Growing up Boulder

Gymnastics

2011-10-13T21:03:00.000-07:00

I am taking gymnastics again. I love it. At gymnastics, we get to do all the things we'd get in trouble for at home! Like climbing up on things and jumping off.
in this video, I learning to do cartwheels!

Dancing

2011-10-13T20:52:00.000-07:00

We still like to dance!! Evan's getting pretty good too!
This is a long video, but not as long as our typical dance session!
Mommy likes to watch us dance. She says we are both excellent dancers.

Birthday

2011-08-28T20:27:00.000-07:00

Well, I finally turned five!!! I am almost grown up. Daddy still won't let me drive though. And I still have to hold his hand in parking lots.
I had a birthday party and all my friends came. We had hot dogs and cupcakes and some sort of vegatbles that none of us touched.

But best of all, we had a pinata! It was a dinosaur!!! Or something kind of like a dinosaur, anyway. It was huge!

Every kid got a turn. Many turns...

but it wouldn't break. Eventually a grown up whacked it and it broke open. then we sang happy birthday and I blew out the candles on my cupcakes.

And my friends helped me open my presents.

I got all sorts of cool stuff!

It was a great birthday. Mommy said that that's it, that was my last big birthday party. She looked kind of tired. And daddy almost burnt his eyebrows off with the grill, and looked kind of tired too. I don't know why. the part was lots and lots of fun. I can't wait till my next birthday!

Two wheeler pics!!!!

2011-08-28T19:50:00.001-07:00

Here's my videos from riding a two wheeler without any help!!! I'm very, very proud of myself.

This was only my second day.

But I learned fast. I went from slow and careful, to .....

up and down the street! Evan likes to ride too! He's getting pretty good on the stryder bike.

No training wheels!!!

2011-08-25T20:22:00.000-07:00

Big things happen once you're five!!!! Today daddy took my training wheels off my bicycle. He lowered the seat really low so I could touch really easily so I wouldn't be scared, and then ran along beside me holding the handle bars with me. After a few times, he let go while he was running. And guess what!!!! I didn't fall! I was even able to stop and start riding all by myself!! Daddy would just run along behing me, but I never fell!

I can ride a bike!!!!!!!!

Cards

2011-07-05T14:41:00.001-07:00

Mommy has been teaching me to play Uno! I like it, but I'm not good at holding the cards up. So I hide them in my little car's garage while we play.

Summer time!

2011-07-05T14:34:00.000-07:00

It's summer, and the livin' is easy! I like summer. It's warm out. We get to play outside! Daddy and I built a birdhouse. I got to put the screws in and even paint it. He helped me hang it up on the house. So far, no birdies have moved in. I can't wait till they do!

Bowling

2011-06-16T15:56:00.000-07:00

My friend Dylan had a birthday. He's five! He had a party where we got to bowl! It was so much fun, I kept going even when the other kids started to get a little bored. Daddy says I have a long attention span sometimes. Too long if it involves Dinosaurs!
There weren't any dinosaurs here but it was still fun!

Dylan's Mommy made us special bowling shirts!
I wore mine to preschool three days in a row!!

Easter

2011-06-16T15:38:00.000-07:00

I like Easter. I really like painting eggs.

I like finding the basket the East bunny leaves. He gave me a DVD of Planet Earth! How does he know I like those sort of things?

I got some chocolate too!
But most of all, I like finding the eggs! Evan liked it too. Maybe too much.

Editors note: If you click on any of the pictures, they will enlarge.

Even more skiing.

2011-05-17T07:04:00.000-07:00

We went skiing one last time. Since Eldora was already closed, Daddy took my to another place, a big mountain called Loveland. It was a longer drive, but we stopped and got a scone on the way, so it was okay. And once we were there we got some chocolate, too!
The little kid part of Loveland was closed, so I had to go on the big mountain with the big kids and grown ups. I was scared the first time down, but after that I had a lot of fun! Daddy helps me get off the lift, but other than that I am fine. I like skiing.

I saw Daddy do a jump and I told him I wanted to do it too. Then I decided just to ski up it and down the other side really slow. I told Daddy later that I did do a little jump. I also did my first "face plant" and a "yard sale". Daddy make me laugh when I fall down so that I don't cry. My legs get really tired after about 2 1/2 hours, and our last run took a long time down the mountain because I was so tired.

Granpa and Granma!

2011-05-01T20:32:00.001-07:00

Granma and Granpa came to visit! I love when they come. Granma makes me ham sandwiches with mayonnaise, and Granpa reads me stories. Lots of stories. Lots and lots and lots.

Have I mentioned that I like book? Especially books about dinosaurs. Have I mentioned that I like dinosaurs?

2011-04-03T15:01:00.000-07:00

So Daddy's been taking me skiing. We usually go up the long magic carpet, and he ski's behind me on skies, using these long straps to help me stop. The magic carpet is fun, but I really wanted to do the big lift, the one with the chairs. So Daddy took me on it!!!
Here I am on the lift!
I loved it, although getting off was hard. I would fall, Daddy would fall trying to catch me. He had trouble holding me with the straps on the steep part under the big lift too. Daddy's not a very good skier.

So the "next day" we went skiing again, only this time Daddy used his snowboard instead of his skis. He would just lift me up and carry me off the lift and then set me down once we stopped. That way was a LOT better!

We started out with the straps, with Daddy behind me on his snowboard, but after a few runs Daddy just dropped the straps and went out in front of me. And I skied all by myself!!!!!! So now we don't use the straps. I like Daddy to snowboard in front of me so he can catch me if I can't stop. But he never had to catch me!!
I can't wait to go again!!! I even did the big, big lift! Not the magic carpet, not the little lift beside it, but one for big kids and grown ups! I still can't get off of it, Daddy actually carries me off of it and sets me down once we come to a stop. But I am very proud of myself that I am "on the big mountain!"
Editors note: Do not worry, he's still on the kiddie side of the mountain. It's just a bigger lift.

piano

2011-03-21T20:57:00.001-07:00

We got a piano! Daddy says that it is older than dirt. It also has one key that won't play. But I like it. I already sit down and play it and sing. It's easier to play than the guitar. I told Daddy my favorite instrument is the drums. I wonder why he didn't buy a drum set? But I still like the piano.

More skiing

2011-03-21T20:32:00.000-07:00

I took another ski lesson. It was just ok. I wasn't quite ready for the group I was in. But I still tried real hard and only cried a little. I just can't figure out how to stop! I can turn, but never quite stop. We start out on the little magic carpet.

Later we move to the big magic carpet. It was still fun. Kind of.

I'm not sure I want to go again.

Dinosaur bones!

2011-03-13T20:47:00.000-07:00

I got this pretend fossil kit for Christmas. It is T-Rex bones buried in a rock. You have to chip away the rock and then dust off the bones, just like a real Paleontologist. (did I spell that right?).
Mommy let me do it the other day. I had to do it in a bowl because it made lots and lots of dust! I worked patiently at it for hours. I can be really patient when it comes to Dinosaurs.

After we got all the bones out, Daddy put it together for me. It falls apart to easily to play with, so Daddy is going to glue it together.

Dude!

2011-02-18T08:52:00.000-08:00

Daddy must think the word "dude" is funny, because the "udder day" when my friend Ryan (he's older than me, he's five!) was over, I would say to him, "Hold on, dude!" and Daddy would smile.

Ski lessons.

2011-02-08T09:54:00.000-08:00

I took a real ski lesson. Daddy took me up in the morning. I was a little scared, because Daddy wasn't allowed to come with me. I thought I saw somebody who looked a lot like Daddy watching from up the hill, but it's hard to tell when everybody has all that stuff on. Speaking of stuff, I have a new ski jacket!!

I have new long underwayer, some sort of head thingy, new ski pants, and mittens. I lost a mitten the first day. We spent an hour looking for it. Daddy didn't look happy. All my stuff is pretty big because Daddy says it has to fit next year too.
I liked the lesson, but it was loooonng! I quit before it was over and they let me go upsstairs and color and drink cocoa and have cookies.
I had more fun when Daddy took me the "next day" (two weeks later), just us two. He hooks straps to me and goes behind me. We ride a magic carpet thing up the hill. You just stand on it and it takes you up! Then we go down. I just want to go fast! Afterward, we shared a cookie and a cocoa and a hot dog! Mommy doesn't like me eating hot dogs, but Daddy said that today was all about fun, not being healthy.
I hope we go again tomorrow!

Dinosaurs!

2010-12-02T20:20:00.000-08:00

I don't know if I've mentioned this before, but I like dinosaurs. When Gramma and Granpa were out this fall, I got to build a real dinosaur fossil! We went to the park, and they got all these bones out of boxes and we got to help put it together. I think it was a duckbill.

I don't know if it was because I wore my favorite dinosaur t-shirt, or because I was waiting so patiently for so long (Daddy and I got there early!) they

let me put the tail on!!

It was one of the best days of my life!!!

Evan

2010-12-01T20:14:00.000-08:00

It's been almost two years since Evan came out of mommy's belly. Sometimes I'd like to put him back.

But most of the time,he pretty cool.

Cooking

2010-11-30T20:15:00.000-08:00

Evan and I care going to open our own cooking show. Today we are cooking soup!

Halloween

2010-11-16T07:08:00.000-08:00

I am finally old enough to enjoy Halloween. Especially the candy part!!!! It last a long time. We go to these pumpkin patches where Evan and I get to pick out pumpkins. Then daddy and I made jack-o-lanterns! It was fun!

We had a Halloween party at school. Daddy and Grandma came. I am not really into performing in crowds, though.

Later, I got to dress as a pirate! Daddy made me my very own sword!!!!! I wish I had a real one, but daddy said not until I turn eight. I can't wait!!

We went to a party with all my friends. Everyone was dressed up! Then we went trick or treating, a big group of four year olds and their mommies and daddies. One house gave out treats for the grown ups too! What's a Pabst Blue Ribbon?

some houses were a little slow to answer the door. We made sure they didn't make that mistake again!

Accidents.

2010-11-02T14:46:00.000-07:00

Accidents happen. Daddy doesn't seem to understand that. Like when we have company, and I wait to the last second to pee, and decide that I need to close the door after I've already started, and somehow manage to pee all over the inside of the door, across the wall and floor, and even across the toilet to the other wall. It was an accident. I said I was sorry.
Daddy says I always say that I'm sorry, but somehow keep peeing all over the floor.

Maybe we should make the potty bigger!

Music

2010-11-02T14:35:00.000-07:00

Evan and I play music together. We're really good. We like to play drums the best! We like it loud. Daddy says he like music, but he never stays too long to listen while we play. I don't know why.

Fishing

2010-11-01T07:53:00.000-07:00

I got a Lighting McQueen fishing rod for my birfday! Daddy has been teaching me to fish. First, we did it up in da mountains while we were camping. I didn't catch anything. We tried hard, too.

I'm not real good at the part where you throw the worm and the floaty thing out in the water, so daddy helped me. He's not very good at it either. The only thing we caught was a stick.

Then we went to this big pond near our house, and I had this cool backpack that turned into a chair, so I could lean back and relax and watch my floaty thing. Daddy said that all I was missing was a Pabst Blue Ribbon. I don't know what that is, but if helps catch fish, I'll take one. My floaty thing never moved.(click on the picture to see it in big, so you can see my fishing rod!)
Finally, Pop Pop came to visit. He knows how to fish! Pop Pop helped me catch four fish! They were all really big. For some reason they look small in the video.

My Brudder

2010-11-01T06:59:00.000-07:00

Evan and I play a lot more now that he's old enough to play.
We have a lot of fun, as long as he does what I tell him to do!
I guess we can keep him.

Forest Fire

2010-11-01T06:55:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago we went to the store and when we came out, there was smoke all over the sky! Daddy said there must be a big forest fire. We went home and the smoke was going right over our house. Mommy had to close the windows because it smelled like camping outside. I kind of liked the smell. Little pieces of ash landed our car and on our porch.
The fire made a lot of smoke. I hope all the animals are ok. If they have no place to live, they can come and live in our back yard.

Dinosaurs

2010-10-27T20:01:00.000-07:00

I kind of like Dinosaurs. All I want is dinosaur books from the library. I like dinosaur pajamas and shirts. I have a dinosaur encyclopedia that I would sell my soul to anyone who reads it to me. My favorite dinosaurs are the t-rex, and the futolongosoraus. I think Daddy like Prenacephalie. They have the thick heads and would run into each other like bighorn sheep. Daddy always asks me what they are when we get to them in my books. I say, "daddy, those are the butt-headers." but he never seems to remember, because he always asks again.

School

2010-10-27T19:34:00.001-07:00

I go to school now! It's called "pre-school" and it is close enough that we can walk there. Here is a picture of me on my first day. I wore my favorite t-shirt! I have lots of friends there, and most days I love going.
Most days.

Pre-school

2010-09-29T19:05:00.000-07:00

I go to pre-school now! Here I am on my first day! I got to wear one of my favorite T-shirts.

It is really close. We can walk. Some days mommy takes me, other days daddy does. We usually ride my bike. I can ride my strider bike or my big-boy pedal bike. I'm not real comfortable on the pedal bike yet. I still get off and walk past the driveways, cause I tend to fall down where ever it slopes sideways. so it takes a looong time to get to school. Daddy get's grumpy about it sometimes. Says we are going to be late. I don't know why. It's not like he's on a bike. he's got it easy, he just walks. Carrying Evan. And my stuff.
I LOVE school. We make all sorts of pictures. There's a giant T-rex puzzle (Have I mentioned that I like dinosaurs?), and lots of friends. It's a lot more fun than staying home with boring Mommy or Daddy.

Mommy's Birfday

2010-09-29T19:03:00.000-07:00

Mommy had a birthday. I got her new pajamas, that I picked out all by myself. It was even my idea. I was hoping on finding her some with dinosaurs on them, but we couldn't find any. My other idea was a dress with dinosaurs, but we couldn't find that either.
Grown up clothes aren't any fun at all.

Gymnasitcs

2010-09-21T06:55:00.000-07:00

I'm still doing gymnastics. I love it! I think the trampoline is my favorite part. It's perfect for me. I bounce around non-stop anyway, whether I'm at the table or brushing my teeth. The only time I'm still is if you are reading me a book, or Tom and Jerry is on the tv. Otherwise, I can't sit still. Ever. Mommy gets kind of angry sometimes when I get in and out of my chair thirty three times during a five minute lunch. 'Specially when I spill my milk again.

swimming!

2010-09-13T07:09:00.000-07:00

I learned to swim this summer! All by my self! Auntie Sue and Uncle Kenny taught me. I wore a life jacket and things called "floaties", but I did it! I swam. I like to swim.

I wish we had a pool like Auntie Sues. Daddy says as soon as we win the lottery. What's a lottery?

Mount Evans

2010-09-10T20:50:00.000-07:00

We drove up a big mountain. We could drive almost to the top! It was fun. Except the part where Evan threw up his oatmeal in the car. That part wasn't so fun.

At the top, we saw mountain goats. It was really cool. There was even a baby mountain goat!
Even though it was hot at our house, it was pretty chilly up there. I had to wear a hat. I could see forever, we were so high.

I got to hang out with my friend Dylan, too.

Then we had a picnic in the back of Dylan's Daddy's truck. We were going to have it by this lake, but it was raining. LAter, when we were driving home, the rain got really hard and then turned to hail, and lightning was hitting the rocks in front of us. Daddy stopped talking and drove on the wrong side of the road. Silly Daddy. On the side we were supposed to be on you could see way, way down to big rocks. I don't know what "guard rails" are, or what a "thousand foot drop off" means, but Daddy said we only had the drop off, not the gaurd rails. I didn't know Mommy could hold her breath so long, but I didn't see her breath until we were all the way back down in the trees.

hair cut

2010-08-02T20:26:00.000-07:00

Summer time is hot! My hair was always too hot, so I finally got a short hair cut. Daddy wanted to give me a Mohawk. I don't know what that is, but Mommy almost let him. She changed her mind at the last minute. I think Mommy misses my long hair, but it sure is cooler now.

Gymnastics

2010-07-24T13:08:00.000-07:00

(editors note-I'm still catching up, these are videos from may)

I'm still doing gymnastics. I love it. Daddy got to come in to the big room "the udder day".

we do rolls

the swingy thing

The thing you walk on carefully

And we jump into the foam blocks!

I even practice at home! Evan gets in the way sometimes.

Granma and granpa

2010-05-19T19:45:00.000-07:00

Granma and granpa came out to visit. I love when they come out, and am sad when they leave. I like to curl up on the couch beside Granpa, but sometimes I can't stay awake. A few days after they left I told mommy that the couch smelled like grandpa. He wears something called "after shave". I don't know what it is, but it smells like granpa.

He reads me books. I don't know if I've mentioned this before, but I kind of like books. I took one with me to the hardware store "the other day" (this is what I use for any day in the past).

Sometimes I let Evan sit with us too.

Cooking

2010-05-18T11:55:00.000-07:00

I LOVE to help cook. I help Daddy make pancakes or french toast every weekend. I get to mix stuff up as long as I'm careful, and add the "gredients". I like to touch everything before I put it in. Daddy won't let me break the eggs yet.

I like to put the pasta in the hot water, too. I'm a BIG help. I save Daddy and Mommy lots of time, which is good, because they need that extra time for clean up!

more skiing

2010-05-18T11:43:00.000-07:00

After a hard day of skiing, there's nothing like kicking back and haveing a cold drink with your best bud.

Skiing is hard work. I don't know why Daddy looks tired afterward, he doesn't ski at all. He just walks around with Evan in a backpack, pulling me up and down the hills on my skis.

