What is this thing, Dad?
Are you sure you are doing this right?
Here, let me help!
I think this pump will help...Thursday, May 29, 2008
New Pool Setup
Too little time to even get all the vacation pics up, so here is an interlude. After hearing about how much fun Sean had in the lazy river and pools in Florida his Grandma , Dziadziu, and Aunt Joanne got him a pool. Here, we try to blow it up...
What is this thing, Dad?
Are you sure you are doing this right?
Here, let me help!
I think this pump will help...
What is this thing, Dad?Are you sure you are doing this right?Here, let me help!I think this pump will help...
Thursday, May 22, 2008
More Destin Pics
See Destin photos by Darlene HERE
We have been running and gunning with little time to update the blog.
After our Destin weekend we spent a long weekend in Port Aransas with the Boyce's, Heider's, VonDolan/Landry's and Greg. We had a great time.
Sean's best time was stopping at Prasek's BBQ on the way home for dinner. Sean was fascinated with the mounted animal heads and fish. The BBQ was excellent.
Tomorrow we leave for Memorial Day weekend in Kerrville.
In between all this Sean has been having a great time and is expanding his verbal skills. He is now stringing two words together, like "no more" and "all done." He is recognizing a lot more of what we say, like "Do you want to get into the pool?" (the answer: "no, no")
We have been running and gunning with little time to update the blog.
After our Destin weekend we spent a long weekend in Port Aransas with the Boyce's, Heider's, VonDolan/Landry's and Greg. We had a great time.
Sean's best time was stopping at Prasek's BBQ on the way home for dinner. Sean was fascinated with the mounted animal heads and fish. The BBQ was excellent.
Tomorrow we leave for Memorial Day weekend in Kerrville.
In between all this Sean has been having a great time and is expanding his verbal skills. He is now stringing two words together, like "no more" and "all done." He is recognizing a lot more of what we say, like "Do you want to get into the pool?" (the answer: "no, no")
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
New Pasta Blog
See the links list at right or click HERE for the new Blog - Environmental Curmudgeon
Sunday, May 04, 2008
Polish Weekend
Thursday Uncle Greg came by for dinner. He competes with Grandma for making Sean laugh.
Saturday Sean, Mama, Dziadziu and Grandma ran the Ovarian Cancer 5K at MD Anderson. Dad slept. Saturday afternoon we all headed to the 2nd Annual Houston Polish Festival. We ran into David's Polish co-worker Tom Wojcik, of course. Sean was all about the fishing pond and the Polish dancers. Dad was all about the Polish food and the Slavic Playboys band.
Afterward, we migrated a few miles west to Kevin and Denise's house. They just got engaged(!) finally. This was, officially, a planning session for our beach trip to Port Aransas in two weeks. Sean and Cousin Elissa really got into the boys tossing the football around and loved being tackled.
Sunday after church we went back to Discovery Green for lunch and for Dave to play with the remote controlled sailboats. Sean had a great time roaming the park. He especially likes the vertical giant xylophone.
Sunday afternoon we went to the YMCA pool. Sean first played in the kiddie pool, then we took him to the (warmer) adult pool. He shook his head "no" a lot at first. But, for the first time since Iceland he floated and had fun in a "big" pool. He thought Daddy blowing bubbles was hilarious and was actually screaming with laughter. He did NOT want to leave. He kept trying to make his own bubbles under water, but kept inhaling, not exhaling. He is definitely ready for a couple of beach weekends.
Uncle Greg is crazy!
Uncle Greg, Stop!!!
Sean in reading mode
Sean helps Dad water the flowers
Saturday Sean, Mama, Dziadziu and Grandma ran the Ovarian Cancer 5K at MD Anderson. Dad slept. Saturday afternoon we all headed to the 2nd Annual Houston Polish Festival. We ran into David's Polish co-worker Tom Wojcik, of course. Sean was all about the fishing pond and the Polish dancers. Dad was all about the Polish food and the Slavic Playboys band.
Afterward, we migrated a few miles west to Kevin and Denise's house. They just got engaged(!) finally. This was, officially, a planning session for our beach trip to Port Aransas in two weeks. Sean and Cousin Elissa really got into the boys tossing the football around and loved being tackled.
Sunday after church we went back to Discovery Green for lunch and for Dave to play with the remote controlled sailboats. Sean had a great time roaming the park. He especially likes the vertical giant xylophone.
