Training!

Cayle has started his "training..." Not really, but for some reason (Natalie is taking credit) he has really started to take a liking to his Strider. He rode it around the living room for about 2 hours this morning, then for another hour or so this evening. He should sleep good tonight after all that riding. He may have challenged Grandpa B. for the most bike time today! It's so much fun watching him just cruise back and forth. I can't wait till he has the opportunity to ride outside some when it warms up. Our little boy is growing up too fast!

Monday

Cayle and I completed our morning routine... Swim, donuts, and mail. He loves his donut on Monday mornings! He is now eating it so quickly that he has it finished (1 whole glazed donut) by the time we get home from the post office ~ 1 mile. Must be working up an appetite from his time in the pool...He got a Valentine card in the mail today from Grandma. He enjoyed opening it while talking to her on Skype. He got some truck and tractor stickers in the card. He took one sheet of them over to his friend Zoe's house and shared some with her.

Super Bowl XLVI

Nick and I had invited a bunch of people over for today's big game. We had about 15-20 people and tons of yummy food. Some of the highlights: Nick's bacon-wrapped jalapenos, and Tiffany's s'mores desserts. Opposite ends of the food spectrum, but both enjoyed by all! (Nick says Tiffany makes "the best damn desserts, and then she brings them to our house!).

pre-baking...

Today was Cayle's first real time to host some kids at our house. We had Zoe (who he stays with every day for daycare), Macklin (who he swims with on Mondays), and Carter (who turns one on Feb 14!). The kids liked playing upstairs in Cayle's toy room, and checking out his "big boy" bed. Cayle is still working on his sharing skills :)

Cayle was so tired from playing with all of his friends! He cried the entire time he was getting ready for bed, and while we prayed, and wouldn't kiss us night-night, but he fell asleep within moments of us turning out his light. Cayle is such a good boy. We are so proud of how he is growing and learning :)

New Kids Bathroom Paint

Where the orange is now, used to be a light yellow. Just wanted to add a little color and have something that matched the shower curtain a little better. Brighten things up a bit.

It's Friday...

Let's go out and have an appetizer and a drink.... or maybe we should re-paint the kids bathroom... Yep, the 2nd sounds like a better idea....

So we are in the process of re-painting the guest/kids bathroom. Actually, when I say "we" I actually mean Natalie. She did the majority of it, I just came in and did a bit of rolling after she had the tough stuff done. Just taking care of final preparations before baby B #2 comes along. We'll get some pics up soon, after we finish this weekend. The color is a shade of orange... :-)

Shades of orange
Amber	Apricot	Atomic tangerine	Bittersweet	Brown	Burnt orange	Carrot orange	Champagne	Coral	Dark salmon
Deep carrot orange	ECE/SAE Amber	Flame	Gamboge	Gold	Gold (metallic)	International orange	Lion	Mahogany	Old gold
Orange	Orange (web)	Orange-red	Orange peel	Papaya whip	Peach	Peach-orange	Peach-yellow	Persian orange	Portland Orange
Princeton orange	Pumpkin	Rust	Safety orange	Salmon	Satin sheen gold	Sunset	Tangelo	Tangerine	Tea rose
Tenné	Tomato	Vermilion

Playing and Working Outside

Cayle really wanted to go outside behind the house today, so I put his jacket on him and his hat and out he went. Temps were in the mid 30's and sunny. He just kind of walked around, exploring the different areas of the yard. He really liked the rocks and the garden area (as usual.) He probably spent close to an hour out there before he finally came back and knocked on the door for me to let him in. He did have his dogs out there with him to keep him company. I spent some time watching him out the back window. He seemed so happy, just to be walking around and exploring things. He also really likes the snow that we have left in the shady areas. It's funny, when his fingers get cold, he blows on them. Natalie taught him that, and he likes to do it. I never saw him do it today, but he does it once in a while. Love watching my boy play outside!

When I got home from work tonight, I decided to break the ice dam that has formed outside our house. It formed after the ditch behind the house flooded then everything froze in front of the house several weeks ago. HOA cleaned up most of the sidewalk mess, but we have had this frozen block in the drainage area in front of the house. It was about 6" thick in places, and wouldn't have melted until May. It only sees a few hours of sunshine a day in front of the house and it's amazing how long snow and ice will stay there. I had to use an axe and a dirt digging shovel to pry it all apart. Took about an hour. Good exercise! Hopefully now that it's broken up it will melt in time for the Superbowl Party.

Crazy!

In keeping with the blogging goal of 200 posts, last month was the most we've ever had in January! Ended up with 26. The previous high was 15! Good start!

Just read the news about Facebook going public. Crazy to think that some guy thought about it while in his dorm room, and now he is worth (or Facebook is worth) just over 17 Billion dollars!!! Who'da thunk? Also saw the information about Google+, interesting, and interesting concepts, especially the circles concept, but not sure I can do another social networking site... Facebook and Twitter are really pushing my boundaries....

Stopped by Yeti's Grind today for their 5 year birthday and got a Coffee (for me) and a cupcake for Natalie. She claims it was the best cupcake she's ever had! With that being said, I may have to get over there and try one for myself sometime soon. It's called a Batter Cupcake.