Fall Fun

We went on a mini field trip to Lair of the Bear Park in Idledale, Colorado today. Matthew loves this park that runs along Bear Creek. I'm amazed we made it there since it takes me so long to get out of the house with two kids. Between diaper changes, feeding Tyler and getting us all dressed it is amazing that we even get to leave the house! We had lots of fun. Matthew pretended to catch fish and kill spiders. How I love his developing imagination!

Brotherly Love

Such sweet photos of my sweet boys!

Matthew Mischief

Matthew is slowly adjusting to having a baby brother. I'm realizing how much I accomodated his every need and many desires when he was an only child. Now he hears either "no" or "just a minute" or "not right now" a lot!! So he has turned his focus to ways to get attention. One such way is illustrated in the pictures. These used to be white and pink roses Steve brought home to me just becuase he could. I loved them and was very sad to walk into the living room to find the destruction! There wasn't a petal left on any of the 12 stems.

Motherhood - Not Always Fun!

I haven't really enjoyed being a Mom the last two days. Probably mostly because I'm tired. My precious 4 week old baby boy picked up the sniffles somewhere and has been needing Mommy even more than usual - which causes Matthew to be more clingy and less cooperative because he is jealous of my time with Tyler. So....I get cranky and loose my patience with Matthew and then feel like an awful Mother. The cycle is vicious!

Then there are the things I have to say "no" to - for example:
- No, don't put peanuts in your nose.
- No, you may not write on the entertainment center with the crayons.
- No, you may not bring the bucket of sand in the house.
- No, I can't wrestle with you when I'm holding your brother.
- No, you may not watch another hour of TV - even though I really want to let you because then I don't have to entertain you.
- No, you may not have a popsicle for breakfast.

So typical - yet so tiring to have to be the "mean" Mom all the time.

Then...tonight after getting the boys loaded in the car to go to the Saturday evening service my car wouldn't start - a dead battery. I was so mad!!! I called Steve and even though I didn't say so, my tone of voice implied that he was to blame. Yuk!!! Who am I?!? Where did the nice Joan go?

I want sleep!!! I want two hours of time away with a cup of coffee and a good book!!!

My Boys!!

Little Piece of History

The other adventure we embarked on was a trip to the Littleton Historic Museum. It turned out to be much hotter that day that forecast, but we still had fun. Tyler was the youngest visitor to the museum to date!

Tiny Town Adventures

We all went to Tiny Town on Sunday. Matthew loved riding the train and exploring all the little houses. I think we wore out Grandpa though!

Pictures at Last

A friend let me borrow her digital camera so I now have photos to share! Grandma and Grandpa Harriman are here this week helping me out while Steve is visiting his parents in NY. It has been fun to watch my Dad with Tyler - he seems to really be enjoying himself. Matthew is being a "typical" two year old with some definite jealousy of the loss of Mom's time. It is really hard to keep my patience with him when he is so whiny and needy. It takes a lot of energy to care for two compared to one!!!

People have been asking whether he looks more like Steve or Me. I really couldn't tell until I saw my baby picture that Mom brought along - he's a spitting image of me as a baby. I'll post the photo after I get it scanned and you can be the judge!


Tyler Scott VanDewater


Tyler with Grandpa Harriman