shoes

Reese has taken an interest in my shoes, Gabe's too, but he seems to have more fun wearing mine around the house... Hopefully this phase won't last too long! Maybe it's just because mine are a bit smaller and easier to manage - who knows.

Gabe and Reese had a boys weekend while I went to Chicago on a girls trip - they had a great time as always. I came hope to some new toys in the playroom - a bowling set, another golf set, some plastic golf balls...

Market-to-Market

This past weekend Gabe and Tyson ran in the market-to-market race... A relay race consisting of 8 runners per team running from the old market in Omaha to the hay market in Lincoln - approximately 88 miles. They finished in the top 15 out of over 150 teams... Gabe said it was harder than a marathon because you run so much faster, and difficult to run 4 miles, get in the van, wait 2 hours, run another 4 miles...etc. Plus, the pressure of keeping their lead. I think they had a good time though and Reese and I had fun cheering them on...

Rainy day

Yesterday was a rainy day, so we hosted a small, but wild, playgroup at our house. Friends Lauren, John, Caroline, Zachary, and Maggie all came by for some good times - and good times they had! Reese was the DJ controlling the stereo for a little start & stop dance action... Not to mention a few arguments over who gets what toy... and why not color on each other with a sharpie marker. Okay, so Reese was the only one coloring. Thankfully everyone else came away unscathed - Reese was the only one to end up with his own little mustache. I know this is the adults (me) fault for somehow letting this non-washable marker get into his little hands... But luckily it wiped off fairly easily. We all got a good laught out of it...

Grandparents visit!

Reese gets so excited when his grandparents visit - he'll walk around the house in anticipation - "gampa, gamma"... Last time we were in Kearney he was calling for "gampa" at all hours of the night... 2 am and again at 6 am and unfortunately the hours in between. Not a restful night for anyone... However, he had a great time hosting this weekend and the scowl he shows in the picture below is just one of his many facial expressions. Obviously, he wasn't in the mood for a picture! So sorry! : )

Children's Museum

Reese experienced the Children's Museum for the first time last week. I was quite impressed myself - having been there before pre-child, it's a whole another experience watching your own child completely in awe. What a great place to learn and play - I'm sure most people are familiar with Children's Museums in general, but I was very impressed. I'm sure we'll spend lots of winter days hanging out there. Reese especially enjoyed the "science room" with tons of balls moving thru a big mechanical machine... He also loved the water table and John Deer car, not so interested in grocery shopping - maybe that's a good thing?

Botanical gardens

We took Reese out to the botanical gardens - not so much for the gardens, but for the "kid structure" display they had set up for a short time. It consisted of big houses and play areas for the kiddos - of course there was an educational component to each... but they had fun just exploring.