Magnets

I bought R a small magnetic board for the playroom. I had purchased some letter magnets a while back for him at a garage sale. We're practicing spelling! Or at least letter recognition. He likes to count the "R"s in his name. "I have thrrrreeeeeeee Rs mama!" Love.

DISNEYLAND!!!

OK, first off I have to apologize for not posting for so long - Ned and I are pregnant again (yay!) and the first trimester kicked my ass. But, I'm back and have some great pics from our latest trip to Disneyland :)

This was R's third trip (so proud!) to Dland and he was amazing. Ned and I couldn't believe how awesome he was. never whined or cried the entire three days we were there. We were able to meet up with some family from Houston who were visiting the park for the first time with their three kids. (Three under five - much props, that is crazy hard at Dland).

Here's some pics of our adventure!

 At breakfast, Tigger borrowed R's hat - Rutherford is still talking about this :)

 R rode two new rides this time. Above is Finding Nemo, a submarine voyage. He was so brave! He thought it was super cool. The other was the Astro Orbiter (some rockets that fly around). They go pretty high but he thought it was rad!

 Queue shenanigans, classic little kid Disneyland stuff.

 The yellow teacup - always his favorite.

 The badass Christmass tree in the lobby of the hotel.

 Us and Mickey! 

 R's reflection in an oversized Christmas ornament.

 Mugging on It's a Small World.

The Week in Pictures

 Rutherford and Madison cruising around in her awesome jeep.

 Little post-nap snuggle with Papa Daddy.

 Baby in a pot.

 Heat wave + early morning rainbow.

R taking selfies in the car.

It's Not Regular Milk Day, It's Chocolate Milk Day!

R gets Ovaltine a few times per week. Usually Sunday, Wednesday and Friday. Not sure how we settled on that schedule but it seems to be acceptable to him. When he figures out it's a chocolate milk day, he jumps out of bed, runs down the hall and says "It's not REGULAR milk day, it's CHOCOLATE milk day! Papa make Rutherford chocolate milk!"

More Beach

We went back to the beach today, R just LOVES it there. I found two really pretty, whole sand dollars and R spent a lot of the trip playing in about three inches of water. He loved watching the sandy mud drip through his fingers and burrowing in a little mud hole that he could splash around in. What an adorable, adventurous little boy we have :)

Hey That's Rutherford's Job!

R really likes being busy and helpful. If I start doing something that he usually does (e.g., feed the doggies in the morning, sweep the front porch, etc.), he gets all huffy and says "Hey! That's Rutherford's job!"

Bwhahaha. He's getting pretty bossy. Wonder where that comes from.

The Week in Pictures

 R had so much fun at the beach! We went twice. He loved hunting for seashells and stomping on the sandcastles we made.

 Playing in the sand.

 We hit the carousel in Balboa Park pretty frequently, at least once a week. R has a couple of favorite horses and and he's getting really good and holding on tight!

 Music class is back in session. We were pretending to be flowers and bunnies waking up to the sun :)

 Sleeping in. I love it when he sleeps past 7am!

 Rocking his library bib and sporting a smoothie 'stache.

Swim class with Papa Daddy! They were doing some big tosses in the air, R loved it!