On July 4th we went to the Zoo and saw the bird show.
Guess who has their first try of ice cream? And yes, liked it.
Here we try Grandma's curlers again while she's here - the before and after.


Here, my first taste of rice cereal - not too bad!


L lost his first tooth this morning.

He thought it would just fall out on its own. I told him he would have to tug on it and he wasn't very excited about that. So this morning he went to wiggle it and it just fell out in his hand. Go figure! And thank goodness I didn't have to take it out. Not a big fan of that.

(and his face looks like this because he thought the flash was going to go off and he is sensitive to light - so, no, he is not angry, he is just shutting his eyes.)

Proud Papa

After having issues with the previous sink, and hearing the price tag on labor, Neal decides to rip it out himself and tries his hand at replacing it and Voila! That hidden talent comes through. Showing off what talent he got from his dad, since O got the wild hair. :)

Catching Up!

Trying to catch up for the past month. Busy, busy. Hope everyone is doing well. - Steph

Aunt Tory's 90th Birthday Party

Here are some family at the party.

Don't Hate Me Because I'm Beautiful

The things I go through. Using Grandma's curlers to try to tame the wild hair. The top one actually did pretty good. The sides, not so much.

Afternoon with Authors

"Afternoon with Authors" is a program at school where students get to share what they've written. Here's L showing his book to dad and I.

And here is "Spike," L's soon-to-be butterfly. Students got a caterpillar, fed it and eventually got to release their monarch butterfly.

At the Zoo

L had gotten to go to the zoo on a class field trip and N felt left out. We have our family pass, so I took him on a "field trip."

He was standing by the glass for awhile and this monkey came up and stood at the glass for a long time and just looked at him. He sure seemed to enjoy himself.