Train Museum

Yesterday we went with Scott's parents to the Train Museum in St. Paul. What a neat place. The train club has created a replica of downtown in the 50's and 60's with numerous trains running through. Colin really enjoyed himself. It was so much fun to see all of the trains running and all the detailed work that went into creating the model. I would highly recommend going to see it, especially if your little ones like trains. They also had 2 Thomas the Train tables set-up for the kids to play with, that Colin of course loved playing with.

Gramma had just come back earlier in the week from California and had gone to Disneyland and bought Colin a train hat that he wore all day and even had to go to sleep with last night.

Here are a few pictures of our day.

Thanks for a fun afternoon Gramma and Grampa!

Colin's First Dentist Appointment

Today Colin had his first dentist appointment. He did wonderful!!! We've been talking about it for a while now and at first he was not excited about the idea of going to the dentist. But after reading many books about going to the dentist he was a perfect patient. We timed his appointment with Scott's so he was able to watch Daddy getting his teeth cleaned before getting his. A little while into Scott's cleaning Colin said he was ready to have his teeth cleaned so I headed over to the chair with him. He loved the chair and learning about all the tools. He said his favorite part was the flavors. Leave it to Colin to ask half way through the cleaning if he could try another flavor. So he started with bubble gum and then moved on to chocolate. For his fluoride treatment he chose marshmallow. Sara, the dental assistant, was so good with him. She did a great job explaining everything to him before doing anything. What a big boy! We were very proud of him. Hopefully the second appointment in August will go just as smooth.

Valentine's Weekend at the Cabin

Hope everyone had a great Valentine's weekend. We did! We were at the cabin with Nanny and Papa. The weather was great and we spent a lot of time outdoors.

Friday on the way up we had a crazy idea to pull into the Best Buy in Brainerd and see if they happened to have a Wii. Well, they did, so we bought one. We pretty much spent every free minute playing it this weekend. And guess who happened to be really good at it? My mom! She was an amazing bowler. She even beat my dad, Scott and I a few times. So that was a fun way to start the weekend off.

Saturday morning we celebrated Valentine's Day with everyone and of course Colin got a few gifts. My parents gave him a new pair of Speed McQueen crocks which he literally slept in Saturday night. He loves them! I'm sure they will be the only thing he will want to wear in Arizona in a few weeks.

We gave Colin a robot that he is having so much fun playing with.

Here are the crocks!

After our little party we all got bundled up and went into Nisswa for the Nisswa Days parade. It was a lot of fun. Where else do you get to go to a parade in the middle of winter except in MN!

Ice fishing on wheels!

The Nisswa Loon

And Colin's favorite- the John Deere groomer!

Saturday night Scott and I had a date night! It was wonderful. We went out for a nice relaxing dinner, just the two of us. Colin stayed with Nanny and Papa and of course he had a great time too!

Sunday morning after breakfast we all got our winter wear on an headed outside for a morning of playing outside. Colin went sledding about 100 times down the hill. Daddy thought he was ready for the big hill, which made me a little nervous, but of course Colin loved it and wanted to keep going down it. After sledding we took Colin for a sled ride on the lake out to the island and walked around. The weather was just beautiful and we all had a good time.

And of course, we can't forget Buster. He too was exhausted. He and Charlie (my parents dog) ran and ran and ran the whole 2 hours we were outside.

After our playtime outside we headed inside and packed up to come home. We obviously exhausted Colin outside because he slept the whole ride home.

We had a great family weekend!

The Cousin's

I had to share this. Melissa just sent out pictures of Brian and there were one's with a onesie Colin had woren for his first Valentine's Day that now Brian has. They are too cute not to share with you. Brian will be 6 months on the 15th of this month and Colin is about 10 1/2 months in this picture.

Colin


Brian

The Latest with the Geach's

Hope everyone is enjoying this warm weather! I am, but my boys sure aren't. It's put a quick halt on any snowmobiling for now. Colin keeps asking "Why does the snow have to leave Mommy? I want it to come back." Secretly, I could live without, but for them hopefully we will have some more snow soon so they can get a little snowmobiling in before spring.

