Brixton Blue

Happy Birthday, Papa!

2012-01-23T09:46:00.001-08:00

video a video by honeyandskiv on Flickr.

We miss and love you. Hope you have a fantastic day!! xoxo

2012-01-15T17:09:00.001-08:00

We have a new family website! http://sweetcloverhive.com/

That will be more of a house and Honey's site. I'll still post Brix pix here :)

Go Bama!

2012-01-10T08:28:00.001-08:00

video a video by honeyandskiv on Flickr.

2012-01-02T08:08:00.000-08:00

House Tour from honey skivolocke on Vimeo.

Brixton turns THREE!

2012-01-02T00:03:00.001-08:00

video a video by honeyandskiv on Flickr.

And all he wanted was a Cars cake and some new Cars....I think he got what he wanted :)

Christmas 2011

2012-01-02T00:02:00.001-08:00

Christmas 2011, a photo by honeyandskiv on Flickr.

Our gift to each other was the house and also a bunch of new stuff to furnish it. A pretty fantastic Christmas!

My little man....

2012-01-02T00:01:00.003-08:00

BrixMamaChristmas, a photo by honeyandskiv on Flickr.

Is almost three years old! How the time flies.

Christmas!

2012-01-02T00:01:00.001-08:00

video a video by honeyandskiv on Flickr.

Christmas was pretty awesome in our new house! Brixton scored, as usual, and even got drums from Papa!

Brixton gets Papa's Christmas card

2011-12-17T15:41:00.001-08:00

a video by honeyandskiv on Flickr.

and loves it!

Brix rides and tractor & goes to school!

2011-12-08T18:26:00.001-08:00

So much fun with Uncle Robert & Aunt Emily!

Great pics of Brix and Papa!

2011-12-08T18:22:00.001-08:00

Love these pics. I know Brixton misses his Papa!

New House!

2011-12-04T09:37:00.001-08:00

New House, a photo by honeyandskiv on Flickr.

We love our new house! So happy to be back in Austin.

Brixton had such a great time in Alabama with everyone. He said he misses MeeMaw and Papa!

He is loving his new room and says he "is happy".

Makes US happy to hear that.

2011-11-20T20:51:00.001-08:00

Sugar high!

2011-11-13T17:25:00.001-08:00

Sugar high! a video by honeyandskiv on Flickr.

Cupcake sugar high!

2011-11-13T17:24:00.001-08:00

IPad spelling

Mother Goose

2011-11-07T07:28:00.001-08:00

Happy Birthday Auntie Em

2011-10-20T16:38:00.001-07:00

Happy Birthday Auntie Em a video by honeyandskiv on Flickr.

Love ya

Days of the Week

2011-10-14T15:25:00.001-07:00

Days of the Week a video by honeyandskiv on Flickr.

Cutie Pie

2011-09-18T22:31:00.001-07:00

Cutie Pie, a photo by honeyandskiv on Flickr.

silly boy

Train Ride in Kemah

2011-09-10T18:36:00.001-07:00

076 a video by honeyandskiv on Flickr.

Our cool train ride at the boardwalk

Zoo fun!

2011-09-08T14:53:00.001-07:00

116, a photo by honeyandskiv on Flickr.

The weather has finally gotten decent, so we took a quick trip to the zoo--lots of fun!

mama + babe

2011-08-29T13:09:00.001-07:00

photo, a photo by honeyandskiv on Flickr.

it's been sooo hot here, we just lounge around a lot--hope this weather cools soon!

Missing Papa and Auntie Em!

2011-08-25T11:07:00.001-07:00

2011 07 30_TexasJuly2011_2721_edited-1.jpg, a photo by honeyandskiv on Flickr.

We've been really missing Papa and Auntie Em lately. He cried when they left and everyone in a while sees "Papa's car" in the parking garage.

Wishing you guys were here to play more in the pool with us!
With the hottest summer on record here in 31 years, we've been using it almost every day!
xoxox

Happy Birthday Daddy & Grandpa Frank!

2011-08-07T10:39:00.000-07:00

Coffee Tales

2011-07-18T07:01:00.000-07:00

This morning on the way to pre-school, I handed Brixton his milk and he then said, " You like coffee mommy?", I said yes, I do....then he said "coffee is for mommies, not babies!" I guess I tell this to him a lot--it was very cute. Mommy does like her coffee!

In San Antonio--

2011-07-17T15:42:00.001-07:00

DSC_0459, a photo by honeyandskiv on Flickr.

