Happy Birthday Clint!

We had the best day today! We have had so much fun with Grammy and Grampy this week and our last day with them was the best! We had a super fun picnic in Austin at Zilker park.

Lane found a big rock near our picinic blanket and had a ball stepping up onto it and jumping off of it - over and over.

Grammy, Lane and I went for a short little walk on the trail. We got to climb up and down these big stone steps to get to the trail. Lane loved them of course.

Marlee got to hang out in her carseat. She was a happy girl the whole time. I think she looks like she's waving, she's a smart one.

Tonight we went to a Japanese Steakhouse for dinner. Lane has gone with us before, but it's been awhile. He was so much fun to watch.
He did not like the fire. You can see at the beginning of this video my Mom leans over to talk to ask Clint if there is going to be fire. Clint says yes so my Mom leans over to warn Lane. Lane's face is priceless. He loved the show, but wasn't sure about the fire.

Lane did an amazing job with his chopsticks!

And he even almost caught a shrimp in his mouth! He watched Grampy catch several and Dad almost caught one or two so he wanted to try. I loved his face in this one too!

The happy Birthday boy with his babies.
When we got home we had Clint's birthday cake. Lane was so excited to sing Happy Birthday and help blow out the candles.

I think I need to work with both of them on their technique. We love the way Lane blows out candles!

New Do

Laners got a haircut this afternoon. The woman who cut his hair asked if he would like a Mohawk when she styled it. I love the expression on Lane's face.

Apple or Onion?

I cannot keep Lane out of the kitchen when I make dinner. He is always running in to get a slice of whatever veggies I am cutting up for our meal. Last night I was chopping peppers and onions. He came in for a slice of green pepper while I was cutting it up, no big deal, he loves green peppers. Then, I starting cutting the onion and Lane said he wanted onion. I gave him a good sized wedge thinking he would eat the layers separately. Nope, he ate it like an apple slice. I ran to get my camera and got a video of him eating his second wedge.

He was so offended by my question. He really did have some serious onion breath the rest of the night!

Grocery Shoppin

How cute is this? Lane and Marlee got to go on their first ride together today at the grocery! Marlee sat up like a big girl and big brother loved having his Sister behind the cart with him! They got her picture taken by a stranger, wierd I know but they were so stinking cute, and several cheers from passerbys. No wonder Lane and Marlee love to go shopping!

Rainy Weekend

It has rained here ALL weekend. The rain was light Friday, stronger all day yesterday, and it's finally quit tonight. To stay out of the rain as much as possible we tried to do fun things around the house.
Friday night we had our first ever family movie night. Lane was soooo good. He sat on the couch the entire movie, Toy Story 2. We had popcorn and apple juice while we watched the movie. Lane was in hog heaven.
Saturday morning Lane got up early and had a good time before we woke up. He got a hold of my camera and took about 15 pictures. He took lots of pictures of the ceiling fan and his toys and took a few pictures of himself. This one was my favorite. After he was bored with the camera he moved into the kitchen, where I found him. He got a hold of what was left of a bag of Hersey kisses. I found him with all the candy unwrapped, the wrappers in a pile and all the kisses were in the little pink cup he's holding. He was eating the kisses one by one with his spoon.

This evening while I made dinner Marlee watched from her high chair while she wore brother's new favorite hat.

After dinner Clint took Marlee for her first drive.

Marlee changed out her wheels and Lane took her for a spin.

We had a great raining weekend and are ready for some sunshine tomorrow. I hope!

Mr. Lane

When this boy got up from his nap he...

- opened the blinds on the windows in his room

- got new socks out of his sock drawer

- put on his socks

- got his boots out and put them on the correct feet

- left his bedroom and shut his door

- went into the landing and saw his hat with Marlee's bows in it

- put Marlee's hairbows away on her dresser

- put on his hat

... and came downstairs ready to go

Lane was so proud of himself when he came in to show me, he was beaming. I was so proud too and just a little bit sad to see how independent he is becoming.

My New Trick

I may have discovered a new trick to get Lane to eat! Dinner has become Lane's favorite time of day to socialize. The boy does everything but eat. His behavior at the dinner table was driving me crazy so I did some reading up and found that toddlers eat the majority of their calories in the morning and afternoon so by the time dinner rolls round they would rather socialize than eat. Since learning that, I have eased up on Lane when it comes to eating his dinner but I still encourage him to sit in his seat and eat a few bites with us.

Last night we had chicken enchiladas with rice and beans while Marlee had delicious home pureed green beans. After a few bites of his dinner Lane looked over at Marlee and said he wanted her green beans.
So, what did I do? I bribed Lane to eat three more bites of his chicken in exchange for the rest of Marlee's green beans. Worked like a charm. Lane finished his chicken and got in a few extra bites of veggies. Obviously Lane loves his veggies!