"The world is but a canvas to the imagination." - Henry David Thoreau
Photo credit to Dave. Taken at The Thinkery today.
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
GattiTown
Spencer's pal Koen had a birthday last week and his parents invited us to join them at GattiTown to celebrate. For the GattiTown newbies out there like me, this is similar to Chuck E. Cheese's but without the animatronic shows and such. (We've never been to the Chuck E's either, but I'm sure that day will eventually come.)
Spencer had a blast playing games and riding the bumper cars. The lighting made it hard to get good pictures with my iPhone.
I was proud of Spencer because he was a little unsure of the bumper cars but decided to give 'em a whirl. He had a big smile on his face once he got the hang of it. He had a blast and talked Daddy into taking him back last night!
Spencer had a blast playing games and riding the bumper cars. The lighting made it hard to get good pictures with my iPhone.
I took a video of the bumper cars, but the quality is bad... here it is anyway.
I was proud of Spencer because he was a little unsure of the bumper cars but decided to give 'em a whirl. He had a big smile on his face once he got the hang of it. He had a blast and talked Daddy into taking him back last night!
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
1/52
I'm going to attempt the Portrait-a-Week Project. This first one isn't exactly portrait-quality, but we can only go up from here! I'm going to look at it as a year in Spencer's life through my eyes. Might be portraits, might be something else. We'll see how it develops. Unlike a regular blog post, these will just be a picture and a brief description. Like I said, we'll see how it develops...
This was a big day - first time Spencer ordered his own "7D" at our Vietnamese place.
Quick Trip to Friendswood
Spencer and I decided to take a quick trip to Friendswood last Saturday to visit Alison, Tom, Kenzie and Garrett. Dave was working on a freelance project and I had a bit of cabin fever, so getting out of town overnight sounded fun.
The boys had a great time together playing, riding bikes, setting spy traps for us, doing iPad and sword fighting, while I enjoyed drinking lots of coffee while having a good visit with Allie and Tom.
Spencer was excited to tell Daddy about everything when we got home. Sweet.
The boys had a great time together playing, riding bikes, setting spy traps for us, doing iPad and sword fighting, while I enjoyed drinking lots of coffee while having a good visit with Allie and Tom.
Friday, January 3, 2014
Christmas Cards (Nope)
We just didn't manage to get Christmas cards out this year. If we had, some combination of these pictures would've been included, so I thought I'd post them here. They make me smile.
Post-Christmas Fun and Happy 2014
Editorial note: I updated this post to include a few more things...
I took a lot of time off at Christmas this year - December 20 until January 2! It was so fun to have that much time with the boys. We went to see the movie Frozen...
Took the new Tonka truck for a spin at Butler Park...
Saw a groovy light show at Mozart's (previous Christmas light viewings in the car had not been very enjoyable...not enough "movement" according to Spencer)...
Went for a bike ride/walk around Town Lake...
Stayed up late to watch the first half of Alamo Bowl (while reading about birds of prey)...
Plus we did quite a bit of eating at restaurants and watching more TV than we usually do. Felt blessed to have so much time to play and wander with Spencer. Good times!
We also rang in the New Year at a neighborhood party. Yep, we let Spencer stay up until midnight (12:30 by the time we got to bed). World record for our boy. But he was having a blast with his pals at the party - it's so neat to have friends with kids Spencer's age in the 'hood. We were pretty unsure what the next day would be like, but we slept until 10:30AM which really helped!
Hope your had a wonderful holiday season and 2014 brings blessings galore!
I took a lot of time off at Christmas this year - December 20 until January 2! It was so fun to have that much time with the boys. We went to see the movie Frozen...
Plus we did quite a bit of eating at restaurants and watching more TV than we usually do. Felt blessed to have so much time to play and wander with Spencer. Good times!
We also rang in the New Year at a neighborhood party. Yep, we let Spencer stay up until midnight (12:30 by the time we got to bed). World record for our boy. But he was having a blast with his pals at the party - it's so neat to have friends with kids Spencer's age in the 'hood. We were pretty unsure what the next day would be like, but we slept until 10:30AM which really helped!
Hope your had a wonderful holiday season and 2014 brings blessings galore!
Christmas Morning 2013 (REVISED!)
Editor's note: I realized that I didn't include any pictures from the "big" camera in the initial post, so there are many more pics now...
Spencer was excited to see what Santa brought on Christmas morning (the video eventually comes into focus...).
We checked out the stockings next and then not too long after, Paw-Paw arrived. Besides the awesome Mining Town LEGO set and Tonka truck that Santa brought, Spencer opened another big LEGO set from Paw-Paw, a cool remote control motorcycle from Daddy, books from Mommy (The Wizard of Oz and an awesome animal book), plus games, a wallet (major big hit!) and other assorted from stuff from Mommy and Daddy. He also had the Loves' gifts to open, which included a melody harp that we're all enjoying, plus some really fun games from Taylor, Audrey and Hyelom. Aunt Renee sent Pop the Pig and a big Transformer toy, and Aunt Dianne and Uncle Scott sent a cool construction-type-set. I'm sure there's other stuff I'm forgetting, but he made out pretty well! This little guy is blessed with such generous friends and family.
I loved watching Spencer give his gifts to Daddy - a box of firestarters, an Angry Birds notebook and a leather-bound notebook. It's such a joy when you take him shopping and he sees something like that Angry Birds notebook and just knows Daddy will love it, which of course he did! For the record, Spencer picked out some great pajamas for me!
Bonus pictures: Dave with his cool Bowdoin t-shirt from the Loves, Paw-Paw with the box of hot chili worms Spencer found for him, and the aftermath!
Sidebar: Can I just say how much I love Spencer's pajamas? I've been eyeing them for a couple of years but they were kind of pricey so I had never bought them. This year I decided to just go for it because I don't know how much longer he'll wear stuff like that - and they're roomy enough that he'll probably get another year of wear out of them. Cute little elf!
After our traditional pigs in the blanket breakfast, we spent the rest of the day being lazy, doing LEGOs and playing games. We had a nice, late lunch at home with Paw-Paw and I think we all went to bed early. It was a fun Christmas Day!
Spencer was excited to see what Santa brought on Christmas morning (the video eventually comes into focus...).
We checked out the stockings next and then not too long after, Paw-Paw arrived. Besides the awesome Mining Town LEGO set and Tonka truck that Santa brought, Spencer opened another big LEGO set from Paw-Paw, a cool remote control motorcycle from Daddy, books from Mommy (The Wizard of Oz and an awesome animal book), plus games, a wallet (major big hit!) and other assorted from stuff from Mommy and Daddy. He also had the Loves' gifts to open, which included a melody harp that we're all enjoying, plus some really fun games from Taylor, Audrey and Hyelom. Aunt Renee sent Pop the Pig and a big Transformer toy, and Aunt Dianne and Uncle Scott sent a cool construction-type-set. I'm sure there's other stuff I'm forgetting, but he made out pretty well! This little guy is blessed with such generous friends and family.
Sidebar: Can I just say how much I love Spencer's pajamas? I've been eyeing them for a couple of years but they were kind of pricey so I had never bought them. This year I decided to just go for it because I don't know how much longer he'll wear stuff like that - and they're roomy enough that he'll probably get another year of wear out of them. Cute little elf!
After our traditional pigs in the blanket breakfast, we spent the rest of the day being lazy, doing LEGOs and playing games. We had a nice, late lunch at home with Paw-Paw and I think we all went to bed early. It was a fun Christmas Day!
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