Delicioso!

We had veggie tacos again tonight (yum). The little guy ate cheese and sour cream on a tortilla...

... and the baby ate a ton of chili lentils. She's so funny-- she loooooves beans.

Scenic Route

We took the scenic route on the way home from Tennessee, driving through the national park. We got to stop at the top of a mountain on the Tennessee/North Carolina line and stretch our legs. The little guy took this picture of us, much to the amusement of the other people wandering around.

Then I took this picture of him:

The views were stunning, but the baby was more interested in the other family on the observation tower than she was in looking at the mountains.

A Walk in the Woods

Another thing we did on our trip to Gatlinburg was go for a short hike in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It was BEAUTIFUL! 

We managed to get a reasonable family picture by a really pretty waterfall. He insisted on standing over there by himself, which makes him look like both a ghost and an outcast.

The little guy really liked the hike. He kept running ahead on the trail. He's getting so big!

The baby looked around a lot and then took a nice nap in the carrier.

All in all it was a successful morning.

The Age of Aquariums?

We spent a long weekend in Gatlinburg with some old friends (and had a blast!). One of our outings was to the aquarium. It was very impressive. One of the cool things they have is a group of smaller tanks set up so that kids can climb under and come up in the middle of each one. The little guy really enjoyed that. There was a similar set up in the penguin exhibit.

His favorite part, though, was the spider-crabs. He called them "Grumpy Spider Fish." I'm not sure that they are really ill-tempered, but they do look the part. The little dude posed for a picture with one making his best grumpy face.

Get this girl a purse!

She obviously needs a purse... where else can she keep her play-doh container?

Or is she taking lessons from Beau again?

Leave me out of this!

Seeds

Eric bought a cantaloupe at the store, and the little guy was pumped to scoop the seeds out. I, um, didn't exactly cut it in half with the first cut, so we ended up with three pieces to scoop. I'll count it as a success because the middle piece is like a cantaloupe-donut, which sounds both gross and delicious.

This and That

The baby is eating bananas again. She'd refused them for a little while, but now she's able to pick up banana slices and eat them by herself.

The little guy is typing now! He can type his first and last name, usually surrounded by strings of random letters and numbers. Sometimes it seems like he's getting so big, but then he can still sit in a chair like this: