The walker.

And because you wanted to see the heart on his booty. It's very manly.


He's very pleased with himself.

Handsome Sammy

Our church had one of it's first outdoor summer services at Minnehaha Falls this weekend. The weather is *perfect* for this today! Just beautiful. And I managed to get a couple sweet shots of my sweet boy. :)

Sammy's clothesline

My creative and green-thinking boy! He thought this up and rigged it up all by himself in the play garden. We didn't help at all. I'm so proud.

He had to hang Donald Duck's shirt up because it got wet. (It wasn't really wet.)


From a distance:

Hanging out on Friday

I'm bummed because it's such a challenge to get a good picture of Sammy these days. But he's what I have, folks. He was still in jammies.





Sammy was singing something here.


We were at home today because Freddie had a 102 degree temp. This is how I kept him cool....

...insert baby in fridge.


He is sick, but that didn't stop him from WALKING! He still falls a bunch (mostly every few steps still), but he's loving it. Aside from being feverish and cranky and all.

Sharing...

is not for Freddie.


Isaac kept trying to climb in the car with Freddie, and Freddie was *not* happy about it. Isaac didn't even mind when the car fell over, nearly on top of him, but as you can tell from Freddie's face he felt differently.

Tuesday at Cupcake in St Paul

Sammy had a mint chocolate chip cupcake. Then he had a chocolate cupcake. No complaints.


Freddie ate the cake part of my Moo Dot cupcake (chocolate). Then he ate the cake part of a Plain Jane cupcake (vanilla). He complained when there was nothing left to eat.

Tuesday at the Splash Pad

We arrived later than our friends because of Freddie's morning nap, so the boys spent most of our time there having a snack. They went through the sprinklers for all of 10ish minutes or so, ate some more and then Sammy begged to go out and play at the park with his friends. (I was trying to avoid that since I hauled the kids all the way to St Louis Park to play at the Splash Pad, not the park. We have a very nice park across the street from our house, tyvm.) Since my friends were at the park, too, I caved.

Freddie's first word!

Yesterday Freddie said "Dog!" He loves dogs. His dog sounds more like "dawg" because he so cool.

Hiwatha Park

The boys and I biked to the park this morning for some fun. Here's what they were up to:









They are so happy!




Yeah, there was a little tiff over who was going to steer the boat.



I actually met another cloth diapering mom there. She only CDs at night, though, which I thought was weird. I think nighttime CDing is waaaay more intimidating than daytime for newbs, so I figure if you're already in for the night why not go all the way? And that way you are awake to admire their adorable cloth diapered booties. :)

First steps!

Freddie took his first steps yesterday! Woohoo! He was holding onto his glider and was after something I had. He let go, took two steps, stood there for a second thinking aobut what he was doing and then fell down. Hooray for my big boy!

Oh, and now he is so happy pushing the walker around the house. I say he's walking by this time next week!

Cookies for breakfast.

I made cookies last night at Sammy's request. He was so sad to be done eating his cookies last night that I promised him one in the morning. I know. I'm a terible sucker for my boy. And I am not convinced Freddie is really my child as he had yet to eat an entire cookie. Something is wrong with that boy.


He's still so tired, but he remembered my promise!



And just because they were cute and brotherly this morning, here's a picture of their morning jam. Sammy was singing and Freddie was dancing. Together they were super cute.

Vacation in the Ozarks

Some pictures of the highlights. Details come... :) More pictures can be found on Flickr -- Arkansas set -- it's a mess right now but I should have it in chronological order with descriptions over the next couple of days!

Pow-Pow Power Wheels!




Chickens and Eggs




Pool

T-ball

Sammy started T-ball yesterday. Jacob took him. When he came home Sammy told me numerous times, "I had so much fun playing T-ball!"

Here are some shots Jacob took.

Sammy hitting the ball.


Sammy running to second base.


Sammy has to wear this ginorous t-shirt every week because he's on the Red team. Sadly Cal is on the Orange team. And doesn't like T-ball as much as Sammy. Yet.

Fan.

The arrival of a fan in Freddie's room has proven highly entertaining.


Sammy: "You turn the nose and make it go faster."
Freddie: "Ah, yes, brother. I see. Thank you for sharing the wisdom of your years."

Big Boy!

My baby is getting big too fast!


...but still sweet...

First hair cut.

Here's Sammy's after


Freddie's



I guess it was time but I could just cry. Oh, and we took the boys to Edinborough Park to play this afternoon. Lots of fun!

Mega Blocks tower

While Freddie napped Sammy and I built "the biggest tower ever!"


Freddie napping

Memorial Day Fun

We rented this bike at Minnehaha Falls and took it over the RIver. Not sure if this is allowed, but we did it. We had to push it up a few hills along the way. The boys rode in the basket in the front of the bike and had a super time.