Leo is definitely in the questioning stage of childhood--he is very curious about lots of things. This morning when I went to wake him up, before he'd even opened his eyes, he asked me what hippopotamuses eat.
Another favorite saying when he doesn't get his way, "Oh drat!" (usually with a bit of southern drawl so that drat is more than one syllable.
Monday, June 29, 2009
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Funny Leo sayings
This morning Leo is singing along when he looks at me and announces that "I'm getting the notes out of my head."
Yesterday Leo was playing in his kiddie pool and then watering the plants. After Jeff told him that the plants didn't need any more water, Leo started watering the grass because, "Grass isn't a plant because it's all spread out."
Lately he'll tack "in Hawaii" or "when I'm four years old" onto a sentence somewhat randomly. Like, "I haven't seen that movie for a while, in Hawaii." or "I will do X when I am four years old."
Yesterday Leo was playing in his kiddie pool and then watering the plants. After Jeff told him that the plants didn't need any more water, Leo started watering the grass because, "Grass isn't a plant because it's all spread out."
Lately he'll tack "in Hawaii" or "when I'm four years old" onto a sentence somewhat randomly. Like, "I haven't seen that movie for a while, in Hawaii." or "I will do X when I am four years old."
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Michigan Trip
We had a great time in Michigan last week. For all of the pictures go here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dougans/sets/72157620420761818/ ***UPDATE: I originally loaded these with restricted permissions and you would have to sign up for Flickr and be registered as my 'friend' to see them, but I changed them back to public today.
First we went to Petoskey (about 9 hours in the car, including stops, on Tuesday) and spent Tuesday night through Friday morning there. Leo had a great time learning to skip rocks into the Little Traverse Bay, playing in downtown Petoskey, feeding seagulls, and exploring new playgrounds. Jeff's dad was with us Wedsnesday night thru Friday. We feed seagulls, went on the Kilwin's factory tour, went to Harbor Springs and saw even bigger boats, admired amazingly rich houses, and visited deer in the deer park, swam in the condo's outdoor pool, and visited downtown Petoskey during their art gallery walk. Leo enjoyed the live music (including a steel drum band) and playing on his garbage truck (a decommissioned cannon from the Civil War in one of the parks).
On Friday we drove the 3.5 hours down to Lansing to visit more with Jeff's family (mostly his Dad's side) since Jeff's sister is expecting her first baby (who Leo has named Colorado for some reason) in August. Leo had a great time playing with his "crazy cousins" as he called them. On Sunday we drove the 5.5 hours back to Urbana. We were wiped out!
Feeding seagulls on a foggy morning in Petoskey.
wearing his new rock star shirt
learning to skip rocks
playing with his "garbage truck"
having fun
"What do you mean I can't eat the whole bag of animal crackers while hiding in Memaw and Bebop's bus (RV)?"
Climbing at the playground
He loved the old fashioned bubblers in downtown Petoskey.
First we went to Petoskey (about 9 hours in the car, including stops, on Tuesday) and spent Tuesday night through Friday morning there. Leo had a great time learning to skip rocks into the Little Traverse Bay, playing in downtown Petoskey, feeding seagulls, and exploring new playgrounds. Jeff's dad was with us Wedsnesday night thru Friday. We feed seagulls, went on the Kilwin's factory tour, went to Harbor Springs and saw even bigger boats, admired amazingly rich houses, and visited deer in the deer park, swam in the condo's outdoor pool, and visited downtown Petoskey during their art gallery walk. Leo enjoyed the live music (including a steel drum band) and playing on his garbage truck (a decommissioned cannon from the Civil War in one of the parks).
On Friday we drove the 3.5 hours down to Lansing to visit more with Jeff's family (mostly his Dad's side) since Jeff's sister is expecting her first baby (who Leo has named Colorado for some reason) in August. Leo had a great time playing with his "crazy cousins" as he called them. On Sunday we drove the 5.5 hours back to Urbana. We were wiped out!
Feeding seagulls on a foggy morning in Petoskey.
wearing his new rock star shirt
learning to skip rocks
playing with his "garbage truck"
having fun
"What do you mean I can't eat the whole bag of animal crackers while hiding in Memaw and Bebop's bus (RV)?"
Climbing at the playground
He loved the old fashioned bubblers in downtown Petoskey.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Three rings, but not quite a circus
Busy weekend and working on getting ready to head to MI tomorrow. Yesterday Aunt Jean and cousin Alyssa stopped by for lunch on their way up to see family in the Chicago area. this was the first time Aunt Jean and Alyssa got to meet Leo. We had a great time and were sorry that they had to leave so soon. Last night Leo and I went to watch Jeff test for his blue belt in Tae Kwon Do (for anyone keeping track he's now been through white, yellow, orange, and green).
Saturday Jeff had to proctor an ACT test, so Leo and I ran errands and then camped at the library for awhile. In the early evening we went to Meadowbrook for the annual Strawberry Jam. This year we got there early enough to get icecream and strawberries. Unfortunately, we didn't coordinate our plans with our friends well enough, so we had to leave just as the music was getting really good so we could go home and get some dinner.
This morning we've been trying to get ready for the trip with Leo underfoot. Here are two things that are just as funny out of context as they were in: "Leo, get out of your drawer," and "Leo, mama needs your cage (laundry basket)."
Saturday Jeff had to proctor an ACT test, so Leo and I ran errands and then camped at the library for awhile. In the early evening we went to Meadowbrook for the annual Strawberry Jam. This year we got there early enough to get icecream and strawberries. Unfortunately, we didn't coordinate our plans with our friends well enough, so we had to leave just as the music was getting really good so we could go home and get some dinner.
This morning we've been trying to get ready for the trip with Leo underfoot. Here are two things that are just as funny out of context as they were in: "Leo, get out of your drawer," and "Leo, mama needs your cage (laundry basket)."
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
I can't think of anything exciting to call this post
Jeff was telling Leo that once they are both home for the summer (after we get home from our trip to MI next week) that they are going to experiment eating like rainbows (i.e., eating a variety of colors of food every day). Leo responded with "Rainbows don't eat, they just drink."
This is Leo eating his bedtime snack tonight (goldfish crackers and peanut butter). I didn't want to use the flash even though there wasn't much light, and that's why the pictures are a bit noisy (grainy).
This is Leo eating his bedtime snack tonight (goldfish crackers and peanut butter). I didn't want to use the flash even though there wasn't much light, and that's why the pictures are a bit noisy (grainy).
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
weighty matters
Leo's new afternoon teacher Ms Karla has been continuing the great learning opportunities that his morning teacher Ms Kacey has been doing. Yesterday when I picked him up, Leo and his class were discussing what animals wear. Karla had a poster with "skin" "fur" "feathers" and "scales" on it, and as she held up pictures of different animals, the children had to tell her what category they should go in, and then she glued the pictures on the poster. Today she told me that they weighed all of the kids and determined that even all together they don't weigh as much as a baby elephant. When I went to pick him up Leo was actually in the pre-K room. They needed to balance their numbers and the teacher in that room (I can't think of her name at the moment) told me that Leo is a good candidate when they need to move some of the kids over because he is calmer and gets along with the older kids nicely. Today Leo was pretending that Cameron was a doggy by putting a toy stethoscope around his neck and leading him around the room.
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