March Catch-Up: Bubble Wrap Scooter Fun

One of my Facebook friends did this on a much larger scale in her garage. Our small-scale version still provided several minutes of entertainment.

Biking on the Veloway + Scooter Time

Daddy and Spencer went to the Veloway this week and Spencer rode his bike for one whole mile.

There's been a lot of scootering lately, too. Spencer had a fun little thrasher session with the Buchanan boys last week. Lucky for me, he didn't actually attempt to ride down a ramp!

Weekend Roundup

I haven't been updating Spencer's blog much lately, huh? Will try to do better, starting now with a little weekend roundup. Went to our first birthday party at Build-a-Bear for one of Spencer's classmates on Saturday. I was not looking forward to this event because that store just sort of creeps me out. I think Spencer was a little overwhelmed by all the choices but he ended up having a pretty good time. He came home with a karate bear he named Heart.

After the party we watched the second half of our football game (blah) with Garven, Kit, Patrick and a few other folks. Spencer was such a little gentleman at Kit's house and everyone was commenting on how polite, sweet and fun he was. It was a really great day!

This morning Spencer and I made "cloud dough." This is an activity we will do again for sure. We mixed flour and baby oil and the result is a damp sand-like substance that is fun to dig in, mold and smoosh with your fingers.

Later, I packed a picnic lunch for all of us and we headed to Butler Park. Spencer rode his scooter for awhile. This was the first time I've gotten to see him ride in a park where he can really get going. He is so cute on that thing - and brave! He took a little spill and scraped his knee. It really didn't seem like a bad scrape at all, but for some reason he got extremely upset to the point that we eventually had to pack up our lunch and leave the park. I started thinking maybe he had injured himself some other way - like strained a muscle or something - but he kept saying it was just the scrape. Part of me thinks he got embarrassed about falling because there were some other people around. It was hard seeing him that upset and nothing we did helped. But before that little spill, he was a total thrasher!

Spencer and I took a stroll down to Starbucks this afternoon, too. Then he played his guitar while I practiced my clarinet for a little while. I really enjoyed having so much one-on-one time with him today. He told me, "Mommy, you're the loviest lovey-est Mommy in the world." Sigh...

p.s. If you get emails when I update the blog, sorry for the multiple notifications. Trying to fix some weird spacing...

Spencer Turns 3

We had a great time celebrating Spencer's 3rd birthday today. First, we had Day 3 of preschool. It was not an easy drop-off again (this time Daddy took him), but the teachers said he had a really good day. We made pumpkin muffins this morning to share with his classmates and they did some sort of birthday ritual where they lit three candles and talked about how the earth has circled the sun three times since he was born. When we arrived, he was sitting on a little bench with two girls his age and they were singing a song with the teacher. It was pretty darn cute.

We told Spencer that we had a surprise planned for him after school. He kept guessing all sorts of things on the way there. When we arrived at Westgate Lanes and he realized we were going bowling, he giggled and acted very excited. He has mentioned a few times lately that he wants to try bowling, so we figured this would be a fun memory. It was no surprise that he took a few minutes to warm up to the idea, but once he did he had a blast.

 

 

   

After bowling, we came home and much to Spencer's delight he had two more birthday presents waiting for him. We gave him a bright green scooter and a pop-up book. Daddy can't wait to take him to the park tomorrow to practice on the scooter.

We went to Red's Porch for dinner, then got back in time to take our traditional self-portrait at 6:28 PM to commemorate the time of his birth. Happy birthday, Spencer. You are a gift to us!