Cow Pie Buzz

Asleep At the Wagon Wheel

If you could add your own caption what would you say? -Cowpie-

Working Out

Everyone has to workout and everyone on some level hates it even if they are marathon runners.  If it is nice weather the boy and I will be found outside going for a walk or doing some chore around the ranch.  During cold weather however I breakout my workout dvds to get my exercise in.  Luckily I got four new ones for Christmas so hopefully I won't be getting bored with them anytime soon.  Besides boredom being one of my workout hang ups I prefer to have someone to workout with.  I don't want the person to talk to me because I want to put my full concentration into what ever it is I'm doing, I just want them standing there next to me suffering with me in silence.  I only have two choices for a workout partner and let's just say that My Cowboy very rarely volunteers for this job so that just leaves My Little Gremlin.  MLG actually likes it when I workout.  Most of the moves I do amuse him and every now and then I get a laugh.

Before I workout I have to get my workout clothes and t-shoes on.  Before MLG works out he has to get his hair done.

   
   

After he has his headband on the 80's rocker goes and gets his workout partner.

MLG usually makes it through the warm-up copying some of my moves but he quickly fades and hits the showers.

Or the couch in this case.

-Cowpie-

Blue

The Gremlin attacked and devoured his first crayon.  I'm sure you can guess what color it was.  No worries though it was the kid friendly non-toxic kind.  I'm sure I will find a rainbow in his diaper later.

-Cowpie-

Rocking Around

A couple of months ago "M" and "G", My Cowboys parents, came up for a visit.  When they came up they brought with them My Cowboy's old rocking horse that he had when he was My Little Gremlin's age.  MLG liked looking at the horse but wasn't too sure of what it did.  We showed him how to get on and off of it a couple of times but he didn't show any real interest in riding.  Each day he would walk by and act like he was petting the horse or play with the tail hair but he would never ride.

A month later while we were all sitting in the living room watching some TV he walked up to the rocking horse, threw one leg over, grabbed the handle bar with both hands and went to rocking as if he had done it a thousand times before.  My Cowboy and I looked at each other in surprise.

Sometimes he really gets after it and I think he is going to flip the thing over.

He really loves his rocking horse now and rides it every day.  Thanks "M" and "G" for keeping it around and sharing it with us.

-Cowpie-

Trick or Treat

Another Halloween has come and gone and while My Little Gremlin didn't go door to door to do any traditional "Trick or Treating", because lets face it he only has eight teeth and doesn't eat candy, he did get dressed up and we did our own version of tricks and handing out treats.

I put MLG's costume on, loaded him up in his wagon, and we headed down the dirt road.  He was a bug.

 

Our first visitors were the chickens.

 

He just wanted his picture taken with them but apparently the chickens didn't like the fact that there was a bug bigger than them so they got out of there pretty quickly even after trying to entice them to get in the picture with a little fancy scratch.  Oh well.

After giving the chickens their treat we loaded back up and headed back up the road to see who else we could visit.

 

It didn't take long for the bulls to catch the sound of the wagon wheels hitting the bumps in the road before they came meandering along to see if we had anything good to give them.

 

They quickly decided that we didn't have anything good for them and passed us up when they saw My Cowboy putting a hay bale out for them, their treat.

After the bulls had passed we continued up the road and were greeted by the horse.

 

Rusty was happy to see us because we did have a treat for him, a nice juicy carrot.

By the time we had made all the rounds with the animals MLG was ready to get out of the wagon and his costume and do a little playing with his pumpkin pal.

This is his pal.

 

MLG loves this thing.  He wags it around with him like it is his best friend.  I wish I could say that I was the creative one that painted the face and glued the hair on but I am not.  As you can tell his pumpkin pal has been through a lot.  The face is starting to come off and there are several gashes on the sides and bottom but none the less he doesn't care.

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was finally time for me to get my chores done so My Cowboy loaded MLG and his pumpkin back up in the wagon and took them for a ride to visit the goats.

 

MLG's favorite saying right now is "uh oh" and he really gets into the "oh" part when something gets thrown down or dropped as he demonstrated here by throwing his pumpkin down.

 

When he did this the pumpkin caught Meg's eye so she came to check it out.

 

Luckily she doesn't like pumpkin so MLG's pal was safe for now.

 

After a while he got tired of being in the wagon so Da let him out to run around a bit.

He quickly discovered that one of the chickens who wouldn't play with him earlier was near by so he made another attempt to sneak up to it but this time as him self and not as a bug.

 

 

He wasn't very subtle about his approach and the chicken quickly made a u-turn and went in the opposite direction.

By the end of the day MLG called it an early night.

 

He feel asleep on the couch with Da watching TV with his clothes still on and his hand in his cookie bowl.  Trick or treating, pumpkin throwing, and chasing chickens is a tough job but someone has to do it.

-Cowpie-

Shopping

My Little Gremlin loves to shop.  I don't mean the kind of shopping that women love but he likes shopping in my kitchen.  Since I don't have any kitchen cabinets my kitchen is pretty much one big toy box.  He loves to get out my pots and pans and see if he can figure out which lid goes on what or he loves to drag out all of my spatulas, whisks, and wooden spoons.  Here lately since he is much more steady on his feet he likes to go shopping off of the kitchen table.  He gets on his tip-toes and with one hand holding on to the table he takes his other hand and reaches it as far as it will go grabbing anything that he can touch.  Most of the time this isn't a problem except for when I'm in the middle of cooking dinner and I have knives, cutting boards, raw meat, or vegetables laying around (I don't have any kitchen counters either so I have to do all of my prep at my table) that I really don't want disappearing.

