Beans!

Adding to the suspicion that my sister and I gave birth to each other's children, Spencer refuses to eat meat in my presence. Thankfully I have black beans for his protein needs, and boy does he love them. Spicy, plain, straight out of a can, whatever...if they are a black bean, he will DEVOUR them.

Get in my mouth:

Love my beans:

Bean coma:

An Aquarium in Boise?

I have been skeptical of the Idaho Aquarium. It is a project that has been talked about for years and has very lofty plans and frankly, I just didn't think it was going to happen. Even now that is opened, I still have my doubts, but to hell with it because it is winter, I hate the cold, and I am tired of being cooped up with a nearly two year old! So we hit the aquarium, and while it would not hold my interest for more than 20 minutes, Spencer went straight up BANANAS for this place. Here he is getting a lay of the land.

This shot got a lot more interesting after the fact when I learned that the fish Chris is currently feeding can actually bite open a freaking clam shell! Yes, they do have a sign that mentions that they bite, but seriously!?!?! In a tank that children can put their hands in they have this fish?!?!?!?! See my remark about being skeptical above.

Splashing around in the tank that has the fish that could apparently take his hand off. Lesson learned for next time!Also, don't ask me why I didn't roll up his sleeves. This poor kid was drenched by the end of our outing!

Merry Christmas!

There aren't many days I love more than Christmas, and having Spencer has ramped that up by ten. I was soooo excited for him to open his gifts on Christmas morning...even though he still doesn't really get what is happening. He knows what he likes though: cars and balls, and he got a ton of them!



Mommy and daddy had a happy Christmas morning too. Mommy got a beautiful Coach bag and Daddy got a metal detector!

December 20!?!?!?!?!

Seriously? Five days away from Christmas. I am just as bad blogging in December as I was in November. Lots of fun stuff happening around the Stonehocker house as we prepare for the main event this weekend. Of course, it all started with picking out our tree.

Just like last year, Spencer still loves the tree. He demands that it be "ON!" anytime that he notices that lights are off and his favorite ornament is this bright yellow star.

We even braved the zoo, when we couldn't take another freaking minute of being cooped up. The penguins sure seemed to love the chilly weather.

And, as always, these two knuckleheads love getting into all sorts of mischief.

Where did November go?

I have been a terrible blogger this month. I can't believe my last post was Happy Halloween and now we are already through Thanksgiving. I don't even have a lot of pictures to show for the last four weeks. I blame work for this, as November is prime food drive time and there wasn't a weekend or a week that went by without late nights. But hey, we're feeding people! I can breathe in January! Anyway, to get you in the Christmas spirit, take a look at the epic disaster that was our visit to Santa this year.

Happy Halloween!

I hope everyone had a safe and fun Halloween this year. Because my brother in law Jesse works odd hours, my sister and nephew often go on lots of little adventures with us. Without fail my sister will ask: do you think people think we are sister wives? No. No they don't. But what a great costume idea!
We had our annual trick or treat parade in Hyde Park again this year with daycare. He still doesn't know what candy really is, nor did I let him eat any, but Spencer still thought it was cool to be able to pick treasures out of a bowl.
The Incredible Hulk strutting his stuff...
Digging through his loot...

Oh San Diego, I love you and miss you already

We spent last week in San Diego and seriously, I am still a little bit depressed about being home. We stayed at the beautiful Sheraton Hotel & Marina and sweet Spencer had a view of boats AND airplanes from our balcony...which was probably excitement enough for him, but we got to do all sorts of other fun things too. Zoo! Beach! Sea World! He loved it all.
I've said it before and I will say it again - visit Southern California in October or February. There are no crowds! Look how close our little guy got to get top all the animals. He never would have had this experience in June.



Best of all, we got to spend time with family...our first night we had a family dinner with Autnies Lisa and Heather and Unlce Jonathan and it made me realize just how much I miss having them around. We'll just have to go back soon to visit.