Dan Crow

Dan Crow came to visit Cross of Christ Preschool back in April and here he is, live in concert. The kids just loved him and he was very entertaining. This one minute video doesn't fully do him justice but hopefully you can get a taste for what he's like.

Random things we've been up to

Here are some random pictures from the past few weeks that are too good to just sit in my iPhoto library.

Sydney has been in soccer since March and last weekend was her last game. I'll post a few more pictures of this later but here are some from earlier in the season.


I'm not sure what kind of pose she's trying to strike here but the coach was busy telling her to "watch the ball!"


This is a classic shot of Sydney playing soccer. Both feet off the ground, grinning from ear to ear, not watching the ball (notice the other kids looking ahead to the ball). If you look closely you can see me hard at work assistant coaching on the sideline.


This is Sydney's (and probably most of the kids) favorite part of Soccer ... the snack after the game. Bryce didn't make it in this photo but he's usually not far from the snacks. That is if he's not trying to run out on the field to play.


After soccer we sometimes head to the nearby park. Melissa appears to be super excited to be spotting Bryce on the climbing wall.


Sydney and I like to play Carcassonne which is actually a really fun game for adults but it's basically a big puzzle so if you don't play by the rules you can have fun with kids too. Bryce sometimes like to "help" us play by stealing the pieces.


Sydney had this picture taken with all her Barbies for her "All about me" poster at preschool. Ironically she was also wearing her Barbie PJs when we took this picture.


This is Sydney and her Lamby which she's had since birth when Heather Spitzner gave it to Melissa for a baby shower present. We liked it so much we got Bryce something similar except it is a blue dog which we have originally named "Blue Dog".


Recently Ball had a bring your kids to work day and they always do a big liquid nitrogen demonstration for the kids. Here the guy is breaking apart a head of lettuce to make a salad after freezing it in the dewar next to him (dewar is a fancy name for a liquid nitrogen thermos).


Sydney's last swimming lesson they got suited up in life jackets and jumped off the diving board in the deep end. We were really proud of her because she jumped off right away on the first try. Most of the kids really had to be encouraged although unfortunately no one had to be thrown off the end (boring!).


This picture was taken at kindergarden orientation at Arapahoe Ridge Elementary where she will be going to all day kindergarden next year. Please join us in praying for the sanity of her teacher.

Melissa's Working Out

Melissa's been working out a lot lately and got a glamor shot taken. Check it out!

Denver Zoo

We recently went to the Denver Zoo and we got a lot of good pictures of the animals with our 10x zoom. Enjoy!

Slideshow Test

Apparently you can create Flickr slideshows right in your blog. Here is one of Carson's baptism:

Dan Crow

Dan Crow came to visit the Cross of Christ Preschool and you would've thought it was American Idol or something. All the kids knew his songs and were singing bits and pieces before the show. They even had a pot luck before the show which Dan ate at (I'm not sure if that was part of his official compensation or not). Sydney told me Dan is the funniest person in the world although I'm second.


Dan even ate at the kids table which they all enjoyed.


Sydney sat enthralled as Dan delivered his message of hope ... no, wait, it was actually a song about kissing a cow.


Dan the man warming up the crowd.


Sydney, Dan, Meredith, and Maggie all posed for a picture. For once, Sydney was the only one without her mouth open.

Sydney Swimming

We're trying to get Sydney to learn how to swim before our neighborhood pool opens up on Memorial Day because we'll probably be spending most of the time trying to prevent Bryce from drowning himself. She just finished a round of lessons at Broomfield and graduated to the next class which is hopefully entitled "Learning how to actually swim."


Here she is practicing her "big arms".


Here she is practicing her back float with her instructor which we at first mistook for another kid in the class. I'm not sure if he lost a bet or what but he has since changed his haircut.


She loves the water!

New Camera

So we recently got a new digital camera, the Panasonic TZ5. I was messing around with it trying it out and took a few pictures.


This one was from across the room with the 10x zoom and maybe because I caught Sydney off guard, she gave me a really good smile.


Bryce is playing with one of his fire trucks which he calls a "woo" because of the sound it makes. All other trucks are "bums".


Apparently I spent a little too long with the camera because Bryce got mad at me and did what 2 year olds do. Enjoy!

Tarantula at the Butterfly Pavilion

We have a place called the Butterfly Pavilion which mainly has a big greenhouse with butterflies but also has other insects and even a few marine displays. Sydney went there recently for a birthday party and got to have Rosie the Tarantula walk on her hand.


Melissa actually took this picture and I'm not sure how because the zoom doesn't work on our old camera. If that thing would have moved faster than molasses on a cold day I'm sure Melissa would have screamed louder than any of the kids.


Bryce went to the birthday party too and here he is looking at the lobster (I think).

Easter

Ok, so Easter was a while ago but I've never posted pictures. Due to my obsession with being chronological here they are:


Sydney and Bryce at Bronco Park where they spread about a million eggs on the grass and then let the kids "hunt" for them. I remember Easter Egg hunts being a little more difficult but I guess Bryce is only 2.


Bryce found an egg! (and if he looks closely there could be a few dozen more behind him)


Sydney giving us her cute pose.


Bryce has moved onto the good stuff ... the chocolate!


Sydney actually hugged the Easter Bunny without freaking out. I guess a human sized bunny is much less threatening than a guy dressed in a red suit (that's a reference to her being terrified _again_ of Santa this year).


The intrepid egg hunters returning back to the car after a hard mornings work.


Watching eggs turn colors is almost as fascinating as watching paint dry ... and it happens even slower!


I'm not sure what expression this is but she must get it from Melissa.


Easter Sunday brunch at a local spot in Boulder. Aren't we all dressed up so nice?


I think Sydney is trying to squeeze one out and Bryce is laughing at her. At least that's my first impression when looking at this picture.


Here is Bryce doing his sweet little boy stance with Sydney towering over him. Someday Bryce ... someday ...


We did a little Easter Egg hunt in our backyard too. This was much more challenging than the Bronco Park grass hunt but Sydney got them all. I'm trying to walk carefully to avoid the special treats our dog hide for us in the backyard.