Tom had to go back home today while we extended our stay with the grandparents. Of course, all afternoon Owen has been asking where daddy is (he knows he’s at home) and repeating how many “big sleeps” it will be until he comes back (four). But tonight he just looked so dejected as he said:
Where’s daddy? He needs me.
🙁
First bathing suit!
Cousins!!
Toes in the water (in a tide pool, which was a bit warmer and lots calmer)!
Notice the sand around the mouth? Yep, it went in! We let her get some, but tried to prevent the big handfuls. 🙂
Doing her yoga poses on the beach!
In the actual ocean surf!
Gramma got jammie duty tonight…including socks since the kids’ room gets a little chilly!
I could just post the best of the bunch, but sometimes the succession of photos are fun, too.
Oh, and someone likes to pull herself up now!
Headed down to the beach to play with his new remote control truck (a belated Christmas present from Aunt Marilyn and Uncle John). He was EXCITED!
Chasing the seagulls!
And then the shorts came off because they were getting wet.
Well, technically Garden City Beach, just south of Myrtle Beach.
It was a trip—so to speak—getting here, as I had to load most of the car myself in the rain and then drive the first hour in a major downpour…but really the drive was uneventful.
Hauling in the first of two carts full:
Then Owen asked grandpa David to go down to the ocean. Gramma Jean and I watched from the 15th floor:
Then I decided to be a good mom and go down and take a few pictures (since Gramma Jean could stay with a napping Katie). This is Owen’s new Aqua-Zooka toy!
Coming home:
Miss Katie crawling over and through everything:
Grandma Jean says:
It’s been chilly, but we’ve taken Owen down to the beach and he loves running in and out of the water, even though it is about 52 degrees. His little legs were RED when we brought him back in he first day! He had a smile on his face, so that was worth it. Grampa took him down the first day and was wearing his heavy coat and fur hat while Owen had shorts on.
Owen found half of an Easter egg, which immediately became a nose.
Then he got Papa involved after showing him how to hold it up without using your hands.
And Eskimo kisses!
Owen with a stainless steel jar top and rubber baby spoon…and Papa with a Captain America shield and ruler. 🙂
Soccer, then off to feed the ducks!
Yet another in the series of matching tee shirts!
I’m still shaking my head in disbelief—and excitement!
Tom brought home teriyaki (steak and chicken, fried rice, and fried onions/zucchini) for lunch and I asked Owen twice if he wanted to try the chicken (it was super tender with a really yummy sauce) but he said no. Okay, fine, that’s honestly what I expected.
So as I’m finishing my last bite, he looks over and says “What’s that?” I told him it was the last forkful of rice.
“I try it?”
Wait, what? HE ASKED TO TRY IT?
So I scraped up a few remaining pieces of rice and he ate it…and loved it…and wanted more! I was done, but managed to scrape a few more odds and ends of rice for another mini bite—and he wanted more! I felt bad I didn’t have any more…but who would have thought he’d ASK to try rice?
Grannie said she was making rice for dinner so he could have more then. I kept my fingers crossed that he’d still be interested by then.
Wonder how I know? 😐
Yes, this was the first thing he actually stuck up his nose and couldn’t get out. I had to get the tweezers and threaten to take all his Legos away if he did it again.
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We were at the mom’s play group and Owen willingly tried a mini sausage, egg, and cheese quiche!! HOLY SHITBALLS! You should have seen my silent screaming hand-waving happy dance behind him as he was eating it!! 🙂
He only ate two bites (half of the piece) but still. Another new food! Woohoo!!
Owen has a great stance, throwing arm, running game, and blocking technique…and can catch quite a bit of the time. It’s actually impressive for a four year old.
Katie was very intrigued by Papa’s apple…first enjoying just nomming on the whole apple:
Then the actual apple itself—grinding those two little teeth and scraping off tiny bits of apple. She LOVED it!
Katie ate some of Grannie Lin’s potato salad tonight! (Well, okay, some teeny pieces of mashed boiled potatoes—but with flavoring!) I know it’s normal for babies (kids) to try new foods…I’m just SO conditioned otherwise because of Owen that it still kinda shocks me.
YAY KATIE!
Owen: Holding out his broken-apart Lightning McQueen Lego car We have a problem.
Papa takes it from him to look at it.
Owen: Take your time.
Katie had to get her flu booster this morning and it was still COLD so she got to wear her new monkey hat (from Gramma Jean, if I remember right).
Well, just the jacket, really. 🙂 This is the next item from the Jenny’s-old-clothes-for-Katie drawer. She wasn’t being especially cooperative this morning so no super cute photo.
Then Owen chimed in and said “I want to sit with her!”
And hugging her. I think. Well, at least he’s loving on her even if it really isn’t a hug per se.
Thanks, Uncle Rob!
And as a sidenote…I had to do a double-take when we opened this on Christmas because this is what I saw:
Notice anything? 🙂
So I contacted Carter’s and long story short, they replaced it (and wanted mine back for their QA team)!
Grandma Marsha, Owen LOVES LOVES LOVES his birthday game! Here he is having fun in Elmo’s World!
Who would have thought it would be freezing cold and snowing in North Carolina today? Of course, Owen was excited and wanted to go out and play in it!!
Making a snowball with daddy!
Mama says “Pictures, please!”
Back inside to find Katie and Grannie watching out the window…
Katie’s first snow!
The fam.