Pic from the kiddie amusement park.

We've been having a fun weekend --this weekend we went to the Discovery Green and let Brix play on the playground and in the water sprinkler area--really cool downtown park.
Today we swam in the pool and went to Dave & Busters and played--Pretty great weekend.

Having a fun weekend!

2011-07-02T20:08:00.000-07:00

Click pics for larger photos

We've been having a great couple days together doing things out as a family!
Friday we went to the Children's Museum together, and today we went to the Houston Aquarium! Brixton saw lots of fishes, snakes, turtles, and rode a train through an underwater shark tunnel. We rode a Ferris wheel too! Lots of fun!

Bike ride on the park

2011-06-25T15:51:00.001-07:00

a video by honeyandskiv on Flickr.

Went for a bike ride in the park today--

Authentic lederhosen for Brixton!

2011-06-24T09:04:00.001-07:00

Authentic lederhosen for Brixton!, a photo by honeyandskiv on Flickr.

Noelani & Jeremiah went to Germany for two weeks and sent Brixton the coolest lederhosen!

Can't wait to teach him the chicken dance!

The Orange Show

2011-06-20T18:27:00.001-07:00

145, a photo by honeyandskiv on Flickr.

Thought this was worth getting a picture of!
http://www.orangeshow.org/

Happy Father's Day!

2011-06-19T07:41:00.001-07:00

Happy Father's Day!, a photo by honeyandskiv on Flickr.

We went to Galveston Island yesterday and cruised around together--today we are planning on going to lunch at an authentic Polish restaurant like the kind they have where Joe and Frank are from.

Happy Father's Day to Papa!
Love you so much and hope you have a great day ;)

New puzzles

2011-06-07T10:46:00.001-07:00

, a photo by honeyandskiv on Flickr.

We're always trying to find new puzzles for B--these take a lot more dexterity, but he is doing fantastic with them.

I wanted to mention that whenever we go through our parking gate, Brix says "Open Sesame!" which I'm guessing he got from Papa.

Pretty adorable!

Chica Chica Boom Boom tree

2011-06-04T08:53:00.001-07:00

, a photo by honeyandskiv on Flickr.

His preschool had the Chica Chica Boom Boom tree, and he loves to re-inact the story with it., although he says, Chicken, Chicken Boom Boom! Which always makes me laugh.

His teacher said he was so smart and knew every page and would tell the story.

Thanks, Papa~

Apollo

2011-05-30T16:47:00.001-07:00

, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

New dog....we had been "test driving" out Apollo, a 4 year old Boston Terrier for the last week, and he is such a calm, sweet, easy going dog. We miss the energy of a dog in the house and have for quite some time...may not be the perfect time to get one, but we just miss having a dog around. We just already enjoy him so much...even Brix takes his leash and tries to walk him around.

Austin weekend

2011-05-30T16:44:00.001-07:00

Austin weekend, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

Well...more like 24 hours, but we had a really good time with lots of friends! the sad part is, we were so busy talking and playing with the kids, we hardly got any pictures!

oh well....next time!

Wow! Our Five Year Anniversary--

2011-05-20T18:59:00.000-07:00

A lot has happened to say the least! We had a pretty sad anniversary day, but we're hoping to make it up with a cruise at a later date together!
Just reminiscing about Cabo and wishing we were all there together again!

relaxing on the balcony

2011-05-19T08:38:00.001-07:00

, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

before we get ready for day. Brix had a bad night sleeping (and so did mom) so we skipped pre-school this morning.

Papas visit

2011-05-15T21:40:00.001-07:00

, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

We wish he could have stayed longer!
Brix says he had "fun with Papa" a couple times--Miss you!

Brixton's first pre-school lunch

2011-05-15T20:34:00.001-07:00

Brixton's first pre-school lunch, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

So, *sniff, sniff* Brixton is off to pre-school tomorrow and I've been geeking out on cute kid's bento box lunches online.
Fun Lunches kids who won't eat anything, will look at and maybe, possibly, eat!

Not that great artistically, but I didn't have a lot to work with tool wise.

Hope he enjoys and eats a little too!

Happy Mother's Day from joe

2011-05-08T08:07:00.000-07:00

Sentiments for Honey (Mother's Day 2011) from Joe Skivolocke on Vimeo.

