Trucks!

5.21.10

Not long after Tynan's blue crayon period, he discovered a different painting medium. Apparently kids don't think that it stinks at this age. And it spreads so easily. He decided to spread it over his hands. And the crib. And the rain forest soother. And the blankets. And the book he insisted on bringing to bed for his nap. (Oh boy, the joys of parenthood!) Anyway, long story short, one of Tynan's favorite books got ruined during this whole thing, so we headed off to the book store to see if we could find another copy.

I couldn't find the same book, but I ended up buying Tynan six books. Four of them are Bright Baby books and he loves them! I wish I had found them sooner!

The four Bright Baby books come in a box set and they are Colors, Animals, First Words, and Trucks. Trucks is his favorite! He calls every truck in it "car." Such a cutie.

Sleepy pt. 2

5.16.10

Tynan loves to sleep on Daddy! Tynan has been waking up in the night about once a week or every other week. I think maybe his 2 year molars are coming in. On this day he woke up very early and we couldn't get him to sleep again. So we went about our day, and about an hour before nap time Tynan couldn't go any longer.

I'm not sure why he's holding the remote. The TV wasn't on. Is it like a security blanket or something?

Sleepy

5.12.10

I came out of the bedroom in the morning and found this. Guess Tynan wanted a little company during the night.

Swinging Along

5.8.10

Shawn was able to put up a fence so we have a private back yard. Awesome! We also got the swing set from Grandpa Bob and Grandma Doreen's house. It is pretty neat.

P.S. The whole neighborhood seemed to be blanketed with dandelions! Shawn sprayed the lawn and they all went to seed. Hopefully the fence will help keep them out.

Picasso Jr.

5.3.10

Welcome to Tynan's Art Show. He calls this piece "Carrots + Blue Crayon." It is a wax/food on linoleum.

Tynan told me he calls this one "Crayon on Fresh Paint." It is a continuation of his "Blue Crayon" series. He must be having a Blue Crayon Period.

Well, at least the budding artist isn't too afraid to get his hands dirty. . . Or clean!

P.S. Not long after completing his first set of masterpieces, Tynan stripped himself and weeweed on our living room curio. If there was any doubt we have a toddler on our hands, it's obliterated now!

First Sunburn

4.19.10

Pull out the baby book! This one goes on the Parents of the Year Awards page! Tynan got his first sunburn today. His cheeks and arms are pink. He neck is VERY pink, but you can't see it too well in this picture. Tynan is not very good at holding still for pictures for some strange reason.
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Animal Time!

4.18.10

Grandma Doreen and Grandpa Bob came for a weekend visit. The weather was really nice and we decided to go to the zoo. Here is Tynan helping Grandma put on sunscreen on the drive over.

Here is Tynan being too timid to feed the goats. Silly boy! I could tell when he saw the animals. He thinks anything with four legs is a dog, and he will bark. He also says "doggie" but it kind of sounds like "daddy."

Tynan probably had the most fun on the slide. He came out like this, laughing. He jumped up and ran to the stairs to do it again!

This picture is kind of sweet. I wish the digital camera didn't have such a delay though. It would have been better with different timing. (They are each raising a leg. Kind of reminiscent of a row of urinals in a public bathroom!)

Easter Knit

4.8.10

I found a pattern for a kid's jacket that is knit sideways and thought it looked pretty cool. So I made one for Tynan out of a self-striping yarn. I wanted to put him in his white button-up shirt and the jacket and take Easter photos. He decided he didn't want to wear either thing, and he didn't want no pictures niether. Neener neener!

So then, a couple of days after we got home, Tynan decided he would finally put on his jacket. I still wanted to take a picture, so I left his Green Bay shirt on. (Who knows what would happen if I tried to change his shirt while he was in picture mode.) He also has an enourmous bruise on his left check. He fell and hit his cheek against something and gave it to himself. Poor kid!

So here is my poor battered boy for his easter portrait: sitting on our old (read: kinda dirty) chair, wearing a knit pastel jacket over super studly sports team merchandise. Silly boy!

Easter Visit

4.2.10-4.5.10

Tynan and I went to visit the grandparents for Easter. Shawn had to come later because of work. I was the lonely parent for a couple of days during a trip with inconsistent nap times and lots of new faces. I'm still recovering a week later! This first picture is Tynan with Grandma Wendy after his bath. He was afraid of the bathtub at first, but after we gave him the measuring cup to play with we had a hard time getting him out.

Here is Tynan eating his Easter candy. He had a bit of trouble with his mini candy bars so I had to tough it up and help him eat them. He was pretty grateful for the assistance too.

We went to Easter breakfast at Grandpa Eric's sister's house. (What does that make her to Tynan? Great Aunt Jone? What is a great aunt, exactly?) Here is Tynan playing airplane with Aunt Paige. He had a lot of fun at Jone's house cause there was so much stuff he could get into!

Later, Aunt Paige hid a bunch of eggs for Tynan to find. It is very difficult trying to get a 21-month-old to look for or pick up Easter eggs! He gets distracted pretty easily. He also kept throwing the eggs into the basket after he grabbed them. This means that we had to make a bunch of deviled eggs as soon as we got inside.

The next day, Tynan was able to play with all of his cousins. Grandma Doreen wanted a picture of all of her grandkids together, so we lined them up on a couch and had at it with two cameras. You can see how well that went over with Tynan. . .

I think this might be the best picture I got, and it's not really that great. Jaylee and Camden are looking at Grandma Doreen's camera, Tynan looks like he'd rather be getting his temperature taken with a rectal thermometer, and Gavin looks none too happy that we pulled him from his handheld game system. Oh, the joys of child rearing. . . ;-)

Tynan's Valiant Steed

3.22.10

These are funny! I love coming home to happy boys!