Garden

We stopped to check on our "mini" garden that's growing this year (that's what you get for planting an entire month late). We have basil, rosemary, oregano and green beans. So far, so good!

Taking care of Truman

Christopher is the designated treat-giver for Truman...

Edamame!

Christopher and I had dumplings and edamame for dinner tonight. He ate his portion of edamame, then my portion, then asked for more! He was "popping" them all over the place, including into his mouth, my mouth and even across the room (oops!)...

Zoo day!

Christopher's preschool closed for 3 days between the summer and fall sessions. We decided to jam-pack those three days with lots of fun! The first day we went to an indoor bouncy house place with friends (Kai and Eli) and cousins (Isaiah and Ayla) and had A LOT of fun! The next day we went to the zoo (hot, hot day!) and the last day, we went to a water park with a friend (Caydan). Christopher and I are both exhausted, but we definitely made the most of the three days off!

Feeding the lorakeet...
Measuring his arm span against that of an orangutan...

Ice cream, of course. It was so hot, we decided to have our ice cream indoors, in the air conditioning, rather than risk a melty mess in the 95 degree weather.

Indiana visit - August 2011

Christopher thoroughly enjoyed the bubble makers Babcia had - notice his hair is drenched with bubble slime.

He just laughed and laughed and laughed....

Babcia enjoying some snuggle time with the grandkids.

Turns out chocolate-covered sprinkle donuts follow that boy everywhere he goes...

Playing a little tug-of-war with Maverick. He loved playing with those dogs...

A rather intense game of air hockey. Notice the level of concentration here...

Nothing beats play-doh time with Babcia...

Doggy kisses...

Christopher got to see his Great-Grandma Harman and Great-Grandpa Harman!

Tic-tac-toe time with Babcia...

Christopher thought the Nintendo games were a hoot!

Hiding in the toy box with Caity...

Enjoying a dip in the pool with Grampy...

Christopher also got to see his Great-Grandma Healey. He was being a little shy...

Christopher had his first experience turning the crank as we made homemade ice cream. This is a family tradition that goes back quite a while. YUM!!

A little quality time with Uncle Eric James...

The kids put on a "show" for us one evening. It was rather impromptu and involved four kids each doing their own thing simultaneously - singing or dancing...

It is harder than you'd expect to get 4 kids to a) look the same direction or b) all smile for a picture...

Quality grandkid time with Grampy...

Loving cousins...

Pool time. He did actually swim by himself a little this time with just the floaties on his arms (and goggles over his eyes, but we're not sure why).

As always, it was wonderful to get to see all the grandparents, great-grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. Much love to you all!!

Ice cream cupcakes!

My, how we do love birthdays and all the delicious treats that go with them!

Dancin' boy

He was busy putting on a dancing show for us. He worked up a good sweat by the end of it...

Goofy...

Could he hike those PJ pants up any more?