Morning "coffee" with Daddy

Simon loves to watch us drink coffee in the morning and likes to "sip" from our mugs. This past week he really wanted to sit with Daddy and have a morning "beverage" with him!

New dance move

Simon's got a new dance move - the "stomp really fast" dance. I think he could give that guy who does that goofy dance all over the world a run for his money. (He only does it in short bursts, so I had to splice two videos together even to get this 8 second clip. In this one he also shows off his enormous belly!)

New dance move from Anne Reynolds on Vimeo.

Up and down the step

Simon's learning to go up and down our step between the kitchen and the family room by stepping rather than crawling! He has also gone down our full flight of stairs with very little assistance, holding on to the rails. He's growing up, our little boy! (Also note the cuteness that is him applauding himself...)

Up and Down from Anne Reynolds on Vimeo.

Happy belated Halloween...

...from our favorite little monkey!

Last weekend

Last weekend we took a (way too quick) trip to the Twin Cities to see family. Simon had a blast! He was a wonderful traveler on the way there - we left after 6 p.m. and he slept the whole 5 1/2 hour drive. The way back... um... didn't go as well. But we survived!

Simon enjoyed playing with the wooden car I made in 8th grade shop class. (The one behind him is a wooden truck my grandmother gave me when I was a kid).


He also got to sit on Grandpa's lap to read some stories:


But the best part was playing outside in the leaves! Grandpa raked a HUGE pile of leaves on to a tarp, and then he and Daddy dragged the whole thing back to the woods. Simon liked the ride!


"Okay, ride's done, let's get off now..."

Straw

Simon's always loved drinking water from a sippy cup. We've offered him juice, but he doesn't like it! Recently we finally got him some straw cups and he really likes drinking water from them as well!

Puddle fun

It was a very up-and-down weekend, weather wise. It just couldn't really decide what it wanted to do. This morning it rained, but then by mid-afternoon it cleared up enough that we could take a trip to the park. After plenty of slides down the slide, Simon decided to run the bases with Daddy:

We were already having a grand time:


And then he saw it:


And then this happened:








Once it got to this point though:


We had to call it an afternoon. As you can imagine, Simon was none too pleased: