Sunday, June 8, 2008

A weekends worth...


We had some beautiful weather this weekend and Tripp was excited to enjoy it! Almost immediately, Tripp was fussy......we tried everything...ended up he just wanted to be outside! And Bob and I couldn't be happier :-) We love the outdoors and thankfully our son does too.
(Good thing cause we are going camping and backpacking this summer!)





He loves playing with the dogs




Playing Ball






Tripp has a very important job in our household - Inspector.

Here he is inspecting the rocks
a fallen twigobserving the general area

the mulch



He has started to expand his job title to aerodynamics. Yup,...he's a thrower! He love, love, loves to check the physics involved by asking the question "Do falling objects drop at the same rate?" So far he has checked the gravel from the driveway, the mulch, sand from his sandbox, sand from the playground, toys, sippy cups,.... I am guilty. A good mom would tell her child to stop throwing things and stop the habit before it begins....but I can't...it's too funny...because, whenever Tripp throws something he squeals and holds a finishing pose...just like a Kung Fu Master :-)



After all of his Kung Fu posing is done it's time to unwind with some afternoon Yoga.


Sunday was the same. We woke up at 7:30am and were out the door on an adventure by 8:30am. It was off to the Elementary School playground across the street from our house.
Does the posing ever stop?!

He walked all the way to the playground by himself and only fell 2x!



Our Little Bruiser

He loves exploring the playground






After waking up from a nap and eating some lunch, it was time to explore another playground. So we walked downtown to Memorial Park..but first a quick stop at Dairy Queen. Tripp impressed everyone with his independent feeding skills!






Off to the playground!





It was a great weekend!

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Art Show



Today was the student art show and Tripp spent the day with me at work!






He loved hanging with the big kids.






He ran up & down the ramp all day long!


Checking out some animations with my car pool buddy, John.




We spent allot of time in the art computer lab today. We had all of the animations playing on the monitors and Tripp was in cartoon heaven!! He would run from one computer to the next, checking out the animations and squealling with excitement.


These are his 2 favorites -


Pencil



Green Monster



My fellow art teacher, April, brought her daughter to the show too!


Tripp & Talia browsing through the sculpture room.


Tripp's new wheels.

One of my students gave Tripp a super cool hand-me-down - a dirt bike tricycle. It has a hand break and gold rims.




Taking his girl Talia for a spin.




Hugs


Playing ball with P.E teacher & friend, Marissa - Hey! Great Name!

Another fellow art teacher, Denise, brought in this giant moose for napping and cuddling!

We are performing a scene from Alice in Wonderland for my Theatre Design class. The toy tea pot set was stored in my office and Tripp discovered it. He then found an old VHS tape holder from before I worked at GHS and the school had an analog video editing program......old stuff, and sorted the plates in the tape slots!

Relaxing after a fun day!

Sunday, May 25, 2008

New Friend

Introducing Penelope Alma Orenstein!
Yesterday we went to the hospital to visit our good friend Sean & Aubrey & their new daughter, Penny. Born May 23, 2008 - 7lbs 12 oz. They are doing great and Penny is beautiful.

Last year they were visiting us at the hospital.......

Then & Now


Happy Family

2 Mamas & babes

Destined to be great friends!