Toy Story 3

Yesterday for Family Home Evening we went and saw Toy Story 3. Spencer has been in love with Toy Story since we bought him the DVD's for Easter. He loves watching the movies, he will stare at the DVD case, and notices anything that has Toy Story on it. The other day he was playing in the pantry. It got pretty quiet and so I went in there to check on him. He had found one of the cereal boxes that had Toy Story on the back and was just staring at it. They are definitely his favorite movies right now.


Spencer eating dinner and saying "To infinite and beyond!"



I thought I'd add this video just because it's cute. It has nothing really to do with Toy Story, it just happened during the same meal. Spencer has started saying his own prayers. For a few weeks now he sometimes will just randomly fold his arms, squint his eyes, and move his mouth like he's saying something. But now he actually talks and then says amen. I think it's so hilarious that his voice has to be really high when he says his prayer. What a silly kid. Hopefully you can still see what he's doing. Apparently I shake when I laugh...

After dinner we headed to the theater. We decided to go to the 7pm movie so Bryce could go too. We figured with Toy Story, popcorn, a drink, and his own seat Spencer would be in heaven. And hopefully wouldn't get too tired because he'd be up past his bed time.


In his seat waiting for the movie to start.

Spencer enjoyed the movie. The previews took a little longer than we expected. A little over halfway through he started getting pretty restless and by the end he was definitely ready for bed. He didn't even eat any popcorn! But Aunt Sarah did share some of her candy with him which he really enjoyed. Overall I think it was a success. The actual movie is pretty cute but somewhat creepy. If I was a little kid I think I would have been a little scared during some parts. But Spencer seemed to be okay with it. He did wake up like 5 times last night though. Hopefully just because he didn't go to bed at his regular time and not because he was having nightmares of creepy baby dolls. :)


Spencer and daddy after the movie. We walked out of the theater and he stopped right in front of this and just stared at it for a few minutes. Even after watching the entire movie...

Playing in the Rain

Sunday evening we had a little storm. And we discovered Spencer loves playing in the rain.

He got pretty wet but had a great time. He was a little upset when it was time to go inside.


So we let him play on the back porch. He loves being outside so this was a great solution. Until he got his arm stuck in the watering can. Is it sad that I took a picture before I helped him get his arm out? :)

Our summer is going so well. We spend a little bit of time outside. It gets pretty hot though so most of our outside time is in the pool or on the back porch.


Sometimes we will go on a bike ride with Aunt Chelsea...

And then hop right in the pool afterwards. Spencer is doing so much better in the pool. After getting used to wearing a life jacket when we went to the lake he has actually let me put him in his floatie. But he really just likes to play in the really shallow end and chase the dogs around.

The Lake

Last week-end we took a trip out to the lake. My uncle's family has a lake house with a boat and some jet skiis. The lake house brings back many great childhood/teenage memories for me. So it was fun to finally be able to take Bryce and Spencer out there to see how much fun it is. I was slightly nervous about taking Spencer out in the water. So far he is hated any kind of floatie or life saving device and I figured we'd have many meltdowns. But after he realized he had to wear a life jacket or he couldn't go on the boat he had no problems keeping it on.

We spent time playing games, eating great food, watching the World Cup, and spending some time out on the boat mostly tubing. I kind of forgot how much I hate tubing. I mean really it's pretty fun but it sure is painful. Bryce and I were both so sore after the first day so it wasn't quite as fun the second day. Bryce really enjoyed the jet ski though...while it was working anyway. Can you believe this was his first time riding a jet ski? Well, here are a few pictures from our trip.

Spencer on the tube with mom and dad. We made sure they went really slow and he did pretty well. He didn't seem too excited about it but he didn't cry so we assume it was a pleasant experience for him.

Spencer, Dad, and Mom


Spencer really liked helping Uncle Ryan drive the boat. It was probably his favorite thing to do.

Tube wars. Jenny, Sawyer, Sarah, and Austin. This was a pretty calm moment. Tube wars mostly consists of either hanging on for dear life or trying to jump on the other tube and knock everyone else off.

We saw a lot of little fish jumping out of the water as we were on the boat. It was quite disturbing really while I was on the tube. We passed a dead catfish and then there were a bunch of little fish jumping all over the water when Chelsea and I fell off. Chelsea of course was screaming like a crazy person. I just made sure to kick my legs to scare any fish away. In the picture Matt caught one of the little fish. He gave it a kiss and threw it back in. It's probably good that Jack was on the tube with him instead of Chels. :)

Happy Fathers Day!

