Horses

A very good friend of mine has a horse and keeps her at a barn a little North of us. The Bean has been curious about these large animals, so we arranged to meet so he could check them out. Hes met a few horses before, but its always been at events and there have been lots of other kids wanting to meet the horses too.

We got to wander around the grounds of the barn and side on tractors and quad bikes as well as meet and give treats to lots of different horses. He loved all of them! We watched a little girl taking some riding lessons in the arena and he signed he wanted to ride next. We decided that might be a bit much for today, but after her lesson was done, Sadie, our friend's horse, got a turn to run in the arena. Watching her run was not what the Bean had in mind! He needed to be involved! Leanna put Sadie's harness back on and let the Bean help lead her around. He was so excited! This was big stuff, walking a horse! Sadie leaned over and gave him a good sniffing, which the Bean thought was funny. We walked and walked till his legs got to tired.

He did so well, next time we will have to let him ride her!

Touch a Truck Part 1

I heard about an awesome event called Touch a Truck. Its an event where lots of cool large trucks are parked at the kids get to look at them, touch them, and sit in the driver's seat. We figured there would be large crowds, but the thrill factor for the Bean would be worth it, so we set out. All the nearby parking was full, so we parked in the far away lot. The benefit to this, is that we got to ride on a cool trolley to the event.

As we figured, it was packed with kids. We arrived kinda in the middle of the event. Next year, assuming the Bean is still on his late schedule, we will show up later! With two of us, one of us could wait in the very long line to sit in something cool, and the other could wander with the Bean and check out other stuff. He is obsessed with garbage trucks when they come to get our garbage, so we started there. We didn't make it through all the vehicles, there were just to many and the lines were to long, but he had an awesome time. He got to sit in a garbage truck, a bus, a police car, meet a K-9 dog, a police horse, sit in a dump truck, and some other stuff. And ride a trolley both ways to the parking lot! We left about an hour before it ended and it was really emptying out. We learned the tricks for next year though!

Dressed for success! Tow truck on our shirt and our trucks diaper on! Of course it all has to match

The long line for the garbage truck

Driving the garbage truck

Daddy showing him stuff

In a dump truck

Dad helping

So happy!

Watching the trolley driver on the way back to the car. You can see his cool tattoo

On a Train

We are out of town having fun adventures. The Bean is obsessed with anything that goes. We rode the BART train yesterday between SFO and out hotel. He was more excited about that than he was about the flight. He kept signing train and making choo choo noises. It was almost an hour ride and he was quiet and watched out the window the whole time. He's such a good traveler!

Best seat in the house

This is our new favorite place to sit to watch Baby Signing Time. I'm amazed he gets in there without it tipping

Easter April 2014

This year was really the first time that the Bean was old enough to participate in Easter Egg hunts. The Saturday before Easter, he and I headed out to two around us. The first was hosted by a nearby city and held in a baseball field. The kids were divided by ages, and our course parents helped in our age group. He didn't quite get what was going on, as he was more distracted by all the other kids and commotion. Each egg had a small candy in it, which he was totally into once he figured it out.

Waiting for it to start

The field with all the eggs

Next we headed to an event at the Nile Golf Course hosted by the Shriners. This was way more fun. They had Mr. and Mrs. Easter bunny available for photos (we were way to shy), the Shriner  clowns and their cool cars, and the egg hunting areas were more accessible. Here, there was nothing in the eggs, you turned them in for a chocolate bunny at the end. 

The eggs for our age group

Waiting!

So excited

Running around while mommy waited in line

All our eggs!

I think next year, he'll have even more fun! We will certainly go back to the Nile Golf Course!

Real Diaper Week-April 2014

You might remember last year, I talked about The Great Cloth Diaper Change, which is a Guinness record breaking attempt event that helps to bring awareness about real (cloth) diapers. This year, it was a whole week recognized by most of the major cloth diaper companies and many stores. There were all kinds of online games and events. One photo event was to post a picture of your kiddo in their first (or one of their first) cloth diapers and then a more recent diaper photo. This was ours

He sure has grown! I love cloth cause its way cheaper than disposables, good for the environment, better for his skin, and just way cuter!

We also got to participate in the Great Cloth Diaper Change this year, which was very exciting. I was so surprised, but there was no location in Seattle, so we drove a little over an hour to Gig Harbor. The events happen all over the world, and they take place at 11am sharp local time.

Here we are with our diaper waiting for the change to start. We were a bit overwhelmed with all the people, so we needed a binky.

Here we are after the change was done. The tape on the floor is to show each baby/adult combo's space to change in. 

We were super lucky and won an awesome door prize too! Yippie! More diapers! The Bean liked the ball that came with our prize

The events beat the world record for most diapers changed at the same time again (it has every year so far!). For participating, we can even order a certificate from Guinness Book of World Records to show how cool we are. 

Lincoln Park

It's summer in Seattle! That means it's not raining and temps are in the 70s. We met a friend at a park in West Seattle today. It overlooks the ferry and has a rocky beach, which gives the boys lots of stuff to throw in the water. After they got done we hiked up a big hill so they could play. Loving this weather!!