I haven't posted in a while because life has been a little busy. Nothing specific, just the regular day to day activities. So, here is a quick look at what has been going on since mid January.

A few weeks ago we officially moved Colin into his big boy bed. Tears from mom, but he loves it. My little boy is once again showing me how big he is getting each day. He has done wonderful in it. He doesn't get out until he calls for us to come get him which is great. And for the most part has been sleeping through the night. A few nights he has woke up with a scared cry, I think he was just confused as to where he was. His room is no where near done, but that's ok. We moved him into what was the toy room and have left the nursery as is for now. Next Friday is painting day and Nanny is working on a quilt for him. So hopefully by his birthday we will have a completed room for him. Here is a picture of him from the first night. We started with the matress on the floor and are now ready to add the box spring and frame this weekend. I'll post more pictures once his baseball room is done.

He looked so big in his crib, and now he looks so little in his bed!

Next was Papa's (my dad) 60th birthday. We celebrated with going out to dinner and Colin enjoying Papa's ice cream sundae. We had a nice celebration with my parents.




The last weekend in January we made another trip to Hurley to snowmobile and see Jason, Melissa and Brian. Colin went on his first long ride with us on the sled. For the most part he did really well. We were gone for about 2 hours. It was fun to finally have a family ride with all of us! We had so much fun being with Brian (of course!)! He just keeps getting cuter each time we see him. It is so fun to watch Colin and Brian together. Brian follows Colin's voice and is always watching him and Colin just loves his cousin. He is so cute when he is playing and talking with him. Melissa and I can't wait for the days when the boys are running around together. Here are the boys together. Surprising, but I didn't really take many pictures that weekend!


That's all for now. We are heading up to the cabin this weekend with my parents. Wishing there was some snow to play around in, but we'll have to see.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!!!!

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Happy (belated) 30th Birthday Scott!!!

A few days late, but Scott has officially entered the 30's. I'm glad to say I am still in my 20's for a few months :)

We celebrated Scott's day with a weekend up in Hurley. Colin and I gave Scott a new snowmobile for his birthday a little early in December so what better way to celebrate the big day than with a trip to Hurley. We stayed with Jason, Melissa and Brian and had a great weekend.

Saturday we got up and headed to the Hurley house and Scott, Jason and Jim went riding for the day. Before the guys took off Colin was able to get a few rides in on the sleds and a snowplow ride with Grandpa. Here are Uncle and Colin on a ride.

Here are they guys before they were off on their ride.

Oops, Uncle got a little stuck after their ride. Scott to the rescue!

Once the guys were back we all went down to Silver Street for dinner at the Iron Nugget. Melissa and I thought it would be cute for the boys to wear matching outfits. They sure are cute together!

All of us at dinner. (I was taking the picture and Brian is asleep in his seat on the floor)

After dinner we went back to the Hurley house for cake, ice cream and opening presents.

Then the fun began. Gramma and Grandpa offered to put the boys to bed while Scott, Jason, Melissa, EB and I headed down to Silver Street to celebrate Scott's birthday at the bars. We had a great time! It's been a while since we've been out so late and had fun like that!

Here we all are.

Sunday morning we hung out with Jason, Melissa and Brian and watched Brian try cereal. It was so fun to watch him try to eat it.

Then we all went to the Hurley house for some outside fun in the snow with Colin and Brian. Here are a few of my favorite pictures of them.

Daddy's and the Boy's

Colin pushing Brian in the sled.

And, last but not least, Scott built a little jump for his sled. Here is a video of that. Colin wants to know when he gets to jump. I think that can wait for a few years!

HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY SCOTT!!!!!

Sesame Street Live

Big night for us last night, we went to Sesame Street Live: Elmo's Green Thumb. It was great. Nanny, Papa, Gramma, Scott and I were all there to see the excitement in Colin's eyes. It was so much fun. Colin said his favorite part was all the dancing. The story line was really cute and Colin sat and watched the show so intensely while eat ting his popcorn, it was so cute. And of course there were times when he got up and showed us his great dancing moves. He's quite the dancer! Here are a few pictures from the night.




Colin's prize purchase, a $15 flashlight, crazy price, but his smile was worth it!