Watch Out World.....It's the Rice Brothers

Summer of 08

2008-07-28T18:39:00.000-07:00

Well, this summer has been so full of fun things that we have done. We have watched the Fresno State Bulldog Baseball team take the national championship. We have help Oma and Opa get there house ready to sell. We have had fun playing together, and watching our pumpkins and sunflowers grow almost as big as we are. We have also seen a sun that is red. Mommy and Daddy says that it is because of the smoke. I have learned to help the firefighters by blowing the smoke away. And we still have another month of fun coming up. We are going to take Amtrak to Gaga's and Papa's in Ridgecrest and visit them for a week. We cannot even wait to go into Papa's pool. Have a great rest of summer, and we will get back to when we can.

Summer is here!!!!!

2008-06-18T20:48:00.000-07:00

Well now that are both a year older, and a little wiser, we can do things that brother do. We wrestle, chase, and have together most of the time. Here are some pictures of our fun. please come by and play with us anytime. we are also growing sunflowers and pumpkins in our backyard. mommy counted 10 flowers on one plant, and we have five plants. When you start smelling the delicious smell of pumpkin bread coming from our house, Daddy will be done with his classes. grow pumpkins grow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11 months and counting

2008-05-25T15:05:00.000-07:00

Hey Everyone

Yes I am 11 months old and can do anything. I climb over everything including Danny and Bear Bear. I just can't wait till I am 1. Love to all

10 months and walking

2008-04-14T21:51:00.000-07:00

Yes Everyone you heard right! I am walking. I told you that it would not be long until I was walking like Danny. I can walk, balance, turn around, and laugh standing up. But if I start laughing too hard I do end up on the floor because I lose my balance. Watch out the Rice boys are on the loose. I cannot wait to show all of you. I am very proud and so are my mommy and daddy.

Spaghetti is YUMMY

2008-04-14T21:45:00.000-07:00

Well I think that since the title tells you what I was eating, and pictures are worth a thousand words, I will just let you look and laugh. I has a blast eating like a big boy, and then Danny tried to help me. Doesn't he know that I have learned everything from him? He is my Bubba and I love him.

2008-03-06T19:48:00.000-08:00

Watch out everyone I am mobile. I have started crawling and believe it or not, am getting ready to walk. I can follow Danny all over the house, but Mommy and Daddy got this thing that blocks me out of the kitchen and other places that they don't want me to be. HA! Danny and I are already plotting to go over that gate and full run of the house. Mom and Dad have no idea of what the two of us are going to do. Watch out world here comes the Rice brothers.

Time Out for George

2008-03-06T14:53:00.000-08:00

When George and I were playing in my room, he decided to bonk me on the head. He thought that was so funny that he bonked me in the head again. Well, that was it!!!! Curious or not he had to know that I don't like that, so I put him on "time-out". He was a good little monkey and has never done that again.

Afternoon of Fun with Oma

2008-03-06T14:42:00.000-08:00

One afternoon, I saw that we had a couple of dandilions that needed to be blown. Oma helped me with that. Then we decided that Grant needed to experience grass for the first time. He wanted to eat it, because right now he wants to eat EVERYTHING. Well, we had so much fun I can't wait till we do it again.

Brothers Forever

2008-02-21T07:48:00.000-08:00

We love to play together, talk to each other, get thrown on the bed together, and tickle or be tickled together. What can we say, except that growning up together is going to fun, and Mommy and Daddy better watch out cause it might be a bumpy ride.

Caught in the Act!!!!!!!

2008-02-07T11:35:00.000-08:00

Last night after a bath, I kept asking Mommy for food, but told me that she would get something for me in a little while. Well, I was very hungry because I only had two pieces for dinner that I found the pizza in the refrig and helped myself. I guess I made a little bit of noise because Mommy poked her head around the corner and took this picture. Caught the the act. Cold pizza is good too.

