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Here are some random pictures of Tyler after eating yogurt and the kids dancing.

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Good Friday was the day of the EF-4 tornado that ripped through St. Louis.  Justin and I were dogsitting for his parents and brother and sister-in-law while they were out of town, and the tornado ripped through his brother's neighborhood that evening.  Saturday morning we loaded up the kids and drove through the neighborhood to check on their house.  While their house was pretty much untouched, we were very moved by the devastation that was within a block of their house. We also drove toward the airport and got some more pictures from I-70.  At home, we got a little bit of hail from the storm.

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One day, when we went to Home Depot, they happened to have a workshop for kids to build flower boxes, so we said, "why not?"

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We continued building the raised salsa garden in April.  We lined the inside of the landscaping timbers with landscaping cloth, hoping to create enough of a barrier between the wood and the dirt that they will not rot too quickly.  As usual, Kyle and Tyler were indespensible helping us build it!

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In April, we also took a trip to the Magic House, where the boys enjoyed being construction workers, climbing, crawling through tunnels, playing at the water table, pretending to work at a pizzeria and much more!  They really enjoyed their time at the Magic House!

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This was also the month of the Greenville Rendezvous.  Tyler decided to cut some seriously painful teeth this weekend, and the whole camp knew about it! Besides that, the boys really had a good time and Tyler really got to walking well this weekend! He even figured out how to stand up on his own without pulling up on something!  Kyle also had a BLAST playing with the other children there! Before we went to the Rendezvous, though, Tyler was being especially photogenic at Mom and Dad's house while playing with their new puppy, Rascal.

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March of this year was much calmer than the previous few months.  There were only two excitements this month: I became an Educational Consultant for Discovery Toys and we started building my raised garden bed for my salsa garden!

Kyle and Tyler's new game is to clean out the toybox and play in it!  Perhaps we should have forgone the toys and stuck with a box?  Tyler is also starting to treat toys as telephones. He has long conversations in his own language.  Tyler also loves to play with our rat terrier, Storm at this age.

 

Here is a video of Tyler walking - he is really starting to take some initiative!  You may want to skip ahead to at least the middle...

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This is also the month when we started planning and building my salsa garden!  Kyle was a big help in figuring out the layout for the raised bed.

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What? Snow?  Guess the garden will have to wait, but now we can have more fun!  Kyle really enjoys playing in the snow, and he really enjoyed making another snowman this year!  Also, while we were waiting for the warmer weather to resume, we took a trip to the Magic House!  Tyler loved playing with putting balls in a hole, and Kyle really enjoyed the water station.

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March 17 was St. Patrick's Day!  We went out for breakfast and then to DogTown for the St. Patty's Day Parade.  I think it was more than the little guy could handle!

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March went out Swingin'!

 

 

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Apparently, I had too many videos on this past post and the majority of my pictures did not get posted.  Well, here they are. :)

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February 2011

The second month of the year we slowed down quite a bit.  Well, we were sort of forced to because of all of the snow! We had plenty of opportunities to shovel snow and make snowmen this year!  This is also when Tyler figured out the easiest way down the stairs and when he really started taking some steps (finally!).  I've provided a few videos and pictures for your enjoyment :)

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For Valentine's Day, I prepared a nice meal for Justin that consisted of Porterhouse Steak, Lobster Tail, Twice Baked Potatoes, Cheesy Biscuits, dessert brownies with filling and strawberries, and Francis Coppolla Chardonnay.  Once the kids were in bed, we had a very nice evening! (Flowers provided by the best husband in the world!)

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January 2011

We started the year with Tyler's 1st birthday celebration. Literally.  His birthday is January 6, but because of traveling plans we had his small, intimate party on January 1.  As is a tradition in my family, I made his birthday cake.  I LOVE the picture of Kyle and Tyler, as if they are the mob boss and his right hand man, eyeing the cake!

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Shortly after the birthday party, Justin flew to Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show (CES).  I drove myself and the 2 kids to New Mexico to visit my sister (that was a LONG trip!).  I had a list of McDonalds with playplaces and I stopped every 1.5-2 hours if the kids were awake to let them burn some energy.

