Friday, November 27, 2009

Jenga! Jenga!

Sam's latest obsession is the game Jenga. He thoroughly enjoys pulling out the most precarious pieces in hopes of either
(a)watching it completely collapse or
(b)perform some sort of miracle
Below is an example of a miracle play...He picked the side piece from the very bottom and, miraculously, the thing didn't fall apart.

Surprisingly, it didn't fall for a long time. Here are a few of Sam's "concentration" shots. He likes to let Brad and I know that he is "concentrating" on his next move. He's so funny.


Sunday, November 22, 2009

Roaming Buffalo Serves Up Stone Soup

At school on Friday, Sam, also known as Roaming Buffalo to his fellow natives in the classroom, cooked up some delicious soup. Every year, his school hosts a Stone Soup Luncheon. The kids sign up to bring an ingredient of their choice. They get to chop it up, mix it with other veggies, and serve the parents. In addition, they learn about native americans and get to pick a name for themselves. Sam selected "Roaming Buffalo." We found it very appropriate and his teacher told me the second I arrived to pick him up. She thought it was hilarious as well.

Here is Roaming Buffalo with his best pal, Ben (whose native name I do not know)...We also call them the Dynamic-Up-to-No-Good-Duo:

Here's Kim and Isabella, deep in conversation:

These are the wonderful ladies who deal with Sam's relentless questions...(L-R) Rosemary, Lisa, Mei, amd Lorena:

Sam loves Alexandra...she's hilarious:

Check out that placemat...we love our boy so much

The Soup


Roaming Buffalo with his official native headdress:

A family photo attempt....

On our way back home form the luncheon, there was a heavy storm and a serious accident. Sam held his hand out so Isabella would, as he stated, "Not be scared, Mami, because I'm her big brother and I'm supposed to protect her."

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Uhhh, Houston: We Have a Crawler

Izzy B crawled for the first time today. Sam spotted her going from the baskets that carry books over towards the bathroom. He was screaming with excitement. Below is how we enticed her to do it again...Sorry about the poor quality :(

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Simon Says

Here is some cute video of Abuelita and Isabella...I can't tell if Isabella is copying Abuelita or if Abuelita is copying Isabella. Either way, it's cute to hear Abuelita's excitement each time Izzy would clap and shake her head "no."

Halloween Bonanza -Part 4: The Trick-O-Treating Video

Below is some video of Sam's excitement with trick-or-treating...sorry about the "shakiness" of the video...