Reading

Just a quick note...
1. He is reading just the numbers. He doesn't have them memorized.
2. "Blast-off" is our own insertion. He's not reading it because it's not actually in the book.

Enjoy!

Ka-bonk

This took place the day before our family photo shoot.

She threw herself onto the driveway in protest. I was loading the stroller into the car rather than putting her in it to take a walk right that moment.

Her shirt pretty much sums it up, don't you think?

Walking

Kaiya started walking on July 10th. Here is a video taken a few days later.

"I'm workin'"

Tyson has been a helper ever since he started walking. Anytime Tenisha or I start a project, whether building something or cleaning, Tyson ALWAYS jumps in to help. Enjoy some photos of Tyson the Helper.

The Potty Train

This morning Tenisha and I were having a conversation about carpet...

Tenisha: We'll be putting in new carpet up here soon anyway.

Jason: I thought you wanted to wait until the kids are potty trained. That'll be a couple years, not soon.

Tyson: I want to go on the potty train.

Tyson's sentences.

"What's that right there on there?" -this is what he says when he's pointing to something to ask what it is.

"They're watching all the cars go by." -talking about the flock of geese sitting in the grass along the exit ramp. We thought it was interesting he talked about it from their perspective.

"I'm are done." -so an extra verb can't really hurt. actually it just makes the parents laugh..

Mini Winter Vacation

We took a 2 day trip to the coast earlier this month while Jason was on vacation. It was fun and relaxing, as any good trip to the coast should be! We hiked up to Haceta Head Lighthouse, though it was pouring rain and very windy, just to see a real working lighthouse. This was something that Tyson has been wanting to do for some time...

Tyson made the hike all by himself, as well as climbing the 3 stories to the top of the lighthouse to see the light. We drove up to spend the night in Newport and the following day we visited the Newport Aquarium...
The only thing that we didn't get to do was to fly a kite...it was too wet and windy to try to stand out and do it, but we had a great time and enjoyed what we were able to do. And of course...on the way home we HAD to stop at the Tillamook Cheese Factory to have lunch and ice cream!!

"CHEESE!"

Yes, this is her first bite of ice cream.