Skiing

2010-04-13T06:56:00.000-07:00

I go skiing. We go up to Eldora. There's lot's of snow. Mommy goes onto da big mountain and does snowboarding. I'm not old enough yet. I stay on the little mountain by the car and Daddy pulls me up and down on my skis. Evan rides on Daddy's back. Then we go for a walk in the woods. I like walking in the woods. Sometimes the snow is so deep Daddy carries me and Evan. He says that isn't good for his boo boo on his knee. Specially when he falls down.
Da udder day after I went skiing, I fall asleep on the way home and slept the whole way to the next day. Skiing makes me tired. I really like it. Daddy says next year I get real boots and skis, and will go on da big mountain. I'm a little scared.
Here's a picture of my new helmet. It looks just like Daddy's.

Jumping

2010-04-13T06:51:00.000-07:00

My bed is perfect for jumping on. I do it all the time. Daddy says he's going to show this picture to my prom date. I don't know what a "prom" or a "date" is. But I do know that I'm a great jumper.

More Josephisms

2010-04-01T10:49:00.001-07:00

I use to say "no thank you, stinky" to Momma. She didn't like it much, being called stinky. So I combined it. Now I always say "no stank you" to Momma. Now she laughs.

I like to call everyone "banana peel" when I'm being silly. And I'm silly a lot!

Geez Daddy!

2010-03-15T20:40:00.000-07:00

Some people don't wake up as fast as you. Can you let me alone a little bit in the morning, please?

Gymnastics

2010-03-15T20:27:00.000-07:00

Since I can't seem to stop climbing on and jumping off the furniture, I got to start gymnastics! I really like it. (I'm the one in the red pants).

It's hard to wait my turn sometimes though. I wish we could get a trampoline at home, but Mommy says Daddy hurts himself enough already. He does seem to get boo boos in his knees a lot.

Books

2010-03-15T20:08:00.000-07:00

I like books. I got a cool new one for Christmas about big machines. In Michigan, Jeremy would read to me.

In Pennsylvania I got Pop Pop to read to me...

Morgan to read to me ....

And if all else fails I read to myself.

I got a library card! We go to the library every few weeks, and I get new dinosaur books. I LOVE dinasaur books, and will read them to myself after Mommy and Daddy start rolling their eyes when I ask, and say they will read anything, anything, but THAT book again. But I LIKE that book!

We went to a party with lots of little kids running around, and I complained to Daddy that I couldn't find any books.

I kind of like books.

Christmas

2010-03-15T12:20:00.000-07:00

We flew to Auntie Sue's for Christmas. I got to see all my cousins, and play all day with them. They have a lot of trucks in their basement! We made a little house out of cookies and frosting and jelly beans. Anton did most of the work, but I helped. Yummy!

I also learned how to ice skate! Mommy took me since Daddy has a big boo boo on his knee still. He had to stay outside of the ice with Evan. But I got to ice skate. I got pretty good I think. Mommy's back hurt for a long time afterwards.

We went to a big party at Grandma and Grandpa's house. Down in their basement. And SAnta came!!! He called all the kids up to sit on his lap, and gave them each a toy.

I like Santa, and I know he brings toys. I love toys! But I'm just not quite ready to sit on his lap.

Josephisms

2010-01-13T15:59:00.001-08:00

"What did he did?"

"Isn't that the perfect lello?" (yellow)

"one, two, fthree!"

I also hold my ears when I'm scared. It can be a scary part in a tv show or a book.

School

2009-12-16T18:22:00.000-08:00

Daddy and I were talking about school. He said someday I will be big enough to go to school. I said, "Daddy, when I go to school, you come with me for a few minute. Then I be brave."

Halloween

2009-12-16T18:12:00.001-08:00

I like Halloween. I wanted to be a purple monster. We went to a party at Mommy's work, and Daddy dressed me. I'm not sure it turned out the way I wanted.

Then, the next night, all these people came to our door dressed up in costumes. I was stying in because I wasn't feeling well, but I said "How come everybody is trick-or-treating but me?" Daddy and Mommy looked read sad for a minute and then dressed me up real quick in a costume that Grandma gave me.

I went out with Daddy and our neighbor Aaron and Nichol and we got LOTS of candy. And we saw a firetruck!

2009-12-16T17:54:00.000-08:00

Evan moved into my room! I had to help Daddy take my bed apart so we could move it out. We gave it to another little boy. I sure am a good helper. I know how to run the "lectric screwdriver" and everything!

Evan cries sometimes at night, but I sleep right through it. Sometimes he wakes me up early in the morning, and I don't like that. Mommy doesn't either. She says if I wake up too early I'm a bear later. I don't understand. I'm still a little boy. I would love to be a bear!

Soccer

2009-12-16T17:48:00.000-08:00

I went to all of Daddy's soccer games until he got another boo boo on his knee. They brought him off the field on the cart I always asked about. Daddy said it was for people who got boo boos so bad they couldn't walk. I guess he got a bad boo boo. I picked him some dandelions and layed my head on him. I was worried. I am really good about asking him which leg has the boo boo before I jump on him. Except the one time. oops.

But watching him play soccer made me want to play too!

I play soccer now too! My friend Dylan and I "do soccer!" I liked it at first, but am kind of bored now with it. I liked coach Linsdey, I even maked her a picture. I don't have her anymore.

After Christmas Mommy says I am going to "do gymnastics". I like to do gymnastics. I can do a forward roll, and jump on the couch, and all sorts of things.

Foosball

2009-12-16T17:39:00.000-08:00

Daddy and I play soccer on a table downstairs! I'm getting pretty good! (Daddy's note: video from august 18th)

One day Mommy came home and Daddy and I were downstairs playing soccer on the table and watching football on TV. Daddy yelled up for Mommy to bring us some beer and pretzels, but she didn't. Too bad. I like pretzels.

Birthday

2009-12-16T17:31:00.000-08:00

I had a birthday this summer. I turned "fthree"!
I got a stomp rocket!! I love rockets! Mommy says it is an outside toy only. We'll see....

our trip-part1

2009-08-20T14:32:00.001-07:00

We flew on a big airplaine again. Uncle Kenny was there, and I got to watch Curious George on my own little tv the whole time! Mommy usually only lets me watch a little tv, no matter how much I lie on the floor and whine, but this time she let me watch forever. Oh, and Evan was there too. He slept.

