Julia's tummy time!

Just some cute pictures of Julia doing her tummy time. I haven't been great about letting her do tummy time. Since she spits up so much, it's not really much fun for either of us. She was really into this for about 2 minutes, then she got a little unhappy.





























This was the beginning of the end. Just look at how that lip is starting to stick out...

Playing "Potato"

As you'll see from the pictures, Joshua is not playing with a potato. I found these little stocking sized Play-Doh packs right before Christmas, and decided Joshua needed one. Really, it's just the right size for a 2.5 year old - he doesn't need that much. After we had finished playing and put it away, he asked me if we could play "potato" again. It took me a while, but finally my toddler translator kicked in. Too funny!











































Then, naptime was a struggle today. I'm not sure why. He woke up a little earlier than usual this morning, but still could not go to sleep like he normally does for nap. After he finally did, I went in to check on him and found this. Nothing but a little lump in the bed. If it weren't for the snoring, I wouldn't have known he was even in there! I don't know how he ended up like that...

George the Steam Engine

Jason and Joshua went back to Centennial Park to visit the geese and the big steam engine this past Saturday. On the way there, they talked about what to call the engine, and they decided on George as a good engine name.

There is lots and lots of sidewalk space, so I suggested that they take Joshua's tricycle. What a hit! Jason says that Joshua rode it the WHOLE time - and they walked a long way at the park!

































Joshua really liked seeing the geese, too. There was another family there feeding the geese, and when Jason and Joshua walked by, the mom offered Joshua some of the stale bread they were giving the geese so he could feed them too. What a treat! He loved it! Here's a picture that makes me laugh. Even though the temperatures were well above freezing, there were parts of the lake that hadn't thawed yet. You can see some of the geese walking on the ice!

Enjoying the Heat Wave

Since the temperature got all the way up into the 50's last week, we went outside to play! It's been soooo cold lately, and I know Joshua's getting a little stir crazy. So, we got his new trike and scooter out in the back yard and let him go! Julia came too. She can ride in the Baby Bjorn facing forward now, and I wrapped her up in a blanket. I took a picture so all the Grandmoms out there wouldn't worry. See, she's having fun. She really does enjoy watching Joshua play.















Here's Joshua riding on his tricycle. He's getting really good at steering all by himself.















Of course, just running around in the yard yelling is fun too... This picture is of him actually not yelling. I've started bribing him to get good pictures. I can't remember what I promised him here. I thought Pa Joe might like a nice picture of Joshua in his engineer's hat.

Joshua's past lives

Joshua has been telling us the funniest things lately. I don't buy into reincarnation, but apparently, Joshua does.

"Mommy (or Daddy), when I was a man, I used to work on the railroad."

"When I was a conductor, I would say, 'All Aboard!,' and the people would get on the train."

"When I was a man, I used to take the wheels off the truck and put them back on."

This last one is a reference to when we take the car and truck to Sam's Club to have the tires rotated. He begs to watch them work everytime we go! He also watched Uncle Wil change out the brake pads on his big red truck one day and STILL talks about it.

Anyway, I thought I would record these before I forget, and Joshua's off doing some other cute thing. :)