We moved to Houston for treatment

2011-04-30T09:28:00.000-07:00

This old news to some, but thought I'd put it out there!
We have faith in MD Anderson & Dr. Reardon, and Joe. This is the place to be for the best cancer treatment around. This IS the place we need to be right now.

Fun in the sun

2011-04-30T08:55:00.001-07:00

746, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

We've been having fun with the pool~

Astros game!

2011-04-28T17:01:00.001-07:00

Astros game!, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

We went to the Astros game last night and had a fantastic time!
The stadium was beautiful, new, big, had great food and we had amazing seats in fowl ball territory.
I think most people would say these seats were top notch, but because of all the fowl balls and the baby, we were literally ducking for cover all the time!

This was such a fun family night out.

Sending prayers!

2011-04-28T10:14:00.001-07:00

Hoping everyone is doing okay in Alabama!

Baby Loves Disco video from 10-30-10

2011-04-25T16:20:00.001-07:00

Baby Loves Disco video from 10-30-10, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

It's old but Tina just found this in her spam folder! How hilarious is this??
Finn sleeping is too funny!

We really miss Tina +Finn!

The easter bunny has arrived~!

2011-04-24T10:57:00.001-07:00

064, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

Eatser 2011

Easter morning!

2011-04-24T10:56:00.001-07:00

079, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

Brixton was great at finding the easter eggs.

bathtime and "sea stars"

2011-04-21T18:05:00.001-07:00

bathtime, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

I have the difficult task of replacing the beloved starfish's common name with "sea star" because, well, the starfish is not a fish....this is a hard concept for a two year old!

What is this thing?

2011-04-17T15:44:00.001-07:00

039, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

Funny that children now probably have no idea what this is!
He LOVED the Children's Museum--it was such a blast.

The flight to Houston

2011-04-14T15:36:00.001-07:00

, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

Brix was great on the flight to Houston.

I guess it helps when you get new cool toys and have the IPad!

Puzzle work

2011-04-08T15:01:00.001-07:00

, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

Decided to make a quick puzzle since all his puzzles have long become too easy and the next level is a bit too hard right now.
I think he liked the glue the best.

Silhuettes -Father & Son

2011-04-02T12:21:00.001-07:00

Silhuettes -Father & Son, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

Silhouettes

Went into one of the cute kiddo shops here down the street to get a birthday present for a birthday party we are going to Sunday and saw a sign saying they were having a third generation "Cutter" the next day for silhouettes!

Of course we had to get one--they are so cute.

Grandpa Frank!

2011-03-31T21:19:00.001-07:00

Grandpa Frank!, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

playtime at the park

Teaching him young

2011-03-14T13:10:00.001-07:00

077, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

Brixton helps mama keep the house clean

Train Table baby!

2011-02-26T15:08:00.001-08:00

, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

We found a clearance train table and went for it---after hours of frustration putting it together--we have a happy baby!

Clean House Yard Sale

2011-02-20T09:34:00.001-08:00

, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

We went to the TV show Clean House yard sale a couple weekends back.
It's a show where they go to a really messy house, make them clean out and sell all their stuff and use the money to make the house nice.
This house was close and was supposed to be owned by some tiki-philes-so I had to go check it out--and of course try to get B some camera time!

We actually ended up getting filmed buying Brix his first tiki mug--so hopefully it will make it onto the show!!

birthday girl!

2011-02-20T09:27:00.001-08:00

birthday girl, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

Friday was my birthday and I had a nice day.

Had a playdate with a friend and her son in the morning.
Then went and got a haircut and color-two hours of pamper time with no baby! Wooho!

Jeremiah and Noelani came up for dinner, cake and scrabble.

All in all a very nice birthday.

Brixton is getting a new bike & helmet :)

2011-02-05T09:32:00.000-08:00

Thanks to his Papa! Just ordered and should be here next week. Videos to come!
I had to get the most obnoxious color too, of course.

Swinging B message for Papa~

2011-02-04T17:33:00.001-08:00

, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

We miss you Papa! (And Aunt Em!)

Our visit with Joe

2011-02-04T17:10:00.001-08:00

our visit with Joe, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

Frank and Brixton got to see Joe for the first time in over a week!
We had a great visit and he got out a couple days later!
So nice to have him back at home!!

Playground with Papa

2011-02-04T17:04:00.001-08:00

1-27-11 Playground SF, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

While Emily kept me company everyday at the hospital, Brix got to have some fun with his Papa!
This is such a great pic!

