AC went trick-or-treating on Halloween. He was dressed as Nala (yes, the girl cub from The Lion King...Cathy didn't know). He was none too happy to put on the costume but once outside and walking around he started having a good time. He didn't really understand what was going on and was generally afraid to take candy from people he didn't know, but his mom was more than happy to grab "his" candy. Oddly, she grabbed quite a few candies that contained peanuts even though she won't let him eat peanuts...hmmm. You can find pics of our fun by following the Halloween 2010 link to the right.
Well, we have recently returned from a great week spent with Bonnie & John in Port Charlotte. AC had a great time. He visited two beaches - Siesta Key in Sarasota on the Gulf and Vero Beach on the Atlantic. At Siesta Beach, he went into the water up to his waist and had a great time demolishing the sand castles that his mom and dad made. He also went swimming three times and visited two different swimming pools and even jumped into his dad's and grandpa's arms...over and over and over. One time he even jumped into the pool when his dad wasn't able to catch him (which he did intentionally by the way). He found this to be a little scary but it didn't make him want to leave the pool. Here's a video of one of our pool visits. I'll warn you, I haven't edited it in any way so it's long and nothing much happens and the sound is bad in parts (the camera operator didn't realize that the microphone was under the area where she wanted to place her thumb) so....well....you've been warned.
While in Florida, we were able to get several four generation photos of two sets of four generations. One set includes Gram Bette, Bonnie, Cathy and Arthur. The other includes Henry, John, Cathy and Arthur. While none of the photos are great (consider the photographer), it's really cool to have these and I'm sure Arthur will appreciate them down the road. We also saw Cathy's brother Chris who refused to be photographed but he did give AC a cool new toy tractor that's been quite a hit.
You'll find all of our Florida pics (lots of 'em) by following the Florida 2010-10 link to the right. Thanks again to everyone - for the great gifts for Arthur but mostly for the great vacation and great memories and mostly for being a great family for Arthur and me to be a part of.
No news to add here. I just wanted to share this vid shot the other night while AC and I were on our evening walk. After I stopped recording, we went over to the swings and I pushed Arthur in the swing for a good ten minutes straight. This is new. Until a week or so ago, he was afraid of the swings....and the rocking chipmunk. So long...
Well, again it's been ages since a post. Since our last post, Bonnie and John were here for a visit, we have been to Tekonsha at least twice, and we took very few pics and I don't think we shot any video. Unacceptable. We'll try to do better in the future. But, while Arthur changes a little each day in our eyes, the changes are less noticeable to others. His personality is starting to show a little more all the time and he gets more coordinated, but he's still not able to do stairs on his own. And while he knows more words all the time, he still gets bored quickly when we run through the multiplication tables.
We don't have any video to share, but there are a few photos of our recent trip to Jenny's Farm in Dexter where Arthur got to pet a calf and have his hand nibbled by a goat. You'll find the pics by following the "Arthur month 21" link to the right. So long...
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Once again, it's been quite awhile since we've posted anything. Sorry. We have a couple of new vids to show but first, here's a picture of Cathy on her 29th birthday with her awesome birthday cake made by Jeffry's wife Bev. Chocolate of course.
And now, on to the AC vids. The first shows Arthur playing with his friend Sammie in Sammie's new sandbox. These two are becoming better pals all the time, and have even started to play WITH each other rather than simply playing NEAR each other.
This next vid shows Arthur playing with his pink balloon from a few weeks ago. He was being much more active and fun right before I pulled out the camera. Oh well.
We've also added some recent photos to our Flickr site. You can find those by following the links to the right. Until next time...
Wow, it's been ages since we posted anything to the blog. How time flies. This post includes several videos we have posted to our Youtube channel during the last couple of months (so the grandparents have already seen them) along with this brand new video no one has seen. We were at Meijer today and Arthur wanted to sit on the rocking horse. He was enjoying it so much and it only cost a penny to make it go so it seemed like a great idea to drop a penny in and record his fun on video. Well, as you'll see, he much preferred the horse when it was still. When rocking, not so much. You'll also catch a glimpse of the pink balloon he fell in love with and carried throughout the entire store. No comments about the PINK balloon - he also lusted for a big yellow Tonka truck.
In this next video, Arthur is shown snoozing after finishing dinner. You can sorta see food all over his face and even hear him snoring. Tough day at school, I guess.
In this next video, Arthur and his dad play soccer in the driveway. It's funny to see him throw the ball into the air in hopes it comes down on his head. It's funnier to see him throw the ball over his head and behind himself and not know where it went.
In this next video, Arthur is playing in his brand new swimming pool. He really enjoys this little thing. We can't wait to get him back down to Florida and into a bigger pool.
