Weekend Pics

“Said Grandma”

This morning Raleigh said, “ ‘I pooped!’, said Grandma”.

Seriously, those words came out of Raleigh’s mouth this morning. 

I don’t really thinks he knows what it means to add “Said grandma” after his statement, but he knows that, when we read to him,  a “said” statement usually follows an exclamation of sorts.

Other said statements that I’ve heard him make over the past few weeks.

Hello, said Gordon

I’m hungry, said Percy

I want to go outside, said Dad

 

But as, you can see, the “I Pooped” statement takes the cake.

Below is a picture of Raleigh leaning in to give Copper a smooch.

And Leah, is showing us just like her mother she really is. Perfectly content at a computer.

Fargo’s Rib Fest

My parents, brother, SIL and nephews all came to visit this past weekend and we had a blast.

Josh was in Aitkin, MN, recording music with his Dad while we were here in Fargo enjoying delicious ribs and our horribly out-of-the-normal cold weather.

 

The boys had fun playing together. Raleigh really attached himself to Tyler, so wherever Tyler was, Raleigh would most likely be there too.

  The boys enjoyed playing with Raleigh’s little video game bicycle.

And in the picture below you could see most of us ready to start the trek to the FargoDome from my house. It was only 10 blocks, but these weren’t normal blocks. We were all quite pooped on the way back and my nephew, Tyler, asked after each intersection, “How many more blocks?”

The Burley Cart was perfect for Raleigh and Sam and I think that they enjoyed the ride quite a bit. It was quite cold, so they had a blanket to cuddle up under.

We had to get a picture of all of the boys together too!

At Rib Fest, there were plenty of ribs and delicious foods, but you won’t see any pictures of those because I was too busy stuffing my face :) 

We ate:

• Ribs
• Deep fried Oreos
• Swirly fried potato thingy
• Roasted corn on the cob
• Deep fried cheesecake

And there was this awesome playground set up in the Fargodome parking lot. So, the kids got to use up all of their fabulous energy on that thing.

    

I think we’ll try to make it an annual event. The food was expensive but it was worth it. All I have to say is “Fried cheesecake”. Yum!

Andy’s visit

A few weeks ago, Josh’s cousin Andy visited us. We got some good pictures of him with the kids. I love this picture of him and Leah.

Here’s one with Andy, Leah, and his dog Jackson. I hope I spelled Jackson right. Poor little dog, I called him “Jasper” a few times when he was here (I’ve been reading the Twilight series again…can you tell?) and now I’m probably spelling his name wrong.

Jackson is such an adorable dog and he is so well-behaved! He is only about 18 months old and is a Rat Terrier and Jack Russel Terrier mix.  It made Josh and I want to have a dog again.

Raleigh, graces us with his presence in the above picture. Notice how he’s smugly standing there.

Below is a picture of the fish that Andy caught when he and Josh fished on the Red River.

 

Another cute picture of Jackson below. What a precious puppy!

This weekend, we had a few more visitors. I’ll create a separate post on that later.

Share a Story

 

PBS  sponsored a “Share a Story” event here in town on Saturday and Raleigh got to meet two characters from one of the PBS Kids shows that he really likes.

Super Why is the guy in the cape and Princess Presto is the girl in the pink dress.

Leah got to chill in her stroller while Raleigh met the two characters. I had better pictures of Leah (not so close up) but this is the one she was smiling in.

I took the opportunity to get some pictures of Me and Josh holding Raleigh.

MSUM, a local university had their barrel train available for kids to ride in…So, obviously, Raleigh had to have a train ride.

  Raleigh got to keep a polaroid of him, his Dad, Princess Presto and Super Why. When I asked him to pose with his picture, this is what he did.

Then I asked him to turn it around so I could see it, and this is what he did. I don’t think he understood that I wanted to see his face too :)

Cute as a baby’s bottom

Leah loves naked time and it helps air out her bum, preventing diaper rash. I tried to get her to look at me, but she was only interested in her own reflection in her crib toy.

Leah’s cute little hands. She does this a lot now…holding her hands. Raleigh does it too when we want him to hold our hands when we are walking in a parking lot. We’ll say. “Ok, hold our hands as we walk to the store.” And Raleigh will clasp his little hands together and say, “No, I hold my own hands.”

Raleigh is doing some other mature things lately…he’s eating a big boy sandwich all by himself.

My Babies

Some cute pics…nuff said.

New Toys

Leah is starting to really enjoy toys now. She has this little toy that has crinkle fabric in it and little plastic rings for her hand to gram and she just reaches out for it whenever she see it.

Above: Raleigh playing with Diesel 10 on Leah’s swing tray, while Leah plays with her crinkly toy.

Below: Leah received this floor mat toy from her Great Aunt Soni and Great Grandma Sarah the weekend of her baptism. She loves looking at herself in the mirror.

   Above: We hung her crinkly toy from her floor play mat and she’s grabbing onto the plastic rings.

Below: Pay mat pictures. Looking down on Leah and then Leah attempting to kick the cow stuffed animal.

Above: Raleigh playing with his new toy phone, which I purchased from a coworker during her pre-sale garage sale.

Below: Raleigh playing the Keyboard that his Grandpa Steve gave him. It was the Church’s old keyboard.

Above: The way cool train track configuration made by me with the help of some new pieces, purchased from my previously mentioned coworker’s pre-sale garage sale.

Red River Zoo

Last week, we visited the Red River Zoo over my lunch hour. Raleigh was, again, smitten by the fishes. They have clown fish and blue fish, so Raleigh kept saying “Hi Nemo, Hi Dori”. 

Josh carried the little one in the Baby Bjorn carrier. She looks so tiny when he carries her.

 

The lady that ran the carousel gave Raleigh some popcorn to feed the peacocks. Somehow, I don’t think that buttered popcorn can be all that good for those little creatures. They sure loved it though.

We’ll have more zoo pictures after tomorrow night when we go again.

Leah’s baptism

So, we had another reason for traveling down to visit my in-laws this last weekend…We had Leah baptized. And, like her brother Raleigh, she was lucky enough to be baptized by her Grandfather, Pastor Steve. 

And also, like her brother Raleigh, her Great Grandma Sarah and her Great Aunt Soni were her sponsors.   Such a lucky girl with so many people who love her. I wish every child could be loved like my children are.

Leah, pre-baptism, just getting dressed.

Leah, pre-baptism and pre-tights. Those were her first pair of tights too. Not Leah, but a doll, almost as cute as Leah, placed there by her big brother, Raleigh.

Raleigh really liked the little doll because her hat and dress were made of the same fuzzy soft fabric that his favorite blanket is made of.