I now know why parents are saints...all soccer/baseball/football/whatever parents. I swear that the coldest time of year in Idaho isn't Winter; it's soccer season. Just imagine 40 some degrees with gusting winds. You can see the people bundled up in the pictures. You can also see how terrible these pictures are. You wanna know why? Because I thankfully had the excuse of a five-month old baby to take myself (and said child, along with BO2) to the car in order to avoid frostbite. Thank goodness my camera has a 10x zoom, cuz I used it. Now that you know the conditions in which they were taken, not too bad, huh? Now mind you, my parents didn't have to watch any outdoor recreational sports in a cold climate...but I still appreciate the effort that it was. So thanks Mom & Dad...
And on another note, well, really a confession of sorts; I don't have better pictures because I only remembered to take my camera to the last game! Gasp! I wasn't raised in a picture-happy family (like some people I know...er, Grammy!) The only real picture taking that went on around my family was when Grandpa cut our heads off with the Polaroid on Holidays. So it's a real battle to not only remember to take the camera along, but to use the darn thing.
Enough about me, :), on to BO1 and this soccer thing! He played great this year. It was really fun to see some of the basic skills "click" with him. He particularly enjoyed playing defender and did a great job. He is very aggressive getting after the ball. Maybe he'll take after his dad and play goalie! The second picture is a great shot of him staying limber during the game...and also the excellent coach. Pic #3...self explanatory...it was cold!
This was a fun series of BO3
making some mouth gyrations (sp?). His top two teeth are working their way down and he's not quite sure what is going on in his mouth.
I must admit, I'm feeling a bit guilty because I've been posting almost exclusively BO3 picks...but hey, he won't have much of a baby book like the first two had!
I have some soccer pictures to post...sorry, I'm playing catch up!
Remember what I said about the Legos on the floor? Good thing this was a big one! These were taken a day or two after the first.
I especially like the third picture because it is a great shot of his beautiful head of hair; and the blasted cowlicks that will haunt him for life. Not to mention haunting me; they are going to be a booger when it comes to hair cuts and "styling"...yep, even the little boys style their hair in this house. BO2 just likes "spiky hair" (especially the way Aunt Amy did it), but BO1 is entering the vanity stage of life...so sad how quickly looking cool becomes important in a child's life! :)
Why I bother putting a blanket down, I don't know. He's having great fun rollin' around to stuff. Now I really have to make sure BO1 and BO2 don't leave Legos on the floor!
We were having some family over for dinner on Saturday night for a birthday celebration...and in my typical "over doing it" way, I couldn't just make one loaf of bread. Nope. The fear of having it not turn out well forced me into making 2 types. The left two are just a yummy white bread recipe, the far right is a great Farmhouse Pumpernickel. Did you know that cocoa powder is an ingredient in pumpernickel...I learn something new everyday! The little roll was white bread dough given to BO2 to make his own...they always like handling the doughs when I bake. The smaller loaf in the upper right corner is a sourdough loaf I made the day before. I used an "Easy Sourdough Starter" recipe with not the best results. The bread tasted good, but it took a FULL DAY for the bread to rise after shaping! I'm sure I did something wrong! And I know my yeast is good, because the other loaves rose perfectly. Oh well, guess I'll have to try a Not-so-easy starter recipe. Anyone have a good one?
This was my first attempt at getting a picture of his tooth...didn't work, but I thought it was a cute picture!
Well, in a span of about 2 weeks we've seen the arrival of BO3's first two bottom teeth! The first was tough, but #2 seemed to be easier on him. Nothing that a few doses of baby pain-reliever can't cure :) It's hard to see the second tooth in this picture, but it's there...have you ever tried to take a picture of a baby's tooth? It's harder than you think! Other than that excitement, we've been busy as usual. Hubby was gone to Holland for 8 days for a business trip; luckily Beppe came to stay with us to help with the hectic week. We finished stripping wallpaper in both boys' rooms and she helped by painting BO1 & BO2's room an "ARMY" color. I'll post pictures later (gotta finish the camaflouge curtains first!) Hubby's off tomorrow for another 2 day/1 night trip for work. This time to CA. Another week of soccer and swimming lessons to look forward to! Oh, and a Pampered Chef party I'm hosting on Friday night! That should be fun...food, drink, friends. Good way to spend an evening!
This was a proto-type of the bib featured below. I made this one with a cute camo frog flannel I found at JoAnn's. I did this with raw edges to have the frayed affect after washing...but since I didn't have seams the bib came out a bit too big! But they were really cute models, so I couldn't resist a picture!
