Wednesday, August 5, 2009
DNA Test?
If the pictures we have of Brett and Aaron as babies looking like twins wasn't enough to prove that they are related, this might be:
Sleepy babies...
Our morning schedule is roughly the following:
9:00-9:30am - The kids get up, get dressed and eat breakfast
9:30-10:30am - Alone play time
10:30-11:30pm - family learning time (songs, stories, puzzles, and flash cards)
11:30-12:00pm - Walk
12:00-1:00pm - Pool
1:00-1:30pm - Sesame Street
1:30-2:00pm - Lunch Time
2:00-4:00pm - Nap time
However, sometimes the kids don't quite make it to nap time:
9:00-9:30am - The kids get up, get dressed and eat breakfast
9:30-10:30am - Alone play time
10:30-11:30pm - family learning time (songs, stories, puzzles, and flash cards)
11:30-12:00pm - Walk
12:00-1:00pm - Pool
1:00-1:30pm - Sesame Street
1:30-2:00pm - Lunch Time
2:00-4:00pm - Nap time
However, sometimes the kids don't quite make it to nap time:
Selective Hearing
The following is a common scene in my car:
As soon as the car door opens, Rusty knows where to get in and he sits between the kids the whole ride.
He is always very good, lets Peter play with him, and sometimes curls up to sleep; but he also sometimes gets some treats.
The other day I gave Peter a box of animal crackers to occupy him after we went to the park. A minute later I heard Peter laughing and watched him stick a cookie into the dog's mouth.
"No, Peter! Do not feed Rusty your cookies!" I yelled back at him.
"Feed Rusty Cookies!" was his exclamation in response.
I think he missed a few of mommy's words in there some how.
As soon as the car door opens, Rusty knows where to get in and he sits between the kids the whole ride.
He is always very good, lets Peter play with him, and sometimes curls up to sleep; but he also sometimes gets some treats.
The other day I gave Peter a box of animal crackers to occupy him after we went to the park. A minute later I heard Peter laughing and watched him stick a cookie into the dog's mouth.
"No, Peter! Do not feed Rusty your cookies!" I yelled back at him.
"Feed Rusty Cookies!" was his exclamation in response.
I think he missed a few of mommy's words in there some how.
Father's Day
Father's Day this year fell during Washington DC's Kids Restaurant Week.
Kids Restaurant Week featured many fine dining restaurants that were offering a 3 course fix-priced menu for parents and a separate kid-friendly 3 course menu for kids. The best part - the kids got to pay their age! So for my family, $1 for Aaron, and $2 for Peter!!!
We decided to go to Mie N Yu in Georgetown because we had heard good things from friends, and it was amazing!!!
The food and ambiance was great, and since it was Kid's Restaurant Week we didn't have to worry about our kids making a scene (their screams muffled but all the other babies!).
Here are some videos from the evening:
After dinner we took a walk around the Georgetown Water Front before heading home. It was a really fun night and we look forward to Kid's Restaurant week next year!
Kids Restaurant Week featured many fine dining restaurants that were offering a 3 course fix-priced menu for parents and a separate kid-friendly 3 course menu for kids. The best part - the kids got to pay their age! So for my family, $1 for Aaron, and $2 for Peter!!!
We decided to go to Mie N Yu in Georgetown because we had heard good things from friends, and it was amazing!!!
The food and ambiance was great, and since it was Kid's Restaurant Week we didn't have to worry about our kids making a scene (their screams muffled but all the other babies!).
Here are some videos from the evening:
After dinner we took a walk around the Georgetown Water Front before heading home. It was a really fun night and we look forward to Kid's Restaurant week next year!
Baptisim!
Brett and I started going to church after we were married, and after 2 years of learning all about what the Bible had to say we decided that we wanted to get Baptized.
Since we were both baptized previously as children (in my case as a baby, and in Brett's case as a young child who didn't really understand what he was doing), we felt that it was important that we do this as a sign that we were choosing to live our lives through God.
Our good friends and mentors, Matt and Andy Spray preformed our ceremony at our local community pool and then celebrated at our house after.
