Videos

I didn't realize I needed to catch up on some videos. The video above wouldn't really make sense to anyone else, but Ryan and I will laugh when we look back at it. We have this game with these different colored balls. Addison loves to take them off the tray and put them back on. She has this order of the colors in her head, so she puts them all on then you will hear her say "nooooo" to herself. Then she rearranges them and puts them in the "right" order. This wasn't a one-time thing either, she has been using the same order for a couple months (Ryan keeps track, ha). 

I mentioned in a previous post about how we are working on baseball. She can whack the ball pretty good. Just think of how good she would be if she used the big end of the bat! She says "wham" every time she hits it. 

So people have thought we were crazy, but we withheld condiments from Addison until she was almost 2.5 (just a couple months shy). I've been around enough kids, I know that once you give most kids ketchup it becomes a food group for them! So one day in August, we were feeling generous I guess and we gave her ketchup. This video shows her first time eating it. She was nervous to try it at first. Now we are working 'what ketchup goes with'. Yesterday I believe we said "no, ketchup doesn't go with carrots" and "no, ketchup doesn't go with alfredo pasta". haha!

Want a Hurts Donut?

Sometime in August, we need to run to West Des Moines so Ryan thought it would be the perfect time to try a Hurts Donut. 

For a family that loves donuts, this was an exciting outing. Ha! It was so long ago now that I don't remember exactly what kinds we bought, but here is what I remember: Birthday Cake (with extra sprinkles), the Bart Simpson (with crushed butterfinger), Fruity Pepples, Powdered Lemon Filled and the ET (with Reese's Pieces) and I don't remember what the last one was.

Ryan and Addison were excited about their donuts, I'm surprised they both looked for a photo. 

BUT I was probably the most excited...... The Julius family LOVES powdered lemon filled donuts and they are hard to find. This one was delicious! I'm glad we don't live close to this donut place, we would probably be there all the time (and they aren't cheap!). 

We were too excited and forgot to take a picture of the full box. Oops. 

Scouting out her next bite. She keeps a close eye on what her dad is eating to make sure he doesn't take what she wants. ha! 

Of course we had to take a picture with the giant mixer. I mean, that's what it's there for, right?? One happy kiddo filled with donuts.

Rags in a bag

I think this is the first time a kid pouts/cries at the park when she wasn't told she needed to go home. She had started looking at photos on my phone before this trip to the park, so partway through playing she stopped and asked to see my phone. I told her we weren't going to look at pictures while we were at the park. So instead of looking at pictures, I took a photo of her pouting at the park. ha! 

This photo is documenting that my mom WILL get up on the trampoline. All these years she told us she "couldn't" ha! Thank you Dad for the picture. 

This photo was taken about the time that ISU came out with their "clear bag policy" for games. While Ryan and I were talking about it, Addison came into the kitchen with her rags in her clear bag. Haha! She was ready to go to a game I guess. 

Our little baseball player. We are getting closer to getting her to hold the bat right. She may not hold the bat right but she can sure whack the ball! She is getting pretty good at catching too. She was playing catch with Grandpa Ron and caught two balls at the same time. Pretty good!

My new trike

Addison got a new trike for her birthday. We decided to test out the wheels on after this summer. Yes, I'm still about 3 months behind on posting! She was super excited when we put the trike together. I'm not sure she knew what it was, but she was excited. The trike is a little larger than Addison but that didn't stop her.

Trike = 1    Addison = 0

She fell and skinned her knee pretty good. We were shocked, but she didn't cry. No way that didn't hurt! She probably knew if she cried we would go inside. ha! She is one determined little girl. 

So then she walked the trike. We kept telling her the trike was too big, so she started pushing it. This made Ryan and I laugh, she is going to grow up like Phoebe on Friends and only push her bike. Her and Ryan walked it up and down the block a few times. 

And since then, she wants to get the trike out pretty frequently. She apparently enjoys pushing it! She thankfully can't ring the bell yet, but I can't get Ryan to quit ringing it. I am pretty sure houses 4 blocks away hear the bell....

Founder's Day Part II

We didn't find this section of the Science Center until we were about done. But they have a whole section geared towards toddlers. Addison LOVED the grocery section. She had it all to herself too, apparently none of the other kids thought it was cool - ha! 

The scanner actually beeps and she could punch the keys on the register. 

Then we found the apron - too funny! 

And the giant bubbles. I have a video of Ryan making giant bubbles for Addison that she loves to watch. It was this giant container of solution and then when you pull the metal ring out, it creates a giant bubble. She was sad we found this at the end of the night! 

My work has no events for it's employees or families, so I think it's really nice Ruan does this. We would probably have never gone to the Science Center without this event and Addison had a blast! 

Ruan Founder's Day

Every summer Ruan has a Founder's Day celebration for their employees. They alternate between the zoo and the science center. Last year was ridiculous hot and miserable at the zoo. This year, it was perfect weather outside and we were inside at the science center. ha! Addison had a blast. There was a "ball wall" that you could send balls through a little course, well there were balls everywhere on the floor. Addison loved picking them up and putting them away.

She was amazed by the beach ball in the air. She thought it was pretty funny. 

We need to teach Addison to like snakes, as Ryan and I hate hate hate them. So we figured we need to teach our kid to be the tough one. ha! 

While the employees were at the awards presentation, Addison and I kept playing. We found this rubber pit down at the end of a hallway. We were in this pit for a good 30 minutes. I'm not even sure what the pieces are, chopped up rubber or plastic. The point of the pit was to be an archaeologist and "dig" for bones. She had lots of fun! 

Bubbles

This kid LOVES bubbles! She gets so excited to chase them around to pop them. She especially loves stomping on them in the grass - ha!

We got this toy from my mom, called the Glove-A-Bubble and it's a game changer. You can see Ryan wearing the glove in the top photos. It produces sooo many bubbles!

We were cleaning out Ryan's car and she climbed in and put her seat belt on. We didn't know she even knew to do that since she would never actually see ours on when we are in the front seat!