Archive for July, 2009

Dinosaur dude

Thursday, July 30th, 2009
Clare holds dinosaur Spencer

Clare holds dinosaur Spencer

The other day we were looking at the dinosaur outfit that Kristin got Spencer. He was too small for it while it was cold, and now it is mostly too warm to wear full body outfits. I was thinking he could wear it for halloween, but Clare thought he would be too big by then. [...]

Bongo boy

Sunday, July 26th, 2009
Bongo boy

Bongo boy

A couple times I have had Spencer sit on my lap and listen to me play drums. He has even successfully hit the drum a couple times with the stick. Since he seemed to like the drums, but be a bit too small for them still, I decided to try the bongos with him. We [...]

Man of the house

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
Man of the house

Man of the house

Frequently I set Spencer in the big chair for a few minutes while I put on my shoes and the baby björn to go shopping. He frequently looks so comfortable in the chair that he looks like the man of the house. What do you think?

Kick it!

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
Spencer kicking

Spencer kicking

Though Spencer usually prefers playing on his tummy, every once in a while he gets in the mood to do some kicking on his back. Here is one such example. Get the latest Flash Player to see this player. [Javascript required to view Flash movie, please turn it on and refresh this page] document.getElementById(“player1″).style.display = [...]

Nooo! Hail yes!

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
Large hail

Large hail

We got a huge hail storm last night. Just as we were getting ready to go to bed, the wind picked up, and then suddenly it sounded like a bunch of drummers all playing on our roof. There was some hail almost as big as golf balls. Our tomatoes took a beating, but hopefully they [...]