I find it very endearing and so innocent as Tyler was never big on performing.
His turn is about 1:50 of the video.
Tyler's class doing the Brown Bear Brown Bear reading
Monday, June 18, 2012
Tyler's Brown Bear video
This is the video of Tyler doing his Brown Bear Brown Bear performance. Thought it'd be nice for the grandparents to see it! :) It's been a few weeks, but i've just gotten around to uploading it!
I find it very endearing and so innocent as Tyler was never big on performing.
His turn is about 1:50 of the video.
I find it very endearing and so innocent as Tyler was never big on performing.
His turn is about 1:50 of the video.
Tyler finally rides with no training wheels
Tyler was a natural bike rider as he learned to ride the bike at 2 yrs old on his own. However, getting him off the training wheels has been a struggle as he is unwilling to even try.
We saw a guy teaching his son to ride his bike on the grassy slopes at our neighbourhood park and I went over to say hi and to show Tyler how it was done. The next day, Alan took him to try it and when i came to watch the next day, i was blown away when he just rode down the grassy slopes. Riding on the pavement was the next obstacle as he was afraid of falling.
So, to get over that fear, i told him i'd give him "Ironman knee pads". He was intrigued and again the next time i saw him in the park, this is what he was doing!
So, good job to Daddy! Good job to Tyler!! Yay! Now, we just have to work on starting.. !!! :)
We saw a guy teaching his son to ride his bike on the grassy slopes at our neighbourhood park and I went over to say hi and to show Tyler how it was done. The next day, Alan took him to try it and when i came to watch the next day, i was blown away when he just rode down the grassy slopes. Riding on the pavement was the next obstacle as he was afraid of falling.
So, to get over that fear, i told him i'd give him "Ironman knee pads". He was intrigued and again the next time i saw him in the park, this is what he was doing!
Video of Tyler's cycling
So, good job to Daddy! Good job to Tyler!! Yay! Now, we just have to work on starting.. !!! :)
Tyler getting ready for his ride
The reward for his willingness - The Avengers t-shirt
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Happy Father Day 2012
Breakfast in bed, a new pair of cycling shoes, and the family wishing me happy fathers day. A great way to start the day..
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| Is that three people or four? |
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| Three lazy family members |
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| Cycling Shoes |
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Another 14er conquered - Mt Evans
Mt Evans is the closest 14er to Denver, but it wasn't crossed off as there is a road going to the top, and its a fairly easy one.
So this year I signed up for Mt Evans Ascent which is a 14.5 mile running race up the mountain that starts at 10,600 feet and finishes at 14,264 feet.
They have a cutoff of 2.5 hours for the first 9 miles and the course must be completed in 4.5 hours, which on the flat and not at altitude is pretty easy. Some people say this is the same effort as running a marathon.
The best time for this is 1 hour 37 minutes which is crazy fast !! The winner this year did 1 hour 47 minutes,I managed to complete it in 3 hours and 45 minutes, , which is okay but I was one of the slowest for sure as there were a lot of good runners on the course.
I finished in 320 place out of 369 !! (the start list showed 456 people)
Just as it finished, the weather turned nasty and we had to wait around for an hour in the snow and hail while we waited for buses to bring us back down the hill in foggy conditions.
I am pleased to have done this one, not sure I would do it again, as it is basically 14.5 miles of slogging uphill on a mountain. I would probably have preferred half the distance with the same elevation gain, especially if I had done some training beforehand.
Lucky for me my next race is only a 1 miler and its downhill !!
So this year I signed up for Mt Evans Ascent which is a 14.5 mile running race up the mountain that starts at 10,600 feet and finishes at 14,264 feet.
They have a cutoff of 2.5 hours for the first 9 miles and the course must be completed in 4.5 hours, which on the flat and not at altitude is pretty easy. Some people say this is the same effort as running a marathon.
The best time for this is 1 hour 37 minutes which is crazy fast !! The winner this year did 1 hour 47 minutes,I managed to complete it in 3 hours and 45 minutes, , which is okay but I was one of the slowest for sure as there were a lot of good runners on the course.
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| Great sight !! |
I finished in 320 place out of 369 !! (the start list showed 456 people)
Just as it finished, the weather turned nasty and we had to wait around for an hour in the snow and hail while we waited for buses to bring us back down the hill in foggy conditions.
I am pleased to have done this one, not sure I would do it again, as it is basically 14.5 miles of slogging uphill on a mountain. I would probably have preferred half the distance with the same elevation gain, especially if I had done some training beforehand.
Lucky for me my next race is only a 1 miler and its downhill !!
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| With my medal |
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| This is a tough course for sure !! |
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| Course gets much steeper over the last 5 miles |
Friday, June 15, 2012
Things that Cody says
Cody had a late start in speech but between 18 months and 2 yrs, he had made up the lag and has been fully speaking right after he turned 2(i think, see, this is the problem is you don't blog it right away).
