Child locks

The child locks are meant to keep your child from going somewhere safe. We prefer to keep Caden out of an area. Case in point, we want him to stay in his room at night, so there is a child lock on the inside of his door. We were feeling brilliant for this for the last year. Caden can only come out when we are ready for him.

This backfired on Thursday night. He came out of his room at about 9pm with the child lock in his hand. He let us know it was broken and he would be throwing it in the garbage. Even when you are a little annoyed that he escaped, it's hard not to laugh at a 2 year old with the child lock in his hand!

A Bike Rider I am not...

My boss bought 4 cruiser bikes for us to use at work to run errands around the downtown area so we don't have to drive. This seems like a good idea, because it allows us to not use our cars during the day and help the environment too. Well I took my maiden voyage on Tuesday, and it was an adventure! Lets start out by saying I haven't ridden a bike in probably 15 years! So when I first hopped on, I was a bit wobbly. Then I got in the groove. There are only 3 speeds, so it's not like I will be going up a hill anytime soon.

I think that some of the hardest parts were hand signaling, braking (you have to pedal backwards) and looking over your shoulder to change lanes. I was a bit of a zoo riding this bike. I also had on sunglasses and when I went through the tunnel, it was a bit dark, but I just powered through.

When I was on my way back to work, I made it to the last stop light without incident... But when I was trying to signal that I was stopping and turning left, things got a little out of control.. When I finally stopped, I was in the oncoming traffic lane with my feet being used for brakes. After I got to the office, I jumped off the bike and hit my shin for the 6th time on the metal basket (provided to carry my shoes, purse and files to my destination). Oww!

So, to sum it up, I am not a pro bike rider, but will be taking the bike out for practice rounds in the park to get better. If you want to see my picture, go to the Meet In Spokane Facebook page and you will see how awesome I look in a bike helmet! :)

Another success!

Warning - potty talk - skip it if you don't want to know...







Caden woke up dry this morning, he did not wet the bed! He also did 2 #2's last night in the potty! I am so proud of him and he is so proud of himself.

Funniest thing this morning happened after he went potty on the potty. Justin had to go too, so the experts encourage you to let the little one watch. I heard this in the bathroom... Daddy you are going in the potty, good job, you are a big boy!

I haven't laughed so hard at 7am in a long time!

Computer challenged

Just a heads up, our computer at home is abit crazy right now, so no pics of anything. Our exciting news is Caden is being potty trained. WE did a crash course this weekend and things really sunk in! He is a big boy now!

We are doing this without pullups, so Caden has about 30 pairs of underwear now! 1 minor accident to report yesterday and a wet bed last night. Things are beginning to click for him!

Bloomsday 2009

Just incase you wanted to see how cool I am, this is an action photo of me during Bloomsday. This is me just before crossing the finish line for 1 hour and 36 minutes. It's pretty sweet!

What have we been doing?

Well the answer as Jeannette so nicely pointed out is - Not Blogging! That's right, feeling overworked and stressed out means that any free time I have at home is not in front of the computer! Sorry to all who have missed the updates and pics. Just how I am. So to recap since the beginning of April - Here goes:

At the beginning of April, Caden & I treked over to Seattle for my friend Emily's baby shower. Wanted to adventure over to support my lady and now fellow mama. (since we went, Emily has had her baby now and she is about 3 weeks old....) Caden & I went to the Pike place market and got our picture with the pig (Rosie I think her name is) You need to touch it for good luck. We also saw my Aunt Sue & Uncle Greg. Caden really dazzled them with his wiggles moves.
While visiting Emily, Caden liked to say hi baby to Emily's belly. It was pretty cute. Caden taught Emily and Derek about Hot Potato, and thankfully for me, they get the Disney chanel, so when Caden woke up really early (6am) we could stay quiet so everyone else could sleep. Life with a 2 year old, not dull at all!

Okay, move ahead to Easter... We stayed the night at my sister's house so the cousin's could have an easter egg hunt together in the morning. We were worried all the kids would wake up early. We were worried for nothing. Charlie, my nephew, who was the most excited about Easter and the Easter Bunny, was the hardest one to wake up! Once they figured out they had presents and there were eggs to find, there was no stopping them. Even little Annie got into it. Notice their awesome pants! That's right, they hunt in their jammies!

One of the things Caden loves to do when we are at my sister's is dress up and put various hats on his head and boots too! Anything that is a hat, makes him a cowboy. More often than not he wears the spiderman easter basket when that is available. Here he is in one of Charlie's cowboy hats, and rain boots.

Okay, now we are up to date... Kind of. Our camera battery is unpredictable, so we haven't been taking many pictures. This weekend we went to the Park with my sister's family. We had a picnic and enjoyed the sun. Don't worry, we were wearing sunscreen!

On a side note, Justin, Jeannette and I all did bloomsday this year. That could be a post in itself, but if I don't get there... I finished 1:36, Justin was 1:22 and Jeannette was 1:28 I think. We all did awesome. We trained for 7 weeks, so you would hope so, but never can tell.

We are headed to Orcas this weekend so I plan to take pictures and post them. Let's hope that works out. :)

It's my 300th post!

Wow, that is a lot of posts! I should make this memorable, but it's got to be quick instead! I just bought us 2 tickets to the wiggles for their appearance in Spokane! Caden & I will be going to the 5pm show. Justin didn't want to go... Imagine that!

I can hardly wait to see Caden's little face light up when he figures out what is going on. Stay tuned, that is happening July 18.

Hope to post some pictures soon... Running 7 miles this weekend for my bloomsday training. Hoping to beat my time from last year of 2 hours 17 minutes! Wow!

On a side note, I haven't done many posts because I have been on facebook more. :)