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 Once we got to New Mexico, we enjoyed relaxing with my sister and brother-in-law as they had just gotten home from Brazil.  My sister had a large rubix cube that she made for a Halloween costume that the kids enjoyed playing with, and I got a shot of my little monkeys eating bananas!

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 After a day or two Justin flew from Vegas to ABQ, and we picked him up and went skiing. It was my first (and most likely last) ski trip ever!!  Unfortunately, after trying the "bunny" hill several times, I took my first trip down the easiest green hill and managed to twist my knee in such a way that I was able to bruise my tibia (as I found out several weeks later).  At any rate, I was seriously injured, and will most likely never try downhill skiing again.  On the bright side, Kyle seemed to do a GREAT job skiing!

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Tyler LOVES soft blankets!  There is one brown blanket that we have that is very soft, and he rubs on it like a cat! It is incredible.

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Although Justin graduated with his Masters in December, I threw his surprise graduation party on January 29.  He knew we had some friends coming from Kansas City, and then he went to see a "guy movie" and when he came home we had a house full of people. Congratulations, Justin! We are all proud of you! 

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December 2010

Now that Kyle is 3 years old, he is ready for his first dentist check-up!  He was quite a trooper! He took directions like a champ and came through with a clean bill of health!

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We all know that Christmas is a time for traditions and family.  We are no different.  This is Tyler's first year visiting Santa Clause, and I can't say that he was that thrilled about it.  One of the traditions we have started in our family is choosing and cutting the Christmas tree, and for the second year in a row, Kyle had to help his daddy carry it.  Next year it might be a 3-person job!

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Here are some random pictures of the boys.  At this age, Tyler is starting to get very interested in things with hinges, like doors - he is opening and shutting them a lot!  For some reason we met Mom and Dad at Dairy Queen one day (they were keeping the boys or something), and Kyle wanted Tyler in his lap.  They both seemed to enjoy that. The dog chilling with Kyle is Storm, our Rat Terrier.

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On December 18, we went to Justin's Dad's family Christmas.  It is a large family with a lot of children. The night before, Kyle entered the annual cookie decorating contest and enjoyed decorating and eating cookies. Tyler was quite a hit with all the girl cousins, and as I think the youngest member of the family at the time, he got quite a bit of attention! I included a picture of Justin's grandma with both of the boys, Justin's mom sleeping with Tyler, and a picture of us with Justin's family and his grandparents - there are 4 generations in that picture!

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Kyle helped me bake cookies for Christmas Eve!  We went to Justin's parents' house for Christmas Eve, and Santa came that evening!  Kyle is starting to get the concept of Santa Clause by this point, and Tyler is just happy to have wrapping paper top play with.  Tyler is also starting to take a step or two here and there, but he isn't walking, yet.

On Christmas morning (Saturday) we all went to Effingham, IL for Justin's mom's side of the family.  We did not stay long.  Let me back track to Tuesday.  Tuesday Tyler was sick.  He was vomiting, and, well, I won't get too graphic here.  He was over it in a day.  Wednesday, I got sick. Same symptoms.  Thursday night we went to Justin's parents' house and stayed the night (we discussed whether we should come, based on the recent illness, and his parents encouraged us to go, honestly).  There were 13 people at their house Thursday and Friday.  So, here we are on Saturday, Christmas morning, at Justin's mom's family's Christmas in Effingham, IL.  We weren't there long when Justin's brother got sick (vomiting).  Then his sister-in-law wasn't feeling well, so they left. If memory serves, they had to pull over on the way home for both her and his brother (2nd brother sick).  Then his mom got sick.  We decided that we should leave, but not before spreading the infection to the rest of the family! We are, of course, a very generous people!  We left shortly, and throughout the course of the next couple of days learned that 9 of the 13 original people at my in-laws have gotten sick....along with over 15 more people in Effingham!  I had friends over a few days later, and even though I disinfected everything in the house that I could think of, illness struck still, just in time for New Year's.  I believe the grand total was right around 29 people infected by my little Tyler.  That sickness (which left many sitting in the bathroom with a trash can in front of them) is now affectionately known as, "The West Flu."  Needless to say, there are not many pictures from Effingham that day.