In this next video, taken back on July 5, Arthur is shown eating his morning Cheerios with a spoon, on his own. It's still a work in progress, but fun to see him learning new skills.
And this last video shows AC eating a breakfast of graham crackers.
We have recently returned from our summer vacation spent in the Sleeping Bear Dunes area of northwestern Michigan. We are fortunate enough to have good friends that own a great cabin just outside of Glen Arbor and they actually let us stay there. In addition, they allowed nearly the whole Sherwood clan to join us for the weekend during which we celebrated Father's Day - happy Father's Day again Dad. You won't find any new vids (yet again) - sorry guys. But, you will find lots of new photos if you follow the "June2010vacay" link in the upper right of our page. AC's dad has a new camera lens (courtesy of Cathy - thanks again Sweetie) and he's been having fun trying it out. You will see some pics of AC's first visit to a beach (at Sutton's Bay). He didn't seem to like walking in the sand barefoot (maybe it feels funny on his bare feet) and he was a little afraid of the water's edge, but he had fun. While in the Glen Arbor area, we also visited some wineries, we wandered Fishtown in Leland, we ate too much every day, and we even had some minor sickness which caused us to return home a day early. But hey, it's easy to find things to do back here in AA while in "staycation" mode so it's been a great week. Until next time...
Sorry, no new videos, but we have posted lots of photos to our Flickr site. The "Arthur month 16" link takes you to photos taken mostly during Bonnie's and John's recent visit. The "Arthur month 17" link takes you to photos taken more recently, mostly of Arthur playing in one of his toy boxes. The "Memorial Day 2010" link takes you to photos of....can you guess? We watched the Memorial Day parade in Tekonsha, MI, and took these photos. You'll see the free kittens that, surprisingly, none of the Sherwood/Forsberg clan claimed. You'll also see some photos of a pet snapping turtle. You don't see these things in the big city parades.
AC had friends over the other day for a little play time. So did his parents by the way. We played with food and drink while the kids played in their own kid ways. And it would seem that Arthur has his first girlfriend - Maria. She seemed interested but kept her distance, you know how girls are. In other words, she's a smart one. The video is long, so consider yourself forewarned. Until next time....
Wow, has it really been over a month since our last post? Zoinks. My excuse is that Bonnie and John were here in AA for nearly a week during that time so they were living the AC experience and didn't need any video updates to keep track of the little one. OK, kinda lame but it's all I've got. This vid shows our little guy taking up the dust mop and helping his daddy (yes, his daddy) with the house cleaning. This helps shed light on the fact that he's studying our every move and what we do is starting to shape his view of right and wrong and how people get by in this world. Yikes. Until next time....
When it rains it pours - no posting for over two weeks and suddenly bam, too many blog posts. This video shows Arthur at a little Easter egg hunt that took place in a tiny little strange church (strange in that we didn't even know it was a church until we were there) near AC's daycare. Anyway, Arthur had no idea what was happening at first but once he saw the other kids grabbing the eggs he figured there must be something about them worth grabbing. So he scored a couple of eggs and also received one from a little girl who clearly didn't know there were surprises inside. It was a fun thing to do. We then went to the Briarwood play zone so Arthur could romp around, which he did a little bit. I'll tell you though, nothing much happens at Briarwood so be prepared and don't expect something funny or amazing to happen "any second" because it never does. OK?
This is some video taken during family fun time, which occurs most every evening at some point. Cathy had hoped to get some video of Arthur playing with his golf clubs which she thought Grandpa John would really appreciate. However, you can't always get your subject to recreate what he's already done, especially once the video cam is pointed at him. So, we missed out on the hoped for footage since Arthur had decided he was done playing with the golf clubs and that he'd rather just beat up on Mommy and Daddy.
Here's some more video of AC's bath time - one of his favorite times as he loves taking his bath. You'll also see AC getting his teeth brushed as he prepares for bed. He's becoming such a big boy.
Sorry it's been so long since we've posted anything. Arthur has been so busy with his work and hobbies that he just hasn't had time to be video-ed. Anyway, here's a short vid of AC going for a walk with his mom. How do people get shoes to stay on little toddler feet anyway?
And here's another vid of AC playing with his daddy. This one is long so be prepared. He seems to be saying "Hi daddy" at one point. At least that's what we think.
