Funny Videos

One of these videos is of course the required funny "duck" word.  Brecken thought I was taking his picture so in between his version of "duck", he kept saying cheese.

The other video is of me, yes driving, videoing him saying his name.  He wouldn't say "Brecken" for so long he would just say "me".  So, now he thinks his name is "Brecken Me", not "Brecken Lee".

Love this kid!!!

Summer 2012

This has been a fun and crazy summer.  I cannot believe we are already in September and once again I have fallen far far behind on blogging.

The highlights of this summer:
1.  Entire "Smith" family reunites in Lake Chelan for fun filled family weekend and going away party for the Johnsons.
2.  Hungry Horse, MT - Baker side of the family wedding.  We stayed in a great house and even hit up a waterslide park with the kids.  Everyone had a blast.
3.  Evergreen State Fair - who knew, Brecken loves rides.  He went on all of the rides he was tall enough for, including the roller coaster.
4.  Thomas the Train - Brecken, mom, dad and the grandparents had a fun afternoon of riding Thomas the Train and meeting Sir Topham Hatt in Snoqualmie.
5.  Brecken and Daddy went to the circus with his buddies Jon, Peyton, Hudson, Bob and Colton.
6.  Fourth of July camping at Birch Bay with the Jones, Smiths, Turcotts, and Hanculaks.
7.  Brecken moving up in his preschool from the 2's class to the 3/4's class
8.  Hiking
9.  Watching the Blue Angels from a boat.
10.  And of course, lots of fun playing with friends.

Now for some pictures ...

Catch up..why can't I remember to blog regularly

 We are making some slow strides on the potty training.  We haven't gone full on yet, but he has gone potty on the toilet at preschool a few times and doesn't mind sitting on the potty at home anymore.  He just not yet done anything while sitting there.  This summer, potty training is on!

 We transitioned B into a big kid bed.  This was his reaction when he saw his car themed bed.  He has been great since the transition.  B has always been a sleeper but we were a bit worried he would get up and come out of his room all the time since he wasn't confined in his crib.  He has not left his room without permission yet.  He has a few times though knocked on his door from the inside and said "hello hello" because he wanted out.  He is a great kiddo.

 We had a nice day today and the ice cream truck came through the neighborhood.  I remember the "Jolly Joe" truck as a kid so Steve and I rushed B outside and this was the ice cream bar he chose.  He is pretty stoked about his Sponge Bob Square Pants popsicle.  He got to have 3 licks and then we put it in the freezer for him to lick off of for the next while.

Bubbles are awesome!  We brought out the bubble machine today and B would have chased the bubbles for hours had we let him.  This is going to be a summertime funtime toy.  Now if the weather would cooperate we could put the pool out and the bubbles on and life would be great.

Brecken has been loving preschool.  He will start 3 days a week in July.  His talking has really improved.  He is saying sentences and really experimenting with his speaking.  Steve and I are constantly cracking up by what he says, or what we think he is saying.  :)  He still gives the best hugs and kisses.  Snuggle time with B is the best. 

Mother's Day 2012

We had beautiful weather on Mother's Day.  We took to the roads on our bikes and road to our crossfit gym, did a Mother's Day partner WOD, which Brecken helped with, and then rode home along the lake.  We of course finished it off by going to the new frozen yogurt store.  It was fantastic.  Nutter butter and chocolate frozen yogurt is hard to beat!  Steve and Brecken spoiled me the whole weekend.  I am a lucky wife and mama.

Sesame Street Madness

 Aunt Shelley got us tickets to Sesame Street Live and Brecken could not have been more surprised and thrilled to see all of his favorite characters, especially ELMO!  The show was upbeat and a total  hit with the kids.  Thank you Aunt Shelley.  What a fun day.

 Hey Big Bird!

 With Yaya and Beppe.

 B loves the ladies..."hello Zoe!"

This was Brecken's face when  Elmo came out on Stage.  He could NOT believe his idol was dancing and singing right in front of him. 

Just a little weekend cutie...

Two really cute things this weekend (yep, I am using this as a pseudo baby book as well) so here we go:

Brecken has decided that he needs to feed Jager treats, lots and lots of treats.  I think we may actually  need to move Jagers treats to a higher shelf in the pantry.  He goes and grabs a bag, gives him a treat and when we tell him to put the treat bag back, he comes out of the pantry with a different bag of treats.  Jager is loving it!

I asked Brecken this afternoon if he wanted to sing the ABC song.  Usually he just does ABC and then we do the rest together.  Today he went all the way to F with out any help.  Of course now that I am trying to get it on video my wonderfully stubborn little boy won't even give me an A!  Love this kid :).

Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease...WHAT?!

 Say hello to our first preschool disease, Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease. 

 Even Brecken wasn't thrilled about this look.

Jager was such a good big doggie brother he got ice cream as a treat.

Well, yes, Steve and I freaked out when B came down with this lovely mess all over his face.  Poor kid.  He was a trooper through the whole thing.  He got these sores on his face, in his mouth and all over his lower body.  We said "no, don't touch your face" so many times he started pointing to his ching saying, "no mama, no dada, no touching".  The preschool had a lovely outbreak of this fun childhood disease.  Luckily the doctor told me this was completely normal....she may have been able to tell I was about to come out of my skin with worry.  He is healing nicely and should hopefully be all cleared up in the next few days.

Next blog...pictures from our trip to Maui (the week before this loveliness showed up).