Blowing Bubbles with Gaga

2008-01-31T18:35:00.000-08:00

When visited our Gaga and Papa a couple weeks agao we found how to make huge bubbles bigger than me(Danny). It was so much fun because they would pop over my head and get me ALL WET. I was soaked by the end of "bubble time". Grant enjoyed the smaller bubbles with Gaga and they had so much fun popping them, and he did not get as much as I did. I can't wait till we can make big bubbles here ans show everyone here.

Danny's New Job

2008-01-30T14:26:00.000-08:00

Danny has decided that his new job as a big brother is to feed me. He does such a good job making me say "AH" and everything. Mommy and Daddy have fun cleaning me up after Danny is done feeding me, but it is all worth it. I think I heard Mommy and Daddy talking about taking a video of it and sending it to AFV. So keep an eye out for us on the TV.

WW Daddy

2008-01-11T10:14:00.000-08:00

Wrestling with Daddy is so much fun, and to do it my Wow (Oma and Opa's RV) is even better. Grant took Daddy from the ground while worked him over from the top. The strategy worked pretty well until Daddy brought in the tickle monster. Then after that it was even baby for himself. The only thing I can say is that we had a blast and can't wait to do it again.

7 months old

2008-01-08T09:27:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone can you believe that I am 7 months old? Well I am almost crawling but can pull myself up into a standing position. I love to drive my brother crazy because I love him so much. He is such a good big brother. Well I better go because Mommy thinks that I am taking a nap. SSSSSHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow!!! Santa

2007-12-16T10:07:00.001-08:00

Grant and I went to visit Santa and sit on his lap and whisper in his ear what we wanted. I told him what Grant wanted because sometimes it feels that I am the only one who understands him. Santa said that I have been a very good boy most of the time (which we discussed was plenty for a two year old with a new brother.) Grant was a good boy at least half of the year. All in all we had a great time.

Our Christmas Stockings

2007-12-13T16:40:00.000-08:00

Grant's stocking that our Gaga made just arrived and we put it up. She made mine too. When I saw Grant's all I could say was "WOW Mama". Aren't they awesome? Thank you so much Gaga and Papa.

Christmas mouse in our house

2007-12-07T10:34:00.000-08:00

Oma and Opa got us this mouse that recites "Twas the night before
Christmas". Grant had to warm up to it, but it did not take him long. Me on the other hand, thought it was cool and have been playing it ever since it came in to our home. I am really getting into this Christmas thing. Mommy dressed us boys in our hats and tried to take pictures, but someone (I have no idea) really just wanted to play with the mouse. I'm sre she wil try again later.

Christmas Parade

2007-12-07T10:10:00.000-08:00

Last Saturday night, Mommy and Daddy bundled us up and we met Oma and Opa to go see the Christmas parade in Clovis. We saw so many cars that had lights on them. We also saw some Wows (big trucks, campers, RV's, and anything that haswheels). Grant had lots of fun seeing all the lights and being cuddled by Oma, Opa, Daddy and Mommy. I watched most of the parade either being held by my Opa, aor on my Daddy's shoulders. That is the only way to watch parades.

Our Guitar Hero

2007-11-26T14:37:00.000-08:00

Well we know that there are millions of people out there who are guitar heroes, but we have to say that our guitar hero is our Uncle Darren. Every night I(Danny) meet him at the door when he comes home from work with guitar in hand ready to do some serious rockin out. In the pictures, we both crawled up on his lap and were trying to play with him and I think we did a great job. He is the greatest. We are trying to convince him that we need "dancing with the stars" so we can dance. We will see.

Scooby Doo and Clowny too

2007-11-01T11:20:00.000-07:00

Scooby scooby DOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is what I was on Halloween night. Grant was a clown, but I had to get all his candy for him. We had so much fun going next door (Grandma Dixie and Grandpa Brent's) to get some candy, and a couple other houses on the block. Then we went down to church that had a carvial. We played games and walked around. We had so much fun and got more candy. Mommy and Daddy said that I could share Grant's candy with them. I don't know if that is going to happen. We will see. Grampy I got some M&M's for you.

Do you know the muffin man?

