Back from Vacation

We finally returned to Boulder from a long trip across the country to Missouri and Louisisana. Now we know what is in between!

The weather was very good most of the way. In fact, it was hot if anything. I thought the car thermometer must have been broken because it constantly read 74 F.
Things changed as we left Lamar, CO, and headed to Denver. Within an hour the temperature dropped from 55 to 45, and kept going down. There were hundreds of tumbleweeds running across the prarie, and the wind shook the car as we drove. On getting to the outskirts of Denver, the sun went down, and it began to snow, making for a scary drive the rest of the way home. The temperature finally bottomed out at 28F!

Sean of course had to pee, after the cold, but before the snow. He peed his pants just as we arrived at a rest stop with bathrooms. We were all dressed for the warm weather of the south, so the dash to the bathroom in the wind was particularly chilly!

We awoke to a few inches of snow on the ground.

The boys

We've had two snows so far this October. Leaves are mostly gone, except for the maple trees and the burning bushes.

Finn is really moving fast these days. Not really crawling, but pulling himself by his arms, and pushing off with (only!) his right leg. Sean is actually having fun playing with him too! He eats alot. Loves to eat and squish bananas. We give him bread, maybe too much, but he loves it. Also eats spaghetti. And will devour rocks, leaves, and dirt if we let him.

He can hold himself up on his chubby legs, and loves to have me hold him up by his arms with his feet on the ground: "standy man". Also loves bathtime. He and Sean bathe together, and it's really cute. In fact last, night, Finn didn't want to leave the tub and grabbed it when I took him out.

He sleeps half the night in his crib, then wakes up, cries, and we put him with us to nurse.

Sean - what to say about him? He says he does not want to go trick-or-treating because he's shy. But I suspect he will want to go once he sees other neighborhood kids out and about. He has alot of energy, and can talk nonstop, particularly ifthe topics include dinosaurs, pokemon, power rangers or "poopy-butts". Yes, he has a potty mouth. It' s very annoying to us, but that is probably why he finds it so amusing.

Since he was born in October, he will not start kindergarten until fall 2008! He will be among the oldest, largest, and no doubt brightest kids in his class. I worry that he will not like school because he likes to play with older kids. He may grow bored and get into trouble. But BVSD is strict with the Sept 30 cutoff. The other bad thing is that his friends are mostly older than him so they won't even be in the same grade.

Time to write

I wish I had more time to write. There just are not enough hours in the day. I spend all day at the computer, but still am occupied most of the time with 10 different things to take care of.

Mostly would write about how Finn and Sean are doing and developing. Finn loves to be where everyone else is, and wants to be able to see everything. He is not content to sit in his bouncy seat much these days. Wants to watch Heather cook, or us all eat.

Sean is into Power Rangers. Also counting up to 50 or so, with a little help. Can get over 20 by himself. Vdery opinoinated and dramatic at times.