Beautiful Day : 002

Start Your Engines...

Logan was able to enjoy his first trip to the offshore boat races down at the Lake this past weekend. We thought he'd surely be startled by the loud screeching of the boats racing by...but in fact he seemed to think it was pretty cool. Even more than loving the boats - he really thought the low flying helicopters were pretty awesome! We spent both days out in the boat and he was quite the little trooper!

Nothing's Better Than a Day at the Zoo with Friends!

We got lucky this week and were able to visit the Kansas City Zoo for the first time with friends Juana and Mason. Mason was born only a few days after Logan so it's fun to watch both their similarities and differences at the same age. Logan had a rough morning, but ended up pulling through and having a fairly good time at the zoo.

In particular, he really liked the Sea Lion Show and otters...well, okay and of course also the ducks! We hang out all morning seeing animals that originate from Africa, South America, Australia, etc. and he's into the ducks?! Maybe next year he'll have an appreciation for the elephant's enormous size and the chimp's eerily human characteristics? Or, maybe he will always just really like ducks - that's okay, right? :)

Maybe more than anything else, both Mason and Logan were infatuated with the other kids at the zoo. They would watch and impersonate, giggle and run after them. Above is a pic of Logan trying to hold Mason's hand - she wants nothing to do with that! What a fun day...

The Poll Is In! - Rrrrr...

You guys guessed it! Logan is going to be a LION for Halloween this year! While we really thought a duck or a monkey would be appropriate, this costume was so darn cute on him, we just couldn't pass it up! He's also been practicing his vicious roar, which is actually more like a soft, monotone sounding like rrrrr... We've got a few weeks to keep working on his roar but won't be showing off cute pics of that costume for a bit still...sorry, guess you'll just have to come back and visit again!

Wings

Chocolate Soul Patch

Since school has started up, I decided it was time to step it up and send out a care package to Uncle Alex - wishing him good luck this semester at Mizzou - not that he needs it of course! What better to add to the care package than brownies and who better to help than - Logan!

He did a great job mixing and even helping dump in one of the cracked eggs! He especially enjoyed pouring the ingredients into the bowl and then of course getting a little taste of what was left in the bowl before sending them to the oven - the best part in my opinion!

As soon as Jason found out Uncle Alex was getting brownies, he petitioned that he needed some for himself as well - okay, so maybe I wanted some too, so we made another batch! And voila - Logan's finished product turned out quite yummy!

Beautiful Day

No! No!

Earlier today, I was in the office finishing up some work when I heard Logan continuously yelling "Neh, neh!" Initially I thought maybe he was looking through his books and found Goodnight Moon or another book referencing bedtime and was saying "Night, night." I peeked in to spy on him and found that he was in fact reading a book but it was actually the above book - No No Yes Yes. On each page, it has a picture of a baby doing something like eating the dogs food (no, no) and then on the other page, baby is eating a banana and the dog is eating his own food (yes, yes) or baby coloring on the wall (no, no) and on the other page, baby coloring on paper (yes, yes)...you get the idea. Anyway, we hadn't read this book in a couple months as it had been up on a shelf (I try to switch out his books and toys so he doesn't get bored) but he obviously remembered it and was reading it out loud to himself - I was impressed!!

On a side note, ask me in a couple months if I'm still impressed by his use of the word "no?" - I'm guessing my comment, said with a tone of irony and sarcasm will be - No! No!

Herky's Homeboy

Well everyone, I think we've got a Hawkeyes Fan on our hands - not that Jason or I swayed him in any way! This weekend, Logan watched the Hawkeyes win and was pretty excited about it. If we ask him to "Point to the hawkeye," he'd find someone with a hawkeye on their shirt and insist on touching it. His shirt was a little small (we squeezed him into a 6 month shirt from last Fall). Looks like we'll have to head to Iowa City for a special trip...all for Logan's shirt of course, not to tailgate, see old friends, or pretend we're in college again - nope, all for the shirt. Totally altruistic of us, don't you think?

Lo and Behold!

Lo and behold, the much needed blog makeover is here! Thanks to Jason for his Html expertise and patience with my many requests :) We're excited to have added a new item - the question of the week! This week's question - What is Logan going to be for Halloween? Feel free to vote, vote, vote or suggest a new question in the comments section below! As always, we hope you enjoy staying updated - thanks for checking in!