We stayed at Auntie Sue's house, and I got to play with "Antiton", Dante, and Jeremy. It was a lot of fun. I got to run through a sprinkler! And they have a pool! I wish we had a pool. I asked Mommy why we didn't have one when we got back home.

We don't have pictures because Mommy didn't have a camera. Daddy brought it later. I will show pictures from our second week at Auntie Sue's later.

We then drove to my other Grandma and Poppop's house in Grandpa's van. It has a tv too! I got to watch Cailou, the same one, over and over. We forgot the other ones. Evan cried sometimes. I don't think he liked being in a car seat for 8 hours. I cried a little too. So did Daddy.

At Grandma and Poppops my cousins Jamie and Eden stay there too in a big house, and my other cousins Morgan and Cara came over every day and played. Evan didn't play with them, he's just a baby.

They have a little bicycle that I can actually reach the pedals, and I got pretty good!

They have a really loong driveway that I could ride down.

Poppop took me and my cousin Cara fishing! I caught my first fish! So did Cara! I had my own rod, that was "the perfect size for me." It was pink. Who is Barbie?

It was so much fun that now at home I have a big stick and pretend to fish in my sandbox. So far I've only caught a dumptruck and two buckets.

Grandma and Poppop also have a little house on long legs with a BIG slide coming off it. I can climb up now without someone having to be behind me. We sat up there and made pretend apple cookies. Even Poppop came up.

I have lots of fun with my cousins.

And unlike and Auntie Sue's, I actually have girl cousins here

We would run around and play, and for the first time, I was a big kid! It was the most fun EVER!

Daddy talks too much in the morning.

2009-08-13T13:08:00.000-07:00

Sometimes I wish he would just shut up and let me eat breakfast.

Editors note: This is from the 4th of July.

Howdy Folks!

2009-08-10T20:30:00.000-07:00

It has been a long time since I've written anything. It has been a good summer so far! I am starting to really enjoy coloring and drawing. They may look like scribbles to you, but they are Rockets to me!

I've been playing soccer with my friend Kevin . (Notice my stylish Giraffe Boot Soccer shoes!)

I have also stopped napping. Mommy isn't so sure that that is such a good idea. Sometimes I get a little grumpy. But I'm not sleepy. I swear!

Daddy also built a house for Mr. and Mrs. Robin, and they had a family. Two brothers, just like me and Evan!! I got to watch them get bigger and then fly away. Daddy says he doesn't want me to fly away like that. He must be being silly, cause I don't have wings!

More Father's Day

2009-06-29T09:01:00.000-07:00

Daddy really liked it when I said "Happy Father's Day", so now I try it occasionally when he's upset with me. When I don't listen, and he's lecturing me, I say out of nowhere "Happy Father's Day Daddy." It doesn't seem to help.
Speaking of lectures, Mommy talks to me a lot about pooping on the potty. A LOT! So the other day, when I made poops in my pants, I told Daddy not to tell Mommy. When he asked why, I said "I don't like her talking."

Father's Day

2009-06-26T15:18:00.000-07:00

Last weekend was father's day. We gave Daddy a new coffee mug that I think he really likes, cause he now uses it every morning and at night too! It's really pretty. Mommy said it's "pottery". It looks like a coffee mug to me.

We also gave Daddy a card. I was upset that he didn't get flowers since we gave flowers to Mommy for Mother's day, so Mommy had me draw some in the card. Daddy said they looked really good!

We then went for a hike with my friend Dylan, like we do every father's day. We went back up to that lake in the mountains, and Dylan and I took off our shoes and played in the water. I accidently threw one of my shoes in after I took it off, by accident. Luckily we had another pair. Dylan and I didn't care that the water was ice cold!

Dylan and I pretended to catch fish and give them to Daddy. I had a piece of fishing string with a sinker on it, and Dylan had a stick for a fishing rod. We had lot's of fun,

Dylan and I are pretty silly together!

Little Evan

2009-06-26T15:10:00.000-07:00

I love my brother. Especially because when it is time to put him down for a nap, I sometimes get to watch TV! I tell Mommy and Daddy all the time, that "I love Evan."

He needs to stay away from my fire truck though. I don't love him that much!

Nothing like a good book!

2009-06-26T15:09:00.001-07:00

I love books!

Never ending story!

2009-06-15T09:53:00.001-07:00

I told my first never ending, non-sensical story the other day. Daddy was rocking me in the chair before bed, and I started talking about a horsey trying to jump over a hill, and the hill jumped up and caught it. Then the hill had a wagon, with a rainbow colored ball in it. And then it went on from there. I continued the story as Daddy layed me down in the bed and as he walked out the door. It was kind of hard to tell in the dark, but Daddy's eyes seemed to be glazed over.

Physical Fitness

2009-06-11T07:08:00.000-07:00

I have lots of energy. Even right before bed! Daddy and Mommy can't seem to keep up with me, they always look tired. I don't know why. Maybe Evan will run with me when his legs work.

Music

2009-06-11T07:03:00.000-07:00

I love music. I play guitar and drums and like to sing. I can sing "you are my sunshine" all by myself, but I need a little help with "wheels on the bus." (another video from april)

I love to play the drums too. Here is my special "all percusion" version of "you are my sunshine".

The stupid egg wouldn't hatch. No matter how long I sat on it!

Baseball

2009-06-11T06:56:00.000-07:00

I love playing sports. I don't understand the rules, and to me, every sport includes "running the bases". I play basketball, and tell Daddy that he's "the team". I'm pretty good at making baskets. We play soccer and Daddy and I kick the ball back and forth. He seems to want me to do that the most, even though I prefer baseball or basketball. In baseball, I hit the ball then run the bases, making sure to properly throw my bat and then slide while saying "cloud of dust".

Here is an older video (from April) showing my baseball skills!

