Spring & Summer Recap

What do you get when a lot of pictures are being taken, yet NO BLOGGING has been done in months???


You get a SPRING & SUMMER RECAP post.

Joshua fly's in from Colorado to help celebrate Jame's 40th Birthday and to meet his newest nephew Oliver.

Who's Special Today????? That's right. You are big guy.

Oliver takes a day trip to the Academy of the Sciences in San Francisco with Aunt Bobby.

Great Grandma invites the family over for a BBQ at her place!

Kyle Bower Visits Woodland, and meets his cousin Oliver!

Oliver liked having Kyle around.

We all went out to the County Fair.

Kyle made us dinner. He earned the title "BBQ Master Kyle."

We did brunch with Matt & Bobby at "Fox & Goose."

There was lot of fun to be had when the Grandparents got to town!

What Sounds Better to You....

Nice, Warm, Buttery Pre-cut Waffles served on a plate...




Or cold, dirty waffles from the TRASH CAN?




The other morning I made Oliver Ego waffles for breakfast, and all he did was throw them on the floor and beg to be removed from his high chair. Finally, I gave in. I swept up the waffle from the floor, put it in the trash, and then got Oliver out of his chair and cleaned him up.



Later that day, I'm at work and I get my usual call from Jon & Oliver, and Jon mentions that he caught Oliver eating waffles...and apparently he was getting these tasty morsels from the garbage can.

Now we are constantly finding him trying to lift up the garbage can lids
to ALL garbage cans in the entire house!

After I freaked out, I figured there were many other ways I could think about this disgusting event...

First of all, Jon, the usually very strict Daddy, is finally loosening up and letting little Oliver do more "exploring" of his world which will help him developmentally.

Second, OBVIOUSLY, this dumpster diving is less of an eating disorder, and more of a sign of INTELLIGENCE, because Oliver clearly SAW me put those waffles in the trash, and therefore when he was hungry he remembered where he could get a quick snack! What a Smart Kid!