Christmas 2010

Thank you Adam for the Thomas drum and whistle...

Ok I was a slacker this Christmas...didn't take alot of pictures. So this is what I got on my camera.
What pictures of my family did you take??? Please send them to me...

Logans 4th Birthday Pictures.

Puyallup Fair!

 Free day at the Fair!

We spent more time with the dogs than any other animal.

Logan Claus

This is the same outfit that Cooper wore to the hospital to visit Logan for the first time.
Time flies.....

Boo Boo's broken....

Logan's pacifier is gone. He had only been using it at night for the past year, but it was creeping back into the daytime for a couple of days. I realized it's better to just get rid of it on his terms.
So I cut off the nipple part of the "Boo Boo", as he calls it, and gave it to him at bedtime tonight. He looked at it, looked at me, and said.."boo boo broken..." with a sad face. I asked him if he wanted to keep it or throw it away. He got up from bed and threw it away in the trash, came back to bed and this is what happened next...

Grampa Jim & Horse play

Here's a picture of Grampa Jim with Logan

Then Grama Nina got the Horse costume out for Logan to play in. The boys always look forward to going over to Grama and Grampa Twiddy's house.

Party Time

Logan is still getting used to the idea that he has to learn to entertain himself. After all, between playdates, library visits, cousin visits, and his class, there is bound to be some down time.
Today he decided to throw a party with his buddies.

I love watching his imagination grow.

Come Learn with me!

Every morning since school has started LJ cries or whines as Cooper gets on the bus and leaves for school. I figured it was time to be more pro-active and get him into something fun for him to do. We've been attending two different libraries for story time two days of the week.
Grama Pam has provided a way for us to attend a pre-school age Parks & Rec. program on another day of the week.
So every morning when he gets upset about the bus I can remind him that we're taking "Logan's Bus" to the library, the store, the park, or his class. We even pack his backpack with a snack.
These pictures were taken his first day of
"Come Learn with Me"
He loved painting!!!

and the sand table.

After free play, the instructor reads a book, sings activity songs, and they learn a new letter.
Afterwards they make a craft with paints, stamps, cut-outs of what they've learned. It's been really fun, and it wears him out.
He has started taking afternoon naps again. LOVE IT!!!

Silly Boy!

Today I watched baby Julia for a couple of hours.
Logan decided to be silly and get into her carseat.

Note to self, next time put carseat on table or in bedroom.

Day trip to the Puyallup Fair

On the first day of the Western WA. Fair (a.k.a the Puyallup Fair) admission to the fair is always free from 10 am to noon. Looking for ways to keep Logan busy and forget about the fact that he doesn't ride the bus every morning with Cooper, I thought it was a perfect thing to do. So we packed up some snacks and water, and headed out. My friend, Kati and I tried to walk through the vendor pavilions, but soon realized, LJ did not like that idea. What we found outside was more fascinating. For instance, he thought that the National Guard Humvee was way more fun that walking through the crowds.

And it wasn't too hard to convince the State Patrol officer to let him ride his motorcycle. All he had to say was, "Please, me ride your cycle?"

After finally getting him off the "cycle" we headed out to me up with Grama Nina, Jocelyn & Zada at the cow barn. Just like last year, "Hi cow! Mooo! Bye, Cow!" on to the next cow saying the same thing. We went to all the animal barns, had a snack, then went to the 4H barns. What more do you need to do at the fair with 3 toddlers?
It was a hot day and 3 hours was plenty good for everyone.
On our way out we grabbed some fair treats, the taffy, the elephant ears,
corn dogs, the things you only get once a year.

Shopping Buddies!

Mr. T & LJ
Can they BE any cuter?

Mama and her little man!

Me and my little man...

Breakfast in Silence

Logan found James' ear protectors and decided to have a quiet breakfast this morning.

Icky Sickies....

The case of the ickey sickey's have struck our house. You have to love pictures like these. James was worn out from a long week and LJ was under the weather and the only person he wanted was his daddy. This is what Cooper and I left behind at home while we went to church.

Even though he didn't feel good,

LJ still was able to enjoy the yummy cupcakes at Grama Pam's house.

Calling Dr. Logan~ You're needed in room 4 stat!

For Christmas the boys got a Fisher-Price Doctor's kit. I had put it away in the toy box, and they had just found it again last night. Ironically, today was Logan's 2 year appointment with Dr. O, so this worked out great and gave him and I chance to play while waiting for Doc to come in. I wish the whole appointment went as nicely as taking the pictures. Logan wanted nothing to do with the Doctor once he came in. In fact, at his first glance at him walking in the door, My little man says, "No, I don't want the Doctor." Dr. O's response was, "Well that answers my questions regarding his speech." We just laughed about it, then LJ got upset and wanted mommy. He did stop fussing when Dr. used his stethoscope on LJ, and LJ used his on Dr. Anywho, LJ is a very healthy, normal 2 year old.

Dr. Logan's Stats:

34 1/2 inches Tall

30.5 Pounds

Happy 2nd Birthday Logan! (Delayed Celebration)

This year we celebrated LJ's Birthday close to the date he was SUPPOSED to be born. December was such a crazy month, and add all the snow and ice, this is how it all turned out. He wasn't to sure about the candles on the cupcakes. He seemed a little nervous, so CT and I helped blow out the candles.

Once he realized it was cake he was all into it! Both boys were. Happy Birthday Little Man!

Happy Birthday LJ!

Happy 2nd Birthday My sweet little boy....

Correction

In my last post I had quoted Logan as saying "no-man". I totally misheard him during the day. The correct Loganism for snowman is "so-man".

Winter Fun for Everyone!

I am so glad it finally snowed enough for me to let the boys go outside and play. This was Logan's first snow play day! We don't have a traditional sled so I used one of my laundry baskets. Logan wasn't sure at first, so I helped Cooper in and pushed him down our little hill outside our apartment. That was his first sled ride, and he wanted to do more. So he brought it up and got inside and I pushed him down again. Logan finally wanted a turn, and Cooper wanted to push him down the hill. What an awesome big bro! Little man was holding on tight.

But once he came to a stop, he was cheering for more!

Getting around in the snow is still new for LJ. He looked at me, and said, stuck. help. Cooper saw the neighbor kids doing snow angels and thought he'd give it a try. After several attempts on his back, he decided he wanted to do one on his tummy. I called a "Reverse Angel".

I didn't see him try that one again, he prefers his back..duh.

The Missionaries in our complex were having a snowball fight, and the boys got involved.

It looks like LJ was more interested in holding the snow and examining the new found fun close up.Logan slipped and caught himself before hitting his head, but was stuck and the Elder just sat there and looked at him.

Logan was even trying to push a snowball for the "noman". Cooper helped Taylor with his snowman.