Edwards Family: September 2011

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Camping Trip!

This weekend we ventured camping with the boys for the first time. (You can see in one picture they are getting ready for the trip by testing out the chairs while snacking!) We got a very big tent and packed the car full of gear and headed to the coast. We camped at Fort Stevens, near Astoria, OR. (http://www.astoria-usa.com/fort-stevens-state-park.shtml). We met up with our friends, the Tuwalski's, who live in Portland. They have 2 small kids too and we knew the kids (and adults) would have a lot of fun. They brought their 2 dogs, which pleased Owen tremendously. Things went pretty well - except that none of the kids slept very well and I personally thought it was much colder at the coast than at home! You can see in the following posts some of the activities we did during our trip!

The mighty Pacific Ocean

We finally got to visit the Pacific Ocean during our weekend trip! It was magnificent and we were all in awe of nature's beauty. The boys, of course, had a ball playing in the sand and the freezing cold water! Colin even got caught by a wave that came in much further than the others and it took him down on his knees. A good lesson about the power of the tides!

Astoria, Oregon

During our camping trip we visited nearby Astoria, Oregon. In addition to checking out the town, we went to the top of the Column (http://www.oldoregon.com/visitor-info/entry/astoria-column) and stopped by a local beer festival. They had a great play area set up for kids with toys, bubbles and paints. The boys played there for hours!

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

A visit from Grandma!!

This weekend we had the pleasure of having a visit from Grandma. The boys were as active as ever but had so much fun playing with her. They played drums and cymbals with their Gears containers, made a toast with their raspberries, rode their bikes under grandma's arms as a bridge (and watching Owen "duck" down was incredibly cute), and had lots of fun being ornery boys with her. Unfortunately I think Grandma went home with the cold the boys had last week... Sorry Grandma! We hope that doesn't deter her from coming back again very soon!

Planting a Tree

The boys had great fun helping to plant a tree in our back yard. I think they had more fun giving the newly planted tree plenty of water...

One thing is for sure, this boys LOVE mud!!!

Saturday, September 3, 2011

A special surprise

Last weekend I ran my first 100 mile race. As I came up to the last 400 yards I saw that my boys had come out to see me finish. I was SOO excited to see them, I didn't expect them to drive up for the finish. I'm working on my blog which will have plenty more pictures from my race (ultrarunnerjen.blogspot.com) but in the meantime, here are a few shots of all of us at the finish area.

Owen Update

Owen has officially transitioned to a big boy bed! After several crib incidents - getting his leg stuck in between the bars and finding him straddling the top bar with his leg stuck against the wall - it was time to get him out of the crib. He seems to like the extra space in his new bed and also the new-found freedom of being able to move around in his room during "sleep time." He will eventually calm down and sleep again, change is always difficult at first.

He also loves playing with pencils (not sharpened) and just started "hanging" by the fridge doors like he's doing a pull up.

He said WHAT?

"Sometime we should make Banana Fosters. They are cool because you get to light them on fire."
"He's my assistant." (talking about Owen, of course)
(When talking about exotic animals that were coming to summer camp) "I wonder if they will be alive or dead."
"It would be nice if we could find a short trail that leads to Jackson Hole."
Colin: "Mommy, guess what we found?" Mommy: "What?" Colin: "NOTHING!"
"Life is good when you have Candy."
"The Earth is as strong as a hundred million elephants!"
"Let's go be entertained."
"Is Limbo a big city?" (we were talking about something being stuck "in limbo" and Colin asked this question)
When asked who won the Oxford-Cambridge boat race Colin said "The yellow team won, the one daddy LOVES!" (Oxford)
"Owen, let's go back to the holo-detector!" (referring to the closet)
"Don't see that on Animal Planet."
"Did the sky scrape all of the clouds away?"
"I can easily just take off any baby locks on the cabinets. Owen and I are partners in time." (crime)
"Baby Jason" (known as Baby Jesus to the rest of the world)
"I think it's OK, I don't see the prosecutor."
"How about some surprise chocolate for dinner?"
"Why is she just SO SO nice, Daddy?" (talking about our dear friend Amy)
"Nevermind. Blah Blah Blah Blah."
"Put a Hair Pony on her Mommy." (talking about a pony tail)
"This (Ice Cream Sandwich) should do the trick."
"If you get hurt you need to kiss yourself to make it better."
"See what these tater tots are made from? They are made from ketchup!"
"I need another popsicle because I'm still hot inside."
"Is Owen going to eat today?"
"The bigger you get the bigger your hair gets."
"Are those workers from South Dakota?" (no idea where he got South Dakota!)
"Can't we just forget about it?" (when being told to take a time out for misbehaving)
"I could just brew beer by myself."
"Mommy, am I doing tummy time?" (while lying face first in the snow)
"Toxic Moron" (an Oxymoron)
"When I hold my fingers too long I get dizzy."
"Don't do that. If you do it again you're going for a time out."
"Where was this rocking chair made? Was it made in China?"
"I'd rather be playing football (English football = soccer) but it's so cold outside I have to shovel instead."
"I can't wait until I can swim again. I want to dive right in."
"Can we play these? I think we have time. Let me check the clock."
"Mommy, do you still have the hug that I gave you last night?"
"I'll be back in a jiffy pop, so I don't need a coat."
"I think all three fire engines have to go to the fire because they can't stay home alone."
"But I do have some patience."
"When Daddy goes around the corners in the fast car I laugh!"
"When I sworded Daffy (the cat), she didn't move at all! Not one little bit!"
"When I grow up I want to be just like you (Daddy)"
"Oh I love Thanksgiving! I can't wait to go trick-or-treating!"
"You should have two drills in case we meet a goat."
"We don't need my juice if we have a goat."
"Awww...Could we keep him (Owen) until winter?"
"I've been diving for that at Costco." (when receiving a helicopter from grandparents for his birthday, one he's been dying for at Costco)
"My diggers are not going to work on my birthday because I'm going to be at Chipotle"
"We could just make time to do it then."
"Mommy, why do you say "No" all the time?"
"That's the biggest digger I've seen in my whole life!"
"There were kind of sort of 5 forklifts at Costco."
"I did take a nap. I took a 5 second nap."
"When I was a cat, I used to eat cat food."
"I put chap stick on my nose so it doesn't rust."
"I wish you hadn't moved the house."
"I can't hear you, Mommy. I'm busy."
"Because I said so, Mommy. I'm the boss."
"I want cookies! I'm going to starve soon."
"I like cream cheese. It is tasty and yummy for my belly."
"The baby in MY belly likes to eat malt."
"There's a mustache on my finger."
"This soap smells delicious!"
"I'll bring you some air to cool you down."
"Do we take an airplane to Heaven?"
"Digging in the dirt is hard on little Colins."
"We just passed the house with the pizza. I like to go there!" (After we'd just driven by Donatos)
"When I drink my juice, Mommy, the snacks go away in my mouth!"
"Don't talk back to me, Mommy."
"The tire is low, Mommy. We should put some gas in it."
"Tor-nade-us" (referring to a Praying Mantis)
"There's a baby in my belly."

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