We have some friends who were blessed with an available baby girl for adoption on INCREDIBLY short notice...can you say hours?! I had seen this tutorial for cute burp cloths and had the opportunity to make girly ones! Haven't made any for BO3 yet. By the time I get to it for him he'll be done spitting up!
The bibs were something I'd seen on-line and then again at a local retail store whose logo happens to contain a red circle. I thought they were fun so I picked out some pretty non-baby fabric and sewed into the wee hours one night. I think they came out cute considering I am NOT a seamstress. I like anything with straight lines!
Last weekend was beautiful! In the 50's and sunny...so it was a bit of a yard clean-up day. Thanks to Aunt Amy we had a nice warm fleece suit to keep #3 toasty in while we did some spring cleaning outside! Isn't he cute?
Sounds like a song title...heck, maybe it is a song title! I wasn't looking forward to doing the Monday morning task of starting one of at least four loads of laundry waiting for me. And I need #3 asleep to get to doing my taxes, so I was trying to sneak a few minutes to blog a couple of pics I'd been wanting to post. I put #3 in his activity seat thingy. It didn't go as well as it usually does. I can generally get 10-15 minutes out of it; but not this morning. I became enthralled watching him try to put the attached toys into his mouth. This is a frustrating phase. He can't hold anything long enough to really "check it out" with his mouth...and the thing he can hold onto won't reach his mouth! What kind of mother am I that I can watch him and take pictures instead of rescuing him? The same kind of mother that types away while he fusses...but hey, I've tried to feed him and the kid won't take a pacifier to go to sleep, so what's a mom to do? I guess neither of us are thrilled with this Monday morning!
Due to unfortunate circumstances that I won't go into here, Frompa was close by and flew over for a day. The boys had fun visiting and getting spoiled with a trip the the Boise Army/Navy Surplus. Pictures of the soldiers are coming! But he got some great smiles out of #3. Thanks for the visit Frompa!
Thanks to my SIL Bether I have discovered a blog that is funny and evil. The Pioneer Woman has a Pioneer Woman Cooks blog with down home recipes. I saw this one yesterday (I have a lot of dead time while #3 is in his parasitic mode) and decided I had the few minutes it would take to whip it together. I stopped off at the store after picking up #1 from school because I didn't have Granny Smith apples...a little too tart to eat for my taste. And what self-respecting parent has Mt. Dew on hand? Just kidding, hope I didn't offend anyone. But the bi-product of this unlikely ingredient is naughty. Hubby and I only let the kids have one so we could have the rest for ourselves. We had them for dessert, and then dessert to dessert. Do you see the bottom of the pan. They aren't tongue marks, but they could be. That's how good it is. Then we had it for breakfast dessert this morning. Bad. This is what's left of a 9x13. Sad. Not good for the after-baby diet. Neither was the Corned Beef & Cabbage that Jeff wanted for dinner. But all that will have to be another blogpost.
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I know this Post from Pioneer Woman is uber-old, but it makes me think fondly of my days in college. Now clean up your dirty thoughts...it's nothing kinky. My dairy science Artificial Insemination class was quite the riot. I've had my arm in a cow just like PW's picture. It is a sensation you never forget. The cow probably doesn't either. And during the winter months, it's strangely warm and comforting. Your arm comes out steaming; covered in poo and steaming. My mom enjoyed telling EVERYONE about that class. Didn't care about the others but the "arm up a cow's butt" class was widely discussed. Being that the class discussed all manner of reproduction, the study group was a riot. It was hard to keep it serious when you're talking about bulls and cows and teasers and artificial vaginas. I think Marjeuh and I threw away our AI clothes... there's not getting those stains out! And Lnthomps couldn't stand our smell when we came home from lab day. Fun memories!
BO2 has been full of funnies. He came downstairs from his shower with Big Brother and revealed these Halloween tattoos. You figure out where he put them. And he did it with no help...what talent.
We cracked up at this. I had just been at the doctor for BO2's & BO3's shots, as evidenced by the sucker sticking out of BO2's mouth. I had purchased this Batman helmet the day before at Goodwill and he insisted on wearing it. Thankfully he took it off before we went to the Dr.'s office. I think the shots took a bit out of him. I noticed it was quiet on the way home and turned around to find this! I called daddy as I pulled into the driveway so he could bring the camera; this was definitely a Kodak moment.
