School time ...

Today's craft was to make Valentines Day placemats. David told me what hearts he wanted where and I glued them. He's still not totally sure about paste/glue so sometimes he puts it on and sometimes I do. Oh and we made butterflies from hearts too!! Can't wait to bring home the placemat. Mrs. Valerie is going to laminate them so we'll be able to save it. :-) There will be a Valentines Day party complete with a pancake and pajamas party. And fortunately enough, it actually will happen on Valentines Day. Guess we better get some Valentines and goodies (no food).


David is loving his class and does so well. Better than he does at home!! He listens intently and follows directions. He really seems to like Mrs. Valerie and one little girl named Rylee in particular. And I find him playing with Tony well and another little boy Liam tends to follow David sheepishly. So fun to watch him interact and grow each week. And this week all of a sudden he has his colors down 90% of the time. The only color he seems to have a hard time with is Purple. He'll either call it Blue or Pink which let's be honest, isn't that far off. :) He counts to 20 but at the end he says "14,16, 19, 20". LOL!!!


Spanish starts NEXT weekend!!!

Loving some play time

Got the play mat out for Caleb today and he's been LOVING it. Watching the lights flash above and listening to the different songs that play. Even batting at the spinning wheel and gurgling with glee as it goes around and loving the crunching sound the little leaf makes.

And of course David can't leave his side. He has to be involved and in the midst of whatever Caleb is doing. So that does mean snuggling right next to him and showing him to play with everything on the mat. As well as making sure the music or sounds are always playing.

Hopefully we'll get the swing set up this week some time and let Caleb enjoy that as well. Especially since it has the mirror on it and the mobile that goes around. Such great stimulation. David LOVED the swing. I hope Caleb does as well.

Just a little giggle ...

Caleb is getting bigger every day and amazing us daily as well. Take today for example ... he laughed. Honest to god giggle. Not just for me, but for Mike as well in the evening and it made both of our hearts not only melt but swell with love. For me, it was in the morning while changing him. I started singing "Wheels on the Bus" with him and David and doing all the arm motions we learned in David's class last week. The second time through it all he started actually giggling and it was AWESOME. For Mike, it was simply just playing and goofing around together and I got to witness it as well. It's truly wonderful to experience all of these 'firsts' again.

I just can't wait to get it on video ...

School time ...

We registered David for a 'mommy and me preschool' class through the Livermore Rec and started it yesterday. I was looking forward to starting this class and afterwards I realized it was warrented. I'm so happy that Jaime suggested the class to us. It's every week on Thursdays for 2 hours and gives David an introduction to a classroom situation. The day started with free play for 30 minutes. Then we got together for group time where we introduced ourselves and sang and danced. Then it was off to craft time where we made Snowmen and painted with 'ice' paint (colored water frozen in ice cube trays with sticks in them). It was really fun and I can't wait to bring home his artwork and photograph it to share with the family. David told me how to make his snowman and he had fun watching the ice paint glide across the page. After craft time it was some more free play time while all the children finished their crafts. Then it was time to clean up and get ready for snack time. Then we cleaned up and headed outside to enjoy the beautiful morning sun and play on the playground. David really seemed to have a blast and followed instruction from myself and the instructor (Ms. Valerie) really well. Oddly enough, Ms. Valerie is from Littleton! She went to Littleton High and her husband went to Arapohoe High. LOL!!

David loved 'school' and can't wait to go again. He'll have this class til the end of March and I think we'll likely pick it up through May if it continues like this. Next up ... SPANISH!! His Spanish classes with Lango Kids start up again on Saturday February 9th. He's excited about that too as we are too. I learn a lot and David and Mike get to spend a great time together.

New Year's Eve in Colorado ... the tradition

As always ... we headed to Colorado to see grandma and grandpa Price for New Year's Eve and in hopes of a little fun and snow.

We started off with a little event for friends to come see Caleb and hang out and catch up. It was great to see everyone who came. And feeling overly blessed by all the gifts we received and certainly didn't expect. Lots of friends from the past and even some of grandma and grandpa's friends came too. Just a little gathering of people talking, eating an snuggling up with Caleb. Not even 2 months old and stealing hearts all over Denver.

We usually stay very busy when we visit Colorado regardless of the time of year but this time around we tried to keep it a little lower key because of Caleb being so new and me still recovering and adjusting to being a mommy of two. David is still showing how much in love he is with Caleb and it's awe inspiring. Truly.

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his time around we got to go to a Broncos game at the very end of the season and man was it cold. But it was a blast. Jose endured me pumping in the back seat of his car but I think he was happy to have us both going to the game so he'd suffice with the noises every machine makes. LOL!! Fortunately also being that it was cold, we did not have to worry as much about the cooler keeping the milk cold before getting home.

We spent a cozy night in for New Years Eve after running the Resolution 5K in Washington Park. This was NOT an easy run for me since I was still only 6 weeks post partum and my first hefty walk let alone RUN. I was hurting after the 2nd mile and sore for several days there after. But so happy we did it ... it's a great way to end the year. Then we headed home for dinner and Brianne and Cade came to enjoy movies and midnight with us before heading home to their own beds.

As usual we enjoyed our trip and they never seem long enough to do all the things we'd hope to or see the people we want to. But getting home during the holidays is always a true blessing.