Construction Site!

A house down the street from ours in undergoing some MAJOR renovations-- they're adding an entire second floor, a driveway, and what looks like two more rooms on the main floor (I'm nosy). We wandered down to check out the progress the other night.

The little guy meant business, but the baby stopped to collect some leaves along the way.

This was also the point that I realized she had melted M&Ms smeared all over her face from dessert. Whoops!

Ahoy!

While we were visiting my parents, we spent a nice morning at the Museum of Florida History. One of my favorite parts as a kid was the helm of the river boat, and our kids liked it too! The little guy was busy steering and the baby kept trying to toddle to her death (off the side, down the stairs, you name it).

Hippopotamus?

"Hey Mommy, come look at this! I drew a hippopotamus!" I went over to see, and was definitely not expecting anything that looked remotely like a hippo. Well, I totally underestimated the little guy:

Holy crap! If someone said this was a hippo, you'd say
"Yeah, sure, I can see that."

We walked to the playground this afternoon to let daddy take a nap. The baby liked the swings.

She's so laid back. She's... swinglaxin'

The little guy had fun climbing on the rocks.

Look, we're in the NC piedmont... it's the best we've got!

And on the way home, we got to look at some heavy equipment. Our street is being repaved this week, so there are a bunch of construction vehicles around.

He is SO serious in this picture.

All in all, it was a very successful trip.

Bridges

The little guy built one of the most rickety bridges ever tonight. He successfully crossed it a few times without needing to go to the ER, so that's good. You can tell I'm not too trusting from the look on my face in this photo...

In other news, our new nephew was born today! (Not only that, but we're waiting for news from some other friends who went to the hospital to have a baby this morning, too.)

I Finished!

I finally finished the little guy's baby quilt last week... and promptly gave it to the baby girl. She's been enjoying tummy time on it this week, and I've enjoyed curling up under it in the evenings while she's asleep. Yay!

Meanwhile, the little guy and his dad are working on some awesome cheerleading moves:

Trash Day!

One of my favorite things (besides trains) is when the little guy brings me a stack of books for me to read him.

In other news, today is trash day in our neighborhood. Most Thursdays I get the little dude ready early so we have time to sit at the window and watch the garbage truck go by. They were running a little late today, so we actually walked past the truck on our way up the street.

Not only did we get to talk to real garbagemen, we got to see the truck back-part squish the trash. The little guy stared and waved and pointed and yelled "GARBAGE TRUCK!!! IT PICKS UP THE GARBAGE!!!! BIG TRUCK!!!! THEY PICKING UP THE TRASH!!!!" Garbagemen are rockstars to the little guy. They were super sweet about his excitement, too. It was a great start to the day.

Water?

When we walk around the neighborhood, the little booger likes to check every storm drain to see if it has water in it. (He'll announce "Water!" or "No water!")

It's time-consuming, but kind of fun. (He also has new tennis shoes!)