Camera Shy

3.21.11

What's this? My little ham is hiding and running away from the camera? When did he enter this phase of development?


He ran so fast he's blurry.

Hiding behind the chair from the camera. (Why did I go after him so long?)

Ahh, here's why. Cutie Pie!

Museum Fun

3.20.11

Grandma Doreen and Grandpa Bob came for a visit over this weekend. We all loaded up in the car and headed for the hands-on museum. It was so much fun! I think I enjoyed it just as much as Tynan did. The exhibits get changed out from what I hear, so we can go back again soon and learn more stuff. Here Tynan is trying to balance a ball on a jet of air.


We got to watch sand dunes form.

One of my favorite parts of the museum was the kid-sized grocery store. They have shopping lists and plastic food and small carts and two kid-height checkout counters, complete with scanners, crank-turn conveyor belts, registers, and credit card machines.

I think that this is Tynan's attempt at a fake smile... We need to work on that, maybe.

Here you could look in a mirror and attempt to write on this chalkboard. Tynan skipped the mirror part altogether. Can't say that I blame him!

Wind-Up Toy Ran Down

3.7.11

I came home from work and found tuckered out Tynan snoozing on the living room floor. He naps like an angel at daycare but can sometimes refuse to do it at home. And sometimes gets away with that too. He skipped his nap on this day. Looks like it caught up to him!

Horsing Around

3.5.11

It is weird to think sometimes that I started this blog with a video clip of teeny tiny Tynan reaching for some baby keys because I couldn't get the video to send through e-mail and I wanted family members to see it. And now, here I am, uploading videos of monkey boy sumo wrestling with his papa. It has taken forever to get to this point while also somehow flashing by in the blink of an eye.

It's so crazy!

Happy Home Hair

2.22.11

Tynan didn't want us to snap a picture of his home haircut. He watched me cut Daddy's hair and then climbed up in the chair and sat still for quite a while. He's getting better with these trims. (Yay!)

What our house REALLY looks like

2.20.11

I had to take a picture after the 2-year-old-tornado blew through. (It does that pretty often!)

Floor Time

2.6.11

Ah, tantrums.

Family in Town

1.30.11

Tynan's cousin Aubryanna had a cheerleading event in town. So Aunt Surae, Grandma Doreen, and 3 of Tynan's cousins came for a visit. The visit involved lots of snacking, playing, shopping, repeat viewings of Despicable Me, and even a fire drill at the mall. Tynan had a blast!

Proud Mommy

1.9.11

There are moments in parenthood when everything feels like it is all finally coming together and all your hard work and fatigue is totally worth it. Take this day, for instance. Here Tynan fashioned a very large firearm from Legos, entirely on his own, and ran around the house with no pants on shouting, "Bam bam bam!" as he fired at furniture, appliances, and family members. I'm not sure I can properly convey the feelings I felt swelling in my breast. Partly because the words I might use would be instantly repeated in public and other awesomely inappropriate places, like Tynan's Christian daycare. -sigh-

More naptime woes

1.3.11

Not much to say here...