Brendan Turns TWO!

Last weekend Brendan turned two. He has really changed a lot in the last few weeks. His vocabulary has expanded quite a bit which has significantly decreased the level of frustration for him.

He is much happier and now even says things like "yes" and "ok"which is so nice to hear from him!

Now when I tell him that I love him, instead of saying "no" he says "ok" which always makes me laugh. He's also started to say "please, thank you and welcome" which are nice to hear, especially when it involves sharing with his sister.

He had a small party at the "soft playroom" at one of our county Rec Centers. The kids had a great time running around, rolling in the ball pit and just generally being wild things. Though I have to say, I was most surprised that in the end an adult ended up being the only one put in time-out for playing too hard...you know who you are. :-) Thanks to all who celebrated with us and made this even more memorable!!!!

Hershey Park

Late in August we headed up to Hershey Park in Pennsylvania with Cousins Colin and Marcus and Auntie Danette and Uncle Mike.

Other than it being a 3 hour trip it was a great time. Julia and Brendan had never been to such a place before and they loved it!

There were plenty of rides for our little ones and some stomach-twisting ones for us bigger ones.

We had a really good time and I think I melted down before anyone else did.

Brendan walked around all day with our walkie-talking calling it a "shone" for phone and thinking that the interference he was hearing was someone on the other end of the phone. Very cute.
Also, he loooooooves trucks ("guck") so he was particularly happy to drive his own guck.

2007 Labor Day Games

This years games were a lot of fun. The weather couldn't have been better and we had our families there with us too. Here are some photos from the sack races. Cousins Colin & Marcus competed in the Under 6 category and did quite well! Julia and I took a turn and had a lot of fun. We look forward to when the kids are older and we can do the canoe and kayak races together, or against each other.