More Randomness

Man, I have a ton of great stuff on the ole' iPhone, I really need to offload more frequently I guess.

What, you don't wear over sized sunglasses to the hardware store? Nolan does!

Daddy and Nolan asleep in his big boy bed. This bed is magic, everyone falls asleep in it....except Nolan. He sleeps great in it but getting him to stay in bed long enough to fall asleep is the challenge.

Our consignment sale splurge of the day was this piano that Miles fell in love with. Totally impractical, but totally adorable.

The boys jamming out on the new piano.

 

A little afternoon nap in the sun filled window.

Party in Miles' crib!

Cortez close up.

This guy loves to eat...just not bananas covered in wheat germ. :(

 

All those rolls! 

Unintentional matching, oops! I love my boys in orange though so it was bound to happen.

More time at the park.

  

Miles practicing is alligator rolls.

The park again, this time Nolan gets in the baby swing.

Spring

Olivia (my new fancy camera) and I are really enjoying this Spring sun. I get to play with all new settings now that there is all this wonderful natural light and the kids love getting out of the house for photo shoots.

Miles is the only one patient enough for these photo shoots. Nolan tends to do his own thing while I chase him around with a camera. I'm sure once Miles is mobile he will be off too.

Miles loves the swings, despite his slight scowl here. He will sit in there the entire time we are at the park.

Nolan doing his superman swinging.

Back at home, Miles gets to enjoy some diaper time in the sunlit living room.

Oh man, I love all that baby chunk!

And I get to practice my sun flare settings. It only took me about 100 shots to get one where everything was in focus and lit correctly...I'm learning!

Video Blogging

The moment it finally hit me that I had a son, caught on film.

Miles' first word, I won't ruin it for you, you'll just have to watch.

Miles' sense of humor coming out.

Airport

We finally made it down to the Museum of Flight this weekend, a long overdue excursion for sure! Nolan kept calling it the airport which wasn't too far off so we let it slide.

We didn't get to see the entire museum as we were there for a separate event, but Nolan was pretty impressed anyway.

Astronaut Nolan - fun fact: Nolan calls restaurants astronauts which is pretty confusing when used like this, "I want to eat lunch at the Astronaut" (real life quote).

Playing with the wind current machine.

Taking off with Daddy.

My attempt at a Clingman brothers photo did not work out so well. (You KNOW I had to bring Miles' aviator hat along, it was too perfect!)

Miles was somewhat cooperative.

Until he got hungry and grumpy (and my camera went out of focus).

A snack and a snuggle and he was all smiles again.

Which was good, because even though the event was over and it was way passed bedtime, Nolan was still hyped up about airplanes. Here he is flying his propeller.

And doing his best plane impression.

This is not the face of a kid ready for bed. 

 Nolan woke up this morning asking to go back so hopefully we will be able to go again soon.

A Rainy Fair Day

Like true Northwesterners, Yaya, Gigi, and the Clingmans ventured our way to the Puyallup Spring Fair, despite the heavy rain. First stop was to see the dancing horses. We had no idea what that was about but the horses literally dance to live band. We were all very impressed. 

Yaya and Nolan watching the Dancing Horses.

Next up was the cattle barns. Nolan was super excited to see the cows so when we asked him if he wanted to milk one he jumped at the chance. This is a fake cow used for demonstrations, Nolan didn't mind until he realized that it wasn't milk coming out but water. He was pretty disappointed and later when I was telling Pat about Nolan milking a cow Nolan corrected me and said "It was just water...I watered the cow". You can't fool him anymore!

Milking Mabel the "cow" he kept asking when the milk would come out.

 We couldn't ignore that there was a monster truck rally going on this weekend at the fair as they paraded the giant trucks through the fairgrounds, so when we heard they were offering rides on them we figured we would check it out. Nolan didn't ask to ride, which was good cause he was too small, he was happy just watching it go around and around the course.

Nolan and his favorite green monster truck (driven by a woman by the way).

The only ride we went on was the carousel because it was covered from the rain. Nolan surprisingly chose to sit on the bench instead of one of the horses. It turns out he expected it to move just like the horses and was pretty disappointed that it didn't. When we got home the first thing he said was that he wanted to go back and ride on the horse instead.

A bummed out Nolan and very excited Gigi. This cracks me up!

We ended on a high note though by watching the pig races last. Oh gosh those pigs are so cute! Nolan even got a pig nose to help cheer them on. He has not stopped talking about this and the monster trucks since yesterday.

A pre race picture through the crowd.

Miles was there too but was covered under his stroller most of the time so he would stay dry. His favorite part was the cattle barns because he actually got to come out and see some of the sites. He did not enjoy the monster trucks as much as brother though. They decided to agree to disagree on that one.

Sports Camp - Soccer

We signed Nolan up for Sports Camp this quarter. its a 6 week course where they learn a different sport every week. Week one was soccer. Pat and I share a mutual hatred of soccer due to childhood injuries so Nolan has never played soccer, he had a bit of a learning curve but he did great. After a little instruction he caught right on, listened to his coach and fought the temptation of other kids goofing off to do exactly what he needed. We were very impressed and proud of him for giving it his all.

His first try kicking it in the goal...he got it!

A little goofing off while he waited his turn, but he stayed in line!

Watching and learning.

A little pre game huddle.

Nolan's biggest fan was there cheering him on.

And chewing on daddy's jacket.

One more...I love his baseball hat shadow. 

Nolan can't wait for next week, I think he said it will be tumbling.

Randoms

Artsy shot of Nolan and the Seattle Center Fountain

Artsy shot of Miles...extreme close up!

A calm moment with Nolan and Tez

Dinner is the noisiest time at our house. Nolan is busy telling jokes, Miles is yelling for food and Pat and I are trying to catch up. I look forward to it all day.

Miles decided to skip purees and go right to solids. Here he is eating roasted sweet potatoes with cinnamon.

Miles is learning to crawl, he's getting really close. I'm enjoying my last few days/weeks of peace until he is fully mobile.