Emmett Beeson's Blog

You're Not Doing It Right

2012-01-21 10:38:28

Garrison wanted to get himself a snack off the kitchen counter, so he grabbed the first thing he could find to climb up on.

First Snow of 2012

2012-01-14 12:54:13

The first snowfall of 2012 was this week, and the boys couldn't resist going out to play, even though it was only 18*F.

Garrison spun circles around in the yard on his tractor, requiring help getting back up to the house when his wheels spun and wouldn't grip the ground.

Emmett made snow balls and threw them at whoever was nearby!

Emmett and Garrison on the Tractor

2011-09-06 21:13:24

This afternoon Emmett and Garrison went for a ride on the tractor!

Garrison Snacks on Carrot

2011-06-29 21:06:41

Today Garrison went into the kitchen, grabbed himself a tall carrot and sat down on the living room floor to watch tv.

Playing on the Swing Set

2011-06-20 22:38:04

This afternoon Emmett and Garrison were playing on the swing set in the yard. Garrison realized that his legs were finally just long enough he could climb the ladder on the swing set to get himself onto the platform, and down the slide.

We stood next to him just in case he slipped...they were big steps after all!

As he was climbing, he kept looking at the camera making his "surprised face".

Garrison Bee Pajamas

2011-06-14 22:26:33

Lately there's been a lot of excitement about bees at our house.

Amy found a pair of bee pajamas and bee slippers that fit Garrison, and brought them home from the store.

Garrison loves them so much, one night this week while he was sleeping (with the slippers on) he rolled over and they came off his feet. He woke up and complained about it until Amy put them back on his feet again...then he was able to fall back asleep.

Garrison plays in a creek, inside a cave

2011-05-23 11:20:34

This past weekend Dad and the boys went down to Meramec State Park in Sullivan MO.

They met up with Grandpa Beeson, Jeremy & Jessica who were already down there.

The weather was rainy Friday, which made for a damp and humid Saturday, but the boys did great anyways.

Garrison and Emmett loved playing in the grass field, riding their bikes, cooking food on the campfire and jumping in the tent.

Then we took flashlights and went exploring a big cave at the park. Garrison loved using his little blue flashlight in the dark.

We put sandals on him so that he could get down and walk around. He quickly discovered a small creek that ran through the cave and promptly went over and started throwing rocks into the cold water.

Bob the Builder at the Magic House

2011-05-14 20:55:24

Today was one of the last days for the special Bob The Builder exhibit at the St. Louis Magic House.

So, being a rainy cold day outside, we took the boys and went to see the exhibit.

Garrison loved playing with the plastic fish we found in the Lewis and Clark scene.

Playing in the sand light table.

Looking in a very tiny room built into the baseboards!

Playing in tunnels.

Yeah, this sounds about right!

One section of the magic house had a construction theme play area. The boys got to play with rocks, shovels, drain pipe and bobcats.

We knew the boys were getting exhausted when Garrison tripped over a piece of foam, he just laid there for several minutes, too tired to get up.

Garrison's First Haircut

2011-05-08 22:14:53

Today we decided to give Garrison a haircut. His hair was getting pretty long, and he was getting hot in the heat.

Garrison was really good while mom cut his hair outside.

And when he was done, he had shorter hair that would keep him cool in the heat!

Garrison Discovers Dirt Worms

2011-04-29 14:46:42

Yesterday we were clearing some dirt and wood debris from the driveway where we had our wood pile all winter long.

In shoveling some of the dirt into the wheelbarrow we discovered some really large worms were hiding in the dirt. Garrison hadn't seen a worm before, and he really liked getting to hold one and play with it!