Sunday afternoon we went to the YMCA pool. Sean first played in the kiddie pool, then we took him to the (warmer) adult pool. He shook his head "no" a lot at first. But, for the first time since Iceland he floated and had fun in a "big" pool. He thought Daddy blowing bubbles was hilarious and was actually screaming with laughter. He did NOT want to leave. He kept trying to make his own bubbles under water, but kept inhaling, not exhaling. He is definitely ready for a couple of beach weekends.
Uncle Greg is crazy!
Uncle Greg, Stop!!!
Sean in reading mode
Sean helps Dad water the flowersMonday, April 28, 2008
Happy Birthday Braden
Braden celebrated his 6th birthday Sunday at Pump It Up! It is a storefront full of inflatable jump toys.
Sean was very cautious about the whole thing. He had been on a bounce toy at about 12 months and immediately started crying. When we first got to the place he did not want to go within 2 feet of the inflatables. Then we charged up one that was a slide and we slid down - which he thought was great fun. After doing that a few times we got inside one of the bounce toys and jsut sat together for about 30 minutes. I would try to lift him off of me and put him on the surface and he would vigorously shake his head. While he was in my lap he had a great time. Eventually he kind of warmed up to the idea.
Sean making sure the Bounce Monster is not out to get him
Sean checks on Gillian
Sean waits for his cake
Braden had a great dinosaur cake
Abagail reads to Sean while Braden lets them borrow his Birthday King chair
At Braden's house afterwords playing games
Sean was very cautious about the whole thing. He had been on a bounce toy at about 12 months and immediately started crying. When we first got to the place he did not want to go within 2 feet of the inflatables. Then we charged up one that was a slide and we slid down - which he thought was great fun. After doing that a few times we got inside one of the bounce toys and jsut sat together for about 30 minutes. I would try to lift him off of me and put him on the surface and he would vigorously shake his head. While he was in my lap he had a great time. Eventually he kind of warmed up to the idea.
Sean making sure the Bounce Monster is not out to get him
Sean checks on Gillian
Sean waits for his cake
Braden had a great dinosaur cake
Abagail reads to Sean while Braden lets them borrow his Birthday King chair
At Braden's house afterwords playing gamesSunday, April 27, 2008
Lake Sheldon Park
Sean and I spent Saturday night at Grandma (Ama) and Dziadziu's (Juju's) house. It was his first night ever there. At 9pm he decided it was time for bed and pointed towards the bedrooms and said " 'ed?" - he went right to sleep.
Sunday morning we drove to Lake Sheldon State Park to go bird watching. The park was very cool. It is a former 1950's fish hatchery adjacent to the lake. After the hatchery closed the ponds went wild and were then taken over by the state. Very nice wild life watching area. Kids can fish on the weekend and poles are provided.
Sean checks out the pond
Stay a school bus length away from alligators
The alligator hissed at Dziadziu
Sean tries to break free
Sean is now all about sitting on chairs and benches
Sunday morning we drove to Lake Sheldon State Park to go bird watching. The park was very cool. It is a former 1950's fish hatchery adjacent to the lake. After the hatchery closed the ponds went wild and were then taken over by the state. Very nice wild life watching area. Kids can fish on the weekend and poles are provided.
Sean checks out the pond
Stay a school bus length away from alligators
The alligator hissed at Dziadziu
Sean tries to break free
Sean is now all about sitting on chairs and benchesNew Chair Update
The first thing Sean has done when entering the house all weekend is go to his new chair. In this picture he reads one of his books...
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Where's Mommy
Mommy is spending the weekend with her friends in the Hill Country - her first overnights without Sean! That must mean that she trusts daddy alone with Sean. Well, kinda. So far Saturday Barb, Grandma AND Uncle Greg have called to check on Sean. I am expecting a call from Nana, who is in Italy, any second now.
Our first project for the day was putting together a little Adirondack chair that showed up at the front door last night from Grandpa and Nana.
Sean helps out
When Mommy is not here Sean gets to use Dad's tools
I'm not sure you did this right, Dad...
Thanks Nana and Grandpa! As soon as it was together Sean sat right down in it!
Our first project for the day was putting together a little Adirondack chair that showed up at the front door last night from Grandpa and Nana.
