Growing up and standing up

I guess I haven't mentioned much about Jackson's mobility lately. Well, mobility is really an understatement. He's everywhere. All the time. Crawling at lightning speed, pulling up to standing on everything in sight, cruising around the furniture. He does occasionally let go for a moment and stand alone. And he follows us all around, not wanting to be left alone for a minute. You can imagine what he thought about his big brother being outside playing while he was stuck inside with me (yeah, not too much). Sorry, kiddo, your time will come!

BDE

BDE = Best Dog Ever. A name given to Ty by some of our friends who would really love to steal him from us if given the opportunity. And, why, do you ask, is Ty the BDE? Well, here's just one little example...

J takes Ty's bone directly from his mouth

Ty watches, hopefully, and wags his tail while J laughs

Ty tries to grab a nibble while J is still holding on. What you can't see is that J's hand spends quite a bit of time INSIDE Ty's mouth and Ty never even gets close to putting any pressure on his hand.

In the end they decide to snuggle and share. BDE.

Art & Science - a perfect combo for the big bro

Its Arts Fest time, which means tons of fun for kids and adults. We started things off with Children's Day with Grammy. Connor particularly loved all of the science exhibits since "experiments" are his favorite thing to do around the house these days. And the day was made even more special by seeing Aunt Heather!

Making ice cream with liquid nitrogen

Connor is reeling it in!

Adding his own square to the sidewalk "quilt"

He worked really hard on his square, taking lots of time to get it just right

Me and my boys!

Happy Birthday America!

That what Connor told us today was - American's birthday! We celebrated with a bike parade, some festival fun, and of course fireworks (for Daddy and Connor).