Sunday, June 15, 2008

Happy Father's Day

Gerry and I decided that in honor of Father's Day, we'd pack up and head over to his family's cabin on Lake Chelan. It was wonderful to get away from the grey "June-uary" we've been having here. The weather at the lake was perfect (low eighties) and there weren't a lot of other people there which was a nice contrast to big holiday weekends when all you hear is the roar of motor boats. Reed especially enjoyed throwing rocks in the lake with Daddy. He liked it so much in fact, that he kept signing for water, which confused Gerry and I because that usually means he's thirsty. He finally started signing for water and jacket (he had to wear his life jacket by the water) to let us understand he wanted to go to the lake!

Reed's signing came in handy again when we went out for a boat ride. Out of the blue, Reed started signing for shoes. This is usually how he tells us that he wants to put on his shoes to go outside. Reed was already wearing shoes AND outside so we were momentarily stumped, until I actually looked at Reed's feet and noticed one if his shoes was off. We looked around on the floor of the boat, but then I thought, I should look behind us and see if there is a little green shoe floating on the water. Sure enough, somehow his shoe went overboard! Thank goodness for signing and for bright green floating crocs!!


And an exciting moment happened for baby Bun too. I've been feeling her kick lots lately and have been putting my own hand on my belly to see if the kicks are strong enough for other people to feel. Sure enough, I could feel them with my hand. I had this confirmed while I was reading Friday and she kicked so hard I saw my shirt move. So last night, as we were going to bed, Bun started getting active so Gerry put his hand on my belly. Not a minute later, she delivered a good strong kick right where is hand was. Gerry got to feel her for the first time!!

Monday, June 09, 2008

Sixth generation Washingtonian

Reed and I have been getting a little stir crazy with this rainy grey weather. Last week, I'd had enough of staying inside so we got on our coats, and I put Reed's new galoshes on him, and out we went. I wasn't too sure this would work because the last time I tried to have him wear the galoshes, he cried and refused to walk anywhere, but he seems to have warmed up to them now.

And just like the true, sixth generation Washingtonian that he is, he was even willing to mow the lawn in the rain. He even looks excited about it!

Wednesday, June 04, 2008

Avast ye matie!

Reed got ahold of a marker and styled himself a pirate mustache and goatee... or at least that's what I thought he looked like! I thought it was appropriate that he happened to be wearing his Mariners hoodie.

Reed is definitely a people watcher. I imagine that this is a fairly typical and important behavior for kids this age, but it can make for a long dinner when we go out! Reed spends most of his time at restaurants turned around in his high chair watching other people. We were at the park a few days ago, and after watching a 4ish year old for a a long time, Reed suddenly came over, grabbed my hand, and led me to the slide. I'd tried to get him to play on the slide in the past, but he wasn't interested. After seeing somebody else do it though, he decided it looked like fun. It was neat to realize he'd been learning while watching the other boy.