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I would like to start by apologizing to my non-Facebook friends and family members!  I have been slacking off in posting pictures of the kiddos and keeping you up-to-date on the happenings in our life.  I see that I have since Halloween to update you, so although I will keep it as abbreviated as possible, there will be several posts over the next few days to try to catch you up to today.  

November 2010

At almost 3 years old, Kyle has learned to crawl into the crib with Tyler.  He really enjoys climbing in and keeping Tyler company when he wakes up.  Tyler has started successfully feeding himself with a spoon, and is happy about it! 

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For Kyle's birthday (November 17) Kyle and I decided to try our hand at a Black Forest Cake.  I think it turned out pretty well!  We invited several of Kyle's friends to celebrate at the McDonald's Playplace on Mid Rivers Mall Drive.  The kids really enjoyed having the opportunity to run wild and drive the grown-ups crazy!  He also got his first board game, Candy Land.  He LOVES playing board games, and he picked up pretty quickly on how to play!  Unfortunately, I did not have my camera at his birthday party (can you believe I forgot it???), so had to rely on my phone. :(

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For about 3 months during this time, I took on babysitting a neighbor girl while her mom did training for a work at home job.  She is 2.5, so I had a 3-year-old, 2.5-year-old and a 10-month-old all at once for a while! That was tiring, for sure!

We spent Thanksgiving at Mom and Dad's house last year.  There were several family members who attended and it was really a very pleasant time.  Since my sister was in town, we also celebrated Christmas, Kyle's birthday (which was November 17) and Dad's birthday (December 7) at this time.  This was the first time Mindy and Jamey got to meet Tyler in person.  They were there I think about 3-4 days before I went into labor with him and had to go home.  Unfortunately, the next time we saw each other, Tyler was 10 months old!  The whole weekend really went very well.  Kyle also likes Mom's bubble-jet bath tub - Mamaw puts in extra soap and he has bubbles so high he can dig tunnels and hide in them!

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Last year, I hosted a Discovery Toys Party.  I was very impressed with the products and how much free stuff I got as a hostess.  Over the course of the past several months I had been tossing around the idea of becoming a sales representative for Discovery Toys.  Well, over the weekend I took the plunge!  I am now an Independent Educational Consultant for Discovery Toys!  I am very excited for this opportunity to make a little extra income on my own time.  I really think I can do well with this venture - these are products that I believe in.  They are very durable and really promote open-ended play, which is how kids really learn.  The motto of Discovery Toys is teach.play.inspire. and it really does ring true with these toys.  

Please feel free to browse around my website and see what you think.  You can order products or contact me about hosting a party or becoming an Educational Consultant for Discovery Toys!

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I hope everyone had a safe and happy Halloween this year!

When I became a mom, I decided to keep a tradition.  Just like my mom did for us, I decided I would make my kids' Halloween costumes every year.  Kyle's first Halloween, he was a Pirate, complete with a pirate ship umbrella stroller.  

Last year I sewed a dog costume.  

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This year, I undertook the project of building a Thomas the Train costume for him, and a simpler Gnome costume for Tyler.  The Gnome was an easy costume: I simply cut a round-bottom triangle out of red felt, sewed it into a cone-shaped hat, attached a jagged triangular shaped piece of faux fur to the elastic under his chin and voila! He's a gnome.  That costume lasted....minutes.  Tyler was not happy about having something on his head!

As for Thomas the train, it took a lot of thought to figure out how to do this one.  I did some online research and got some ideas at Coolest Homemade Costumes.  During this time of thought, we had to get a new car seat because Tyler outgrew his old one. Perfect! There's the main part of the costume!  So the first thing I did was I taped it open, cut holes in the top and bottom of the "train" for Kyle, and I added another box (using hot glue) that we had lying around to the back.  I also gave my sister the charge of sewing a conductor's hat for Kyle.

