New Olympic Sport: Shopping Cart Racing

Here is Coleman having fun with his shopping cart. He's clearly impressed with himself and loves being filmed. I'll show him the video after and he gets a kick out of seeing himself.

A funny story about Sadie: I went out for the afternoon with Coleman and left Sadie in our back yard. I was pretty sure our gate was securely closed, but had a fleeting thought that maybe it wasn't. When Coleman and I got home Sadie was at the back door ready to come in and greet us. When she ran in I saw, and smelled, that she was muddy from the middle down. She stank like pond muck! I saw the gate was open, and figured out that she had walked herself down to the park where the duck pond is and had a field day. Then she walked herself home like a good girl. She got a bath that night and it was dirty water.

New Toy

I found a toy police car on the sidewalk set out for the garbage, so Jared and I picked it up on our way to church. What a find! Coleman loves his new police car. He is getting so good at getting in and out of his car, and climbing in general.

Coleman and Sadie keep me very busy every day. I've noticed that Coleman is very conscientious. When he sees something where it should not be he says "uh-oh". Today he saw leaves on the road and said "Uh-oh" because they looked messy. So he picked them up and put them in the gutter with the rest of the leaves. He is also a good helper. He'll put back the chairs when he is done, likes to help me with the dishes, and will pick up his toys. Of course, a little encouragement is needed sometimes "Pick this up or do you need a time-out?" He usually picks it up.

Yesterday I was awfully sick to my stomach and coleman was sooo sweet giving me hugs and pat-pat-patting me with his little hand. Sadie was sympthatic too. Of course, Jared was great! :)

Here is my helpful boy at the sink.

McWane Center

Today it rained all day, so Coleman and I checked out the McWane Center downtown. It is a combination of a Science Musuem and a Children's Museum. We had a lot of fun. We became members so now we can go anytime. Our favorite part was a board of plastic "pins" that you can plant your face, foot, hand in and the image would be in 3D on the other side. Coleman got the hang of it after he saw me do it and couldn't stop.

Blueberry Pickin'

Today we went blueberry picking north of Birmingham in the country, with Richard and Sophie. It was a lot of fun. Coleman was ecstactic about the thousands of blueberries all within hands reach. He ate his fair share. We picked 5 gallons of blueberries in maybe 2 hours. They are delicious!

Oh My

Certain words crack Coleman up. Lately its been "nut" , "bone " and here "Oh my!".

Favorite Picture of Coleman

This picture cracks me up every time !

A Day with Grammie

Coleman and I went to visit Grammie Sue and had her show us around. We had lots of fun, as you can see. First we went to Peach Park where they take fresh peaches and make peach everything: ice cream, pies, cobblers, etc. Along with the cute store was a lot of fun things for kids to do, such as ride a pelican, ride a horse, and ride a tractor. We then went down the road to the Water Works where you learn about the importance of water. You can step into a helicopter and take a simulated helicopter ride. Coleman is in the driver's seat and very, very serious about it here. After all our fun we all went to her house and took a long nap.