Playing by my self

2009-06-11T06:25:00.000-07:00

I'm starting to get pretty good at playing by myself. Some days all I need from Mommy and Daddy is some breakfast and a cup of milk, I then go off and entertain myself. My imagination is really growing, I have my little cars talk to each other, my stuffed animals talk to each other, or my animals talk to my cars!

Of course, other days I get bored easily, and walk around asking "What we gonna do now?" after every little thing. Or I lie on the floor and wistfully say "There's nothing to do." Then Mommy or Daddy try and do puzzles with me or read books to me while holding Evan. He likes the books and puzzles too, but he always tries to lean forward and grab them and put them in his mouth. I don't like that!
You notice that I didn't say "play quietly" by myself. While I play, I like to sing, or babble nonsense words and phrases, just to hear my own voice.

Daddy said he will add more videos of this later. He has to download them from the big video camera and he's too lazy to do it.

New Potty!

2009-06-10T15:35:00.000-07:00

I got a new potty! It fits on to a big people's potty, and has steps to reach it. I love it. The first day I got it I took off my clothes and sat on it for twenty minutes. I would get up every once and awhile to go get another stack of books. I sat and read books to myself on the potty, just like Grampa does!

I've still prefer to go stand in the corner behind the train table and go in my diaper though. Sometimes I'll do that right after sitting on the potty for awhile. Mommy told me I'll get two cookies if I use the potty, but that's not enough. I'm holding out for a new bulldozer for the sandbox.

Talking

2009-06-05T06:50:00.001-07:00

People say I talk really well for my age. But here are a few things that I say that make Mommy and Daddy smile

"Daddy, can you do me a favorite?"

Whenever I see a flower that is getting ready to bloom, I say "This one is about to flame!"

"when I'm a big, huge man I'll be able to drive a car, and Daddy will ride in the carseat."

Educating Daddy

2009-06-05T06:40:00.000-07:00

For a big people, Daddy sure needs some help.

this week when I was picking out my vitamin (I like to pick one out myself each morning. They are shaped like animals) Daddy said,
"How about a lion?"
"That's not a lion Daddy, that's a leopard. They're kind of similar." I said.

Or when he made my burrito, but said it was still too hot. I said
"Blow on it to cool it down Daddy."
"I can blow on it, but it is the inside that is hot, so blowing on it won't really help."
"Open it up, then you can cool the inside."
He opened it up and blew on the inside before giving it too me. He was mumbling something under his breath that sounds like he called me a "smart " and then some word I never heard before that rhymes with glass.
Speaking of rhymes, I am getting good at doing that! It must be all the Doctor Suess books.

The end of an era.

2009-05-27T14:11:00.000-07:00

Yesterday daddy asked me my name, and I said, "Joseph". Up until now I always said "Jofuf". I now can say my name right! Daddy said that I'm getting to be such a big boy and that he was pround of me, but he looked a little sad too.

ski pics!

2009-05-12T09:26:00.000-07:00

So here is a movie of my first time skiing. It's a link to youtube. I'm really good!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CspCmVeMCxU&feature=channel_page

Here is a picture of me, Daddy, and Evan riding the magic carpet. Evan doesn't seem to be having as much fun.

And then all three of us going down the hill.

Daddy got tired. So Darren took me too!

I'm really good, aren't I? I can't wait to go again. Daddy said maybe next year I can go on the big lift.

Even after that skiing, there's always enough energy for dancing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fyhfxBKJas

Copper Mountain

2009-05-03T13:41:00.000-07:00

We went up to da mountains for the weekend. Daddy and Mommy went snowboarding, and I went skiing! (video coming later). I did really well. They were my friend Dylan's skis. He let me try them. I even wore his helmet.

We stayed at some "condo". I don't know what that means, but it was right next to a stage where there was people playing music. Daddy and Mommy and Darren and Dana would open the windows and watch and drink beer. We went down for a little bit, but I didn't like it, it was too loud.

Here's what it looked like from our window.

Dylan is my friend, which means we only fight over toys every 20 minutes. Actually, he likes playing with my toys and I like playing with his, so it works out. We try to cooridinate our tantrums too. It seems to make our Daddy's drink their beer a lot faster! And I have learned to get Daddy a beer from the fridge. He's very proud!

We spent Easter Sunday up there. I have no idea what that means, but I saw a giant rabbit, and got some stuff.

I never took a nap the entire weekend either!

Dylan really likes my baby brother. We can't wait until Evan is big enough to play with us!

Evan has a blog.

2009-04-26T20:03:00.001-07:00

Evan wanted to use my blog, but I'm still learning about that "sharing" thing, so I made him get his own. I did link to it in the upper corner of my blog though.

Big Boy Bed!!

2009-04-25T13:34:00.000-07:00

I got a Big Boy Bed!!!! Now that I'm a big boy(I'm no longer Baby Jofuph, ever since Evan was born, I'm just Jofuph!), I needed a big boy bed. Mommy's friend gave me one!

It needed painted, so I painted it! I wanted to paint it red, but Daddy said that the store was all out of red, so he got a blue that matched my dresser instead.

Daddy helped paint a little.
I got a little paint on the driveway. I don't think Daddy liked that. What's a "power washer" anyway?

I love lazy weekends!

2009-04-24T13:58:00.001-07:00

Playdough!

2009-04-24T13:28:00.000-07:00

Daddy made playdough. It doesn't look like the stuff we have at daycare, but he says it's better. I played with it for hours. Daddy said he isn't sure who had more fun, me or Mommy.

Mr. Independent

2009-03-19T14:46:00.000-07:00

Mommy told me that I have to ask before I go outside. So yesterday, when Daddy was taking care of Evan, I asked. Daddy said no, because I still had my pj's on. But Mommy didn't say I had to get a yes for an answer, she just said I had to ask. So I went outside anyway. Daddy was changing Evan and looked out the window, and there I was in my pj's and bare feet, playing in the sandbox. When I turned on the hose faucet, he could hear it though. I rinsed off my feet myself before coming back in, because I know that I'm supposed to. I couldn't tell if Daddy was angry or not, he said I can't do that without "permission" ,whatever that is, but he looked like he was smiling.
There are too many rules!