Hanging out in the playground

2011-01-20T20:15:00.001-08:00

, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

It's been sunny and fairly warm lately.
What a great way to spend the afternoon.

Our new Friday play class

2011-01-14T21:39:00.001-08:00

, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

Fun Rec Center Tot Gym class

Playing at Seesaw

2011-01-12T19:58:00.001-08:00

, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

We went to check out a kiddie cafe, hear music and let Brixton play a bit.
He had a bunch of fun getting out and doing something new.

Not too much new around here, but..

2011-01-10T22:43:00.000-08:00

I have been doing a few house and random posts on my own blog.
Imagine that! http://calihoney.blogspot.com/

We've been sick and trying to get settled, so not too many pictures lately.
Tomorrow we have a music class, but we are on the waitlist, so we are crossing our fingers we get in! I think Brix is getting a bit stir crazy :)

Bruce & Brix

2011-01-02T22:49:00.001-08:00

Bruce & Brix, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

I've been thinking so much about Bruce the last few weeks and I am so incredibly happy that Brix and I were able to come visit for Thanksgiving and see him before his passing.

We had a great chat at the breakfast table one morning at Aunt Emily's house and I just remember him always being so charismatic and funny. I loved the way he would tell a story. It was always completely honest and would make me laugh.

I wish we would have been able to make it out there to pay our respects, but it just really bad timing here.

We love you all and miss youeven more in times of sorrow.

We are officially living in San Francisco!

2011-01-02T22:31:00.001-08:00

SF, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

We made it safe and sound and are just trying to get organized and out of boxes. We love our neighborhood and have been trying to check out our surroundings every so often when we take a break from unpacking.

Happy Birthday Brixton!

2011-01-02T22:27:00.001-08:00

IMG_6236, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

We had such a crazy few weeks that Christmas and his birthday were all but ignored :( We did manage to take a break from packing and cleaning to take him to Chuck E Cheese and let him have some fun.

We took a few photos and video~ I'll have to upload our phone pictures to share. We're still settling in, but we are loving our new neighborhood and will update soon.

Merry Christmas from all of us!

2010-12-25T19:38:00.000-08:00

Spending Christmas at the beach with friends for one last time.
We had a great time playing at the beach.

Brixton's 2nd Birthday Party

2010-12-14T20:09:00.001-08:00

PhotosfromBrixton'sYoGabbaGabbaparty!, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

Great Autumn pic

2010-12-09T17:07:00.001-08:00

2010 11 29_Thanksgiving 2010_3430.JPG, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

This is another favorite of mine!

We love Meemaw!

2010-12-09T17:02:00.001-08:00

We love Meemaw!, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

This is one of my favorite pics of our trip.
Love you grandma!

Jack and Brix

2010-12-09T16:30:00.001-08:00

2010 11 28_Thanksgiving 2010_3457.JPG, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

Got along pretty good!

Tractors and cows!

2010-12-09T16:28:00.001-08:00

2010 11 27_Thanksgiving 2010_3280.JPG, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

He loved hanging out with Uncle Robert with all the cows and tractors!

Happy Thanksgiving

2010-12-09T16:27:00.001-08:00

2010 11 27_Thanksgiving 2010_3287.JPG, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

Great food and family

Thanksgiving in Alabama

2010-12-09T16:02:00.001-08:00

2010 11 23_Thanksgiving 2010_3101.NEF, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

We had a great time in Alabama!
Once we got home it was non-stop craziness, so i'm just now getting to look at all the great pics Papa took while we were there!

Love to all :)

And the good news is we found a house we really like in SF.
Brixton is not used to all the rain, and we all realized that we don't have a San Francisco wardrobe.

Cute little ones!

2010-11-18T08:39:00.001-08:00

Play date at Kelly's house.

Holiday pics

2010-11-17T14:46:00.001-08:00

IMG_7368, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

Getting in the mood for the holidays.
So much has happened recently, I haven't even had a chance to blog about it all yet!

Friends

2010-11-03T08:56:00.001-07:00

, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

Cute video!

Halloween Night

2010-11-01T12:30:00.000-07:00

Halloween night was fun with the friends. Brix got tired out pretty quick-we only ended up getting 4 pieces of candy! Oh well, don't really need any anyway!

Baby Loves Disco dace party

2010-10-30T14:47:00.001-07:00

We took the babes to Baby Loves Disco-a baby dance party in Coronado.
The babies loves it! Brixton was dancing the whole time. We had a blast.

more pics

2010-10-29T12:28:00.001-07:00

Tina made this collage-very cute! Click for larger picture.

