Lunch Bunch

Nathan and I attended our last Lunch Bunch with the squadron for the next few months. We packed a picnic lunch and met up at the playground with other some other kids around Nathan's age and their moms. Nathan did a whole lot more playing than eating, though. I guess that's to be expected when there's a whole new playground that needs to be explored. He didn't slow down for a minute. 
Once he's done sliding he doesn't like to get off the slide. He just wants to hang out at the bottom for a while and play. He's not going to be very popular at the playground if he keeps that up.
He ran across the wiggly, wobbly bridge.
Nathan and Tyler wouldn't stay still long enough to get a good picture of them together. This is the best I could get.
Just hanging out.
And of course, he had to notice the really tall, spiral slide. I was hoping he wouldn't want to go down it, but no such luck. He was going with or without me...so for safety reasons I climbed up behind him and somehow fit in the little tower at the top.

Lunch Bunch

Nathan and I attended our last Lunch Bunch with the squadron for the next few months. We packed a picnic lunch and met up at the playground with other some other kids around Nathan's age and their moms. Nathan did a whole lot more playing than eating, though. I guess that's to be expected when there's a whole new playground that needs to be explored. He didn't slow down for a minute. 
Once he's done sliding he doesn't like to get off the slide. He just wants to hang out at the bottom for a while and play. He's not going to be very popular at the playground if he keeps that up.
He ran across the wiggly, wobbly bridge.
Nathan and Tyler wouldn't stay still long enough to get a good picture of them together. This is the best I could get.
Just hanging out.
And of course, he had to notice the really tall, spiral slide. I was hoping he wouldn't want to go down it, but no such luck. He was going with or without me...so for safety reasons I climbed up behind him and somehow fit in the little tower at the top.

Priceless

Up for auction, I have a one of a kind masterpiece painted by Nathan Meissner. Just kidding. I wouldn't sell this for the world. Here is Nathan's dish he painted on Friday. He did it all except for his initials and date. Not too shabby for his first attempt at painting. You can barely see it, but that is his handprint in green in the center. I thought I was going to hang it up in his room, but I think it's too beautiful to hide away in his room. It's going in the kitchen for everyone to see.

Daddy and Nathan went to the park then I met up with them afterwards for dinner. We ate at the Firehouse Brewing Co. Here are some pictures from dinner.
Surprisingly, he kept the hat on long enough to get a picture. He hates, hates, hates wearing hats.

Priceless

Up for auction, I have a one of a kind masterpiece painted by Nathan Meissner. Just kidding. I wouldn't sell this for the world. Here is Nathan's dish he painted on Friday. He did it all except for his initials and date. Not too shabby for his first attempt at painting. You can barely see it, but that is his handprint in green in the center. I thought I was going to hang it up in his room, but I think it's too beautiful to hide away in his room. It's going in the kitchen for everyone to see.

Daddy and Nathan went to the park then I met up with them afterwards for dinner. We ate at the Firehouse Brewing Co. Here are some pictures from dinner.
Surprisingly, he kept the hat on long enough to get a picture. He hates, hates, hates wearing hats.

Mind Your Manners

Steve and I have been working double time on teaching Nathan his manners. If we had to listen to him yell and grunt when he needed something for one more day, we were both going to go crazy. I'm proud to say, he mastered the use of the word 'please.' The problem we're facing now is Nathan thinks he can get anything he wants by saying "deeze." In Nathan's world, the word please doubles as a thank you, as well. He follows us around with books and we drop down on the floor to read it to him just because he looks up and says "deeze." He'll be in a different room and he'll need help with something and we just hear a "deeze" in the distance and we jump up to help him all because he said "deeze." We're only on our third day of this, but I'm guessing this is going to get old in the very near future. 

Nathan is at such a fun age now. He provides Steve and me with more than enough entertainment each day. I think he's beginning to realize he's cute and that sucks. Here are some pictures of him being cute. A typical Daddy breakfast. Steve hands him a box of Cheerios.
I guess Nathan was still hungry after his breakfast. He took it upon himself to find more food.

By the look on Nathan's face, it's a good thing he's wearing a diaper!

That first toss is always scary, but the ones following are so much fun.
Nathan has always had a love of music and ever since he's been mobile, he's been a dancing fool. I'm the lucky one who gets to be his dance partner. Steve had the job of DJ-ing. And by DJ-ing, I mean he found the Time Life Rock Ballads 30 minute commercial that Nathan couldn't resist.  

