3 Treds & a Baby

Sunday, July 29, 2012

Going Viral

Graeme and I were sick most of the week with what turned out to be a nice little virus (thanks, daycare!) so it was a pretty low key week for us. We tried to make up for that this weekend. Friday night we dropped Matt off at a birthday party and ran to the urgent care just to rule out anything major. We left with Sudafed, nasal steroids and a 'good luck!'. This is how we and Sims felt about it.

We did still manage to catch a few photo ops.

Going incognito at breakfast. Yes, he had cookies for breakfast. Don't judge.

Graeme requested he 'hold' the tree...

Best part of the birthday party? The neighbors abandon lawn tractor!

Today we were all feeling better and after nap we headed to the park. It was a beautiful day and we had the place to ourselves

Fwinging!

First time down the big slide

Peeking through the bars

Highlight of the day - the tunnel slide. Graeme went down it three times by himself!

Pooped

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Weekend Wrap-up

Nothing much doing here at the Treds house. Graeme is battling a serious case of tooth cutting (at least 3 that we can see!) and with that, some of the worst diaper rash we have seen to date. Needless to say he wasn't in the mood for much of anything this week or weekend other than crying, whining or sleeping. We still managed to fit in a few activities between bouts of toddlerdom. We started a rainy Saturday off with a breakfast trip to Bruegger's Bagels. We spent the rest of the morning working on shape sorting and singing the ABC song. Graeme's never misses the LMNOPQ section, sometimes skipping right to it if you aren't singing fast enough. He's recognizing more and more shapes and colors everyday too!

The weather cleared up in the afternoon so we ventured outside and hit the pool. Graeme calls it 'Fwimming!' He loves letting water out of the pool, going down the slide and splashing around (and mom and dad!)

Matt had a good time too.

Even thought it was still pretty warm out, a bonfire seemed like a good idea. Matt has been wanting to work on his fire building skills and found a good tutorial online. The fire was a great success! It burned long and HOT which will come in handy this fall/winter. I have been playing around with random apps on my phone and found one where you can make an animated gif. It essentially takes a series of images and loops them together. I tested it out with our fire last night. Not bad for a first try:

Monday, July 16, 2012

Budding Chef

Graeme loves helping in the kitchen so this weekend we made muffins for breakfast (another one of his favorites).

Filling the muffin tins

Mix, mix, mix!

Ready for the oven (note the portion of cups that Graeme filled closest to the bottom...)

Tastes like a success!

Saturday, July 14, 2012

Out and about

We started today with breakfast at Panera. Graeme chose the blueberry scone and milk, naturally.

We had to pick up a few things at the grocery store too but spent most of the morning playing.

Plowing the fields...

...sorting the shapes in the barn...

...and counting the wheels on the trucks! Graeme can count to ten now with little help.
This afternoon we met up with Paul, Kendra and Silvia for Hopkins Raspberry Fest. Since the temps were in the 90s, the women and children didn't last very long. Before we left we caught a couple of minutes of live music in the park and enjoyed a snack: a gyro for Kendra and applesauce for Graeme.

After the park we headed home to hang out in the a/c. Baby Silvia is getting so big and Graeme thought it was cool they had the same blankets.

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Viva la Mexico!

We spent a week in Cabo at the end of June. Graeme split time between the Grandparents. Lets just say we all got what we wanted: Graeme, spoiled and Matt and Amber, some much needed R & R.
Cabo is situated at the most southern tip of the Baja Peninsula also know as 'Land's End'...cue ominous music here...

Now you might be thinking-Mexico? With all the drug related killings and whatnot? Are you crazy? Note a couple of things:
1. We flew into Cabo and transferred from the airport to the hotel by a hotel shuttle.
2. The resort was gated and guarded by security.
3. Oprah and Clooney have houses there, how dangerous can it be?
4. We didn't leave the resort...except for that one time*...
We're lazy vacationers, like, seriously lazy. Sleep in, eat, lay by the pool, read, complain about how tired we feel while we sip cocktails and alternate dips in the pool with naps in the sun. It's rough.
Our 'ocean view'-a stretch we thought!

Land's End

A cruise ship appeared over night

Look, Ma, I'm on a jet ski!

*After several days of relaxation we decided to do something. We rented jet skis and spent an hour running waves on the Sea of Cortes. We explored the Bay area including the harbor, the arch formation at Land's End, Lover's Beach and got as close as we could to the Cruise Ship. So. Fun.
Matt too!