Sleeping Naked

2009-03-19T14:41:00.000-07:00

When Daddy put me to bed the other night, I was wearing a diaper and footy pajamas. When he came in to check on me at 10pm, I was buck naked! I don't know how that happened. The diapers and pj's must have slid off while I was sleeping. I do like the feeling of my soft blanket on my body, but that's just a coincidence.

Guest Blogger Evan

2009-03-13T15:56:00.000-07:00

Hello everybody. Jojuf is letting me do my own entry. But he says all that I'm allowed to write is that I am happy to have him as a big brother. And I am!

2009-03-13T15:54:00.000-07:00

Daddy says that Evan is going to look up to me some day. I think he already does!

Potty update.

2009-03-13T15:46:00.000-07:00

Well, I haven't been able to repeat my success on the potty. I did pee near the potty the other day though! And today, when I was supposed to be taking a nap, I took off my pj's and my diaper, crawled out of my crib, and drug my stool over to the potty and mommy came up and found me naked standing on the stool, trying to pee.

Potty!

2009-03-04T08:44:00.001-08:00

I pooed on the potty!! Last night I said that I wanted to "go hide", which is my code word that I have to make poops. Mommy said I should go upstairs and try on the potty. So Daddy and I ran upstairs and he put me on the potty. Before he could even start reading me a book, I made poops!!!!
Mommy and Daddy were sooo proud of me! We clapped and they hugged me. It was wonderful! Then I got to pick out a chocalate chip cookie for going on the potty. I liked it so much, I used the potty again this morning!!!!! I'm getting to be a big boy.

more visitors

2009-03-02T19:57:00.000-08:00

After Grandma and Grandpa left, Grandma and Grandpa came. I know that that sounds confusing, but I have two grandpas and lots of grandmas! I call my one grandpa Pop Pop. He plays with me and my trucks. I think I'm too much for him!

Grandma plays with me too. She pushes me in my wagon. She's not afraid to make it go fast! I like fast!

Visitors

2009-02-17T20:35:00.000-08:00

We have been getting lots of visitors recently. So many that the first day we didn't have any, when I got up in the morning I asked where everybody was! First, Grandma came out to play with me since Mommy is so busy. I have two Grandpas and lots of Grandmas. First Grandma Phyllis came out (I sometimes call her that). She played "constuction" with me. I LOVE constuction. You get to wear special hats.

Then Grandpa came out and stayed with us too! He reads me books. I love books. Maybe even more than constuction.

I tried to be good while they were here, but it was very hard. Sometimes I just had to lay down on the floor and cry at the injustice of it all! Daddy would come home from work and ask me if I was good, and I would tell him that "I wasn't a nice boy" He would ask why, and I would tell him the important reasons, like "cause I wanted open the door" and grandpa did, or that "I want mommy hand me the milk" and grandma did instead. You know, the important things. It is hard being two.

This baby isn't going away.

2009-02-15T06:44:00.000-08:00

Well folks, it has been a month now, and it looks like this new baby is staying. I got to tell you, I'm not sure how happy I am about that. He takes up all Mommy's time, and poops a LOT!

Baby Brudder!!!

2009-01-24T09:06:00.000-08:00

Evan James was born!

I finally have a baby Brudder. One night I went to bed, and when I woke up my friends Suzanne and Kevin and Malia were at the house, and Mommy and Daddy were at the hospital. Later Daddy came and we went and got Grandma from the airport and then went saw my NEW BRUDDER!! He is very small and I am supposed to be very gentle with him.

I was gentle with the baby, but liked to jump up and down on the hospital bed, jump from the chair to the bed, and also roll down the bed when it was tilted up. Then Mommy would give Daddy this look and he would suddenly take me downstairs to get a treat from the coffee shop, or play in the hall. Mommy is very tired, so Mommy and Daddy stayed at the hospital a few days, and Grandma took care of me at home. I tried to be good for her, but it is hard to be good!

Now Evan is home. Mostly he sleeps, and even snores

but when he's awake he's always mellow. He likes to sit and look around and watch the "camp chaos" as Mommy says.

Mommy says she got lucky again with another mellow baby, but that apparently when they turn two they become crazy. I wonder if she means me?

When he does cry I get very concerned and ask Mommy,"Why da baby crying?". I also like to watch him get his diaper changed. He poops a lot!

I am very gentle with him, and like to hold him from time to time. I even read my books to him.

I think he likes it. He doesn't say much. Daddy says he looks like I did when I was a baby, not the Big Boy I am now. Here is a picture of him and a picture of me. Which one is which?

I'm the handsome one!

New Bike!!!

2009-01-24T08:58:00.001-08:00

I got a bike for Christmas. A big boy bike!!!!!! It doesn't have pedals though. I sit on it and push with me feet. I love it!!! We took it outside to ride! I love to go up and down the sidewalk(Daddy won't let me on the street, I know that rule well!!!). It takes a long time to get anywhere though, Daddy says I'm easily distracted. I don't what that means, but I do know I like to look at lot of things while we ride!

I am supposed to wear a helmet, but I don't really like it.

Christmas Tree

2009-01-24T08:41:00.000-08:00

Hello everybody!

Christmas was good here in Colorado. We had a Christmas tree, which I helped decorate with these funny, shiny balls. I only broke two! I got to put the star at the top!

It seemed like a big tree to me, but Daddy said it looked like the tree from Charlie Brown's Christmas.

Merry Christmas!!!!!!!

2008-12-29T14:30:00.000-08:00

Busy days! Part 1

2008-11-30T11:30:00.000-08:00

Many of my loyal readers have asked me what a typical day is for me, so I thought I'd tell you.

Part 1: Mornings

First, I get up. If Mommy wants to go somewhere in the morning, I sleep until after 8, but if she wants to sleep in, I wake up at 6:15. I like to keep her guessing!! I usually lay in my crib and call out "Mom! Mom!" or "Daddy, Daddy" and then "I want some-ting to eat!" I call it softly at first, and then if no one comes, I get louder until they do. Sometimes you have to shake the gate on the crib to really get their attention.