To the best dad in the world! :)

Summer

I can hardly believe it's almost the middle of June! Summer is officially here in Oklahoma...with the wonderful humidity and all. We have spent quite a few days out at the pool lately. Spencer is still warming up to the pool. He likes playing in shallow water, but if you try to take him any further than what he can stand up in he's never too happy. I bought him some floaties and an inner tube for him to sit in but those didn't go over so well. Any time a floatie got near him he would start screaming and push it away. I was carrying him inside and had him in one arm and the inner tube in another. The inner tube happened to be touching him and he kept screaming until I moved it! It's slightly ridiculous, but I'm sure he'll warm up to them someday. He does love the slide though.

Daddy taking Spencer down the slide.

His face may not show it, but he's actually having a great time.

Spencer is growing and getting so big. I know I probably say that every post, but he grows fast. Too fast really. He is now 20 months old. He is starting to say a few more words. Aunt Jenny taught him how to say "nay nay" (which is baby talk for Jenny) and he says it everytime she asks him what her name is. Of course he also says it anytime anyone else asks him what their name is. So we'll have to work on that. He loves to sing the wheels on the bus and is so good at "the babies on the bus go wah wah wah". He says wah wah wah and rubs his eyes. I'll have to get it on video one of these days. Its pretty funny.

Spencer loves his teddy bear.

He also loves this truck he got for Christmas. Lately whenever he has it he will not let me take it away...which is why it's on the table with him while he eats his breakfast. But he has been doing that with just about everything. If I start putting toys away, sometimes toys he isn't even playing with, he will come over and grab them and start saying "no no no no". No is by far his favorite word right now. :)


Mommy and Spencer.

As I have mentioned before Spencer is really into trains. Here he is making the train noise.

And this video...well, this is what we in the Burkinshaw family call the chicken walk. My brothers used to do this to Sarah quite frequently when she was a child and would wear overalls. I suppose she feels a need to pass it on to her nieces and nephews. Spencer actually thought it was pretty funny. Whenever she would stop he would pull his shorts up and try to do it to himself. So this video is for posterity really. I suppose one day we will have a video of Spencer doing this to one of his younger siblings. :)

At the very end of this video you can hear the first nay in "nay nay". My camera ran out of memory so I didn't get all of it. But I thought it was funny that Spence thought I was taking a picture so he kept saying "cheese!" It reminds me of my niece Grace. She used to always say cheese and scrunch up her eyes too. And really I'm not sure when he started saying cheese during pictures. I'm pretty sure I never taught him that. It's funny what kids pick up on!

Aunt Sarah's Graduation

This week-end was my little sister Sarah's graduation. She is the baby of the family and so my parents will be empty nesters pretty soon! It's pretty crazy really. It seems like not too long ago that I was where she is now. But really that was 6 years ago. I feel so old when I say that.

Aunt Sarah and Spencer after the long graduation ceremony. Maybe it just seemed long to me because I have a wild baby. And there seemed to be huge amounts of pollen in the air and I have terrible spring allergies. And that it didn't even start until 8:00pm, which is already after Spencer's bedtime. We were still glad we could be there though.


Sabrina, Jilly, Aunt Sarah, Spencer, and Grace


Group shot with eveyone but Bryce...because someone had to take the picture.

Woolaroc and the Kiddie Park

While Jessica, Grace, Breeny, and Jilly were in town we decided to take a trip out to Woolaroc. They have a petting zoo and museum there. It was really crowded because a lot of school kids were there for a field trip, which we did even think about. But it was still pretty fun.

Spencer walking the pony.

They had a little playground and Spencer loved the slide.

Crawling through the teepee.

Then on Saturday the kids got to go to the Kiddie Park! I was working, but Bryce took Spencer and said he had a great time. He loved the all the rides. They rode on a little train that goes around the park. Spencer is really into trains these days so he loved it. Later that night when Bryce was changing Spencer into his pj's he kept making the same noise over and over. After a few minutes Bryce figured out that he was saying "chuga chuga chuga chuga choo choo!"


Riding the boats

I thought this video was pretty hilarious. Sabrina and Spencer love to play together. And actually when Grace and Sabrina first got here Spencer was chasing them around the house and the girls were running away from him screaming. They were all laughing and thought it was so funny. Well, Spencer and Breeny were sitting next to each other on the boats. Spencer would be driving the boat and then lean over to give Breeny kisses. And I love how in the video it looks like Spencer is really talking to Sabrina, even though I am sure she couldn't have understood what he was saying.

Swings. I was a little nervous about Spencer at the kiddie park this time because I thought he might be a little afraid of the rides and try to get out of them while they were going. So I told Bryce to be sure he strapped Spencer in really well. These swings really don't have a strap to hold the kids down but Bryce said Spencer grabbed onto the chains and wouldn't let go.

It has been such a fun week-end and we miss playing with cousins already!