Where's the Hair?

Mr. Mathew continues to lose his hair in a very odd pattern! His head is striped! Every morning his crib sheet is covered in fine little hairs. He doesn't seem to mind though. He's still happy and smiley. I'm going to miss him lots when I go back to work tomorrow.

He's a Preschooler?

I can't believe how fast time flies. I now have a preschooler.

Nathan completed his transition from the toddler room to one of the preschool rooms last week. He's already testing boundaries... he was asked three times to sit down. The fourth time he said, "I'm going to tell my Dad on you!" I'm sure Ms. Kiehne has heard this before! Her response was, "What are you going to tell your Dad? That you are not being a good listener?" Nathan thought about it for a second then grinned and sat down. Score: Ms. Kiehne 1, Nathan 0.

[Update: One week later, Nathan was having trouble following directions. After being asked several times to use the number bars correctly, he said, "You call my Jenny!" Ms. Kiehne replied, "And what should I tell your mom when I call her?" Nathan grinned and said, "You call my Jenny and you tell her that I'm not listening". Score: Ms. Kiehne 1, Nathan 1]

Monday was his first official day in Ms. Kiehne's class. He loves being in the preschool room and is curious about absolutely everything in it... which means he feels the need to go around the room touching and picking up absolutely everything! Here's a pic of him outside the school on his first day, ready for mischief!

Woodbury Days

We went to Woodbury Days on Saturday (8/23). Nathan, who was excited all day to go, suddenly decided that he wanted nothing to do with Woodbury Days. He shouted, "I want to stay in the house" over and over again. We kept telling him that it was Woodbury Days and it would be fun. He responded, "It's not Woodybury Days, it's House Days! We stay in the house and have fun!"

We eventually made it to Woodbury. Nathan rode a couple rides and won a few prizes while Shirley pushed a wide-eyed Mathew around in the stroller. Nathan colored a picture for a coloring contest at one of the booths. We got a call a couple days later... he won a bike! Here's a picture of his fancy prize! The training wheels were included :-)

The Great Minnesota Get Together

We checked out the State Fair on Tuesday night. Nathan ate an entire Pronto Pup all by himself. Judging by the size of his bites and the speed with which he ate, he loves Pronto Pups... just like his mom! We also sampled cheese curds, garlic fries, loaded tater tots on a stick, Dole whips, mini donuts, bull bites, porcupine balls, and Australian potato planks. We passed on the chocolate covered bacon!

Nathan found the John Deere plaza and spent over an hour climbing into all the different tractors and construction equipment.

Even Aunt Shirley, the city-slicker/yuppie was getting into it. She tried out a few of the tractors (Nathan told her which ones were cool). It started to get dark and Mathew was getting cold, so it was time to go. This, of course, caused a major meltdown (Nathan, not Shirley).

Little Olympian

Inspired by the Beijing Olympics... here is a video clip of Nathan practicing his somersaults. Remember, the third time's a charm!

Aunt Shirley

My sister Shirley is in town for 2 weeks and Nathan has been doing his best to keep her busy! They've been reading books, painting, playing games, working on Lite Brite, and of course pretending to be tractors! Here's a pic of them getting ready to watch Cars from inside Nathan's new tent!

Mr. Mathew is growing so fast. We think he may be teething since he is always gnawing on his hands. Everytime we turn around he's got both hands crammed in his mouth. Mathew continues to be an easy going baby who smiles and giggles a lot. He's recently added happy screeching and squealing to his repertoire of sounds. He also makes sounds that sound a lot like ma-ma-ma and mum-mum-mum! I wish I could take him to work with me when I go back. I think he'd do just fine under my desk!

For Starters...

Welcome to the Harvey Family blog.
The plan is to use this blog to share news and pictures (mostly kidstuff) with family and friends.

Hope you enjoy.

Jenny