Monday, February 28, 2011

Wishing Happy Birthday to Grandma Daralee...February 28, 2011

 Today my mom should be 56 years old.  She should be holding her grandson Darian Lee.  Hearing him laugh, watching him play, hearing him say, "Gammaw Dee"...which he does when he sees her painting hanging above our dining room table.  I miss her so much.  We told him it is her birthday today.  We tell him about her sometimes, I just wish I had more time with her, so I would have more stories to share with him as he gets older.  I love you mommy.






Conner Prairie with mom...Feb. 27, 2011

 Momma took Darian to Conner Prairie for a couple hours on Sunday to play so I could get some work done!  He had a great time!  He loves sitting on the tractor and turning the steering wheel!
 Standing up and driving.
 Milking the cow!
 Ready for basketball!!

STAIRS!!!

Visiting Great Grandma Dwiggins!! Feb. 20, 2011

 Showing GG what a big boy he is by throwing his trash away himself!  She just had to show him where the trash can was!
 He wanted Great Grandma to play 'Ping Ball' with him!!  She did pretty good! 

 He found 'Yertle the Turtle' in GG's guest room.  Looks like he's really contemplating something here!  Probably how to con us into more CANDY!!
 Looks like he was probably talking up a storm to grandma here...

 He wanted to read his favorite book to her!! 
 Having a great time!
"I love you great grandma Ann!!"

Playing with Alegra, Harper, and Buddy...Feb. 20, 2011

 We came back to Winchester last Sunday because Rikki's BFF Morgan was in town and Rikki wanted to get her hair cut and colored.  We had her trim up Darian's locks too, but I totally dropped the ball and didn't get any photos of Darian and Morgan...oops.  Next time.  I did get some shots of Dee playing with Alegra (Gee's 13-year old daughter) and Harper (Lindsay and Kyle's 4-year old), and Buddy (Bunny's dog)!


Darian really likes Alegra!  They were trying to get him to dance, but he just wanted to chase Buddy around!

Visting Great Reish Grandparents...February 20, 2011

 We had a great time visiting Darian's Great Grandparents!  He wore his brand new Nike hat that he just had to have when momma took him shopping! 
 Looking at Great Gpa Dick...looking handsome in his hat!
 Dee kept talking about his hat...so Gpa Reish went to get his Reds hat to show him!
 Playing the piano with Gma Tia!
 We were trying to get Darian to pose for a picture, but he was ready to keep dancing!  They were playing music and he was dancing up a storm!
He found the STAIRS!!!

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Nana Mel Visit and Children's Museum! February 18, 2011 Part 3

 Doing his favorite activity...stair climbing!
 We specially coordinated his outfit to match the museum stairs!
 Happy Boy!!
 Running WILD!!
 Sliding!
 Catch me Nana!
 Doing some excavation work in the skid steer!
 Making more friends!!
 Carousel with momma and Nana!
 On the horsey with daddy!  Waving!
 Working on the glass sculpture!
 Laughing at dinner!
 Nana being silly!
What a fun day at the museum!  Oh...and to all the grandparents...we upgraded our membership to the family +2...so let us know when you want to come with us!  It's free...and lots of fun!  Seriously...take us up on it!!

Nana Mel Visit and Children's Museum! February 18, 2011 Part 2

 As Handy Manny says, "Safety First!"  You can't have all the kids getting fossil fragments in their eyes!  Time to go digging!
 Dee has his brush to dust away the dirt from the skeleton they discovered!
 Tiny paleontologist!
 STAIRS!!!
 Rik, Dee, and Nana Mel getting ready to go explore with Dora and Diego!
 Counting his loot on the pirate ship!
 Dee hugging Diego!
 DORA!
 Giving Diego a high five!
 Tunnel Rat!
 Rock Climbing!
 Monkeying around!
 Found a few friends to do some gardening with!
 Getting ready to go down the space slide!
Driving with Nana Mel!