Early mornings and late evenings

As Emily has mentioned before, she's been dragging my sorry behind out of bed to work out with her in the mornings. Our wonderful son usually comes down and joins in on the "fun" by either doing some exercising or critiquing our form. The other day he had the camera out while we were working out and he snapped this awesome picture.

I really am just about as dead as I look. What you don't realize is that we were just doing crunches and we have to be off centered a little because I have stolen half of Em's yoga mat. Add the fact that you have a 5 year old aspiring paparazzo (singular of paparazzi?) flashing photos from very close range and it's a little crowded.

Last night the toddler (she's not a baby anymore, sigh) wanted to listen to some "Shake It Off" by Taylor Swift so we played it 5 times for her and the boy. They are so funny when they dance and sing!

That boy is such a goof!

What a Show!

The little guy insisted on putting on a show before we could eat breakfast this morning, which is why you hear the baby protesting so loudly during the video.
He's such a ham!

In other news, poor Beau isn't doing as well as we'd like him to, so our vet asked me to listen to his heartbeat with a stethoscope and report what I heard (like I know what I'm doing...). It turns out that we do have a stethoscope!

Someone is getting bigger...

First post in a loooong time from me so bear with me.

The little one has finally grown some. It's about time too because she is seriously always hungry. She wakes up and points to her mouth. She finishes breakfast and points to her mouth. She looks up from trashing her brother's lego creation and points to her mouth. How do I know she's grown? She can ride this and (barely) touch the floor!

She has also started dancing. She loved my jazzy version of the ABCs.

The Entertainer

One of the (few) songs I learned when I took piano lessons was The Entertainer. It was running through my head tonight watching the little dude make the baby laugh.

We did give him a chocolate chip cookie, just so you know. I think he earned it!

Football and Dance?

The little booger continues to love watching football. He sat down on the couch this evening, turned on the TV, and asked me to find some football. Luckily it's bowl season. We're going to have to record a game to have through the off-season.

In unrelated goings-on, the little stinker has been attending Kindermusic classes at daycare for a while now. We get a copy of their cd every month so that we can listen to the music at home (and he can keep learning or whatever). Anyway, he busted out these moves last night. I laughed so hard I cried.

It's too bad he's a little camera-shy.

Daddy's boy

Tonight the little dude had fun roughhousing with his daddy.

He also shook his maracas (and chewed on them). 

He was dancing and wiggling with his maracas along with Toddler Tunes (radio via cable), but then he turned on the ball-popper and both his music-box books. It was so chaotic and overwhelming to have four different songs playing at the same time in the same room. He loved it, but it made me feel a little unhinged.

Cousins are fun!

I haven't posted in a while so I thought I would give the hard working head poster a break tonight. The little guy's cousin stopped by last night for a little while with both his twin uncles and their wives. It was great to have everyone in our house just to hang out and goof off. We don't get to see them too often so when all us big boys and both the little boys get together we have lots of fun. Here is an awesome video of the two tikes practicing their moves, which I sure will pay off later in life! Watch out ladies!