World Cup Fever

In honor of the big game tomorrow, here's some pics before the first US game vs. England. Brett and I have been watching the World Cup games most mornings. I even taught him how to raise his hands and say "goal". I wasn't sure he was getting it, then one morning during a replay of a goal he looked at the tv and raised his hands and said "goooaaal"!

USA USA USA!


Not sure what he was doing here while watcing the games


Brett sized seating for the games...and cartoons

Sandbox, Guitar, & Ball videos

Been a while since we posted videos so here's a few of our favorites from the last month or two:

Brett, our future rock star!

A few kicks caught on camera!

An old sandbox video...couldn't wait to get in

Memorial Day Weekend

We had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend!! We had dinner wtih my parents, went to the Memorial day parade, grilled out with the neighbors, and had LOTS of fun in the backyard. We spent a lot of time with Laura, Bill, and Abby and realize more and more just how blessed we are to have such amazing friends and neighbors who live right across the street! Brett and Abby are really turning out to be more like brother and sister since they see each other so often, and it is so fun to see them interact and learn so much from each other. They are just so darn cute together (even when they push, shout, and grab toys from each other :) )!!

Is this really for me?!

It sure is cold, but so tasty!

Look at that SMILE! Abby is one happy girl with that popsicle in her hand!

Brett insisted on sitting INSIDE his water table so he could really cool off :) Hey, if I could've fit, I would've joined him!

Brett and Abby practicing their pouring skills.

"This looks like it should go here"

One afternoon we decided to forgo the swim diaper and let him be FREE and oh what fun that was!!! And, you should've seen him with the hose.....this little boy was in heaven!!! The second we would stop spraying him he would do the "more" sign over and over until we turned it back on. We definitely have a water boy on our hands! So cute!

A boy and his Trucks

The pictures say it all --- Brett LOVES his sandbox and he would probably stay there all day if we let him. And, the best part of all is that he can dig in the dirt with HIS TRUCKS!!! What could be better than that? His small motor skills and imagination never cease to amaze me.

maticulously shoveling the sand into his dump truck. Very serious work.

"I think it needs just a little bit more"

Brett then decided to use the edge as a road and drive the truck back and forth (while making the vroom vroom sound of course!). Too cute for words!!

And then it was time to add another truck and, of course, add some more dirt!

First Zoo trip and acting silly!

Last Thursday Kyle took the day off work and we took Brett to the zoo for the very first time! We all had a blast and Brett LOVED seeing all the animals - AND all the kids!!! There was lots of pointing and lots of 'serious face' as you could see his little mind going to town trying to figure out the magic of all the animals :)

WOW! This is so much fun and I am so happy!









"Mom! Look at the Rhino!"


















Brett was not going to take his eyes away from those lions for anything, not even a picture :)

For some reason Brett is going through a stage where he likes to put stuff on his head -- and today it was stickers! :)

He worked very hard to peel them off the paper and then stick them on his head just in the right place.

And eventually, he decided to forgo the actual stickers and just balance the sticker paper on his head instead :) He thought he was pretty cool and we did too!

Sharon Mills

These are a little overdue as we were here a couple of weekends ago, but thought I would share some pics from Sharon Mills (where we got married). It was a beautiful day so we brought some food and I brought my fishing pole. Brett loved running around the park with all the bridges and the water. Unfortunately, they cut some trees down from when we got married but it still is a great park. Brett and I had a few nibbles on our pole but we didn't catch anything. I know Grandpa Marr likes to see him holding that fishing rod!

Chillin' with mama

And only 4 years ago, Kristin and I had a wedding picture taken on this bridge

Lovin' life

Checking out the bobber

Future fisherman?

Sandbox is finished!

El sandbox

The guy at the landscape supply place told me to "drive slow!"

In the truck

Who needs a sandbox when I got this !

Checkin it out

Smiles

Showing Abby the ropes

It's finally done! After taking twice as long to build as I thought, I finished Brett's sandbox last weekend. It's 6 X 6 and has plenty of room for him to dig, explore, and add a few friends. If I had a $ everytime someone asked me if I was going to cover it, I would be rich. Ironically, I never remember our sandbox as a kid being covered. I'm guessing both my brother and I shared one big litter box with the neighborhood cats. Looking forward to enjoying the sandbox with Brett more and more this summer. I think we picked a great spot for it too!