After a lot more thought, I got some poster board.  I cut 2 slits in the top of the train to slide the rounded posterboard into, and I put a small piece on top of the small box in the back to give it a rounded roof.  I then spray painted everything with gray primer, then blue. Once it was all painted, I added the black poster board to the front of the engine.  I also cut a circle out of cardboard to put inside the rounded cardboard to add support, and then created the blue front from the rest of that piece of cardboard.  I used white poster board for the face and spray painted it gray.  I also backed it with cardboard for support.  Then, I painted the face (I used a drinking glass to trace circles for eyes, freehanded the rest).  I left tabs on the poster board outside the face so I was able to fold the tabs into the black part of the engine and glue the face in place.  I used dinner plates to trace partial circles for wheels and a glass to trace round windows.  The rest of the painting was done freehand.  Some of the paint I had, the rest I got from the hardware store (sample paints).  Kyle helped me to paint rocks black and we hot glued them to the back of the train for coal. After realizing that the train was really too bulky for an almost 3-year-old to carry around,  I found some castor wheels at the store and we were able to screw them right into the cardboard on bottom.

Throughout the course of creating Thomas, Kyle spent a lot of time asking for "Thomas the Train for Halloween?"  I had the costume downstairs in our spare room, and Kyle often asked to "go downstairs to see Thomas." I'd let him go, he'd be gone for 20 minutes or so and come back upstairs.  Finally, one day, I went downstairs to see what he was doing when he asked to see Thomas.  I sneaked in the room, only to find Kyle sitting on the bed, staring at the train costume.

We went for a trial run when we went Trick-or-Treating at the zoo on Saturday, Oct. 30.  Everyone thought he was adorable! We got a lot of compliments on it.  We had two problems: The cardboard collapsed around one wheel so it made it difficult to roll.  I also forgot that I had painted a funnel for the front and forgot to glue it on!

On Halloween, we glued on the funnel (a Gerber puffs container painted black) and added dry ice and water to it (which was a cool effect, except we added too much ice and it froze the water, so the "smoke" didn't last long) and Justin reinforced the bottom with a wooden frame.  This made Thomas heavier, and because we forgot to cut out some of the poster board that was in his way, Kyle found it very cumbersome to walk around the neighborhood.  We ended up spending a lot of time pushing Thomas while Kyle walked from door to door.  

All in all, I would say that Thomas was a success, even if it was cumbersome.  Kyle still got his candy, and now he has a new friend in his bedroom (he wouldn't let me leave it in the garage).

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Tyler is now officially crawling!  It will be even more interesting now with two mobile munchkins!

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Last Saturday, on August 27, the Missouri Valley Wine Society went as a group to a vineyard in Augusta, Missouri to pick Seyval grapes.  The idea behind our trek is for members of the group to make the wine from the same grapes from the same vineyard and see what each individual member comes up with in a few months.  It was an experience! Fortunately, Justin thought to bring the wagon for the kids (yes, it fits in the back of our Prius!) instead of a stroller and baby carrier.  When we got there, it had been raining, and the vineyard is on a hill so everything was wet and muddy!  The boys enjoyed their extended wagon ride, and Kyle liked helping to put the grapes in the lugs. We got pretty wet from that morning's rainfall still sitting on the vines!  After we picked the grapes, we went down and used Bob's crusher/de-stemmer and bladder press to get the juice from them.  Fortunately we didn't have to do it all by hand, like last time we made wine from grapes!  Kyle enjoyed playing on the playset that the vineyard's owners had in their backyard, and Tyler liked his nap in the wagon.  All in all, I'd say it was a good morning picking grapes side by side with a group of great people. We can't wait to see how our wine compares to that of our fellow club members in a few months.  We hope we have the opportunity to do it again next year!  

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Friday, July 2

On Friday we walked around Bear Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park before we hiked up to treeline.  It was a long, arduous hike with some incredible views! We would have gone further except we were out of time and water.

