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!

Tiny Tim Logan

Today Logan had to head into the doctors office for a dreaded flu shot. He was actually quite the trooper though and only cried immediately after the shot and seemed just fine after that. Before the shot, I asked the nurse if we could weigh him since we haven't been in since his 12 month well visit. In my head, I was thinking he'd be 28, maybe 30 pounds...he feels heavy when you lug him around all day! When he got on the scale we waited...and he's only 23.5 pounds! I was thinking that sounded really small but after doing some research sounds like he's around the 25th percentile, which isn't bad considering he's been lower than that the majority of his life.

Later in the day as a little reward for suffering so graciously, I let him ride the mechanical horse at the grocery store - he had a ball. I should have gotten a picture, but was just laughing with him too hard to pull the camera out. We must have looked like quite the pair giggling away by the mechanical horse!

Boys Weekend

Well I guess I should preface this post. This is Jason posting, and Sara doesn't even know that I'm posting. So if the post is missing her usual style and wittiness, you'll have to forgive me. But I figured I would let everyone know what Logan and I did this weekend. So here goes, my first blog post ever.

As the title implies, Sara wasn't with Logan and I this weekend. She made a trip back home, so Logan and I decided to head to the lake. I guess the title is a little mis-leading, as Granny Frannie and Papa D were at the lake with us. But you get the picture. The weekend started off great with Logan hitching a ride to the lake with the grandparents. I headed down after work, and so the weekend began. Overall it was a great weekend. The weather was great, Logan had fun hanging out with his grandparents, and most importantly we both made it back home with no injuries to report. I think Logan did it all this weekend, drove Papa D's boat, drove the waverunner, played with his friend Mason, made his first trip to Frankie & Louies, played on the sand beach, got a new sweatshirt, and didn't get much sleep. Below are some pics from the weekend. I apologize as they aren't up to Sara's standards, but I did the best I could with a camera phone.

He was out w/in 5 minutes on the ride home.......

We've Got a Climber

Ladies and Gents, it's official, we've got a climber on our hands - you can see the proof. We've walked into the playroom before and found Logan on top of the storage bins (which are actually meant for kids to climb on - yes, older kids, not 15 month olds!). This time was a little different though because this was, not the second...third...but fourth time I had caught him up there this afternoon! Finally, I just had to pull out the camera and snap a few shots without him seeing me. By the end of my little photo shoot, he was climbing to the top tier trying to stand up with no hands! Yikes!! He's a pistol I tell ya :)

Sitting Pretty

Since Logan has difficulty getting up on the couch alone (not sure where he gets those short legs!?), he took it upon himself to find a new place to sit while watching Sesame Street and Royals games with Jason. One time we flipped over the lid to the storage ottomans that hold a few toys (so he could play with his toys) and he just sat right down in the lid and watched the TV. The look on his face said "I've been waiting all this time to sit here - finally, thank you!"

Waving "hi" to Elmo

Be sure to check out Logan's latest video in the LoganLive sidebar! We've been having fun teaching him to nod his head "yes" and "no" - I'm guessing we'll be regretting the "no" part here in a few weeks. :)

How'd He Get So Cute?

I spend a lot of time of course staring at my baby, thinking about how absolutely adorable he is - I wonder, does anyone else think so? It must be a mom thing because I've discussed with some of my other mom friends how we all think we each have the most adorable little guy on the planet. Who knows, maybe it's just me, but I'm pretty set that he's the most precious thing I've ever seen and no one can change my mind about that!

Ring, Ring...Banana Phone

Ring, Ring, Ring, Ring, it's the Banana Phone! Some of you may or may not know of Logan's love of music. He loves to dance and imitate the words the artist sings. As soon as we started feeding him banana's he was holding them to his ear. We finally figured out it's because of Raffi's song: Bananaphone. What a smart little guy!

Not only are his 'Bananaphone' moves entertaining but you should see him stuff half the banana into his mouth and try to chew it up like a little monkey - hilarious!

Spray Park

This weekend we stopped by the Loose Park Spray Park since it was nearly 100 degrees. It was a fun way to cool off and also get out of the house for a little bit. Logan was a bit skeptical at first but ended up having a great time. After the Spray Park we stopped by to visit the ducks and geese for a while which - by no surprise - was his favorite part of the afternoon!

"Hmm...I'm not so sure about all this spraying water"

"I guess my mom says it's cool? I'll think about touching it...I guess"

"Fun!"

"Weeee!!!"

Check out the 'LoganLive" sidebar to see a video of Logan running through the water

Sliding Pirate

Over the weekend, Logan was able to play on a pirate's playground for the second time this summer - this time was significantly better though because he was able to go down the slide...by himself. Yes everyone, he thinks he's a big kid now because he can slide by himself!

Not only did he get to play on a pirate's playground, but he was able to swim in his pool - with a friend! Audrey came over to the cabin to swim in the froggy pool for her first time. Logan had a lot of fun trying to splash her and was pretty good about sharing his toys...something tells me this is just the beginning of the splashing bit...

Click HERE for more pics from the weekend!