Children's Museum

We have a children's museum here in Tulsa, it's not too impressive.  We have been once before and it was okay and I thought it could only get better...wrong.  The museum did not have a lot of exhibits/areas to begin with and most of the stations look like someone just went to a garage sale, bought some stuff, and set it up.  Brice still has fun and the best parts are the playground and rock walls.  I am quite certain they are going to put themselves out of business.  The museum is a fantastic idea and would probably do well in the area.  Unfortunately, I think they started with no funds and are trying to generate the funding through the admissions and it's not worth what you pay at the door.  A membership works like a gym membership and you pay monthly dues,  no way Jose'.

We went on Saturday because it was $5.00 admission and I think the boys get at least $5.00 of fun out of it.  

In other news, Rogan has finally mastered his fine motor skills and is feeding  himself!  Yay!  My life just got a little bit easier.

Finally, Brice received a Play-Doh kit from his Grandma and Grandpa Mitchell for his birthday.  He's pretty certain it could be the greatest thing since Jello Pudding Snak Paks. 

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Another Day At The Zoo

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Happy Anniversary!

Yesterday my parents celebrated their 38th anniversary.  Happy Anniversary to them!  Unfortunately, the last several years my dad seems to be traveling on their anniversary and it has become a joke in our family, who is mom spending your anniversary with this year?  She has good friends and neighbors and she spent her day shopping with them yesterday.  Not many people can say their parents are still married...Brian and I both can. 

Happy 38th Anniversary! 

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Birthday Time...Finally Over

It seems we have celebrated Brice's birthday the whole month of September.  The poor kid whose birthday was actually September 6th did not have his party until this past weekend.  His birthday fell on Labor Day weekend so we had planned to have his party the following weekend.  Unfortunately, the Oklahoma monsoon season set in and we were rained out.  We were supposed to get rain this past weekend too, but we decided to have his party rain or shine.  Luckily the weather cooperated, Brice finally had his party, and everyone had a great time.

We rented a bounce house and it arrived way ahead of schedule and was picked up many hours after the party had ended.  Needless to say, we had a bounce house in our backyard for about 10 hours.  Brice was in it most of that time.  He had worn himself out by the time his friends arrived playing inside with his grandparents and cousins, but got his second wind and played with his friends too.  He was still in the bounce house when the crew arrived to take it down and had to be removed so they could do their job.

I think we got our monies worth. 

Even Rogan and Grandma got in on the bounce house fun.

We had birthday donuts instead of cake, because Brice prefers donuts.  Daylight Donuts makes special donuts for the kids on their birthday.  They make the donuts in the shape of the letters spelling out Happy Birthday Brice.  It was really neat and they tasted great!

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Brothers

Isn't it funny how time repeats itself?  It was inadvertent that I took this picture of both the boys when they were about the same age.  Brice's picture was taken in October 2006 when he was 13 months old and Rogan's was taken this month at 14 months old.   

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The Park

The monsoons finally stopped here in Oklahoma and we were able to go to the park today. The boys have been inside for way too long and needed some fresh air! We had a lot of fun as you can see...

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First Goldfish Casualty

We've had our first goldfish casualty. Poor little thing, when I checked the aquarium this morning the little guy had been sucked up against the filter. He apparently had been there for a while and was barely with us. We got him free from the filter and he just sort of floated around the tank, eventually floating to the top. I netted him up and Brice and I held a porcelain flush funeral any fish would be proud of. Incidentally, the next time Brice went to the potty he pointed and waved at the bowl and said, "shawrkie". We're down to three goldfish. Frankly, I'm surprised any of them have lasted this long. We are just glad Brice doesn't seem to be upset from this morning’s event.

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Off to School

Today was Brice's first day of preschool.  He is going one day a week for now and we'll see how that goes.  Maybe he will go both days next semester?  Who knows.  Today went very smoothly for all involved.  I think Brian and I were more concerned and anxious than Brice.  We all walked into the school together and Brice dropped his stuff, ran to play with the kids, and didn't turn back.  Apparently, he's not going to miss us much.  I have a few more hours before I get to go pick him up and bring him home.  It's really quiet in our house today.  Rogan and I have run some errands and we're having fun just the two of us!

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Happy Birthday Brian!

09/09/09 is a special day in our house... Brian turns 33 today!  Happy Birthday, we love you!!

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Happy Birthday Briceman!

Our Briceman turned 4 years old today! We celebrated by going to Incredible Pizza and playing lots of games, riding go carts and bowling. It was a very big day!

 His Grandma and Grandpa Mitchell were here yesterday and we had cupcakes and ice cream. His birthday party is scheduled for next weekend and we plan to have lots of people here and a bounce house in the backyard. It's going to be a lot of fun.

Brian and I gave him his birthday present this weekend, an aquarium. He loves it. The first thing he did this morning was to go check on his "sharks". The "sharks" are actually four small goldfish that barely made it to the checkout counter at Wal-Mart yesterday. Brice insisted on carrying his bag of fish and swung them from side to side, shook the bag, and rattled their poor little goldfish brains. So far, so good…no causalities.

We will have many more pictures after next weekend's party.  Have a safe and happy holiday! 

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