Finger Paintin' Fun!

Jason is out of town this week for work, so Logan and I have been trying to find fun new creative things to do together to pass the time. One of our fun activities was finger painting! We used an old t-shirt for a smock, and made homemade finger paint out of flour, water and food coloring. Logan was a little hesitant at first but had a great time getting down and dirty after realizing how fun it can be!

Unofficially Closing Down Summer...

How better to unofficially close down summer's doors than with a weekend at the Lake? Unfortunately, the majority of the weekend was rainy or cloudy, but it wouldn't have been an accurate depiction of Summer 2009 had it not been bad weather all weekend and beautifully sunny while cleaning up to head home and of course during the entire drive home.

We were pleasantly surprised with an impromptu visit by Uncle Alex on Sunday afternoon. We couldn't resist letting Logan wear around his awful cowboy boots for a bit. We were even able to pull out an old cowboy hat, which Logan really took a liking to. While it's sad that Summer is over, we're excited for what Fall and Winter have to bring!

Logan and Granny Franny having fun

Logan passed out after a long boat ride...

Braisy and his "Pup Cone"

Update: Better

So, this mornings class was better than the last but there were still a few tears shed. He really enjoyed the scarves again during the beginning of class but as soon as the rest of the group joined he clammed up...poor guy, I think he just gets nervous with so many other people in the room! The good thing though is by the last 10 minutes he was running around in circles yelling...I never thought I'd say that I thought that was normal...but I guess that's just Logan!

Where Can You Sing and Dance?

You ask - where is the best place to sing and dance with your little one? Why Kindermusik of course! Okay, so you may have never thought to ask that question but Logan started Kindermusik last Friday and we thought we'd share:

The first class went like this. We arrived to class as one of the first ones; there were scarves in the middle of the floor and Logan loved them! He threw them around and rolled with them covering his face giggling. I'm thinking to myself, "Wow, he's already having a blast!" As more and more people arrived, he was still doing okay, walking around and checking everyone out. As class continued, we took a turn downhill. He clung to my lap as we sang and attempted to dance around the room. He stared at everyone with a look that said, "Why are you singing and dancing around like an idiot my mom - I just want to go back to sleep?!" Finally, with about 10 minutes remaining of class he warmed up a little, stepped away and actually got into the music a little by bouncing up and down. After talking with the instructor, she said it typically takes a few classes to get warmed up to the environment, which I should have guessed since it always takes Logan a bit to warm up to anything.

While in the car we've been listening the Kindermusik CD to get him a little more familiar and he's been bobbing his head non-stop. So...we've got another class tomorrow morning, hopefully it will be just a little better than the last. Wish us luck...we'll be back after class with an update!

Site Seeing In Kansas City

How many people site see in their own city?! Okay, so maybe it's not called site seeing when you live here. Anyway, this past weekend Grandma Jill and Grandpa Ronnie were in town and we spent a lot of time enjoying fun things around the city.

Wonderscope Children's Museum

Logan had a wonderful time checking out each room at Wonderscope. As you can see he thoroughly enjoyed the H2Oh! Room as well as the Market where he was able to push all the buttons on the cash register - maybe he likes numbers like his dad?? What a wonderful place - we'll be back for sure!

Loose Park

Back to Loose Park again to see the ducks. This time we packed a wonderful picnic of muffelettas, homemade pasta salad, fresh fruit, warm fudge brownies and a bottle of wine (minus the wine for Logan!) We also took a stroll through the rose garden which Logan was thrilled about since he loves flowers so much!

Crown Center
We enjoyed lunch at Fritz's Railroad Restaurant for the first time where our burgers were delivered to us via a train. Logan had a blast in his conductors hat and loved watching the trains. Afterward we ventured over to see a great Lego exhibit and then across the street to play in the spray fountains. We were pleasantly surprised when being asked (via loudspeaker) to step out of the fountains because a show was about to begin. We then sat and watched a private (because it was too cold for anyone else to play in the fountains!) show of water spouting in sync to the Kansas City Symphony - it was incredible.

Click Here to see a video of what Fritz's was like!

Also not my video but to check out a bit of the water show outside Crown Center, Click Here!