Playing with Video

I finally opened the video editor and put together my first video. (I had to keep up with Dan and Leah!) So here is my first video project of JR's science fair. Enjoy! (Turn on your sound)

The Science Project

JR decided to do his science project on planets. So of course we made a model of the solar system.

The painting of the sun.

The planets

Model complete

At the fair.

And to the awards:

JR was a little dissapointed about winning 3rd place (last year he got 2nd place), but that's not what this picture is about, he just doesn't like to smile.

Whistling

J.R. for some reason decided that now was the time he was going to learn how to whistle. He practiced blowing for a couple days until finally sound came out. I started noticing him practicing on Saturday and sometime Sunday we had a whistler. When he was practicing blowing it wasn't bad, but now we hear whistling all . . . day . . . long. On Monday morning I told him that he couldn't whistle in class and he said "I know mom!". And at the end of the day, while he was whistling, I asked him if he whistled in class and he said no. I was really surprised.

From Yellow to Pink

Tristan's favorite color has always been yellow, until now. It's hard to tell if his favorite color has really always been yellow, and when I say always I mean since pre-birth, or if I have just projected that onto him. It all started during our hypnobirthing class we were taking when I was pregnant with Tristan (yes, I'm a hippy). One of the relaxation techniques our hypnotherapist used was an imagry of color where the hypnotherapist guides you through all the colors of the rainbow. Well during that exercise yellow really stood out, so I was convinced there was something special about the color yellow. So naturally when Tristan was just a month or two old and mesmorized by these little yellow flowers in our neighborhood (and no other flowers mind you) I was convinced that it was his favorite color. Since then he has seemed to gravitate toward yellow. His first color he even said was yellow and since he could vocalize it he has been saying his favorite color is yellow, until now. He has now declared his favorite color is pink. It feels like a small declaration of independence to me. Although his favorite things to wear are still his yellow lizard shirt and his yellow tie-dye.

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Tristan through the years

Happy Birthday Tristan!

Tristan is 3! He's getting so big, I can't believe it.

Tristan at 8:34AM, exactly 3 years after he was born

We had a little birthday party at our house for him today and had 10 little 2-3 year olds running around. Tristan had a blast. This is what it looked like:

He had a SpongeBob Square Pants theme so we had SpongeBob balloons, plates, cups, napkins, and cupcakes.

We also went out for a special family birthday dinner last night before JR's basketball game.

ABCs on drums

Say "cheese" for the camera. . .

I was taking a video, but I guess Tristan thought I was taking his picture. This is how Tristan says "cheese" for the camera.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

We had a wonderful Christmas and a great New Year's Eve. Hoping you did too!

The boys got scooters for Christmas

Christmas at Bapa's house

Opening our popper's on New Year's Eve

Tristan's prize from the popper.