Here he is trying to be cute so he can stay up just a little bit longer.
Now he's up to no good.

Mind Your Manners

Steve and I have been working double time on teaching Nathan his manners. If we had to listen to him yell and grunt when he needed something for one more day, we were both going to go crazy. I'm proud to say, he mastered the use of the word 'please.' The problem we're facing now is Nathan thinks he can get anything he wants by saying "deeze." In Nathan's world, the word please doubles as a thank you, as well. He follows us around with books and we drop down on the floor to read it to him just because he looks up and says "deeze." He'll be in a different room and he'll need help with something and we just hear a "deeze" in the distance and we jump up to help him all because he said "deeze." We're only on our third day of this, but I'm guessing this is going to get old in the very near future. 

Nathan is at such a fun age now. He provides Steve and me with more than enough entertainment each day. I think he's beginning to realize he's cute and that sucks. Here are some pictures of him being cute. A typical Daddy breakfast. Steve hands him a box of Cheerios.
I guess Nathan was still hungry after his breakfast. He took it upon himself to find more food.

By the look on Nathan's face, it's a good thing he's wearing a diaper!

That first toss is always scary, but the ones following are so much fun.
Nathan has always had a love of music and ever since he's been mobile, he's been a dancing fool. I'm the lucky one who gets to be his dance partner. Steve had the job of DJ-ing. And by DJ-ing, I mean he found the Time Life Rock Ballads 30 minute commercial that Nathan couldn't resist.  

Here he is trying to be cute so he can stay up just a little bit longer.
Now he's up to no good.

Fun-Filled Friday

Whew! What a day. Nathan and I started our day off by joining Tammy and Tyler for story time at Border's. Much to my surprise, Nathan sat still and behaved. He really enjoyed it. Afterwards, Nathan shopped for some new books and even found some new Sesame Street number flash cards. Not a bad way to start the day. But that's not all, it gets even better!
Nathan was a pretty huge fan of the books with wheels. 
I didn't buy them for him, though. I don't want to spoil him. 
Tyler and Nathan found the puppets and had a good time playing with them for a while. 
Nathan made himself right at home on Tammy's lap.
"Trust me, Tyler. I know what I'm doing."
Tammy and I were looking in the children's activities section at Border's and thought that Nate and Ty would probably like to try out painting. The thing is, neither of us want to introduce painting to them at home. Tammy came up with the brilliant idea of taking them to Pottery 2 Paint. The boys get to paint and we don't have to clean up afterwards. I'm all for that!

At first, Nathan got confused and forgot he was supposed to be painting. He dipped the brush in the paint and stuck it in his mouth.
Each time he ate the paint you could tell he didn't mean to do it. It's the same motion as eating with utensils and there was a plate in front of him. I can see why that was confusing at first.
After three accidental bites of paint and rubbing the brush through his hair, he got the hang of it and created a beautiful masterpiece. After it's fired, we'll pick it up on Monday. Hopefully, your anticipation of seeing the final product won't distract you from your weekend activities. 

Here is a shot of the artist in action. 

Fun-Filled Friday

Whew! What a day. Nathan and I started our day off by joining Tammy and Tyler for story time at Border's. Much to my surprise, Nathan sat still and behaved. He really enjoyed it. Afterwards, Nathan shopped for some new books and even found some new Sesame Street number flash cards. Not a bad way to start the day. But that's not all, it gets even better!
Nathan was a pretty huge fan of the books with wheels. 
I didn't buy them for him, though. I don't want to spoil him. 
Tyler and Nathan found the puppets and had a good time playing with them for a while. 
Nathan made himself right at home on Tammy's lap.
"Trust me, Tyler. I know what I'm doing."
Tammy and I were looking in the children's activities section at Border's and thought that Nate and Ty would probably like to try out painting. The thing is, neither of us want to introduce painting to them at home. Tammy came up with the brilliant idea of taking them to Pottery 2 Paint. The boys get to paint and we don't have to clean up afterwards. I'm all for that!

At first, Nathan got confused and forgot he was supposed to be painting. He dipped the brush in the paint and stuck it in his mouth.
Each time he ate the paint you could tell he didn't mean to do it. It's the same motion as eating with utensils and there was a plate in front of him. I can see why that was confusing at first.
After three accidental bites of paint and rubbing the brush through his hair, he got the hang of it and created a beautiful masterpiece. After it's fired, we'll pick it up on Monday. Hopefully, your anticipation of seeing the final product won't distract you from your weekend activities. 

Here is a shot of the artist in action.