The following is a video of many New Life Church members' baptisms that have taken place this Spring and Summer. Brett and I are the very last you will see on the video.
Anyone interested more insight as to why we made this choice, and the scripture that we read that helped us come to this decision can contact us for that information.
Many thanks to Matt and Andy for walking us through this step in our lives, and our many friends and family members who were there to support us!
Since we were both baptized previously as children (in my case as a baby, and in Brett's case as a young child who didn't really understand what he was doing), we felt that it was important that we do this as a sign that we were choosing to live our lives through God.
Our good friends and mentors, Matt and Andy Spray preformed our ceremony at our local community pool and then celebrated at our house after.
The following is a video of many New Life Church members' baptisms that have taken place this Spring and Summer. Brett and I are the very last you will see on the video.
Anyone interested more insight as to why we made this choice, and the scripture that we read that helped us come to this decision can contact us for that information.
Many thanks to Matt and Andy for walking us through this step in our lives, and our many friends and family members who were there to support us!
The latest and greatest from Grandpa Gardner's camera
Our computer is having an iPhoto malfunction today (maybe user error), so I cannot post many of the 30+ things that I have to write about since I cannot get to my pictures. However, I can get to my email and share with you the latest photos that Brett's dad, Steve, emailed me from Brett and the boys last visit to MD.
Enjoy!
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Thanks for sharing Steve!!!
Enjoy!
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Thanks for sharing Steve!!!
Thursday, July 9, 2009
You never know what you are going to walk in on...
Getting Peter up in the morning is almost always interesting. He talks up a storm and frequently has something strange going on.
One morning, I walked in and he was standing up saying, "Monkey stepped in poo poo."
After investigating, I found that Peter's diaper had not been able to contain his mess, so he proceeded to walk his two stuffed monkeys through the poop on his sheets. Fun laundry day for mommy!
On another occasion, I walked in and he was completely undressed (with the exception of his diaper).
See video:
One morning, I walked in and he was standing up saying, "Monkey stepped in poo poo."
After investigating, I found that Peter's diaper had not been able to contain his mess, so he proceeded to walk his two stuffed monkeys through the poop on his sheets. Fun laundry day for mommy!
On another occasion, I walked in and he was completely undressed (with the exception of his diaper).
See video:
Tour de Cure
Back in June Brett and I signed up to ride 33.4 miles in the Tour de Cure - a bike ride for Diabetes. Together, our team - DiaBEATERS - raised $540 and made it the whole way!My mom and Sally took the kids for the day, and Brett and I headed out to Reston Town Center for the start of the race early in the morning. After getting our rider numbers, bananas for breakfast, and a route map, we were off!
The first 10 miles was pretty easy, and we even rode past a sign for the Gardner Family adopting the section of the W & OD trail that we were on (nice photo opt).At the first rest stop around mile 11 I gracefully dismounted off my bike. Pretty much when we went to stop I thought I was placing my foot on flat ground, but due to over grown shrubs the fact that I stopped at the top of a slope was hidden. I put my foot down, fell off my bike and rolled down the hill, covering myself in thorns and scratches! However, at the time my pride was hurt worse than anything.
After we re-hydrated and ate our power bars we got back on the trail for the next 14 miles. This was the hardest part of the trip. The first 5 of the miles were a slight uphill that seemed to take forever. Both Brett and I debated giving up and going back, but we managed to power through by going slow and taking short breaks.2 more stumbles off my bike later and 9 more miles and we were passing the last rest stop (10 miles from the finish line) - I had momentum, so we didn't stop and after about 4 hours of total riding (with stops) we finished!
Our friend's, Mike and Sarah Merrill, were at the finish line cheering us on and then we got to chow down on pizza!Many thanks to friends and family who were so generous in donating to this cause:
Mary BeVard
Erin and Carlos Sanchez (Erin Marie Photography)
Steven Gardner
Danny Douglass
Sarah Newell
Patti, Tim and Grey Leonard
Mary Jane and Jon BeVard
Brett Ledder
Krennie Steenburg
Stephanie Rodelander
Ron Furgerson
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