Afternoon

I love this picture:

I think his bright blue eyes just pop! It reminds me of one of the pictures from his recent photo shoot for his 2 yr pictures. Did I mention we had to come back a second time? Gerrit wouldn't let go of me long enough to snap pictures so we went for a walk and came back a 1/2 hour later and he did much better - 2 year olds!!

This afternoon Adam road his bike down to Rochester with a few of the Team Beat guys. Gerrit and I followed with Anne and the boys after Gerrit's nap. We met up at Bill and Tricia's home - the couple who hosted the guys in France. They are in town for a few weeks and wanted us to come for dinner and watch a big bike race. We had a lovely time and a delicious dinner too! Great friends make up for when family isn't around!

Gerrit is watching Adam get his bike ready for his ride. (No, my windows don't all look this bad! This is Gerrit's window - the one by the landing that he spends a lot of time looking out!)

Garden at Church

One of my favorite parts to our Easter service is the beautiful 'garden' at the front. You can donate money to purchase lilies or bring in your own choice of plant. We remembered the camera this year!

Gerrit and his 'friend' Abby. We joke that they may be prom dates one day!

Risky Business

Before church Gerrit ran around the house looking like this:



Our own Tom Cruise!

Omah's Visit Part II

I'm feeling better and thought I would upload a few pictures from this past week while we are watching Slumdog Millionaire (good flick! - I've seen it, so I can mulitask):

Omah is hoping to make a tailor out of Gerrit:

He had a lot of fun playing with the pins and the magnet - I figured he'd learn they are sharp the hard way:

This is what happens when you leave Omah in charge (Adam and I went out to dinner):

Actually, he had a dirty diaper and needed a clean onesie and Omah couldn't find them. Then Gerrit demanded he wear his slippers....it was quite the site to come home to! (We enjoyed our Gerrit-free dinner too)

Today we hung out at home and finished up a few projects and stopped by a few shops in town. On our way home, we stopped by the park:

Gerrit thinks he's a big kid:


The afternoon ended with stories read by Omah (also distracting him from me so I could make dinner):

We sure enjoyed Omah's visit! It was great doing some sewing projects, shopping, being able to go to the movies and out to eat without Gerrit, and watching the 2 of them bond. I know Sunday morning, Gerrit will ask where Omah is and it will be hard for him to understand she's not upstairs! I think Omah won't mind the break from all the questions he continues to ask though: where's Jaycee, where's Cassie, where's Austin, where's Daddy, what ya doin', what's that, where's Abby, and the list goes on and on....Thanks Omah for a great visit. We will miss you and look forward to seeing you at Sandy Pines in July!

Love you!

Omah's Visit Part 1

I'm too lazy to upload any photos - I'm now battling the cold that Adam and Gerrit have had the past week! We are enjoying Omah's visit. We've gone shopping, watched MSU with friends on Sat, went to church and watched a bike race with Team Beat in the afternoon, Adam and I slipped out to see a movie across the street (Taken - ok movie, glad we didn't pay for a sitter to see it), did some sewing projects, watch MSU lose, and suffered through a dinner I made. I had a recipe for a rub that sounded good to me - Adam said it tasted like potpourri and Omah said it wouldn't be her first choice (she was nice enough to eat it!) I think tomorrow it will be tacos - can't mess that up! Gerrit went to Julie's today so mom and I could do some shopping in the cities. We met my friend Sue for lunch and finished up a few more stores before heading home. Gerrit has been showing Omah all of his tricks, from throwing a ball, to shooting hoops, to talking her ear off - much of it is not understood by her or anyone else. Tomorrow we are off to get some one's 2 yr pics taken and a few errands in Roch. and then visit with Dave and Pam in the evening. I would be enjoying my time off a bit more if I didn't have this silly head cold to contend with. I'm hoping another nap tomorrow will help kick this thing!

The Joys of a Cold

Gerrit and I were hanging out at friends after work today eating/drinking. At one point Gerrit tries to feed me something that was on his finger. Before I opened my mouth, I looked at his finger and noticed it had something green on it. Then I noticed Gerrit had his finger in his nose! Yep, Gerrit tried feeding me a booger! Ick!

Gerrit-isms

With Omah coming soon I thought it would be a good time to interpret what comes out of Gerrit's mouth these days (well, some of the things he says, I don't understand much myself!):

Gerrit's word: Interpretation
cooter: Scooter - cat at daycare
shower: bath time - shower/bath
tubby: take a bath
down: up or down
peetza: pizza
go bye: put coat on to leave the house
bi-sick: bicycle
I shoot: play basketball
CC: Jaycee - friend at daycare
party: Sparty
nigh nigh: go to sleep

The list above are just the words we hear frequently (and ones I can remember off the top of my head). He says much more, but these are ones that need interpreting!