2007-11-01T11:06:00.000-07:00

I have been watching Mommy baking muffins for us in the morning, and I wanted to make them for her. I had so much fun, but she came out before I could finish.

Addition to our extended family

2007-10-27T17:00:00.000-07:00

We have a new cousin. Olivia Faith Quinnelly was born on Oct. 2, and is the pretty cousin we have so far. I can't wait to meet her. Keeping growing Olivia, and we can play soon.

Big Truck Day

2007-10-22T22:00:00.000-07:00

Happy big truck day!!!! Well that is what I say on Fridays. As you can tell I am laying with my best furry friend named Bear watching the big truck truck come and take our trash away. I love doing this each week.

The Scent of Dad

2007-10-22T18:05:00.000-07:00

Grant is teething and Daddy gives him his shirt to chew on because Daddy says that Grant likes to snuggy with it. Daddy was right because I kept watching him and soon he fell asleep. I can't wait until Grant is bigger and we can play.

Fun at the Big Fresno Fair

2007-10-12T08:37:00.000-07:00

CATCH ME OMA!!!!!!!!
EUREKA!! I HAVE FOUND IT!!
REFLECTIONS OF GOLD!!
WEIRD AL?????????

Well, it has been quite a week. Last night we went to the Big Fresno Fair and had a great time. A guy name Weird Al was there and Daddy and Uncle Darren went to see him, and I tagged along for about an hour then Mommy took Grant and I home. But we saw the big rides, and lots of animals, and we played on this HUGE slide, and mined for gold. I got three specks, but they did not let me keep it. Grant had a good time too riding on Daddy's back, then falling asleep in Opa's arms, then hung out in Oma's arms until it was time to go. Mommy got to see an old friend of hers, Liz Harrison. She had not seen her in over 10 years and she was happy to finally get to see her. All in all, we did the fair and had a great time.

Our trip to the Zoo

2007-10-10T09:51:00.001-07:00

Mommy and Daddy took us to the zoo and we had a great time. We go there a lot because my Gaga and Papa got us memberships so we can go whenever. I love the zoo. There were some people walking around with different animals like an owl and a llama. My two favorite animals are the giraffes, and the bear. I got to feed the giraffe a lot of food because no one was there to feed my friend Gully, so the zoo person let me feed him a lot of leaves. When we went to try to find the bear, there was a parrot that was so very loud and it hurt my ears. Then there was a guy walking around with llamas. My mommy asked me "Is your Mama a Llama?" I don't know why, but I'm sure she will let me know later. After that we went to the reptile house for the first time. That was not fun. Snakes are not very nice looking and kind of scary. We did not spend a lot of time there, but I enjoyed playing on the giant turtle shell outside. To around up our trip, we looked to see if the wolves were out, and they were. We had so much fun at the zoo and I can't wait till I can go again and see all my animal friends and feed my friend Gully.

Feeding Gully

Is my Mama a Llama??

Giant Danny Turtle

Too Loud Birdie!

Asleep on the Job

2007-10-03T17:54:00.000-07:00

Mommy put Grant on his gym and he was suppose to be stretching and practice reaching, because the more he practices the better he will get and the sooner he will be able to play with me. Well, I guess he was just real tired and want to take a nite-nite nap because when I was helping him reach he just closed his eyes and started to sleep. I ran into Mommy and told her that Grant was sleeping, but she said that it was "okay" and the leave him alone. How is he ever going to be able to play with me, if he keeps falling asleep? This is going to be a problem, I can tell. Any suggestions?

Shhhhhhhh.....Don't tell

2007-10-01T21:56:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the lives of Daniel Joseph and Grant Nathaniel. First, before we continue I would like everyone's word that you won't tell Mommy and Daddy that I have a blog going. I have been doing a lot of research about these, and have decided that Grant and I need one. Mommy and Daddy have no idea that I even know how to work a computer, but I still leave crumbs, sticky spots on the keys, and some drool marks. However, now that I have a little brother, I can blame it all on him. I don't know how I will explain the cumbs and sticky spots, since Grant doesn't eat yet, but I can think on my feet.