Inside Today » Parker http://www.jesska.net Serving Life on the Side Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:03:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Fun in the sun http://www.jesska.net/2010/05/fun-in-the-sun-2/ http://www.jesska.net/2010/05/fun-in-the-sun-2/#comments Sat, 01 May 2010 20:54:16 +0000 admin http://www.jesska.net/?p=968 The older he gets, the more fun he has at the playground.

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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!

]]> http://www.jesska.net/2010/04/chocolate-cake/feed/ 1 PB & J http://www.jesska.net/2010/03/pb-j/ http://www.jesska.net/2010/03/pb-j/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:16:37 +0000 admin http://www.jesska.net/?p=795 Would you like some bread with that jelly?

]]> http://www.jesska.net/2010/03/pb-j/feed/ 0 The Morgan Horse Farm http://www.jesska.net/2010/01/the-morgan-horse-farm/ http://www.jesska.net/2010/01/the-morgan-horse-farm/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:00:24 +0000 admin http://www.jesska.net/?p=602 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.

Mom with Parker

Stable Statue

Drawings Skeleton

Horse Foal

Parker with horse Horse 2

]]> http://www.jesska.net/2010/01/the-morgan-horse-farm/feed/ 0 ECHO lake aquarium and science center http://www.jesska.net/2009/12/echo-lake-aquarium-and-science-center/ http://www.jesska.net/2009/12/echo-lake-aquarium-and-science-center/#comments Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:23:20 +0000 admin http://www.jesska.net/?p=475 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.

slide 1 slide 2
Drum machine Turn the wheel Experiment

fish1 Fish scale turtle

frog turtle 1 frog 1

swim school swim 1

snake frogs fish 2

outside boat lake champlain

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Hat 1

Hat 2

]]> http://www.jesska.net/2009/10/diamond-flap-hat/feed/ 0 Fun in the sun http://www.jesska.net/2009/10/fun-in-the-sun/ http://www.jesska.net/2009/10/fun-in-the-sun/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:07:40 +0000 admin http://www.jesska.net/?p=453 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.

Parker playing

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

Light

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Parker play 1

Parker play 2

Parker play 3

Parker play 4

]]> http://www.jesska.net/2009/08/rock-climbing/feed/ 1 Toys in babyland http://www.jesska.net/2008/04/toys-in-babyland/ http://www.jesska.net/2008/04/toys-in-babyland/#comments Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:03:15 +0000 admin http://www.jesska.net/?p=21 Nothing is nicer than all the wonderful gifts that people give you when you’re expecting a baby. Nothing is more precious than seeing how tiny everything actually is. From the bite size socks, to the miniature onesies, it is all rather amazing. A few photos to show how our lives are magically changing into expecting parents.  

  

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