Sis and I have had some fun days with the grandparents while our parents spent a day at the lake with "Uncle" James and then went on a trip to Minnesota without us. We also had our only living great grandfather over for a visit. Mom did the annual "A Day in the Life" book so there have been plenty of pictures of us recently. She posted the link to the book over on Charlotte's site. Don't tell her if you find any mistakes because it's too late. Anyway, here are some of our more recent pictures.

Mom tried to wake board and partially succeeded. She much prefers riding in the boat relaxing.Daddy can jump!We all went to a Karl Kind Band concert this past Sunday. Charlotte loved looking at animals while we waited for the show to begin.I took this picture of Mom. I just love photography.Check out my totally awesome outfit that I picked out.Charlotte sat still briefly, but then she ran all around and introduced herself to the crowd.She also directed the band.There was a slow part of a song so I pretended to sleep.I mostly danced like a crazy person and defied my mother. That's my new thing.We went to the splash pad yesterday for a meetup. Mom took some terrible pictures, but Charlotte's "something smells" face is pretty funny.
Hop on over to Charlotte's blog to see the book!

Hi!It's me! Check out my balance. Mom still needs to get a video of me going down the big hill, but this gives you a preview.


Mom brought Charlotte up for her nap and this is what she came down to afterwards. Aren't we cute together?
I'm excited to spend time with both sets of grandparents this weekend. I love all my family.

Who says I don't make eye contact with the camera?Charlotte is gonna steal my food!See?!Charlotte is a happy little sister. A man raised his hands like this at church today and Charlotte copied him just like this.Hey lady, want a piece of popcorn? We were at the Market on Central opening day yesterday. Awesome!Kissing sisters.I took Mom's camera and snapped a bunch of pictures. These are the best ones. I caught Charlotte sucking on Mom's arm right before she bit down.My Mom and Dad posed for me.I love to play in the gazebo in the town square. This is one of my artsy pictures.Any great artist has to be able to do a self-portrait.Mom took over and told me to look at the part of the camera that I'm not supposed to touch with my fingers.
Have a great week!

4th of July

We went over to Grandpa and Grandma's house on Sunday night to have supper before the fireworks. I played and played and played.Yummy watermelon!Hailey did sidewalk chalk with me. She hangs out with me at least once a week because she's Mom's helper every Tuesday this summer.I chased lightning bugs before the fireworks started.Hailey had a lightning bug butt on her nose thanks to Daddy.I really love my Daddy!We did a partial family picture. See how well I cooperated?I laid out on Grandma during the fireworks.

I learned how to balance really well on my balance bike over the weekend. I go reallllllllllly fast. Pretty soon I'll move on to a bike with pedals.

As you saw above, sort of, I've learned to float in the pool. Sometimes I kick when I'm floating and it moves me. I built up a lot of confidence in my swimming classes.

I'm getting interested in learning to read and spell. I like to ask my parents how to spell words and I spell out words I see in books.

I'm in a phase of loving to jump. I particularly love to jump from my desk to my bed in my room during nap time. Mom and Dad aren't fans of that behavior, but I don't care because it's so much fun.