Sometimes we go and lay in Mommy and Daddy's bed for a little with Mommy, but recently we just go downstairs. I'm not allowed to bring Bear. I ask pretty reguarly, but they always say no.

Then I have a nutritious breakfast!

My favorite is a mix of banana, tahini, vanilla soy milk, and Quinoa! Daddy says it couldn't get any more "Boulder" than that and what ever happened to Fruit Loops? I don't know what Fruit Loops is, but it can't taste better than "my favorite cereal" which I ask for all the time.

Then I generally relax by asking Mommy to read about 300 books to me. Sometimes after the 30th time I want to read "Wacky Wednesday" she suddenly lets me watch "Bob the Builder" . I LOVE Bob the Builder!

I then get dressed and generally try to squeeze in a fit about something important like my trains not fitting together or Mommy not giving me milk in the right Big Boy cup. It's important to throw at least one fit per morning, just to keep in practice! Ever since I turned 2, I have kept in practice a lot!

Then if it is yucky out, I play with my trucks and trains.

If it is nice out I play outside.

Then a nutritious lunch, with only a few tears. Usually from Mommy or Daddy!

Sunflower farms

2008-11-30T11:18:00.000-08:00

Well, Daddy finally found the cable to upload pictures, so here's a few from my adventures. We went to some farm where there was lots of animals, and I got to take a pony ride. But the stupid pony wouldn't go where I told him to, he only followed the lady.

They let me drive a bulldozer, but I couldn't figure out how to turn it on. That would have been a lot more fun!

The also had all these hay bales I could climb around on. It was a lot of fun, and I hope I can go back some day.

Lazy days

2008-11-22T06:37:00.000-08:00

Sorry I haven't updated my blog lately. Sometimes I don't feel like doing much. Plus daddy can't find the cable that lets him upload pictures to the computer.

Halloween

2008-11-02T19:32:00.000-08:00

So I don't get this Halloween thing. I mean, I like it, but it makes no sense. First, we went to a big pumpkin patch, and I got to pick ride on a wagon full of hay bales with Momma,

and then pick out a pumpkin. Pumpkins are heavy!!

Then daddy carved silly faces in them. I helped, but Daddy wouldn't let me use a knife. I tried to help scoop the goo out, but it was too hard. Then Mommy dressed me up with my own construction helmet and tool belt!

Daddy took me out with some friends from playgroup, and we would walk up to a house and people would come out and put candy in my bucket! I wasn't very sure about the whole thing. I made Daddy carry me, and ended up way behind everybody. I don't even know what candy is! But the best part was when the fire truck came and stopped right beside us with it's lights on! The firemen threw candy out the windows, but I didn't care. I just watched the firetruck. I LOVE firetrucks!! But the entire thing was strange!!!

But I got to keep the toolbelt!!

Singing in the Bathtub

2008-11-02T19:24:00.000-08:00

Everyone sings in the bathtub, right?

Swim Lessons!!!!!

2008-10-16T20:05:00.000-07:00

I started swim lessons this week!!!!! Daddy took me. We went to a building with a big pool in it. There were about 8 other little kids like me. We sang songs while Daddy held me so I floated on my belly and then on my back. I told him I wanted to "go under", but I still can't seem to close my eyes and mouth, so we only got as far as up to my nose. It was FUN. They had a basketball hoop there that I wanted to play with, but Daddy said we had to stay with the class. I even pointed out where I saw a ball that no one was using, but Daddy still made me stay with the class. There was a great big yellow sliding board too, which Daddy wouldn't let me on either. Daddy doesn't let me have any fun sometimes!
Afterwards Daddy and I took a shower in a big room full of showers, and I put soap on myself and washed my own face and hair and everything. Daddy says I'm getting to be such a big boy! He still wouldn't let me drive home though.

Naps

2008-10-12T20:50:00.000-07:00

I've been taking long naps! Mommy and Daddy have been coming in to my room and making noise if I sleep much past 4. I don't always want to get up!

Mommy says if I sleep too late in my nap I won't go to bed at night. That's the whole point! I don't want to go to bed at night.

Sometimes life makes more sense this way.

2008-10-12T20:47:00.000-07:00

It's too confusing sometimes. The world makes more sense when I look at it like this!

Mountains

2008-09-29T14:52:00.000-07:00

Daddy and I hiked to the top of James Peak. It's 13,300 feet high. I don't know what that means, but it was a BIG hill, and there was snow! I threw some at my friend Dylan's Daddy. It was fun. I was a little uneasy at the top. I don't want to be as high as the clouds. I think my favorite part was riding in Daddy's truck. I never got to do that before. We got up early and drove a long way, then we hiked up and had some almond butter and jelly on raisin toast. I don't know why daddy was so tired afterwards, I thought it was easy.

Basketball

2008-09-29T14:33:00.000-07:00

I LOVE basketball. I can already shoot a basket, throwing it up and everything. If I miss I say "almost"! Maybe someday I can play professionally, and make lots of money so Mommy and Daddy can retire early. I don't know what any of that means, but Daddy says it.

Jelly Toast

2008-09-18T19:20:00.001-07:00

I LOVE jelly toast! Daddy stands beside me with a wet washcloth whenever I eat it though. I don't know why.

Big Boy!

2008-09-18T19:20:00.000-07:00

I'm getting to be a big boy. Today I walked down the steps all by myself without using the railing or Daddy's hand. I regularly use full sentences. I asked the neighbor kid "let's go play in da back yard" and when Mommy said it was bed time I said "One more minute. Mommy need to sit down and talk."

Brudder!

2008-08-29T10:01:00.000-07:00

I am going to have a brother! We went to the doctors, and the looked at mommy's belly with this funny looking thing that they wouldn't let me touch. It took a long time and Daddy had to take me outside to walk in the halls for awhile because I'm not good at sitting still. There weren't any toys there either. Then they said I was going to have a brother. I wanted a sister. Specifically, I wanted "Sarah". She's my friend. I like to kiss her goodbye. Sometimes she doesn't want to, but I keep trying. Daddy said that Sara's daddy won't think it's so funny in about 13 years.