Catching Up

A month in a nutshell: Burke Lake Park for train riding, train watching and carousel riding on two different occasions once with Grandma and once with Daddy and alot of conversation regarding " Train coming" "Find Train" and "Tunnel!"

Apple picking at the Tarara Wine Festival: He picked two apples put them in the bag then said "All done," but he could not get enough of the jumping in the moonbounce.

A few days in Ohio for Great Grandpa's Birthday Celebration: Grayson helped sing Happy Birthday, and had a blast with a few of Great Grandpa's birthday balloons.

Family outing at Great Falls Park: 5 minutes looking at the falls, 45 +minutes playing with a mud puddle and a big stick, throwing rocks in a drain pipe and eating his lunch on a tree stump. The activities matched up with my favorite shirt: the gymborree 100% boy shirt

Shadow

Shadow discovery is the newest Grayson adventure. He is always looking out for it and saying, "Shadow there," but as you see from the video even something as cool as a shadow can minimally distract from the latest train phenomenon.

Lake of the Woods

Last weekend Grayson and I went to spend the weekend with Grandma Cheryl and Bob at his lake house. We had such a great time playing on the lake beach and Grayson got his first ride on a boat. He was not very happy with the life jacket on but once we were going he loved the "big bumps" as he calls them, when we hit the wakes and he also liked the spray of the water on his face.

When our beach vacation plans fell through his week, Bob generously let us go back to the lake house for a couple day get away. We had a blast together building sand castles, collecting lake shells, and swimming in the warm lake water. Grayson became so comfortable with the water that he would walk all the way out to where the water was right at his chin and would blow bubbles. Plus, he was really trying to put his face all the way in, but hasn't learned to keep his mouth shut. So he would make an awful face and try to rub the water off of his tongue with his hands and then eventually Ryan or I would get him juice to get the taste out of his mouth. But not even a minute after his drink, he would be right back at it again.

In addition to the beach fun, there were many opportunities for Grayson to use his new favorite phrase "Oh, Man!" It was hysterical to hear him say that while he was running this cars and trucks into the sandcastles or when a water skier would fall off their skies.

All in all it was a fantastic time, and a big thank you to Bob for letting us stay there.

I'm a Big Kid Now

This is the first time that Ryan pulled out the camera and Grayson really started hamming it up. I wonder who he gets that from, ha ha! The banana even brought out, a "Popeye, the sailor man," face.

Happy 4th of July

What can stop a very busy toddler dead in his tracks???? A 4th of July parade with fire trucks, cars, military vehicles, and marching bands, and the best view was up on Daddy's shoulders.

Half Birthday Party!

Double the fun on Christmas and a Half Birthday Party in the summer. The Christmas Birthday is pretty special! Thanks to everyone that came and celebrated with us. The playground equipment, big wand bubbles, bountiful amounts of mulch and the Elmo Funfetti cake, really made for a fun party.

Being and Saying Silly

Grayson's new favorite word and activity is being "Silly." As you will hear in the video, he also thinks that the cats are "Silly", especially Portia.