Melissa's Halloween Party

2010-10-29T09:11:00.001-07:00

Our friend Melissa's Halloween party was such a blast. Everyone dressed up and had fun. Brixton had a robot costume, but he absolutely would not wear it, so we had to come up with something else. I guess he's a farmer?! I dressed up as The Cat in the Hat, which I thought all the kids would love, but they were actually really freaked out by the hat and cat makeup-I couldn't even wear the hat because none of the kids would come near me! Oh well...

Auntie Em!

2010-10-26T14:50:00.001-07:00

, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

See you soon!

more counting

2010-10-24T20:25:00.001-07:00

, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

Counting B!

2010-10-24T17:47:00.001-07:00

, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

Brix has started to count things. He can do it up to 10-pretty well...not perfect, but pretty close. After 10 is 15 for some reason.

He is so talkative lately! He says "We're Home!" every time we get out of the car. It's very funny.

He also says, "The End!" at the end of every story.

So cute. What Smartie Pants!

Elmo pumpkin!

2010-10-15T23:58:00.001-07:00

Elmo pumpkin!, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

Thanks Auntie Em!

He loves it--too much- he actually wants to play with it so much I had to put it outside on the porch!

Our friends are jealous too--a few asked where we got it.
Thanks again!!

Cute baby drawing!

2010-10-15T23:55:00.001-07:00

IMG_0612, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

Oh my baby! The cutest, smartest, toddler in the universe!
Em asked me a couple weeks back if he knew all his alphabets yet because my last post a few months back said 80% and I never updated. He knew all of them a couple days later! He also has mastered his colors, and numbers to 12--for about two months ago--but that is my fault since our flash cards don't go higher.
Need to make more!

Last week he said 3 words in a row. He has been saying two simple ones together, but last week he said, "I want that" he points out and describes everything now. So much fun. I can't wait until our visit to Alabama in November so you can see him in action!

How the time flew!

2010-10-10T20:42:00.000-07:00

I can't believe a year has already passed. These boys have grown so much in the past year--it's amazing to watch.

I love this one of the BFF's on the horses together!

All the kids were so adorable and it was a great party! Just a few more cute pics :)

More pics from Cowboy Finn's Party!

2010-10-09T21:50:00.000-07:00

More pics from the the birthday bash! There are just so many good ones!

Finn's Cowboy Birthday Bash!

2010-10-09T08:02:00.000-07:00

Finn's Cowboy Birthday Bash was so much fun! Tina planned and executed the whole thing beautifully and all the little details really make the party so adorable.

The kids danced and played in the party tent, sang "Happy Birthday" to Finn and then were off to play on all the rides and petting zoo. The kids had a ball.

Cute Baby Alert!

2010-10-06T17:44:00.001-07:00

DSC_1840.AVI, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

Brix loves WATER!

2010-09-30T15:21:00.001-07:00

he loves this pool!, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

He loved Tina's pool party. He dives in face first-is the first one in and the last one out. He is a water baby for sure!

Crystal Cove

2010-09-25T04:27:00.000-07:00

Tina invited me along for a Mama+Babes getaway to the beautiful Crystal Cove nestled right above Laguna Beach. http://www.crystalcovebeachcottages.org/ The cottage was a 1930's beach bungalow right on the sand. The boys had a blast playing in the ocean and sand, as usual.

Get well soon, Uncle Bruce!

2010-09-20T10:18:00.001-07:00

Get well soon, Bruce!, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

We love you Uncle Bruce!
Hope you get to feeling better soon :)
Love,
The Skiv's

Tech Baby

2010-09-18T16:56:00.001-07:00

IPad, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

Rob brought his IPad over and Brixton couldn't have loved it more.
If it wasn't so expensive this would be the coolest Brix toy ever!

Little man on his hog

2010-09-13T19:54:00.001-07:00

new ride on toy!

They both love bubbles!

2010-09-12T14:35:00.001-07:00

They both love bubbles!, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

Brixton loves playing with bubbles and so does Dixie!

He loves Elmo!

2010-09-09T18:44:00.001-07:00

, originally uploaded by honeyandskiv.

Can't get enough-Even though this costume was super hot, he wouldn't take it off.

The BFF's at Isla's Birthday party

2010-08-30T16:12:00.001-07:00