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Saturday, July 3

Sadly, Saturday was our day to pack up and go home. We had a great week and a long road in front of us.  I love the Colorado weather, where you can see it raining on your neighbor but not on you!  It leads to a lot of rainbows, which seem to be a somewhat rare occasion in Missouri.   I'd like to thank my in-laws for such an amazing trip! I hope you all enjoyed the pictures, and until next time...

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!arrivederci!

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Wednesday, June 30

Wednesday morning we rode the Estes Park Tram to get a nice view of Estes Park and Lake Estes.  At the top we were able to buy peanuts and feed the chipmunks.  I tried to get Kyle to feed the fat little critters, but as soon as the chipmunk would get close he'd flinch and drop his peanut!  

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After the Tram we did a little shopping in Estes Park before Dave's cousins came for a visit from Colorado Springs.  We had a nice visit at a winery in Estes Park, then had a nice Italian dinner before they went back home.  It was a very nice, somewhat relaxing day!

Thursday, July 1

Thursday was the most exciting day of our vacation in Colorado!  We left the little ones with Dave and Teresa while the rest of us drove a couple of hours to go whitewater rafting!  The only two experienced rafters in our group were Justin and Josh, so the other 4 of us got to experience the excitement for the first time this day. It was a very fun and thrilling ride!  We had one Class IV rapid, but I don't think it was as exciting as the Class II's and III's that we had.  By the end of the 12 mile trip we were all laughing, soaked and frozen!  We went through and got some Chai Tea Lattes and Hot Chocolates at Starbucks on our way back to the cabins, where we promptly jumped in the hot tub!

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Tuesday, June 29

On Tuesday we decided to do something not very strenuous, so we drove on Trail Ridge Road up to the Visitor Center and back.  Trail Ridge Road is the highest paved road in the nation (12,183ft at the highest point), and it has some striking views! There really aren't words to describe the experience - the best I can do is show pictures.  Fortunately, I was pretty much over my altitude sickness by this time - I was just a little light headed.

After Trail Ridge Road, we wandered to Estes Park and did a little shopping before heading for dinner and back to the cabins. 

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Once again, I had too many pictures to upload to this post, so there will be more Tuesday pictures on the next one. After the first few days, the picture-taking rate slowed down drastically, so hopefully there won't be too many more pages about this trip :) 

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Monday, June 28

We stayed at River Spruce in Estes Park, Co.  The cabins here are right next to the river and really in a peaceful setting.  Justin's parents had a large cabin right next to ours, and they had a deck with a hot tub right on the mountain stream.  Each cabin had a hummingbird feeder that the birds (and raccoons) frequented, and you could see Rocky Mountain National Park from the road right in front of the cabin. It was really a great setting!

Like an idiot, I woke up bright and early on Monday morning to go for a 1.4 mile run.  It seemed like a good idea at the time until I developed altitude sickness later in the afternoon.  After my run and before the stomach ache set in we took our first trip to Rocky Mountain National Park for a stroll around Sprague Lake.  This was my first trip to this part of Colorado, and it was breathtaking! The mountains were majestic and the wildlife was plentiful.  I could not stop staring at all of the scenery.  I took 102 pictures in one day!  (I promise I won't upload that many from this day).  The weather was perfect, and the scenery was incredible! It was a great start to a wonderful vacation!

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We just got back from an incredible vacation in Estes Park, Colorado.  We went with Justin's parents, 3 of his siblings and a friend.  We left on Friday, June 25 and returned on Sunday, July 4.  This is the first of a few separate posts of our vacation so I can get all of the pictures in!

Friday, June 25

We drove to Topeka, KS.  We did not plan to go very far the first day, which was nice.  We all enjoyed the pool at the hotel, especially Kyle! Here is a picture of Justin, Kyle and Tyler all ready to hit the pool!

Saturday, June 26

We drove a little further this day. One of our planned stops was in Dodge City, KS to see the Old West.  On the way there, Justin and I took a quick side trip to see a little fort, and then we allowed our navigation system to guide us through 5 miles of gravel road to get back on track to the main road.  Gotta love the giant combines that take up the whole road. But, I digress.  At Dodge City, Kyle learned to be a cowboy! He even got to help herd the "cattle" (in the picture is Michelle, Hannah, Teresa and Dave) around.  After Dodge City, we drove to Lamar, CO where we picked up Justin's brother, Andrew from the train station on his way back from Philmont.  We utilized the pool at the hotel that night (which Kyle thoroughly enjoyed again), and it didn't take long for Tyler to pass out after 2 days of driving!

