Thursday, July 24, 2008

Cal DOES NOT Take Naps



For most of you, this is not a new revelation.  Cal started climbing out of his crib about 3 weeks before his 2nd birthday and he's been in a big boy bed ever since.  When he stopped taking naps then, I thought it was probably just the novelty of being in a new bed and having the ability to get up and roam around the bedroom.  Then I thought it was the distraction of his toys and books, so I took them out of his room.  That's when he decided to pull his clothes out of the drawers--all of them.  So, I gave him his toys back and gave up.

Now he has what we call "quiet time" in his room, but he is anything but quiet.  He sounds like he is coming through the floor and makes an absolute mess--it is ridiculous.

He also likes to lie in the floor and look out the bottom of the door crack to see who is walking by.  He can identify all of us by our feet and yells at us as we walk around upstairs.  I'm going to set up my video camera one of these days to capture all this, but for now, here are some pictures of his little blond head under the door.

"Homeschooling" at its Finest





Michael is very interested in firefighters right now.  He has some books about them, fire trucks, and loves to watch Fireman Sam.  Chris took him to the fire station on base for a lesson from a real firefighter.

Monday, July 14, 2008

I *Heart* NY





I have forgotten how much I love New York City.  I can hop on a train for free (military perk) and be there in about an hour.  The train takes me into Penn Station by Madison Square Garden and up the stairs I go into the heart of Times Square.  I've been twice this month already--once for the day with Chris and the boys and our friends, the Mathernes--and another time with my mom, aunt, and cousin.  We spent the night and were there for two full days of exploring and eating!!

I think we'll go many more times--it is so close and so easy to get there.


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