Persistent Dare Devil

Last night the boys went to bed at their normal time. Emmit fell asleep right away (as usual). Gerrit had other plans than sleeping. He needed everything under the sun from us and when he couldn't think of anything else to ask for, he scaled the gates - yes, plural GATES! We have to put 2 baby gates up to keep him in his bedroom (can't lock the door b/c its old and won't lock). He did this 4 times! We were in the middle of watching a movie so we ended up letting his stay up and watch the end of it (bought it on demand so we couldn't pause it). He enjoyed chips and watching Rugby at 10pm! When the movie ended, it was time to feed Emmit. So I took care of him and Adam tucked Gerrit in for the umpteenth time tonight. He didn't tuck him before he removed the latch lock from the bathroom and put it on the outside of Gerrit's door. Nothing like using the drill at 10:15 at night! It was a quick and simple fix for us - and a very cruel trick in Gerrit's eyes. A few minutes of crying and he gave up and went to bed. What seemed so funny to him was not going to be funny in the morning when he needed to get up! Surprisingly he wasn't too bad for us and Julie said he was OK for her too. (He did fall asleep mid morning.)

And the Rugby - he was imitating it once he understood the basic concept. He went for his football (big one that looks like a rugby ball) and set up his uprights (from football) to play his own game. He came charging at me a few times too! It amazes me how fast he picks up on things from watching! Guess we better be careful what we do too!

Tonight should be interesting as we will no longer need the gates. I'm looking forward to that!

JPGA

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Watch out Junior PGA - here comes Gerrit!

Adam took Gerrit golfing this afternoon at the same course as last weekend. Gerrit had been waiting all weekend to go to the golf course. He had to wait till his blister healed before he could go. It didn't bother him until the 9th hole when it started to bleed. Guess we will need to get him a golf glove - for the wrong hand seeing he has his hands backwards for a righty. He did better with his putter too on the green. Adam said he did well until the end when he got tired. He started throwing Adam's ball on the greens! I think this might be a typical Sunday afternoon event for them.

What did Emmit and I do? We took naps! (I can get use to that Sunday afternoon event too!)

Playing Together

Gerrit decided to play with his cars by Emmit this afternoon.

Emmit quickly used his new trick of rolling over to get his hands on the cars.

Gerrit didn't mind which I'm sure won't last long.

This was the first time they 'played' together.

I can only hope it goes this well all the time (hope is the key word).

Still Breathing

This may look weird, but this is often how Emmit will look when he's sleeping...yes, he's still breathing so don't bother him.

The Mermaid

Gerrit put his pants on (all by himself) so he could go outside.

He didn't make it across the living room w/o falling.

Still working on getting those clothes on right!

Milestone

Emmit woke up in the middle of the night (not needing to eat), so I nudged Adam to put his pacifier back in seeing I wasn't needed. Adam came back a few minutes later and said that Emmit had rolled over! Yep, he's mobile now. I was beginning to wonder because Gerrit rolled over at 4 months and Emmit is now 5 and hadn't yet. Now I can quit worrying about that and on to the next thing.

I confirmed Emmit's new trick today after school. I put him on his blanket and he rolled over right away and looked like he was trying to crawl (a long ways away from that - I hope!). He wasn't liking the tummy position for very long so I rolled him back over.

Fun to see the new tricks he can do!

[Oh, and he didn't scream thru his whole bath tonight! He's growing up!]

Gerrit's milestone: getting a blister on his hand from golfing tonight. Glad he likes the foam golf balls he picked out - he no longer insists on using real ones. I sprung for the expensive ones but they are cheaper than having to replace an antique window in the church!

Memorial Weekend 2010

Here is a glimpse of our Memorial Day weekend. Top right: Adam having dinner with Gerrit and the 2 granddaughters of the neighbors. Lexi and Bea (Bay-ah) visit their grandparents quite often and lately the 3 kids have played together outside quite well. The girls are not exposed to sports much so playing at our house consists of mostly sports and playing in their grandparents' yard consists of pretend (they have a playhouse). They enjoy riding bikes/scooters together too. It is nice for Gerrit to have a few 'friends' in the neighborhood.

The 2 photos of the Great Dane crack me up. Dahlen's dog sat Maddie over night and said we had to bring Gerrit over to see the 'horse'. He was a bit intimidated by her, but she is very mild mannered. It is funny to see her set her face on the table w/o stretching! We tried to get Gerrit to 'ride' her but he didn't like it.

Emmit was sporting Luker's hat while we visited them and met Maddie. Love the one of him smiling!

The pool pictures are from Lake City at Wilkinson's from Mon. afternoon. We enjoyed lunch with the neighbors at the block party next door and then headed to the pool (the beans were a big hit - thanks mom). Gerrit is getting his 'sea legs' back. He enjoys hanging out along the wall now instead of just the steps. He won't jump in to us like he did last year, but it won't be long. I think I'll sign him up for swim lessons and see how he likes the structure and being with strangers (he can be quite shy).

Emmit didn't mind the water. I was a bit hesitant to put him in because he HATES the tub. He didn't mind it as long as he was not splashed in the face. However, there is a picture of him getting splashed by Gerrit - guess he better get use to that. I guess there is hope that he might like his bath, or at least not scram bloody murder the whole time.

As much as I missed being at Sandy Pines on opening weekend (felt a bit homesick when talking to Mom), we had a nice weekend with our friends too.