The bathroom has become one of the most popular hangouts in our house. Ryan recently discovered he can pull his step stool over to the sink and perform to his most adoring fan (himself) in the mirror. With his numbers, when he says 14 and 15 it sounds like he's actually saying 16. I guess Dean and I have been saying "Now 16" when he gets there, because as you'll hear that's what he'll say.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Saturday, March 19, 2011
No More Horse Room!
Hi Again, Ryan here reporting again on the family blog. Two times in a row, lucky for me mama and daddy overlooked my whining to let me do this!
This time around I'll be talking about my NEW bedroom. It used to be called the Horse Room and was a catch-all space of things and clothes we didn't use much. Half the walls were beige and the other half a dark maroon, with a border of horses separating the two (see picture below). The "noose" you see hanging down is actually the pull to the ceiling fan, though mama used to think that the state of that room sometimes was cluttered enough to make her want to hang herself ;)
This is what the loft used to look like. Someday when I'm of elementary school age, I'll get to sleep in the bunk above and I'll get to do my homework at the built in desk!
Hopefully around Eastertime Papa Bernie will come back to our house and help daddy polyeurathane (that's a big word for a 2 year old to say let alone try to spell) the loft. Mama is worried that someday I may color or spill something on the pretty wood and ruin it.
No more crib (well, at least at nighttime) for me! Here I am on my big boy racecar bed! I am so proud and happy to have it. So what if I sleep with my head at the foot of the bed each night. It's mine - well I do share it with Hoppy (my stuffed frog) and my bears Bubba, Blue, and Harvey. You'll also notice the awesome grey color on the walls now too. It took a little bit of magic, but Papa Bernie got it right!
When you open the door to my new room, this is what you see! I love the blue and red star decals on my wall, I have a great red curtain that when drawn blocks out the sun, and I love my soccer ball chair and my Cars bedding.
In total there are 30 stars in my room! Mama and daddy also put up a shelf so my CD player and electric aquarium could go on it. I guess I was playing with them too much in my old room when I could reach them.
I even get to have some of my own toys and books in this new room! It's awesome! And for now the "noose" has been strung away and the ladder to the loft bed is on the bunk so no climbing for me. I can't imagine why my parents took that away from me?! For now the rocker will stay in my room as I do like to cuddle sometimes. But once that baby brother or sister makes an appearance, it'll go back into the other room.
I have been quite busy at my new class with Ms. Brandi - you remember her from the last time I got to blog, right? I get to display some of my artwork in my new bedroom. Today it's finger painted pictures, tomorrow bikini clad babes (that'll be our little secret!).
Thanks again for checking in with the family. Mama is less on a cleaning/organizing kick now that I'm in my new room. Both her and daddy (Gizmo and I too) are happier that we've been able to play outside. Check back soon for more Stoeber Family Happenings!
This time around I'll be talking about my NEW bedroom. It used to be called the Horse Room and was a catch-all space of things and clothes we didn't use much. Half the walls were beige and the other half a dark maroon, with a border of horses separating the two (see picture below). The "noose" you see hanging down is actually the pull to the ceiling fan, though mama used to think that the state of that room sometimes was cluttered enough to make her want to hang herself ;)
This is what the loft used to look like. Someday when I'm of elementary school age, I'll get to sleep in the bunk above and I'll get to do my homework at the built in desk!
Hopefully around Eastertime Papa Bernie will come back to our house and help daddy polyeurathane (that's a big word for a 2 year old to say let alone try to spell) the loft. Mama is worried that someday I may color or spill something on the pretty wood and ruin it.
No more crib (well, at least at nighttime) for me! Here I am on my big boy racecar bed! I am so proud and happy to have it. So what if I sleep with my head at the foot of the bed each night. It's mine - well I do share it with Hoppy (my stuffed frog) and my bears Bubba, Blue, and Harvey. You'll also notice the awesome grey color on the walls now too. It took a little bit of magic, but Papa Bernie got it right!
When you open the door to my new room, this is what you see! I love the blue and red star decals on my wall, I have a great red curtain that when drawn blocks out the sun, and I love my soccer ball chair and my Cars bedding.
In total there are 30 stars in my room! Mama and daddy also put up a shelf so my CD player and electric aquarium could go on it. I guess I was playing with them too much in my old room when I could reach them.
I even get to have some of my own toys and books in this new room! It's awesome! And for now the "noose" has been strung away and the ladder to the loft bed is on the bunk so no climbing for me. I can't imagine why my parents took that away from me?! For now the rocker will stay in my room as I do like to cuddle sometimes. But once that baby brother or sister makes an appearance, it'll go back into the other room.
I have been quite busy at my new class with Ms. Brandi - you remember her from the last time I got to blog, right? I get to display some of my artwork in my new bedroom. Today it's finger painted pictures, tomorrow bikini clad babes (that'll be our little secret!).
Thanks again for checking in with the family. Mama is less on a cleaning/organizing kick now that I'm in my new room. Both her and daddy (Gizmo and I too) are happier that we've been able to play outside. Check back soon for more Stoeber Family Happenings!Friday, March 4, 2011
February Fieldtrip and 1st Day of School
Hi everybody - it's Ryan here! I've been waiting to write another blog update and finally my mama has said I've behaved well enough to do it again, so here I am! I know last time my mama wrote a teaser that I'd be writing about my new big boy room. Unfortunately she's not finished decorating it yet. She wants to get the full reveal in one post. If I'm lucky, I mean if I continue to behave, maybe she'll let me write that update too!
