Green Beans!

I was really worried that Ryan Lion had an aversion to green foods after the whole pea fiasco, but luckily he likes green beans. He usually gives me a strange look for the first couple of bites, but after that, he chows down like a pro. We're starting on squash tomorrow. It's actually a lot of fun feeding Ryan, even though things end up a bit on the messy side. It's quite a feat to feed him while stopping him from putting both of his hands in his mouth and rubbing the food on his hands onto his cheeks, eyes and hair. Do they make baby straight jackets so food doesn't get eveywhere? As you can tell by the first picture, this was a failed attempt, but he finished the whole container! I see green poo in my future... :)

On Thursday, we went to my mom's meetup group playdate at Gymboree. I've been really wanting to try it out, so I thought it'd be really fun. Ryan was the youngest one there, everyone else could sit unassisted or were crawling and walking all over the place. We did have a good time and I can see how this place would be a ton of fun for kids who can already walk. The class was roughly 45 minutes and Ryan spent about 30 of those minutes sitting on the floor and mouthing a ball. Yep, we spent $8 for Ryan to chew on a ball! :) There were a couple of songs in the beginning, open play time and then a few more songs at the end with bubbles and a parachute. I have to admit, playing with the parachute was pretty fun. Overall, Ryan did really well. I think it might have been a little too much for him at times though. I had him on a rocking horse and another kid came up and tried to rock the horse for Ryan and he didn't like that. He got a bit fussy towards the end and the leader even stopped the class to tell me that Ryan had thrown up! We're trying out the Little Gym on Tuesday. I just want to see how similar/different they are.

On Friday, I went to scrapmania at Archiver's. It was 6 hours where you can hang out in the store and scrapbook. They bring in dinner, they have prizes and demonstrations through the night and you get free paper too. I actually won one of prizes! It was a little container of beach embellishments, they're really cute. The *great* thing about scrapbooking at the store is that if you're missing anything, then it's all there for you to purchase. There's also a ton of people around to talk to and get ideas from. Everyone at the store is so helpful, did I mention that they are starting to recognize me. That's NEVER a good sign!!! Anyways, my table was kind of dead. There was one girl who was really nice, but we just never really got to talking because there was another lady at our table who just didn't want to talk, she wanted to finish what she was working on. It was just weird to talk to that one girl when the other one was so quiet. The last seat was pretty much empty most of the night because that girl table hopped onto another table. I got a few pages done, so I'm pretty happy. I just want to go back and do more now! There's a 12 hour event coming up in August, but it's the same weekend as tax free weekend. Talk about being torn! Mel and Al, are ya'll up for a 12 hour scrapbooking marathan followed by a 12 hour shopping spree? It'll be a fantastic 24 hours!!

On Saturday, my parents came up, so we got to do date night. We went to Lizette's birthday party (that's a picture of us at the party) and we went to see Ratatouille. OMG, the movie was so good. I have to admit that it didn't really appeal to me from watching the trailers, but now it's #3 on my top 5 favorite Pixar movie list! If you haven't seen it, you just have to go, it's so funny. I laughed out loud so many times and I usually don't laugh out loud at movies! Here's the list, in case you were wondering: 1. Monsters, Inc. 2. Toy Story 2 3. Ratatouille 4. Finding Nemo 5. Cars. It was our first date night since our 2 year anniversary back in April. Sad, I know. We really needed it too. It was so nice to be out with Steven.


Today, we took Emili horseback riding for her birthday at Bee Cave Riding Center. I haven't been on a horse since I went on a cruise to Mexico after graduating from college, so I was really nervous! Everything turned out great and we all had a good time. There's a picture of me and my very tame horse, Max, who is a Paint horse and apparently likes to get into fights (seemed contradictory to me too). The last picture is of Carolyn on Ruby (who our instructor described as being onerous), me and Max, Emili on Joe (a Flea Bitten Gray) and Josie on Cougar (an Arabian). Emili led the way because her horse apparently likes to bite other horses, then it was me, then Josie and Carolyn bringing up the rear. Poor Carolyn, her horse would get behind and then to catch up, it would start galloping. Every so often, we would hear Carolyn shrieking and we knew Ruby was galloping to catch up. Afterwards, we went to lunch at Iguana Grill. It was my first time there; they have a great view of the lake and pretty good food too. It was a fun day. Happy Belated Birthday Emili and Lizette!!!