We should let you know that we have a channel on Youtube. I usually upload videos to Youtube and then embed a link to the video within the blog. So, when you watch a video on the blog at toddsherwood.blogspot.com, you're actually watching a video at www.youtube.com/tlsherwood via a link on the blog. Lost yet? Anyway, there might be videos on the Youtube channel that never get embedded onto the blog. For example, there are a couple of videos on Youtube that were taken in Tekonsha on March 7 that we never posted to the blog. That may not happen often, but you never know. So, you might try going to Youtube now and then if you're curious as to whether there are vids that haven't made it to the blog. Just ask if none of that makes sense, Cathy will explain it. You should find our channel at www.youtube.com/tlsherwood
Wow, lots of videos this time. First up are the videos from our recent visit to the Schwartz Schateau (see what I did there?) near Glen Arbor - thanks again Mike and Jackie and Phoebe for having us. The first and second vids show AC playing with Phoebe and Izzo, the dog. Arthur loved Izzo who was great all weekend. Izzo let Arthur touch her without running away (like our cats do). Izzo also let Arthur crawl all over her and actually seemed to enjoy it.
This next vid shows AC trying out his new sled. We thought we'd go for a 2 or 3 mile hike in the snow -- we got all geared up and wrapped AC in a blanket. However, the sled was quite tippy and Phoebe was steadying Arthur the whole time (thanks Phoebe). Anyway, we hiked for about 10 minutes and decided to turn around and go home. Shortest hike ever!
This last vid is loooonng, so perhaps of interest to grandparents only. It shows a typical evening in our household - playing ball, AC dancing, and AC acting strange. The funnier stuff is his dancing which you can find at around the 5:30 mark of the video.
We hope you enjoy the onslaught of videos. There are also some new photos on our Flickr site - follow the "Arthur month 14" link at the upper right of the page. And remember, to view videos you have to visit the blog at toddsherwood.blogspot.com.
Greetings from AC-land. Things are going very well here as Arthur starts learning to use a sippy cup and expanding his vocabulary to "ba ba" and "na na". Last weekend we had some music going and Arthur actually started to dance, or so it appeared anyway. I grabbed the camera and, of course, he pretty much stopped. You'll catch a couple of glimpses of him dancing in this vid, but mostly it's shaky video as I dance in an effort to encourage him. Clearly I should no longer attempt to dance while recording or, better yet, we need to get ourselves a steady-cam with motion stabilization. Good idea. Bonnie and John are probably in Australia right now and we hope they're having a great time. Remember that the videos can only be watched by visiting toddsherwood.blogspot.com. So long...
And we celebrated with an awesome African-animal themed birthday cake and a great ham dinner. Thanks to all who came and shared in AC's 1st birthday. We wish others could have made it too, but maybe for a future birthday. The first video here is long so be prepared.
This next video was taken about a week after AC's birthday party and shows Arthur playing on his rocking horse Patches. You'll hear us talking about what a big boy Arthur is becoming -- he has started sleeping in his crib, eating "real" food, and he's now in the toddler room at daycare, having graduated from the infant room.
We have also posted some birthday pictures and other pictures on our Flickr site (find links to the right). The pics of Arthur with other little kids and in the tub-of-balls are from his Saturday morning gym class. Bonnie will recognize the locale. Thanks again Bonnie for coming up and being here last week.
Arthur spent his first Christmas with the Sherwood family in Tekonsha. The family tradition is to open gifts on Christmas Eve, and we didn't get started until 7:30ish. Well, AC was pretty tired by the time things got started so he was a little subdued. He's also still a little young to understand just how excited he should be. You'll see that he was more interested in ribbons and crinkly paper than in his gifts. Next year will probably be a different story. He has enjoyed the two gifts he got from his grandfathers. Grandpa John gave AC a set of golf clubs which Arthur has found make great weapons around the house. Grandpa Clayton gave AC an old fashioned top which Arthur loves watching spin, and he even comes close to working it himself.
This video was taken a few days after Christmas. It shows Arthur and me playing chase and having a great time. However, he had a little accident at the end of the video....just to put everyone at ease, he was fine. He didn't even cry.
Well, Arthur has actually been walking for a few weeks now but we've been slow to get any decent video of it and even slower about getting it posted on the blog. Anyway, the first video here is a funny video of Arthur and Spike managing to find some common ground. You'll see Spike avoid Arthur more than play, but he does play some which is encouraging. And Arthur got a real kick out of it and it's so funny to hear him laugh...
In this second vid, AC shows off his walking skills as I ready myself for work. You'll hear me giggle like an overly giddy new father, so be prepared. Our next posting will probably involve Arthur's first Christmas and opening presents. Until then....
It's hard to believe but our little boy will be 11 months old tomorrow. He's walking everywhere and struggling to get down when we want to hold him but he doesn't want to be held. When did he start becoming so independent?
We've added a few pics to the "Arthur month 10" link, and we've also added both the month 11 and month 12 links. Sorry no new video, but we do have new photos.
Until next time...which might be Christmas themed videos of AC opening some presents and playing with new toys!
