Hide and seek?

One of Ty's favorite games to play in the last couple of months is hide and seek. Unfortunately, he hasn't quite grasped the concept of staying quiet when he's hiding. If only we had video accompanying this picture you would hear me say "Hmm....where's Tyler?" and you would hear him say "Right here!" and when I tried not to respond, you would hear him say "Right here...under the table! I'm RIGHT HERE!"

A side note: It was a game of hide and seek that gave birth to his "clubhouse" or "fort"--basically two end tables covered by a blanket. He loves it and wants to play in it every day. Just in case you come to visit, the magic words to enter are "Miska, Mooska, Mickey Mouse!"

Catching up

It's been a while since I've posted, but that doesn't mean it hasn't been an exciting month. We cheered for the Packers early, but quickly had to switch to cheering for our local Giants. Ty and I made a fun 24-hour trip home to Palatine. Unfortunately, our camera battery went dead, but I did get one picture with Ty and my dad playing with the new magnets that he and my mom gave him. Ty also got to spend and evening with the Burkes and had a ball playing with their Legos and with Sue, Jim, Kelli, Kaitlyn, and Kevin. Finally, we got to spend time with our friends from Indiana, Scott and Kyleen, who will soon be living 3 houses down from us. If you want to see a few more pictures, click here: http://picasaweb.google.com/teri.schmidt/January11Feb102008?authkey=rUckmMgRb98

Ty has continued to expand his pretending skills and cracks us up almost every day with new comments and faces. He's been snorkeling, gone to a pumpkin patch and made Mickey Mouse's clubhouse---all in our basement.