Thursday, February 11, 2010

Seriously....

Seriously (said in an annoying Valley Girl way) is just something Alex and I say to eachother sometimes for fun. It really is seriously hard for me to believe it's been more than a month since my last post. Time flies. Oh it does..
Anyway, we've had a lot going on. Solomon has settled nicely back into the routine of part time daycare. He really likes it there and the teachers seem to like him. He's always telling me that "Ella hit Brock" or "Romy hugged Ella," etc... It's funny. The kiddo is literally obsessed with Curious George these days. Experts say two-year olds should watch no more than two hours of TV a day. We really are good about that, except for when he was sick a few weeks ago. It is so hard though because he "hearts" C.G. like nothing else. He giggles out loud when George imagines something. Solomon is always telling us how "Curious George can't find the ball. Too dark in cave." He's very serious about these two facts. He's still loving his Thomas the train engines and is really into coloring on his chalkboard and with his crayons. He also, as expected, LOVES the Curious George book that Kandi, Jimmy and Zoe gave him for Christmas. It's funny how they've never updated that book and it still shows the Man in the Yellow Hat smoking a pipe. That would be a big "no no" these days.
So, could it snow one more time?? Ugh.. I'm sick of it. I'm sure it could snow MANY more times before this Winter is over. However, I'm hoping we're past the worst of it. We/I did make a sweet little snowman after our second to last snowfall. Solomon was only a little impressed, while Coco just kept pulling off its stick arms.

This past weekend was a lot of fun. We had dinner on Friday with some of my past KSN co-workers at Sara and Shane's house. Their two kiddos were there, plus eight other kids from three sets of parents and Solomon of course. He had a blast and it was fun for us to catch up with everyone. My sister turned 38 (OMG!) on Feb. 3rd so we celebrated her b-day on Saturday with lunch and cake. Then, Sunday, we watched the big game at Abby and Brett's house. There were several kids over there too, so Solomon fit right in. He tried repeatedly to swipe Abby's delicious cookies off of the dessert table. He succeeded many times, but not everytime. The kiddos all watched Finding Nemo and then settled in on A Very Monkey Christmas later on in the evening. Solomon and sweet little Lennon were loving that one. They danced and jumped on Abby and Brett's bed together. It was pretty darn cute. Both of them have wavy brown hair. They were little sweeties.

Check out the videos below. They are funny to me at least.
(Below) Solomon dancing w/ Alex

(Below) Yes, it's even funny when toy dump trucks pass gas!

(Below) Two Monkeys Jumping/Dancing on the Bed...

(Below) Alex and Solomon take a dance break (to the Curious George opening theme song ) while snuggling in bed

I hope everyone has a wonderful Valentine's Day!

Monday, December 28, 2009

Christmas Pictures

I have posted just a few pictures below from Christmas.
Below: Solomon with Santa after Christmas Eve mass.Below: Solomon opening one of his Thomas and Friends engine. This one is Gordon.
Below: Zoe with D-Rex.. It moves, talks, eats, etc..
Below: Solomon loved his chainsaw. Not surprising. He loves to destroy. :) In this case, he's destroying his Daddy. Ahh.. the Christmas love.
Below: And then.. He moved onto D-Rex. D-Rex required immediate surgery.
Below: Christmas morning video.
More Christmas pictures are to come. There will be some from the Thomas Family Christmas as well...

He's a Dancing Machine

You've gotta admit.. He's got some good moves...

and then...
My favorite video of the year....

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Thanksgiving Fun

Thanksgiving was a lot of fun at Alex's brother's (Ray/Zach) house in Lawrence. He and his wife, Susan, and their son, Sam, were great hosts. Of course, we also ate a lot of great food and dessert! Below are some fun pictures from the day as well as a video of Solomon and his cousin, Eli, being crazy with Grandma Thomas. Above: Solomon and Eli

Above: Arianna (we also celebrated her birthday!)


Above: Sam enjoying some cake

Above: Susan, Trooper (the new puppy) and Sue (KU student)

Above: Grandma Thomas, Roy/Thomas (Alex's brother) and Arianna (Zach/Ray, Alex's other brother, is behind)

Above: Zach & Solomon reading a book. We heard "Uncle Zach" come out of Solomon's mouth several times that day!
Above: Funny video of Eli and Solomon having fun with Grandma. Two crazy little boys.
My time up in Lawrence was capped off perfectly as well with breakfast with my BFF, Erin. We ate, walked around downtown and of course talked our mouths off! :) It was fun.
Life has been busy ever since. We're getting the upstairs portion of our house repainted. All the trim will be white. They started with our bedroom. It looks great. The painters sanded off all of the popcorn ceiling and painted our walls in there. We also got new bedroom furniture. I love it. I can't wait for it all to be done. Then, we can put up our Christmas decorations. I can't wait for Christmas!

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Happy Halloween... Yes.. two weeks late.

Above: Solomon in search of candy

Above: Mommy and Elmo
Above: Zoe the good witch with her friend Emily the astronaut
All the pictures above are from the day of Halloween. We went to Barnes and Noble and saw the "Where the Wild Things Are" characters. "Max" the guy in the white outfit was a little odd in person, but the kids sure did like him. Back to the KU game!

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Team Spirit Video & Halloween at School

Above: Alex showing Solomon Elmo videos on his iPhone
Above and below: Solomon at daycare on the mega stroller. Ella is his best friend on the front.








We had a fun Halloween with Solomon this year. His school Halloween party was this past Thursday. I've posted a few pictures above. His BFF is the girl on the front of the mega stroller. More pictures are to come from Halloween from today. I don't have them uploaded yet. We went to a Where the Wild Things Are party at Barnes and Noble today and then to my aunt and uncle's house for some trick or treating and dinner. Solomon was again "Elmo". He wasn't really a huge fan of keeping the Elmo "hood"/head on his head, but it was cute anyway. He also just wanted to eat the candy as we were walking, as opposed to collecting all of the candy and eating it later. I see his point, but it wasn't too efficient for trick or treating so we only did a few houses. I've also posted a video below of our attempt to brainwash Solomon into liking our teams. He can say "Go Raiders" (Alex's team) and "Go Jayhawks" (my fabulous team of course). Hope you all had a great Halloween!

Monday, October 5, 2009

New Pictures!!

I've posted some pictures below as promised in my last post. First, there are some pics we took of Solomon at a nearby park. I think they're really cute. He was NOT in the mood to be photographed at all, but we did manage to catch a few good ones. Then, below that, I've posted some pictures from Solomon's birthday party. If you want to see all of the pictures, click here: http://kellyalexsphotos.shutterfly.com/. Also, check out the online version of the local magazine, Splurge. Solomon is pictured in it as a children's clothing model on page 52. Click here to view: http://www.splurgeonline.com/.
Hugging Big Jay
Hanging on the pole
Cool Kiddo pose
Enjoying a cupcake at his b-day party!
The pawprint cake made by Kandi and Mom
Solomon & Uncle Zach/"Sam's Dad" as he calls him
Decked out in birthday gear!
Opening presents
Sweet pose

Welcome to Kelly's world!!!