Busy, but still enough time to eat together

Caroline and I were busy working on some surprises (to be revealed at a later date) but we finished our work by about 3:30. Joe and Ian hung out together most of the day between the park, backyard, bike rides, etc. The weather was so nice we decided to have an impromptu outside dinner. Ian really enjoyed hanging out with Aunt Caroline, she's so much cooler than Mom and Dad.



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Full of Surpises

Ian and I were planning on traveling to Albion today just to spend some time with Mom and Dad but I found out in the morning that the new addition to our family (my niece) decided to make June 25th her birthday! So instead of going to Albion we went to Jackson and saw the entire family including the newest addition, Molly Campbell.








Owen was very excited to be a big brother.



After we got home and Ian had a chance to take a proper nap we made some of the final changes to his water table.




Caroline is visiting tonight so we can put a few things together to hopefully lighten Stephanie's load when they head home. We're also making a few treats to celebrate Molly's arrival with family and friends. Pictures to come tomorrow.

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Gloomy Day

The gloomy day soured some of our fun but not all. Joe and Ian went up to the high school this morning to return some things while I met with a friend from the ISD. After Ian took a long nap we were able to go outside, even though it was chilly, and we worked on some planned upgrades to Ian's water table. We still have a spigot to add that Ian will hopefully be able to work (if not right away it will work on his hand strength). We'll add pictures when that change is made but we were one 'T' short so it will have to wait until we can run to the hardware store. This didn't keep Ian from enjoying the upgrade.









We also went on a walk this evening and Ian was especially interested in singing while we walked. I only caught a little of his singing once we got back but some is better than none.
Singing YouTube Video

I think Ian thought that if he put his sunglasses on one last time before bed he would have dreams of playing in the sun and maybe even they would come true tomorrow. We'll have to see.



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Start of Summer 2011

Ian's summer vacation has officially started. Unfortunately its started on the most rainy days we've had in weeks. He's sad he can't be outside playing more than he is right now. Today, Ian's first music class of the summer helped break up the day and made not being outside more tolerable for Ian.

Before the official start of summer we enjoyed some summer activities like going to the zoo. Here are some of the pictures Aunt Caroline took. We've also enjoyed a couple of walks to the ice cream store.



I'm going to try very hard to write frequently about our summer adventures. Stay tuned.

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Trying out the "new" toys

Ian couldn't be happier (most of the time) when he is outside. The warmer weather has brought us outside every day this week. Even though Ian has been "mowing" the snow during the winter I finally put the bubbles in Ian's lawn mower and it was like a brand new toy.

Video

What a way to wake up

I'm not sure what Ian might have been dreaming about (or what he was trying to do after he woke up) but he sure got himself wrapped up in his shirt.

At first he didn't think it was funny that I wanted to take a picture

But then he thought it was funny

Since it is getting warmer (sort of) Ian has been riding his bike and enjoying the park. We'll have more pictures soon.

Feels More Like Spring

With the sun being out later and it being a little warmer out each day we've been spending more time outside. As soon as Ian gets home he asks about his bike. He just loves going around the block. He's even been asking to go on rides in the stroller. I just took a little video of Ian on his bike this afternoon.