photograph him in just candid shots. He’s not a fan of posing with a smile. Here is what he does:
(He is standing here with his cousin. He loves hanging out with her!)
We went outside to wait for our rides to the church.
He decided to have a good ole time posing with Daddy.
And a little of this:
Followed by abit of this (David is blurry, but Davey is in fine form):
After all that, he needed a moment of rest.
It didn’t take long though until he quickly perked up.
I like this one of him looking up at his Oma.
And finally, here’s a little of what the wedding photographer must be sorting through.
Davey smiling at the flower girl.
And this (minus the red-eye).
It’s been a busy week! We are back to school and the first week is always hectic.
On Monday, when I came downstairs, there was Davey waiting. He was jumping up and down. “Mommy, I get to spend the whole day with Daddy!” He was very excited about the WHOLE DAY aspect. They went to tumblin’ and to the mall playground. Luckily, they met me for lunch as well!
I’ve not had much time to knit, and it’s just been pretty hot this week so I have not been able to knit on my wool/alpaca Girasole too much. It makes me sweat. I have high hopes that it is going to cool down soon, and then I will get back to that. In the meantime I’ve been making some leaf dishcloths. They go really fast and are made out of cool cotton. A friend told me about “I Love Cotton” from Hobby Lobby. I like it. It’s softer to work with then the Sugar ‘n Cream although I do like it too. I also like how the I Love Cotton feels after it’s washed. So that’s it on knitting. Not much time this week for that.
Davey has a new expression for me. This morning I asked him to pick up some books he’d tossed on the floor. I had to ask him several times, and finally I heard, “Mommy. You’re giving me a headache of that!” I don’t know where he got that one. Despite that though, he did pick up the books for me. 🙂
Ok errand time. Davey loves for me to list off the errands we need to do. He also loves to go to the grocery store and once we have gotten everything, I have to list it all. Davey looks and says “CHECK!” for each item. He loves that.
We are also going on a short trip, and Davey wants a new cd to listen to. He has made a list of the songs that he wants on it. His choices are influenced by the Just Dance game he was playing some. So he wants “Cotton-Eyed Joe (and he always enunciates the “ts” So it is CoTTon”), “Who Let the Dogs Out” (this is a favorite of David’s. – actually he can’t stand it, but Davey loves it), “Eye of the Tiger”, “Ring of Fire” and of course a little Gaga. I have to discuss the list with him again because I am forgetting a few songs.
I haven’t taken any new pictures this week so I am putting up an old favorite. This was Davey at the fair in Arkadelphia in September 2009 – just about 2 years ago!
We went on another letterboxing hunt yesterday. It was at a small park in Arvada.
I always love to get a picture of David and Davey walking along.
This hunt involved finding 5 boxes. We think that one was missing, but we found the rest. It was a fun one where you had to use clues from the first 4 to figure out the clue for the final box. Since we were missing the box, it made figuring out the clue a little more difficult, but it was a word puzzle so I had a lot of fun with it. So here they were approaching one of the boxes.
The park had a playground, and so after the first box, Davey was really more interested in the playground.
He still helped us though, and here he is helping me with the last stamp.
And a hug to finish things off. Can’t beat that!
So that was another fun excursion in which we discovered a really nice little park. (David would add that he did get a mosquito bite. If David is around, Davey and I don’t typically have to worry about mosquitos. They love David best. It was also a little brushy and itchy reaching for some of the boxes. I need to add a pair of gloves to our letterboxing supplies!)
After our letterbox hunt, we went for lunch. While we were eating (Qdoba), Davey decided that he wanted to get a haircut. That kid loves to go get a haircut. We decided he did need a trim, so there just happened to be a place a few doors down.
I had not taken any haircut pictures for awhile – maybe none with my camera since his very first haircut:
I also always have loved this picture where you can see in the mirror how he is smiling up at her.
So back to the present day.
He had some interesting expressions. He’s very watchful.
And another one – now in this picture, his eyes look just as brown as can be. But they don’t always look like this. I just checked and I could see the blue in there. If people ask me what color his eyes are, I still don’t know. I’ve asked other people to help me decide. I just asked Davey and he said, “Tangerine”.
He worked hard to hold his head down. At first, when she told him to look at his toes, instead of lowering his head, he lifted his feet. Makes sense!
He was so proud after his haircut. We’d put the camera away by then, but I wish I had taken a picture. He was looking around as he walked out, just a grinning away. Pleased as punch.
It’s been a busy last few days. We start back to school on Monday so I’ve been planning my classes, writing syllabi and all that fun stuff!
As a result, I have not had much time to knit or blog. My Girasole is coming along. It is turning into a very large purple blob. I knit a couple of hexipuffs yesterday while I was at tumbling and karate with Davey. That’s about it!
Speaking of karate, it was great fun to watch Davey experience it for the first time.
He was ready to get started:
He learned the basics of the bow:
David took this through the glass so the picture is not great, but I love Davey’s stance here.
This being little gym karate, there was lots of running and activities to go along with the karate. Here they took off practicing with their hands up (David says it is the guard position).
And because there was running and other tumbling activities combined, Davey quickly got hot and got rid of the top part of the gei and his belt.
He was tired when it was over because he’d also had a tumbling class earlier that day (we’ve changed that and will go on two different days now). He had a great time though and can’t wait to go back.
I bought a new dress today. I don’t know if Davey had ever seen me in a dress. I tried it on when I got home. Davey liked it. He told me that I looked like Lady Gaga. I guess that’s the only dressed up person he’s seen in awhile. I hate to admit that he even knows who she is, but he enjoys her music. Funny kid.
Davey and I went on another letterboxing excursion today. David had meetings at school so Davey and I decided to head out. I didn’t know it was going to be one of the hottest days of the year, but fortunately, we were mostly in the shade, and we finished before it got too too hot.
So we went to an area that had the prettiest stream running through it. There were actually 4 boxes hidden out there. We could not get to one of them because that portion of the trail had been closed for restoration. We found the other three though!
So we set off with our packed lunch and letterboxing supplies.
Davey carried the backpack.
Not really. It was a little heavy and bulky on him.
I took the backpack and off we went.
Doesn’t it look like he has found a snake here?
Looks like Davey has him by the head.
It’s a stick.
Davey always looks so pleased to find a letterbox. He does not hesitate to reach in and grab it. I have to stop him and we poke around with a stick first.
We stopped for lunch in a shady spot by the stream. It sounded so nice with the water flowing past, and it was a such a pretty spot. My picture just doesn’t do it justice.
We attempted a long-armed shot together.
After lunch, we had one more box to find, and then it was time to head home.
On our way home, we stopped at Target. Davey wanted to get David a present. Something they could do together. He got very excited to find a game called Molehill Mania. They whacked something with a mallet, and then these little moles pop out which have to be captured. I didn’t play it with them, but they had a good ole time.
While at Target, I found a lunchbox in the $1.00 section. It was actually $2.50, but it was perfect. I’ve been looking for something inexpensive to carry my hexipuff supplies for my beekeeper’s quilt. I have had more fun with preparation of this project. At some point, some knitting needs to happen.
So I would not usually have chosen Tinkerbell, but it was that or Toy Story or Spiderman. You can probably guess what Davey’s choice was.
It is perfect though. I didn’t want plastic or cloth bags, because my needles and/ or scissors might poke through.
Small pleasures.
And then everything is all packed away nicely (I’ve got to stick some stuffing in there too).
So now all that’s left is the knitting!
Cpeezers 