Sean helps out
When Mommy is not here Sean gets to use Dad's tools
I'm not sure you did this right, Dad...
Thanks Nana and Grandpa! As soon as it was together Sean sat right down in it!Monday, April 21, 2008
Friday night we went to the Galveston County Fair and Rodeo BBQ cook-off. ISP has 4 "lots" which means we have a big booth and 4 entries to all of 15+ competitions. We did not win anything this year. We had a great time and Sean spent the evening playing with lemons and bell peppers in an Igloo cooler.
Saturday was yard work and exercise. Saturday afternoon we took Sean to the kids pool at the YMCA - he had a great time playing with the 3 fountains at the entrance to the pool and then wading into waist deep.
Sunday we finally made it to our church, the Co-Cathedral's, new building. Very, very nice.
We then met Darlene at Discovery Green. Discovery is the new park in downtown Houston near the convention center. A park with its own website!
Radio controlled sailboats on the pond
Splash park
After Discovery Green we headed to the Houston International Festival:
Sean and a little horse
Dad and Sean
Saturday was yard work and exercise. Saturday afternoon we took Sean to the kids pool at the YMCA - he had a great time playing with the 3 fountains at the entrance to the pool and then wading into waist deep.
Sunday we finally made it to our church, the Co-Cathedral's, new building. Very, very nice.
We then met Darlene at Discovery Green. Discovery is the new park in downtown Houston near the convention center. A park with its own website!
Radio controlled sailboats on the pond
Splash parkAfter Discovery Green we headed to the Houston International Festival:
Sean and a little horse
Dad and SeanJohnson's and Misc.
Sean with his books
Godchild Morgan takes a nap in Sean's crib
Abagail, Sean and Mackenzie dance
Sean with his hat from Uncle Phil and Aunt Bonnie in Wyoming - he will only wear it backwards!Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Sean Update (don't let him see us talking about him!)
Sean has done a very cool thing the last two nights - asked to go to bed! First with Barbara last night: she read three books and was rocking with him. He pointed at his crib so Barbara put him in it. He laid down and went to sleep. It was a near repeat with me tonight - after two books he pointed at his crib and said " 'ed?" I put him in and he was out. He seems to be wanting to sleep more at night now and less during the day.
I forgot to post that during vacation he learned how to drink out of a straw. His dad did not figure that out until he was 5 years old. If he outpaces dad at this pace he will learn differential equations before the age of 39!
He definitely understands much more than he can say. If you say "where is the fish" he will look around until he finds a fish. He attempts to follow other instructions/questions - if he is in the mood.
Today he learned, much to the chagrin of mom, the fun of playing with sticks! I was working on the flower beds and he picked up a stick and started pretending he was using a shovel. I then started to do different things with the shovel and he would copy me.
See the two new picture posts, below... CIAO!
I forgot to post that during vacation he learned how to drink out of a straw. His dad did not figure that out until he was 5 years old. If he outpaces dad at this pace he will learn differential equations before the age of 39!
He definitely understands much more than he can say. If you say "where is the fish" he will look around until he finds a fish. He attempts to follow other instructions/questions - if he is in the mood.
Today he learned, much to the chagrin of mom, the fun of playing with sticks! I was working on the flower beds and he picked up a stick and started pretending he was using a shovel. I then started to do different things with the shovel and he would copy me.
See the two new picture posts, below... CIAO!
Baby Ducks at the Park
Sean tackles a new play structure at Tom Bass Park in Pearland
Grandma had scouted ahead and found the baby ducks
Swinging with GrandmaSean's First Haircut
Sean and Laura at Tease Me! Hair Salon. Laura has been cutting Daddy's, Grandma's and Dziadziu's hair for well over a decade.
Sean was sleepy and stoic
Sean tries out a new hair style
I know you can't tell from my "Before" haircut - but things up there were getting out of control
Sean gets his first ever lollipop from Laura for his patienceMonday, April 07, 2008
Bluebonnet Sunday
Yep, its spring in Texas - time for bluebonnet pictures
Elissa, Ike Heider and Sean
Bluebonnet Caravan - 7 cars, 15 adults, 7 kids
Picnic at Washington on the Brazos (first capitol of the Republic of Texas
Joanne pulls Sean and Elissa
Kevin and Clinton get the kite going while their honeys look on in admiration
Denise pulls all three future Pt. Aransas kids in the wagon
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