Painter's tape, cardboard and plastic bags

These three items have provided an usual amount of entertainment at our house this month. Colter chose tape as his special treat for our last Montrose grocery run and proceeded to use three large rolls in just a few days. He built spider webs, gates, race courses and his all time favorite- knight's armor. The first time he did this he put all of the tape on his skin- that is the photo with the shorts- he learned a VERY painful lesson when it came time to take it off. It only took one fifteen minute tape pulling session for this guy and all other body armor was taped on top of his long sleeves and pants! He is Sir Colter the Brave and he calls me Your Majesty Queen Mommy. I like where this is going! Not to be outdone, Dylan is dressing up as a pirate, zebra, dragon and running around saying "ta-da!" He is learning so much these days and amazes me constantly with things he knows. Dylan can say a few words, like Blue, Colter, Bubble, Mine, Thank you, Hello- but is choosing not to most of the time. If you ask him "hey Dylan, can you say....?" he will look at you smile, tuck his head to the side all coy and cute and just giggle. Not an on demand performer- this little one! Dylan loves to listen to music on Colter's cd player and dance. He continues to be his own law of physics "A Dylan in motion, stays in motion" and is becoming more physically skilled all the time. Daddy and Tim took the boys skiing today, I am still on the sidelines, and said that Dylan was skiing by himself down the Magic Carpet with Trevor barely touching him. So cool. Colter is skiing all over the place and loves to go off jumps and ski up and down the walls on the sides of the run. After dropping Dylan with me, they went on a some of the blue runs on Lift 4! I can't wait to go skiing with the boys again in a couple of weeks. In case you are wondering where the plastic bag part comes in- it is not for hauling groceries. We went to our friend's cabin last weekend and went snowmobiling. I had to waterproof the toes that were sticking out of the cast, so a bread bag did the trick! The boys had a great time riding around and the weather was amazing. Overall I am not a fan of those motorized, two stroke, stinky machines, but once a year or so it is fun to zip around and explore a new area and the best part is that these were nice machines that actually worked the entire time. We are headed to the Front Range this week for Noah's next surgery- as long as our crew can stay healthy- so I will update when possible. Check carepages.com and sign up for NoahBlakney if you want more up to the date info.

Still limping, but getting faster

It has been a crazy few weeks of hobbling around after the kids. Colter thinks "hobble" is a really funny word and uses it in as many sentences as possible. He is also very sweet and has been trying help me do things around the house and give me foot massages. That is of course when he isn't staying just out of reach and running away laughing with something he isn't supposed to have, like chocolate. I have three or so more weeks of walking cast and then it should be back to full speed ahead. I can't wait, it is really chaotic to be trapped in the house for days on end with two very active boys. We have made some trips to the library and to lunch, but navigating with Dylan in the ice and snow is entertaining at best. Dylan has adapted well and holds onto one of my crutches as we cross the street. He is starting to talk more these days, he has been communicating very well for a long time, but not with words. Colter is claiming every word that comes out of Dylan's mouth "Hey Mom, I think he learned "bubble" from me- I wasn't even trying!" The funniest part is that Dylan usually only talks around me and Colter, for everyone else he still grunts and points- so pretty much no one believes me. Colter has been skiing with friends and is improving everytime. He is so casual about it- "Yeah Mom, we went on Lift 10 and jumped off the sides" "No I didn't like that run, I couldn't go fast enough!" His first day of Comets (ski lessons for the preschool set) is Friday and he is so excited. I think he will be faster than me by the time he is 6, he is already skiing runs that his grandparents won't go down. However, he is dreaming of Mexico and rafting in Moab. Just like his parents, always looking forward to the next season while enjoying the activities of this one. He began planning his 5 year old birthday party in Moab the other day, should be fun more on that in September! Dylan continues to impress me with his attention to detail, constant motion, new expressions and love of books. He seems to enjoy helping clean up and is good at putting things in their place. He has a whole pile of books that he likes to read over and over again and knows them by name(or atleast picture) if I ask him to bring a specific one to me. He is enjoying the snow more and even wants to go outside and play- too bad that isn't happening much these days! Tomorrow is Modee School (she takes care of them on Thursdays) and I'm sure she will be worn out after these two wound up bundles of energy get done entertaining her this week. They are enjoying their weekly time with Modee, and Colter always has a project or two in mind.