What do you want for your birthday, Mateo?

A big green bike!

Out and About with Papa Chris

Following Instructions

A few weeks ago, I asked Mateo to dump our popcorn leftovers from the previous night into the “round tray underneath the bird feeders”. The confused look on his face led me to show him from his bedroom window what I was talking about. “Oh, oh, the round thing”, he said. I went back to washing dishes while he headed out the door with the pan. After a while I checked on him through the window. He had dumped the popcorn on the driveway, but was in the vicinity of the feeders and moving it there with his hands. After another while, I checked on him again – this time under the guise of bringing something out to the studio. Upon closer inspection, I saw that he was putting the popcorn, piece by piece, into one of the birdhouse holes. Too cute! In all fairness: the birdhouse entrance IS a round thing. After retreating to the house and giggling, I grabbed the camera.

U is for...

Umbrella Days! Mateo is smitten with the umbrella and quite proud that he knows how to operate it on his own. With April (and May) showers, we’ve been reading some books about umbrellas – one favorite is a wordless picture book called Yellow Umbrella by Jae Soo Liu. It comes with a CD full of beautiful music to mirror the illustrations.

Eggs with Daddy

T is for...

TyphoonTornadoTemperTantrum!!!

Okay, you can see there is a lot of energy here. It’s been an interesting couple of weeks to say the least, and we’re betting there is a growth spurt/maturity spurt in the works.

Time will Tell…

Teacher of the Year!

Congratulations to Uncle Mike Meyer for receiving not ONE, but TWO awards! The first was Herzing University’s Teacher of the Year award presented at the end of 2009 for which he was flown to Florida for an awards ceremony and a wee bit of R&R. Much to his surprise, he received an additional award in March – the Meyer Legacy of Caring. How wonderful!

The first photo shows Michael with Renee Herzing, the Herzing University president. The man to his right is Dr. Getter who is the president of Educational affairs and the guy on the far right is Henry Herzing himself - he is the founder of the school and now carries the title of chancellor. The second photo shows some well-deserved beach-lounging, and the third is at the faculty dinner in Minneapolis.

Again, big congratulations – we are so proud of you, Mike!