34 Years and Still Going Strong...

Happy Anniversary to Bear Cub's Grandma & Grandpa! We hope your day was filled with lots of happiness and love! Here's to MANY MORE happy anniversaries...we love you both!

More Bear Cub-isms and just plain 'ol cuteness!

Lookin' good while brushing his teeth!
Hey, where'd you go?

Bear Cub says some really funny and cute things these days...which I need to write down immediately, or else they got lost in the thousands of other moments of the day. But here are just some that really stuck out in my mind from the past couple of weeks. It's so great to be able to communicate with him! :)

• Bear Cub brings out an acorn from our front bedroom, saying, "Mama...atorn!" So in response, I say, "Cool! Where did that come from?"" His reply, short and sweet, and oh so true..."Oak tree!" Like, DUH MOM!!! Of course, I meant, where did you find that in the HOUSE??? :)
• Coming out of the gym this morning to get BC and Daddy from the pool, BC smiles so big and says, "Mama....get in pool!" I told him that I didn't have my suit, so he followed up with, "Mama...get suit on....get in pool!" If only I'd had my suit...
• Daddy is giving him a bath the other night and he blurts out, "Dada...get in bathtub!" So you can see that he is a very demanding little fellow! ;)
• During lunch it was raining and his little lower lip quivered (which is SO pitiful!) and he looked at me with tears in his eyes and said, "Mama....good-bye raindrops!" Sorry babe...nothing I could do about that one...
• In preparation for Daddy's birthday, we heard BC chanting, "Go Dada, go Dada...it's birt-day!" Oh yea...it's your birthday, it's your birthday! :)
• He got on the phone yesterday with his great-grandma and happily said, "Happy Birt-day, Great Grandma Trowe!" It was indeed her birthday and she heard him nice and clear...he loves birthdays!
• Daddy is opening his birthday present from us (ok...BC is opening the present for him!) and Daddy asks, "So, what did you get me??" And Bear Cub happily announces, "SHIRT!" Yup, way to ruin it before the box is even unwrapped... We got a good laugh out of that one!

As more cuteness pours out of his little mouth, I'll try my best to write it down so I can share. The voice of a two-year-old is just precious...so honest and innocent...yet hysterical at the same time! :) Enjoy your long, holiday weekend!

Happy Birthday to my HUNKY husband!

(Daddy Bear...ca. 1981)

Here's wishing the happiest of birthdays to my very best friend and champion of my heart...my husband!

I love you more than words could ever say...

This boy LOVES Thomas the Train!

Here he is last night...in his Thomas jammies, with both trains in hand, and ready for his nightly stories! He was choo-chooing right along! :) Have a great day!

Fire trucks and a fun weekend!

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a nice weekend. Ours was busy, but a lot of fun! We headed over to our hometown to spend the night with Grandma & Grandpa. We enjoyed a delicious BBQ at their house on Saturday and just had a great time visiting with them AND both aunts and uncles. Bear Cub discovered Grandpa's collection of model cars in his office....that was both a huge hit and nightmare. Why a nightmare, you may ask? Well, once they were found, BC could not stay away, so after everyone was tired of taking cars down from the shelves, and the door was officially closed off to him....well, let's just say a few tears were shed. :) He LOVES cars! I bet I know where Bear Cub will head the next time we're at their house.....

Sunday morning was probably one of Bear Cub's most exciting outings ever...a trip to the fire station to visit Uncle Eric! Yes, how lucky are we to have a real firefighter in our family? It was like a dream come true for Bear Cub -- touching the fire engines, sitting up in the driver's seat, watching the lights flash....just the whole experience was awesome! He was in heaven and we greatly appreciate Uncle E showing us all around. It was interesting for everyone!

We were also able to squeeze in a short visit with Mimi, too! We were all happy to have the chance to visit ALL our family. We're lucky to have them within such a short driving distance...

Enjoy the pictures! I'm happy to say that the sun is shining once again the beautiful Sunshine State -- but unfortunately, our 90+ degree weather has also returned. Oy. When does Fall come around here?? Oh yea...not until January. Bummer. :0)

Have a wonderful week ahead!

Helping Daddy blow out his birthday candles...yup, he's finally going to be 21 this Thursday! ;)

Team Yellow...and no, this was not planned...

Bear Cub sings happily, "Heaven...I'm in heaven!"

Future firefighter...reporting for duty!

He's got his pointer finger "hose" out and ready to put out any fires!

The family...

Too cute...and still putting out fires with that finger of his!

At the carwash...

This week is by the far the most that we've had to play inside for a long time. Once the rain finally started from Tropical Storm Fay, it just didn't want to quit! We had a steady rain for about three days straight. Thank goodness we live in an area that has a higher elevation.


Yesterday's home adventure included the creating of a car wash. This is something else that Bear Cub is fascinated with, so he had fun washing all of his vehicles. Poor guy was getting a bit stir crazy, I do believe...at one point yesterday, I heard him say to himself..."Who dat pool?? ME!" Meaning..."Who wants to go the pool? ME!" The boy misses his daily trip to the pool...


This morning he stood at the door and said, "Good-bye raindrops!" At that point, we were getting some pretty heavy showers, so it wasn't looking too hopeful. We did get dressed and went to the indoor play place today and he had fun. And now that we are home, I'm happy to report that we have said "Good-bye!" to those raindrops. At least for now...

Have a fabulous weekend!

"Raindrops...all day long."

This is what Bear Cub said to me this afternoon in the car while on the way home from the library. And indeed he was right...we had rain just about all day long. :)

Here are some pictures of the fun we had despite the rain. You never know what adventures you'll have...right inside your own home! Have a good evening!

We built a fort...right in our living room! It took me a bit to get a "good" one constructed - an obvious reminder to myself that I did not grow up creating play forts! I was more of the "My Little Pony" type, but hey...for my first attempt at a fort, I think it turned out pretty fun! Bear Cub loved it! He called the side sheets "garage doors" (have I mentioned in previous posts that he LOVES garage doors and how they open and close??) so he had a blast with this!

This fort even came with plush furniture! That's my kind of "roughin' it!"

Our fort from the outside...notice the little hand reaching out for the car...

Well, look who joined in the fun! She came in once the snack bowl was put into the fort!

We brought the trike inside...he's finally getting to the point where he can get a few pedal rotations in now! Yippee!!

We were able to go on a walk after dinner. I was pushing him along when all of a sudden he pointed to the sidewalk and called out, "TURTLE!" We were like, "WHAT?!?!?" And sure enough, there was the tiniest turtle that I've ever seen. Wow...he's got some good eyes on him! He held this little turtle until we got him placed safely back in the grass. He was so happy with himself after we told him that he "saved the baby turtle." He talked about that a lot tonight!

Putting the turtle back in the grass...

Look at that little guy!