Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Florida


Here are some pictures of our trip to Florida this past week. There were moments when we had to stop and take a breather (resulting in Keyan's obvious boredom), but otherwise we were on the go the entire trip.

The first day, we walked along the boardwalk at John's Pass. Outside the entrance to one of the restaurants was this replica of a Great White's mouth. The caption says "Deposit bad children here." We thought it was pretty funny, but it appears that Keyan has no sense of humor.
The next day, my cousin pulled through with some sweet hookups and we got into Disney for free. Happily, Keyan had a positive reaction to the characters around the park. In the past, we have tried taking pictures of him with Smokey the Bear, the Easter bunny, and even the Chik-Fil-A cow, but he would always scream and run away. But he LOVED the Disney characters. He would call their name over and over while we waited in line, then as soon as it was his turn, he would run to them and give them a huge hug.

While in Orlando, we took a few minutes to enjoy the beauty of its best attraction: the LDS temple (or "tampon" as Keyan likes to call it)

Keyan's new favorite hobby: flying kites.

Sunday, February 24, 2008

Hill Air Force Base

Yesterday, we took Keyan to the Hill Air Force base (about an hour and 15 minutes north of Provo) to see all of the airplanes. Needless to say, he loved it. He ran from plane to plane, pointing up and saying, "Eh-pane, Eh-pane!" It was loads of fun- so much that we ended up taking 172 pictures! Here are just a few of them:
This is an old model ejection seat, which launched the pilot or navigator 300 ft into the air. Current models launch 500 ft, which, as far as altitude goes, guarantees that a parachute will open. It was sixes with the older models. Yikes.

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Our Lil' Snoop Dizzle



Actually... just some pics of Keyan's hat fetish. He collects them from all over the house and tries to stack them all on his head. It's pretty darn cute.

Newsie


If they did a toddler version of Newsies, don't you think Keyan would be perfect for the part? Or are we just shamelessly biased parents? :)

And an update on the post about Keyan learning so many new words. He now knows sixty plus words, including those that end up as potty words the way he pronounces them- words like shirt and fork. Lovely!

Saturday, January 26, 2008

Keyan's Expanding Vocabulary

Keyan has been learning so many new words lately, which has been super fun for us. We've kept a list and add to it every time he learns a new word, and now that list is up to almost 60. They only count if the pronuncation is recognizable, if Keyan says the word on a regular basis, and if he associates meaning to the word. Here are just a few of the words he knows :)