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Sunday, June 27

On Sunday we put Kyle in the car with Justin's family to make room for Josh when we picked him up from the airport that night.  To kill time, Justin and I drove around the Lariat Loop near Denver.  The Lariat Loop went through Red Rocks Park that had the neatest rock formations and a pretty cool amphitheater.  They were having a concert and you can see all the people crowded in the amphitheater in the picture below.  There were also some awesome views of the mountains, downtown Denver and the Coors Brewery.

Once we got done driving the Lariat Loop, we went to Boulder and ate at a Nepali Restaurant called Nomaste.  We got a gift certificate for cheap on Restaurant.com and decided to give it a try.  It was a pretty decent little hole in the wall with good food.  It was our first time trying Nepali food, and we both liked it.  After dinner, we drove through downtown Denver, just turning down random streets.  We happened upon a Hard Rock Cafe where Justin bought a guitar pin before we drove on to the airport to pick up Josh.  We finally made it to River Spruce Cabins in Estes Park a little after midnight!

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Here we are, week 2 of swim lessons, last week of Intermediate Agility, a week from Father's Day and two weeks from crazy.  Saturday was a very uplifting day as we walked 5K in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in Downtown St. Louis.  The boys wore a shirt and onesie that said, "I walk for my grandma" and "I crawl for my grandma," respectively.  This is the second year for me to participate in this monumental, world record-breaking event, and it was just as amazing this year as it was last.  The amount of support that St. Louis shows in the fight against breast cancer is astounding, to say the least.  I am overjoyed and honored to be a participant in such an event!  My goal for next year: to run in it. I have a long way to go to be able to run 5K, but I think that one year gives me plenty of time to prepare myself.

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Last week I talked to my dog trainer about moving Calypso up to the advanced training class, and she thinks we are ready to give it a try!  Calypso amazes me when it comes to how astute she is.  I know she's ready for advanced, but I'm not so sure about myself.  We'll see.  Tomorrow is our last day of Intermediate training, and then next week we start Advanced!

So we started the second and final week of swim lessons today.  Today the teacher had some "dumbbells" with foam ends that were buoyant enough to support the kids' weight in the water.  Kyle enjoyed the freedom he got while kicking around with those under his arms. Only three more days of lessons left!

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As for Justin, he is wrapping up his third quarter (out of 5) of grad school.  He doesn't have anything major due these last few classes, so hopefully the next few weeks will be a little easier around here.

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Last weekend Tyler discovered the joy of transport.  For about a day he was flipping his hips over, and then once he figured out how to get his shoulders, too, watch out!  Now he is on the move, rolling across the floor from left to right.  The unfortunate thing is that when he runs into the couch or wall he gets frustrated because he hasn't figured out how to roll the other way.

Last week we enjoyed a trip to the zoo and later a visit from Mamaw and Papaw.  Kyle got to brush goats in the Children's Zoo.  He really enjoyed that.  Once Mamaw and Papaw got here, he enjoyed always having someone's undivided attention as he played with his puzzles, train or Legos.  While Kyle was sleeping, we worked on teaching Tyler some Bridge.

We did learn one valuable lesson last week, though.  When Kyle is being quiet, too quiet, check the Ovaltine. I found him on the floor in the kitchen with the large container of Ovaltine wide open and chocolate powder everywhere!  The best part? He was scared of the brown water in the bath tub!  What a mess!

Yesterday was Kyle's first swim lesson.  So far we have worked on blowing bubbles, floating on his back and front, kicking and jumping in.  He loves jumping in - it is his favorite part! He especially loves it when I let him go all the way under water.  What we need to work on most is lying back in the water.  I think that is the scariest part for him.  

That is about it for us for now!  Until next time, we'll just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, swimming, swimming....

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