A morning drive.

One Saturday morning, Parker and I decided to go outside and play in our jammies. He grabbed my glasses and got on his Mini Cooper for a morning drive. It was so fun to watch him play.

I did realize while taking his photo that he looked a little like a mini Kevin Bacon (Ren) from Footloose. The tossled hair, the attitude in the eyes...I was kind of waiting for him to bust out into a dance routine. It didn't happen this time, but just you wait!

Bike!

We gave Parker a bike today. He loved it and rode it all over the house, or rather, pushed it all over the house. This is a bike without pedals. It will teach him balance and he will go from this bike to a big boy bike without training wheels. Go Parker Go!

P.S. we took off the bunny head horn.

Go go go

We took a spontaneous trip to Monterey in July. We wanted to get away and spend some time together and we landed on the coast with great weather, fun activities and a very happy Parker. We went to the beach, we went to the Dennis the Menace Park (that my mother took me to as a child), and we just walked around Carmel-By-The-Sea. It was a specatular trip and we just loved having a weekend together.

I am the one in the pictures because Chris had a hurt knee and trailed a little behind.

Sleeping Boys

If you look back through our blog, you will see a number of photo's of Chris and Parker sleeping. There is absolutely nothing better!

Children's Museum

We went to the Discovery Children's Museum in the Bay Area where Parker shoveled gravel, ran in dirt, found a tree trunk tunnel, played in water, built a boat, discovered a hula hoop, walked on a waterbed, was the Captain of a ship (yo ho yo ho is his favorite song) and pushed every button and pulled every lever in the joint. This museum is amazing, with a view of the Golden Gate Bridge, parents can let their children run, play and explore. Chris and I were in awe of how much fun Parker had at every turn. It was a great family day and just reminded us how lucky we are to have one another!

More Children's Museum

More cute pictures.

Monkey see...

monkey do. Two minutes before I snapped this picture, I used Parker's chair as a step stool to reach a high cabinet. Well, apparently it makes a great stool. Parker needed to use it to get the phone and did not like it when I asked him to get down.

Gymnastics fun!

Parker joined Teagan for a little gymnastics. His favorite part was running across the trampoline. His least favorite part was sitting still in a circle.