We love the Children's Museum

We have made weekly trips to the Children's Museum in St. Paul all winter. Sam and Charlie both enjoy sliding down the slide in the beaver dam.

Sam's favorite spots are the water area and the painting room.
Charlie's favorite areas are the ant hill and the factory with foam blocks. It's fun to see Charlie be a big, protective brother when we are out. He likes it when Sam follows him and watches after him.
Charlie just discovered this climbing wall on our last trip. He thought he was so high off the ground!

Books, Books, Books!

Sam and Charlie can't get enough of books these days. Sam reads himself to sleep most nights. His favorite books are "kick, cack, kick, cack" (Clickety, Clackety) and a color book. He is always open to the purple page and pointing to the grapes. Charlie will sit with Sam and name pictures and wants him to recite the alphabet. "Sam say a" If Sam is quiet it's because he is looking at books somewhere.

We Love Pizza!

Sam and Charlie love to "help" make pizza dough. Luckily some of the flour made it into the dough.

Tasty! We love pizza!

Watch Me Go

Sam is trying to talk all of the time. He can say about 25 words. Some that we hear most days:
"up pez, up pez, up pez", "hunree" (hungry), "hel pez" (help please), "ME!", "ah-ble" (apple), "hat", "uck" (stuck), "ock" (sock) Most mornings we awake to the calls of "Ma-ma, Pa-pa, up pez, hunree, ah duh" (all done) "beep", "pee-boo" (peek a boo), "be-be?" (where's blankie?), and "ba-ba Pa-pa" as he looks out the window to watch Pa go to work. Sam is a Pa-pa's boy. His favorite time of day is when Pa comes home.
Sam and Charlie love to help cook.

The Walker

Sam spends most days doing laps around the main floor. He is still proud of his walking abilities. He loves to follow Charlie's trains around or try to kick balls. He loves walking.
Hands up and ready for the fall.
Charlie is all smiles and feeling better after being sick for a week.

A Trip to Chicago

Sam enjoyed his first plane trip to Chicago. He ate the entire flight! Charlie loved watching the planes on the runway and in the gate. He enjoyed the flight except for when the plane was "tippy".
We went to visit Auntie Jen and Kate. Sam LOVED Kate's new kitchen. He cooked whenever the older two left the kitchen area free.
Kate and Charlie loved making "Fettucini". We were so glad Nana made the trip!
Charlie and I made lemon cupcakes for an early birthday party for Kate. She turned 2.

Chicago Adventures

We went to the Lincoln Park Zoo. Charlie, Sam, and Kate enjoyed climbing on the hippos.
Nana and Charlie enjoyed the piranas.
Sam loves to watch the fish inside the big tanks.
The komodo dragon didn't know what to think about the kids so close to him.
We were very excited to spend the morning at the Shedd Aquarium with our dear friend and his family.