Pool fun

This afternoon Chris watched Corban while I went for my baby appointment (everything is going super!), and when I came home this is how I found the boys!















Yesterday, Corban and I went swimming at the pool. It had been awhile since we'd been because of all our afternoon rain showers, so it was lots of fun to play in the water. Corban has some dive sticks that he had fun dropping on the steps and "diving" for.















"Got it, Mama!"

Corban update

Well, I wouldn't say "terrible" but I would say that since Corban has turned two we have certainly had some "trying" days! We have instituted a time-out corner at home and it seems to be used at least a few times every day.
Today I took Corban to see "Charlotte's Web" on the big screen. Regal Cinema has a summer program with free G/PG movies for children and parents one day a week, so we tried it out. He did really well and with a theater full of children it didn't matter if he identified the animals out loud when they appeared on the screen. We made it through a little more than half and then it was time to get up and walk around.
Corban has also begun more developed role playing or imagination games, especially with his favorite toy "Bear." This afternoon Corban was being like Daddy by walking around with Bear on his shoulders, talking to him ("Good see you." "How you?"), putting Bear "night-night," and even putting Bear in time-out!
His molar teeth are also coming in, 2 on top are completely in and 1 on the bottom is coming in now. So just one more "baby tooth" to come!

July weddings

We were not able to go to Leu Gardens yesterday, so we went this morning for a family picture in the Rose Garden and to take advantage of being able to go back and visit where we were married. Corban has had a bit of a cold today so we walked around some but didn't stay to long.
Chris said that he felt the need to apologize to all our family and friends that were there for how incredibly hot it is in July for an outside wedding! They were actually set up for a wedding this morning, so we saw all the guests huddled under the shade of the couple of gazebos waiting until the last possible minute to take a seat in the lovely, but completely unshaded rose garden.

This evening Chris and I went out (dates two days in a row without Corban!) to a wedding which was beautiful. It was Sage and Betsy Hirschy's wedding (Sage was one of the guys in Chris's small group through K-Life years ago) and we had a great time getting to visit with several friends that we hadn't seen for some time. We had a fun evening out and Aunt Jenn surprised Corban with "Finding Nemo" so they had a super time at home!

Family Birthday

Today is our 3rd anniversary! Or what we call our "Family Birthday" because it was on July 25th, 2005 that our Pendrak family began.



We started the day with blueberry pancakes with more berries and syrup on top.






Then Chris and I went out for a special lunch at Capital Grille! Everything was delicious...their "Kona Crusted Dry Aged Sirloin with Caramelized Shallot Butter" is the best! And because it was our anniversary they had decorated our table with roses and gave us a chocolate dessert with a champagne toast (for us it was ginger ale!) and took a picture of us (they printed out in a paper frame), which just all made the afternoon even more special.








Then later in the day we all went to Chuck' E' Cheese's to play on the games and rides.














Its been a day filled with lots of yummy food and great fun. I am so thankful for my amazing husband, wonderful marriage and happy family!

little Noah

Wednesday is usually my laundry day and Corban always has fun with the empty baskets. He usually pretends the basket is a boat and either sits in it or puts his toys in. There was a basket still out in the living room this afternoon and Corban was playing in it so I asked him if it was a boat. He said "No, ark" waited a couple seconds and told me "Noah ark!"



Of course, its still a good place for "hiding" too!