January 8, 2011

  • Scooters and Smiles

    Augustin got the present of a life time I think; well his life time possibly.  The week before Christmas I was looking for one last gift for him, I had the other two and wanted/needed just one more for him. I went to the local children's consignment store in hopes of finding something for him.  I discovered last year that consignment stores are often the best places to find nice gifts for the little guys.  As I was walking back towards the toy section I spotted a Lightening McQueen scooter.  That was it, that was the gift I was looking for.  He loves it.  The night he got it he could hardly get across the living room and by the next afternoon he was speeding all over the living room as if he'd been riding a scooter for year.  He took it outside for a spin on the driveway, but brought it back in because it was too cold outside.

    Matthias told me tonight that next year he wants one of those battery operated cars kids can ride in.  You know the ones that are shown in every Christmas flier for the low, low price of $300.  His reasoning was, "Augustin always gets the toys with wheels."  Last year he got a cozy coop car to ride in and this year he got the scooter. I guess Matthias needs a toy with wheels for his birthday in June.

    Now on to the smiles.  Veronica has been smiling for several weeks now.  First at Daddy and now at anyone who will talk to her...which is everyone in the house.  Matthias is particularly fond of trying to make her smile.  So on Thursday he kept asking me to get a picture of Veronica smiling at him. I tried and tried and this is all I got....

    Cute but no smiles.  Then I walk away to go do laundry and Matthias yells for me to come back because she's smiling. I was literally about 10 steps away.  So I come back with little hope of actually capturing a smile on film, especially since he kept sticking his head in the way and her smiles weren't lasting very long.  Well, he was determined to get a picture of her smiling and sure enough we did.

    Matthias was so excited.