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Fun in the sun

admin — Sat, 01 May 2010 20:54:16 +0000

The older he gets, the more fun he has at the playground.

Chocolate cake

admin — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 04:27:04 +0000

What a fantastic day celebrating Parker’s second birthday! Watching him in his excitement about everything was hilarious. I love that he makes me laugh. Some of the things he says are so off-the-wall, I can’t help but crack up. He requested chocolate cake for the big day and his wish was granted with a 3-layer, homemade, chocolate soccer ball cake. The bright green coconut flakes (grass) and gummy worms were an added bonus, as well as the homemade Mango sorbet. It breaks my heart that my son can’t have ice cream. He has a bit of a diary issue, and unfortunately just a bite of ice cream is bad news for him. But he loves sorbet!

Of course there were many gifts but the top two contenders are: small bulldozer vs. step stool. If I had known a step stool was going to keep him so entertained I may have gotten one months ago. Before going to bed he tried to convince me that he should be allowed to sleep with the bulldozer in his bed.

He would have blown out candles all day if I had let him. The black frosting around his lips before eating cake, is because I just had to let him taste test first.

I’m quite sure that he loved the cake and sorbet. See for yourself.

Happy Birthday Parker, I love you so much!

PB & J

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:16:37 +0000

Would you like some bread with that jelly?

The Morgan Horse Farm

admin — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:00:24 +0000

Vermont’s state horse, the Morgan horse is a beautiful creature. They have a very distinct body shape, with long curving necks, short ears, and a wonderful temperament. No better place to visit them than UVM’s Morgan Horse Farm. Parker is very used to seeing horses among the Colorado landscape, but doesn’t get the chance to get up close and personal too often. Although he has seen the Budweiser Clydesdales, and has been to the Draft Horse Show.

Jazz

admin — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:45:54 +0000

My mother is a fantastic pianist, who passed her musical love onto me, and now onto her grandson. Enjoy!

ECHO lake aquarium and science center

admin — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:23:20 +0000

Parker and I enjoyed a wonderful trip to Vermont. We did many things while we were there, and one day my mom and I took Parker to the Echo museum in Burlington, Vermont located on beautiful Lake Champlain. They provide a wonderful mixture of aquatic creatures, as well as fun scientific displays with a lot of hands-on activities. There was also a playroom for young children and Parker had a blast on the slide. It was pretty funny to watch him running around from one thing to the next, and then back again, and around again. The only thing he didn’t enjoy was the stamp that was on the top of his hand; it really bothered him that he couldn’t get it off.

Fun in the sun

admin — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:07:40 +0000

I really need to work on posting more often. Even though I’ve been doing a million things, I still can’t figure out what to post sometimes. I am in the middle of quite a few projects and it’s way more fun to post about stuff that is done than show the things I am halfway through. So I will post about Parker’s trip to the new playground that we live near. It’s huge! Almost too big for him because he felt the need to run and hide from the other children that were playing. It was all a little overwhelming for him until the other kids left and he was able to truly explore without worry.

I took a few photos in the backyard of the beautiful light that was blanketing the landscape.

Happy home

admin — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 02:41:52 +0000

So I’m not usually one to post personal things, but today is a special day. I am moving, with Parker, to our own place. For those of you who don’t know, Justin and I are no longer in a relationship. Even though our relationship didn’t work out I am proud to say that we have a wonderful, beautiful (or handsome), incredible son. Something about me changed when I had Parker, and maybe I didn’t know it then, but I know it now. He is the reason I am trying so hard at everything that I do. I am putting myself through medical transcription school so that I can continue to raise and stay home with Parker. In my mind it is the only situation that I am comfortable with. My mom worked really hard to raise my brother and I, taught us so much about life and the values in it. I’ve made some mistakes in my life and all of them good, because they have taught me something and made me who I am today. I hope that Parker can grow up to understand the value of his own self-happiness, and to recognize when things aren’t right, and to do something about it.

Today, I move on.

Eating a fresh apple from one of the two trees in our backyard. Yum!

Having a blast on the swing set that was given to us.

Watching the neighbor’s alpaca farm behind our house.

And our beautiful new home!

Fetch

admin — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:43:00 +0000

Parker is having a great time learning how to throw the ball for the dogs, even if it’s only at point blank range for now.

I love dirt

admin — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:53:23 +0000

Yes my son loves to play in the dirt. He loves cars, rocks and dirt…no question that he’s all boy.