Reunion Adventures

C.'s new words of the week: Water, People, Anna, Aaron, Jake

Looking for fossils by Inkom.  There are supposed to be good trilobites in the area.  C. loves rocks.

Stretching our legs at Mantua Reservoir.   C. is laughing at uncle Jake, who she nick-named Jake-O.

Great Grandma's house is so fun.  Uncle Jake has the beard.

Enjoying the beautiful weather.  Scott's bro & sis from Pennsylvania

Great audience

Airborn cousins

Helping Grandpa with the chickens

Feeding the chickens

Gathering fresh eggs from each nest of the chicken coup through special trap doors.

Carefully putting the eggs in the bowl.  Given the chance, C. loves smashing eggs together.

Milking girl goat.  We had yummy homemade yogurt that dad made from the goat milk.

Avalanche the goat

Animals all around

Looking at the fish at the public library

The biggest fish

View from C.'s height

Zoom in to see swirling vortex of pelicans catching an air current above our house.  They started low and went higher and higher.  There were too many to count.

The darker bird is not a pelican.  I'm not sure what his intentions were.

Driving through Jurassic Park, I mean Bear World.

Black Bears at Bear world

Thanks everyone that is praying for Scott's job hunting.  I'm so amazed at how persistant he is even though it is no fun.  He is enjoying his accounting class at ISU.

Yar

Happy Birthday to my pirate Scott!

To Utah and Back Again

It was birthday time for cousin Autumn and grammy, so we Celebrated in Utah.  Here are some pics that I borrowed from other people's blogs.

Link to Mandy's video: http://thefuddyduddy.blogspot.com/2010/09/two-parties-and-train-ride.html

1st Bday

Cookie Monster and Elmo cupcakes by Amy

Grammy and her Grand-kiddos

Her Yellowstone Park B-day cake

Front Runner Train Ride

Celestial Statistics

Celeste is talking more and more all the time.  I LOVE that I can ask her if she wants something and she can tell me yes or no. 

Some kids get jealous when their parents hug each other.  NOT Celeste.  Today she pushed Scott's and my head together to make us kiss.  Then she laughed and did it several more times.  It was so cute.  She gave lots of hugs and kisses out at my Mom's b-day party tonight.

Celeste and I learned the hard way that not all kids are nice.  A little girl came from out of no-where and pulled C.'s hair at the playground.  I yelled at the girl.  C. was traumatized and I was shocked that something like that could happen.  So when she got calmed down we headed to the zoo instead and had a talk about it. 

Today during our walk, a school bus drove by and C. started singing and doing the actions "round and round, round and round" from the Wheels on the bus song.  On the green belt there is a yard full of animal statues (bears, eagle, bison) and C. always sings Old McDonald had a Farm when we go by it.

I see no need to hurry Celeste into potty training because she is still really young.  However, she may get there sooner than later.  Several times C. has said "peepee, potty", and we set her on the training potty, and she's gone.  She is so smart.

Whenever C. hears Scott singing around the house she tells me "singing, singing".  Sometimes when I sing slow songs she dances in circles. 

Recent sayings:
"Come on, mommy, come on."  (when she wants me to go with her)

"8, 9, 10, 11, 12"  (said this two different times yesterday)

Conversation:
Me: "Do you want some of this oatmeal?"
Celeste: (shaking head vigorously) "No way, no way, no way!"

"Penguin"
"Hiding" (Goes into her closet and shuts doors)
"Tail" (referring to the tail of her stuffed animal)

Favorite Shows:
#1 Sesame Street (Abby Cadabby, Elmo, and the Count are her favorites.)
#2 Wiggly Safari (Australian show for kids, this one has lots of animals)
#3 Cinderella (likes the mice and cat)
#4 Tinkerbell

Favorite Foods:
1 Chocolate
2 Fruit (peaches, strawberries, apples, watermelon)
3 Tomatos
4 Cheese
5 Mac & Cheese
6 French Fries
7 Cherios & milk
8 PBJ sandwiches
9 Scrambled Eggs
10 Pan Cakes
11 Pizza
12 Chicken

Foods she won't touch with a 10 foot pole:
1. Tuna Fish
2. Brocolli
3. Cauliflower
4. Spinach

Weight - 25 lbs
Clothing size 3T