Here are some snippets of conversation we have:
I was driving him to school and had a dress hanging in the car for a party later that night.
Cody : Cute dress, mommy!
Me : Did you say cute dress?
Cody : yeah! It's even got a belt on it!
Me : (i wonder where he learns that from, must be from daycare coz the girls got cute dresses) hehehe..
He was looking in the mirror and saw that he had a little spot on his forehead. He was quite unhappy about it and started to poke it.
Cody : (whining) I don't need this....i don't need this!!!
Me : It's ok, it's only a pimple. Don't poke it, it'll get worse..
Cody : I not poking my pimple, mommy..
Later in school, i heard him tell his friends..
Cody : i got a pimple on my head!!
Me : ha!
And at random times he would profess his love to us. The funniest ones is when we would be driving and he would say it out loud.. "I love you, Tyler!!"
Cody.. Cody..
Here are some snippets of conversation we have:
I was driving him to school and had a dress hanging in the car for a party later that night.
Cody : Cute dress, mommy!
Me : Did you say cute dress?
Cody : yeah! It's even got a belt on it!
Me : (i wonder where he learns that from, must be from daycare coz the girls got cute dresses) hehehe..
He was looking in the mirror and saw that he had a little spot on his forehead. He was quite unhappy about it and started to poke it.
Cody : (whining) I don't need this....i don't need this!!!
Me : It's ok, it's only a pimple. Don't poke it, it'll get worse..
Cody : I not poking my pimple, mommy..
Later in school, i heard him tell his friends..
Cody : i got a pimple on my head!!
Me : ha!
And at random times he would profess his love to us. The funniest ones is when we would be driving and he would say it out loud.. "I love you, Tyler!!"
Cody.. Cody..
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Tyler is a world record holder !!
Tyler took part in the worlds largest swimming lesson today. His school was one of the locations where the event took place and Tyler is now officially a world record holder along with Cody.
His swimming has really improved over the last few months, and he loves swimming and snorkeling. Along with his running and his biking maybe we have a future Ironman World Champion in our midst..
A local report can be found here
His swimming has really improved over the last few months, and he loves swimming and snorkeling. Along with his running and his biking maybe we have a future Ironman World Champion in our midst..
A local report can be found here
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| Ready for the lesson |
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| Swim time |
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| Supersplash |
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| Its official |
Monday, June 11, 2012
Dougherty Museum in Longmont
For the last 7-8 years, on my commute to Longmont, i pass by what i call a tractor museum which i always thought.. "who opens a museum here??" And i always assumed it was closed.
On our way back from the wedding, Alan who's always looking things up and coming up with things for the kids to do said, "Let's go to the Dougherty Museum!" I was like "Dog-a-who??"
So, we rescued Hish from the kids and whisked them off back to Longmont to visit the museum. And since we were still dressed from the wedding, i was surprised we weren't given the award for being the best dressed visitors!
I was pleasantly surprised that it was NOT filled with old smelly tractors but stocked with old organs and pianos and pianolas(go look it up) and some with were fascinating to watch! The other bigger hall was filled with old cars and to the delight of the kids, an old fire truck that they were allowed to climb on! The got to sit on the seat and steered and rang the old fashion bell. They were in heaven as Cody only pretends that he's a fireman EVERYDAY! :) It was cute to watch them pretend to drive and give each other directions.
What's really cute is that this place is run by a bunch of very enthusiastic and sweet old folks who were ecstatic to have somebody visit the place!
Anyways, here are some pictures!
On our way back from the wedding, Alan who's always looking things up and coming up with things for the kids to do said, "Let's go to the Dougherty Museum!" I was like "Dog-a-who??"
So, we rescued Hish from the kids and whisked them off back to Longmont to visit the museum. And since we were still dressed from the wedding, i was surprised we weren't given the award for being the best dressed visitors!
I was pleasantly surprised that it was NOT filled with old smelly tractors but stocked with old organs and pianos and pianolas(go look it up) and some with were fascinating to watch! The other bigger hall was filled with old cars and to the delight of the kids, an old fire truck that they were allowed to climb on! The got to sit on the seat and steered and rang the old fashion bell. They were in heaven as Cody only pretends that he's a fireman EVERYDAY! :) It was cute to watch them pretend to drive and give each other directions.
What's really cute is that this place is run by a bunch of very enthusiastic and sweet old folks who were ecstatic to have somebody visit the place!
Anyways, here are some pictures!
Our tour guide showing us the organ
One of the old, i don't even know if you can call it piano. It's one that you have to pump with your feet, move your knees and play the keys to make music!
The sweet little old lady explaining how things work
Dancing to the pianola with built in drums and tambourine!
They even let you play them.. this is a square grand
One of the old cars
Tyler so happy to be a fireman
I feel like a beauty queen in a parade!!
The old fashion firetruck
Cody finally wanted to get on
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