Bikes, Computer Games, and Poo

I've got some great pictures of the little guy to share with you all today.

Today we took Einar out for his first spin on his new bike. Our friends Martha and Tracy spiffied up the little Radio Flyer bike that their kids rode and passed it on to us for Einar. We're still working on finding a helmet for him and we forgot to check the height on the seat before we took him out for his first ride. However, he really thought that the bike was cool and wanted to keep playing with it. After our bike ride we came home for a spaghetti lunch.

Yesterday Einar also got to play some computer games with Jared. I think that they did all of the activities on the Thomas the tank engine site and then moved on to Sesame Street.

A big step forward this week was capturing Einar's first poop in the potty moment on camera. We got him some Bob the Builder undies too. It's a step towards the diaper-free days, but we're not pushing anything yet.

Our Weekend

Yesterday was Saturday and Einar knew it from the moment that he woke up. The first thing that we heard from his bedroom yesterday was "Daddy? Daddy? Daddy?" He knew that Daddy was supposed to be home and not at work! He wasn't disappointed since Jared didn't have to go in until 8:30, so Jared went in and did the first of the morning honors and got the first smiles of the day.

It hasn't been a very exciting weekend for us. Jared has had to go into work a few times and Einar has been having some trouble with incoming teeth. Yesterday he and I just stayed in and did a bit of cleaning, but were mostly couch potatos who watched Sesame Street and Thomas. Today we went to church and then down to Del Mar Street (downtown San Clemente) for lunch and to walk around the Sunday Market. When we got home we tried to get an exhausted Einar down for a nap, but no such luck. He ended out just hanging out with Daddy on the couch and falling asleep during the last 10 minutes of the nightly news. According to Jared, he's following a proud tradition of falling asleep during television shows (Farmor).

The 100th Post!

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A Milestone has been reached--it's our 100th Einar's Adventures in California post. I''m celebrating by trying something a bit new. Instead of the pictures that you are so used to (and will be getting more of very soon), I'm trying to include a link to YouTube where I've posted a video of Einar doing a musical improvisation while he was eating his spaghetti last night. I'm not sure if it will work, but it is definitely worth a try!

Last night I had to go to a MOMS club board meeting and Einar and Jared stayed home. While I was gone, Jared got a great video of Einar breaking into a spaghetti song while at the table. I sure hope you can watch it!

Summer Again in San Clemente

I guess winter is over for a few days around here. Today we went to the park in shorts and t-shirts and I have all the windows open to let in some breeze since it is in the high 70's again. What a change from the last few weeks when we were breaking out our jackets and on occasion wearing fleece hats. I've heard that by Thursday and Friday that we'll be seeing some rain.

Rip Van Einar is sleeping again. We just got home from the park and Kathleen's house where we had some sandwiches for lunch. Einar had to get some Nathan time since we were so late getting to the park this morning (he slept in) that Nathan was leaving when we got there. Those kids are funny since they seem to really miss each other and can't stop talking about the other, but when they are together they either play as if the other one wasn't their or they start yannking toys from each other.

On Saturday Jared stood duty at work from 7:30am-7:30am(sunday). Einar and I took him dinner that night and visited for awhile. It was REALLY quiet there and once we left, Jared got to catch up on his HBO tv show ROME on his laptop.

Well I'm off to address my list of things to do.

Where in the World is Karla Ogle?

Where do I start? Please accept my appologies for my long absence over the holidays, all of you loyal Einar Fans! Jared came home from his deployment, my family came down from Seattle for Christmas, and we enjoyed another week as our little family home here in San Clemente before Jared had to return to work yesterday. I'm having trouble believing that it is already 2007! Where has the time gone?

Jared and Einar took no time at all getting back into the swing of things when they were reunited. I'm truly impressed with how easily Jared has been able to decipher and understand what Einar is saying. It seems that he was keeping up on his toddler English while in Okinawa. Einar, for his part, woke up the next morning after we picked Jared up and the first words out of his mouth as he announced that he was awake from his crib was "Daddy!" He was also diligent in showing Daddy where and what everything was at home. He points at things and tells him what's what (ex. Mommy, TV, Choo Choo et al.) There were really only a few things that I had to catch Jared up on in terms of day to day Einar care.

Our holidays were nice and relaxing even though we had a house full of Bjorklunds visiting. The shopping was done early so we could hang out with my folks, Tor and Jess, and Gus (a.k.a. Great Uncle Steve). On the Friday before Christmas we all went to Disneyland for the day. Meals were great over the week since everyone was put in charge of at least one meal so kitchen work was minimal for all and the food was marvelous!

After we took the last guests to the airport, Jared and I walked Einar down to the movie theater and we watched Charlotte's Web. Einar sat on my lap the whole time munching popcorn and completely involved in the story. He would "oink" when Wilbur appeared or "BUS" when Fern went off to school in the school bus. The only time that he was scared was when the rotten egg fell down into Templeton's hole and I'm not surprised since it reminded me a lot of the boulder scene in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

There was even some Karla-time when I got to go off for a few hours and have some time to myself. The night before Jared went back to work we had a babysitter come over and we had Date-Night. It was really nice going out for some dinner and then coffee. We went to Starbucks and played Triominoes and it was great just being able to sit there and enjoy each other, our game, our coffee, the music, and not even get stressed out about the promo set up that they were trying to figure out in the store. I must be truly separated! On the way home we stopped for Tuesday night $1 ice cream cones at Baskin Robbins--yum.