Lies . . . .

I feel it is my duty as the oldest of the kids with blogs to give the rest of you a heads up. I have found out that mommies & daddies do not always believe what we tell them.

1. When they come in your room at nap time and you are sitting up in bed, starting at them, but making a snoring noise . . . they will NOT believe that you are sleeping.

2. When they go in their bedroom, find your drum & computer on the bed & the bedding is all messed up, they will NOT believe that you were not playing in there . . . . even if you shut off the lights before you left the room.

3. When they find water all over the bathroom floor & you are holding a bucket while taking a bath . . . .they will NOT believe that you did not pour the water on the floor.

4. They will, however, believe that you ate all your supper, even if you gave it to the puppy.

Have a great week!

A few pictures

We haven't done anything real exciting lately, so here are a few new pictures for you to enjoy.

Taryn is sure growing up fast. She is always pulling herself up on stuff. Here she is peeking over her pack 'n' play.

My new breakfast of choice . . . . plain hot dog bun. I love them!

Taryn discovered herself in the mirror. She was so excited to laugh and talk to that "other" baby.

She sure is crawling around alot, too. Here she is talking to Tucker.

I have become addicted to the computer that grandma got me last year. I spent all morning sitting in my room, matching letters. I am gonna be so smart!

2 sides of Taryn

So now that my sister is getting older, she is starting to show some real personality. She loves to watch me play and now that she is crawling, she is getting into my toys!

Here are two videos showing the 2 sides of Taryn.

1) Taryn growls. Yep, you read it right, she loves to growl. She growls when she is happy & when she is frustrated. Here is a short video of her first words - in growl form.



2) Here is a video to show her girly side. We like to think she is admiring her nails :)

Now that I'm 3 . . . .

I have got to step up my game. I haven't been teaching Taryn the things she needs to know. Here are some of my first lessons:


1) Chocolate pudding is the best side dish to pizza. Whoever invented pizza & pudding should get some sort of award.



2) Big turtles are the coolest! But maybe only if you are a boy. My buddy Carson & I love them.

3) As much as I tried to show her the cool animals, Taryn just was not into the trip.

4) Even though mommy didn't like this idea, I thought the best way to bond as brother & sister, was to put all my blankets, 2 pillows and myself into Taryn's crib. She was sleeping when I climbed in, so she cried at first, but after she saw it was me - she was all smiles. I still don't know why mommy was mad.

5) I taught Taryn that you have to supervise everything mommy & daddy do. Daddy would not have gotten his garage cleaned up, if Taryn wasn't there to keep him going.

6) When you turn 3, you get super cool presents, like this castle bouncer! I got this from my papa Jim. It even comes with swords (which mommy was really happy about)

7) Being 3 is the best! Sometimes you can skip naps to play. I love it!

Look How Much I Have Grown!

It was my 3rd birthday on Friday! It was awesome. I got lots of presents, but mommy will show you the pictures of them to you later.

We wanted to show you how much I have grown in the past 3 years.

This is me just a couple of hours old

This is me at 6 months with my very first baseball cap

This is my first birthday party

Here I am at 2 years old - riding my trike

And here I am showing off my big boy muscles at age 3.

What's New?

Well . . . we got to spend a weekend with daddy without mommy! It was awesome. Mommy went to Minneapolis to pick up my Aunt H and then they spent the night. Mommy said she had fun - but I think we would have been more fun.

This is a picture of Taryn and our cousin Amelia. Look how much difference 3 months makes! Amelia's grandma was holding a stuffed monkey that Taryn thought was hillarious. She laughed and laughed at that silly monkey. I think those 2 little girls will be getting into my toys very soon.

Here is a picture of me and Taryn. I am sitting on my potty and wanted to play with Taryn, so I scooted across the living room to play with her. She sure is getting fun to play with.

Here is 1 more cute picture of Taryn - She had jus gotten done eating - the orange stuff on her face is Chicken Noodle Dinner.

Well - My Aunt H is in town, so I gotta go play some more before bedtime. As my good friend Diego would say - Adios!

Happy 4th of July!

We did some fun stuff this weekend . . . Here are some pictures for you to enjoy.

We went to the parade on Friday. We went last year, but I has a lot more fun this year.

Our friends met us there and we had a big group to people to sit with. Here is Taryn with our friend Gracie.

Before the parade started, they had a candy toss. Here is a picture of us trying to get as much candy as possible.

My mom kept getting in my way to see the parade, but when she finally moved - it was really cool. I marched when the flags came by and I waved at the horses. Mommy said I sat really good through the whole parade.

After the parade we went home and took some naps. When we got up, we went over to Mercy & Carson's house. They had sparklers and other cool fireworks. Here is a picture of what my face looked like every time someone lit fireworks off. I liked them, but they scared me for a little bit each time.

Taryn was sitting on the lawn watching all the stuff going on. Our friend Carson came over to visit her. He sure likes her!

On Saturday, we went out for lunch & it was the first time Taryn got to sit in a highchair at a restaurant. She sat so good and played with the menu, while I drew with my crayons.

Last night, I was being silly so mommy took some pictures of me.

And Taryn was so tired that she fell asleep in her "bouncer".