The Moss Family

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Playing 'Catch'

Brandon and Matthew play "catch", in the house, without a ball. It is the funniest thing I have ever seen...and Kyle agrees. So this is how it goes, everyday:

Brandon steps one foot inside the door after work and Matthew immediately runs to get two baseball gloves. Matthew places the glove on his right hand, so that he can throw with his left. Daddy, who doesn't want his child to be plagued by left-handed mitts, golf clubs, etc., reminds him to switch hands....and he does. Then the throw an imaginary ball for quite a while...Brandon pretends to dive for an imaginary wild throw. Kyle sits there watching the "ball" and has such a great time. They will throw the "ball" to me. I have to pretend to catch it and throw it back. Totally hilarious and another reminder that I am completely outnumbered in this house and that I have years of imaginary "catch" and real "catch" ahead of me.

On another note, Kyle is 10 months...which means he is almost 1. And I'm not even close to OK with that. But for now, he's still a mama's boy :)

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Lovin' the beach

We took a weekend trip to Galveston and had a great time, with great people. Here are the highlights:
Matthew being tired and grouchy. He was not in the mood for pictures. But can you tell that he had a mowhak?

Much better mood the following day:

Matthew and Jackson....

We left Kyle at home with my parents. Figured that was alot easier for everyone involved...although Kyle would have loved the opportunity to play in the water and eat as much sand as possible. Seriously, that kid will eat anything. Brandon has been repairing some ceiling sheetrock and I have to race Kyle for the little pieces that fall to the ground. He either (1) thinks it tastes good or (2) thinks it's funny to have me chase him.

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Telluride

We took a family trip to Colorado last week. The weather temperature was wonderful....highs in the 60's and lows in the 40's. But it rained almost every afternoon. Since it was naptime, it didn't really alter our plans. Brandon did alot of biking and we both did some trail running. Matthew fished for the first time. Kyle ate some Colorado-grown grass (he eats anything he can get his hands on) and just hung out. We visited "Baked In Telluride" several times for homemade bread and donuts, played at the huge town park, saw old mining buildings, and dreamed about a day that we could make weekly trips to Colorado an annual thing. Matthew was obsessed with throwing rocks into streams and rivers. It entertained him way longer than it should have. He would store rocks in his pockets until we got to the next bridge or next stream. The dog to person ratio in Telluride is probably 1:1. The dogs are everywhere. Every store has a dog bowl outside and a place to tie your leash. Matthew and Kyle were in heaven with all of the dogs! We saw a "Newfoundland" dog while on a hiking trail and Matthew yelled...."brown bear!". So funny....even the owner laughed as the dog started licking Matthew.
It was a great trip and so good to get away for a while.