Donut Holes

This morning we went and grabbed some donuts for breakfast. Connor couldn't eat them fast enough, so he kept asking for more and more. Vinnie asked him how many he wanted and he said he wanted allll of them. It's so cute the way he says allll of them, I had to get it on video. He was being even cuter before I got the camera out, because he was stretching his arms out when he said it. Vinnie was trying to get him to do it again in the video, but he wouldn't. It's still cute though!

Domino Effect

One of the best things about being a mom, is rediscovering what was fun to you as a kid. Tonight when I picked up Connor from daycare, the kids were all coloring. Connor started looking at a Robots book and wanted to color a picture. Nicole was nice enough to let us tear out a few pages to bring home.

One of the pages he chose was from a scene where they set up dominoes to form a picture and watch them fall down in a chain reaction. You know, the domino effect! Why haven't I thought of showing Connor this before? I had forgotten how fun it is to set up dominoes and knock them down. Ok, so maybe I'm too easily amused. I'm a dork.

Anyway, I knew Connor would have fun with it, so I got the dominoes out when we got home and we set them up. We'd get about 15 or so up before one of us would accidentally knock them down. I was impressed with how well Connor was doing setting them up. He has such good hand-eye coordination. He was having so much fun with it. He would get several set up and then jump over them, and jump up and down next to them to see if they would fall down.

After our domino extravaganza we watched Robots, ate pizza and he colored his pictures. And of course no Robot viewing is complete without a Robot Dance Party at the end. There is a musical number at the end of the movie that Connor always dances too, and it is hilarious to watch him. I got it on video a few months ago, but I think he out did himself tonight. I was cracking up.

Here is the link to the video I took of him a few months ago, doing the "Robot Dance."

So, I have enjoyed my Friday night with my boy. Dinner, movie, dancing, played a game of dominoes. Yep, Friday nights are another thing that change with motherhood, but I wouldn't trade it for the world.

Face Lift

Like the new design? Isn't it pretty? The other night, after I made my first post in 4 months, I was bothered by the fact that I still had a fallish background. I scoured the internet for hours and hours to find the perfect background. Not really. I found this one in 5 minutes. But then my old font colors did not match my new background's colors.

I fiddled with blogspot for 30 min or so, trying to figure out how to change the font color. I couldn't remember from the last time I changed it, since I only blog every 5 months or so. Finally, I said eff it and went to bed.

I tackled it again last night, and I discovered templates! After you find a background you like, you can go to templates and it will slightly alter the appearance and layout and THAT is where you change the font color. Duh! I like how it has borders around each post and borders around the pictures. It makes it look more appealing and inviting. Not just words and pictures on a screen. Anyways I had fun messing around with it last night and I think I am satisfied with it, for now!

Ok, must go for now. Connor and I are going to make a marshmallow snowman from notimeforflashcards.

My baby is turning into such a sweet kid!

I can't believe my baby is 3 already! Actually he turned 3 almost 3 weeks ago. I know, I am really bad at this blogging thing. Connor is always saying and doing cute and funny things, and I say to myself, "oh I should put that on my blog" and then I never do.

He is such a funny, happy-go-lucky kid. Vinnie and I really lucked out. He amazes us and makes us laugh and warms our hearts everyday. I keep waiting for the so called "terrible twos" or some people say "terrible threes" and that they are worse at 3. Not waiting like, oh I am so excited, I can hardly wait! More like, oh yikes, are the trying times just around the corner? Maybe we will luck out and he will always be easy to raise. Although if he is going to give us hell, I'd rather it be now, than in his teenage years.

Anyways, with this New Year, I will try to update more. Even if it is just a few sentences about something cute he did, because really that is what this blog is for, so I can look back and remember all the cute stuff he did that I might otherwise forget.

So, what cute story will I leave you with tonight? Well, lately Connor and Batta (our cat) have been bonding. Some of you that have been to my house are thinking, you have a cat? Yep! You never see him though because he is painfully shy. The only people he comes out for are my Mom, my friend Sarah, and just recently my Grandma. He is so painfully shy that it has taken him 3 years to realize that Connor isn't that bad and that if he hangs around long enough he will actually get quite a bit of attention from Connor.

Batta used to run off when Connor would get about 2 feet from him. Lately though he has been letting Connor pet him and talk to him. Connor likes to share his toys with Batta. He will line his cars up next to him and say, "here Batta!" The other night he tried to share his pretzels with him. Tonight after petting Batta, Connor goes, "Batta is my bud! He's really cute!"

I love that kid! He's such a sweetheart!

We also enjoyed some time out in the snow today. Here are a few pics!

Apple Orchard

With fall fast approaching I thought it would be fun to take Connor to an apple orchard today. I did a little google search and found Alldredge Orchards in Platte City. To get Connor excited for the apple orchard we made an apple tree picture yesterday.





This morning we headed north to Platte City to check out the apple orchard. When we got there the owners told us there were a few Gala apples left to be picked and lots of Empire. We love Galas so off we went to search for the sweet crisp apples.




It was a challenge to find some good ones, because they were over picked. With a husband over 6 feet tall and an apple picker, Vinnie was able to reach to the top of the trees and we were able to find some good ones. Connor enjoyed watching the chickens peck at the apples and chasing them around the orchard. He even picked a few apples for the chickens.



After we paid for our apples we went to the bakery where Vinnie almost took down a poor old man down for the last apple crisp. We decided to let the old man have the apple crisp and we settled for an apple pie. Then we ordered lunch, which of course came with an apple as a side. Connor got mad when Vinnie was eating his apple though and said, "no, that's for the chickens!" We assured him that the chickens have plenty of apples to eat and that we can enjoy these. We also purchased some pumpkin bread and apple butter at the bakery. We haven't tried those yet, but we did try the apple pie that we settled for. It was delicious! We plan to go back in October when they will have a pumpkin patch. This time we will pre-order our apple crisp and we might pick up another delicious apple pie.

Eggs Ham

Connor reading Green Eggs and Ham. So cute!

Pool Time

Filling the pool is half the fun!