That being said one night while I was taking my bath and My Cowboy was on the computer checking some emails MLG decided to do a little shopping.  He did it very quickly, quietly, and carefully.  He was so quiet and careful that My Cowboy thought that he was in the bath room with me playing with his ducks.  Boy was My Cowboy surprised when he turned around to find this.

Busted!  While he could try to blame it on the little vultures circling by, the dogs, none of the dogs had cookies in their mouths while MLG's cheeks were packed to the brim.  Apparently MLG wanted a snack.

But how could you be mad at a face like this?

-Cowpie-

Sliding

One of My Little Gremlin's favorite things to do is to go down his slide.  Every evening we end our outside chores with a slide fest.  He quickly learned how to climb the ladder, which led to him learning how to climb up on the couch and get into all kinds of trouble, and how to get his legs into position to go sailing down the hard plastic chute.  He hasn't learned how to come to a complete and safe stop yet so mom or da is always waiting at the bottom to catch him.
In the beginning MLG had to be coaxed into letting go and slinging down with mom saying "one, two, three, WEEEEEEEEEE!"  He would then clap his hands and come on down with his sly grin on his face.  Now days he thinks climbing up the ladder and going down the slide is a race against mom to see if he can get to the bottom before I get over there to catch him.  And there usually isn't a smile on his face but there is lots of giggling and laughing.  He belly laughs so hard sometimes that he can't concentrate on getting his legs right which then leads to frustration but soon everything gets into place and it is all smiles and hand clapping again. 

I don't have any pictures of this slide fest to show you because I figured that this would be even better.  If all you see is a big black box put your mouse over the box and right click.  This will open a window and at the top of the window click PLAY/PAUSE and you should be able to see what is going on.  You have to give it a few minutes and turn your volume on.

Oh yeah and by the way he can walk now.  For about a week out of the blue he would get up on his knees and walk around like that and then on Thursday the 17th we got to watch him take his first steps.  He never really showed any interest in walking and any time you would take him by his hands and try to let him walk he would automatically sit down so we figured that he wasn't ready.  Like they say every child is different and will do things in their own time.  Learning how to walk on concrete floors is pretty tough so we couldn't be prouder of our Little Gremlin.

I hope you enjoyed the video and if you couldn't get it to work just let me know.

-Cowpie-

Hide-N-Seek

Ever since he was old enough to figure out hide-n-seek, using a blanket to cover up his face, My Little Gremlin has loved this game.  While he still likes to play with mom he prefers to play with his dog Bubbie.  For some reason Bubbie makes it more fun and exciting.  Maybe it is because Bubbie has the extra sense of smell to make the seeking a lot easier.

MLG finds a place to hide.



"Can you see me?"

While he tries his best to wait for Bubbie to come find him he isn't the most patient of people, he gets this from his dad, and jumps out a little early.

 

"Surprise!"

When all he sees is mom with the camera he quickly hides again until



"tag your it" Bubbie finds him.  The game can last over ten minutes giving mom a good break.  They both love this game and you can hear MLG's donkey laugh echo throughout the house.  Usually after a good game of hide-n-seek MLG needs a big lunch and a good long nap.  For this reason mom loves hide-n-seek too.

-Cowpie-

1st Birthday Business

Yesterday was My Little Gremlin's birthday so we had a little celebration last night.

First we started off with a big birthday dinner of macaroni and cheese, black eyed peas, and sweet potato.



After dinner we sang happy birthday as MLG tried to grab the candle.



At first he wasn't too sure what he was suppose to do with the cupcake



but after a few seconds he figured it out.



He slowly



but surely,



without stopping to take a bite, crammed most of it into his mouth.



MLG had it packed in his little fat cheeks like a hamster.



After he was all done he decided that cupcakes were finger licking good.



The dogs were hoping that he would share with them and drop a few crumbs but he ate every last one.

Next after digging icing out of his nose and ears we opened presents.



MLG got some



clothes,



a cloth Rumparooz diaper,



a touch and feel book,



birthday money, which he made sure Da didn't keep,



a big boy slide,



a Thudguard helmet, and



a new jogging stroller to take naps in.

Thanks to everyone that gave gifts.  He really enjoyed them.  This weekend all of the family is going to be coming to the house to have a big birthday bash so he gets to do this all over again.  I'm curious to see how he reacts to a second cupcake.

-Cowpie-

Turning One

My Little Gremlin turned one at 3:29 this morning.  Ironically he woke us up screaming at 3:49, he was only twenty minutes late.  As I was trying to rock him back to sleep, and not succeding, I started to remember all of the events that took place that night and the next few days at the hospital.  We have come along way from pacifiers, eating every two hours, and swaddling.  Now days he crawls full blast around the house getting into everything.  MLG still doesn't sleep all the way through the night but that is our goal for this next year that with walking and talking.  Yes the year really has flown by.























Happy Birthday MLG!

-Cowpie-

P.S.  Happy Birthday to Nanny too!