Wisconsin

Last weekend we headed to Madison for a big bike race. Adam raced on Sat and Sun and did well for his first race of the season. He really wanted to go to see the professionals that came for the race too. Unfortunately, Gerrit and I were at the hotel napping during the pro's so we missed seeing their race. It was a fun family weekend for us. A few pictures from the weekend:

Adam at the barriers, a staple in cyclocross

Relaxing in the hot tub after the races and dinner

I realized I'm missing some pictures...Adam downloaded the camera on the desktop before I had a chance to download them on my lap top...hmmm I'll have to hunt those down as there were a few good ones! It was hard to watch the races and keep Gerrit from riding his bike on the course as he was so excited to see all the bikes and think that he was old enough to compete! 7 more years and he will be old enough...scary!

Creative and Obsessed

Gerrit's obsession is still football, but now he wants to watch Sports Center all the time. Luckily when he asks for it, it is usually on. Photo in top left is Gerrit chillin' and watching SC.

Bottom left is a creation by Gerrit. He found his Mr. Potato Head...
Center: Gerrit insisting on eating oatmeal on the potty. I allowed him to eat his oatmeal there once during the potty training attempt b/c it was taking him soo long to go! This picture was taken around dinner time...pre dinner snack I guess.

Right photos are of course football ones. The top one is of tackling daddy which he always asks to do, the bottom 2 are of his great football skills: holding the ball and getting ready to hike it.

Tears...

of JOY

and of WONDER...

Sunday afternoon Adam worked with a friend to fine tune his barrier technique and Gerrit was able to go along. Gerrit had his own barrier at his level that he could practice on too.

Saturday Gerrit enjoyed trying on high heel shoes! It was too funny not to get a picture of it - he looked really good in the lime green heels, I just wasn't fast enough with the camera. We took a break from the garage sale to watch Luke's flag football game. Gerrit was hoping it was tackle and that he could play. Seeing he couldn't, he decided to play 'tackle' with the pylon instead.

Is There Any Room?

Adam had a meeting next to the new Gopher stadium today so he took a field trip and checked it out. Of course, that meant he went to Goldy's Locker Room and picked up something for Gerrit:

A new football!

(Its actually to replace one that keeps flaking and makes a mess - how thoughtful of him to think of me, really!) And he didn't stop with the football either, Gerrit has a cool figure of the new stadium to put on his dresser. Luckily he stopped with those 2 items, he did have his eye on a youth football set - helmet, pants, and jersey - but it would be a few more years before it would even fit him!
So tonight, Gerrit played football, I mean tackle with Daddy, and was in his glory. At bedtime, he wanted to take his new football with him which is fine (he already has one he usually sleeps with), but he didn't stop with just that one, he needed all of his footballs in bed with him! I'm not sure how much room Gerrit had in bed tonight and if he rolled over, I'm sure he'd end up on a football! Luckily he forgot about the one in the garage - that is the hardest one and would not feel good to lay on!

PS: I have watched more football this last week than I care to watch (I know, hard to believe) - Gerrit can't get enough of it so when there is not a live game on (like Tues/Wed), we have to find a game on the classic channels! We watched a game from the 80s this week (it was a big 10 game though)! Yikes!! I don't think this football thing is going to go away any time soon. I just hope he transitions well into basketball season...its spring/summer I'm a bit concerned with when neither sports on on TV!

Gold Bug

Gerrit was introduced to the Richard Scarry books - he loves to look for loley worm and really loves to look for gold bug...we spent lots of time looking at these bugs during our potty training attempt. Now every time Gerrit sees an ant or bug of any kind, he calls it 'gold bug'. I don't think he has realized that most of the bugs he sees outside are black, and gold bug is definitely a little gold colored bug that usually hangs out in vehicles and never shows his body! Baby steps, baby steps...

Sports Center?

Adam and I have switched rolls this year - he is in charge of getting Gerrit off to daycare in the morning and I pick him up after work. It seems to be working pretty well - I'm enjoying getting ready by MYSELF and not being bothered by a 2 yr old as I had been in the past. (I can actually shower by myself too!) Adam usually uses the bathroom in the basement while I use the bathroom upstairs. The nice thing about the basement is the TV is also located there. So, Gerrit has gotten into the habit of watching Sports Center with Adam in the mornings...

this am, when Gerrit went downstairs, he went right to the couch, sat down and said: "Sports Center?". So now Adam can get ready while Gerrit gets caught up on the sports scores/highlights from the previous day! I guess I should've bought the t-shirt that said "I watch Sports Center with daddy" instead of the mommy one!

We just returned from the ZM football game. Another great night to watch football. Gerrit loved it, especially because we sat on the grass in the end zone area so he was free to roam - I mean run and 'play football' himself!

Here He Is...

I finally got some help in scanning the ultrasound pictures...

A full view - from the side - head is on the left

Definately a boy!

Legs - maybe he'll have his mother's long legs instead of his dad's long torso...