We're getting at the point in winter where I think mama is tired of being indoors. She seems to make herself busy whenever I want to read "B is for Bear", "Guess How Much I Love You", and "I Love You Stinky Face," likewise she rolls her eyes whenever I ask for my music cds to be put on. I don't understand why anyone wouldn't want to read these books at least 5 times a day or who wouldn't love the same kids songs over and over like I do?! I'll have to ask Meema (who lately I've been calling Meemee) if mama had favorites when she was my age.
In addition to playdates, mama and I try to go on other adventures during the week. But even the library and the grocery store don't seem to interest mama anymore. I can't imagine why. I'm ALWAYS chatting about the doors, fire doors, and potties when we go to those places. Who wouldn't want to have that conversation (time and time and time again). Recently though she took me to the Kohl Children's Museum in Glenview. It was a pretty neat place! Really my most favorite parts were the drinking fountains and bathroom doors, but I tried to do some other stuff there (you know, to make mama happy so it was worth the 45 minute drive and price of admission).
Here I am in the water area. It was great fun getting wet. Silly mama didn't notice there were smocks to keep me from getting my clothes wet. So after playing in this area, I got to spend a good 10 minutes under the hand dryer in the bathroom drying my shirt.
Here I got to push a button that would make bubbles. Then the bubbles would shoot the octopus up in the air. It was a blastt!
I finally got a turn to be in the drivers seat! Captain Ryan, reporting for duty, ready to set sail on the open seas! All aboard for a pirate's adventure!
Mama said she'd miss me too much if I lived on the water. So next she took me to the vetrinarian clinic area. She wanted to test to see if any vet skills were genetically passed onto me. I really liked opening and closing the cages and removing everything from them. Maybe Uncle (Dr.) Dan and Aunt (Dr.) Sherry will let me clean cages someday!
Besides moving to a new bed and bedroom, something new and exciting did happen recently. I started school!!! 2 days a week for 2 hours at a time I get a break from winter sick mama and get to go to school. I've heard that my mama and daddy were both pretty smart in school, so I have some big shoes to fill.
Here I am on my first day! I've got my school bag and am ready to go!
This is my teacher, Ms. Brandi. She is super friendly and lets me play with all the doors and trash cans I want. I also get to paint and play in the tunnel, and have a snack with juice, and sing songs, and hear stories. There are only 3 other students in the class, all of us are boys, and I am the youngest. I still try to act like a big boy though and do a good job of not crying when mama leaves.
That's it for now! Maybe this weekend my room will be finished and I'll get to write about those pictures. Talk to you soon!
We're getting at the point in winter where I think mama is tired of being indoors. She seems to make herself busy whenever I want to read "B is for Bear", "Guess How Much I Love You", and "I Love You Stinky Face," likewise she rolls her eyes whenever I ask for my music cds to be put on. I don't understand why anyone wouldn't want to read these books at least 5 times a day or who wouldn't love the same kids songs over and over like I do?! I'll have to ask Meema (who lately I've been calling Meemee) if mama had favorites when she was my age.
In addition to playdates, mama and I try to go on other adventures during the week. But even the library and the grocery store don't seem to interest mama anymore. I can't imagine why. I'm ALWAYS chatting about the doors, fire doors, and potties when we go to those places. Who wouldn't want to have that conversation (time and time and time again). Recently though she took me to the Kohl Children's Museum in Glenview. It was a pretty neat place! Really my most favorite parts were the drinking fountains and bathroom doors, but I tried to do some other stuff there (you know, to make mama happy so it was worth the 45 minute drive and price of admission).
Here I am in the water area. It was great fun getting wet. Silly mama didn't notice there were smocks to keep me from getting my clothes wet. So after playing in this area, I got to spend a good 10 minutes under the hand dryer in the bathroom drying my shirt.
Here I got to push a button that would make bubbles. Then the bubbles would shoot the octopus up in the air. It was a blastt!
I finally got a turn to be in the drivers seat! Captain Ryan, reporting for duty, ready to set sail on the open seas! All aboard for a pirate's adventure!
Mama said she'd miss me too much if I lived on the water. So next she took me to the vetrinarian clinic area. She wanted to test to see if any vet skills were genetically passed onto me. I really liked opening and closing the cages and removing everything from them. Maybe Uncle (Dr.) Dan and Aunt (Dr.) Sherry will let me clean cages someday!
Besides moving to a new bed and bedroom, something new and exciting did happen recently. I started school!!! 2 days a week for 2 hours at a time I get a break from winter sick mama and get to go to school. I've heard that my mama and daddy were both pretty smart in school, so I have some big shoes to fill.
Here I am on my first day! I've got my school bag and am ready to go!
This is my teacher, Ms. Brandi. She is super friendly and lets me play with all the doors and trash cans I want. I also get to paint and play in the tunnel, and have a snack with juice, and sing songs, and hear stories. There are only 3 other students in the class, all of us are boys, and I am the youngest. I still try to act like a big boy though and do a good job of not crying when mama leaves.
That's it for now! Maybe this weekend my room will be finished and I'll get to write about those pictures. Talk to you soon!
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