Cal Academy

At the end of August, we joined the California Academy of Sciences. We headed straight for the aquarium downstairs and Teddy's reaction was absolutely priceless. He ran up to the wall of fish and jumped up and down, ran back and forth and tried to point out each and every fish. He could have sat there for an hour, I bet. 

Oooooohhh...

Even Jo was mesmerized in the tunnel.  

Oh, yes, Dump Truck got in on the action, too. 

We've been back another time since then and the enthusiasm was unabated. 

I'm betting we'll be there a lot in the coming months.

Teething and Rolling

Drool + red little cheeks = teeth

Jo's first tooth cut in on August 5th, followed by it's little bottom row neighbor 1 week later. 

Much to her own surprise, Jo began rolling all over the place this month. 

I had left her in the middle of the rug, only to be summoned back by her distress call when she wedged herself under the bookshelf. Can crawling be far off? 

Cabin time

In August, we snuck in a week at the cabin. 

Teddy got ferried around on the new ride-on-top kayaks. 

Jo got to spend some quality time with Sarah, the best baby-holder on the East Shore. 

We had fun with foam noodles.

Relaxed on the deck.

Apparently, it was pants-optional.

We snuggled and indulged in some general laziness.

Mama and Grandpa went fishing on Windigo. 

It was the end. of. the. world.

 We overlapped with Jessie and Nate the last few days which was so much fun. 

Grandpa had lots of fun with his boys. 

I'm pretty sure the fun was mutual. 

Jo got in on the troublemaking, too. 

 "What, we have to go home? We won't be back until next year?"

That's pretty much how we all felt. 

July

At the end of June, I went back to work and Jo started joining Teddy at daycare. For the first few weeks, when I'd pick them up at the end of the day, Teddy would take extra special care to make sure we didn't leave Jo behind. Thanks to him, we're batting 1000 on remembering to come home with 2 kids every day. 

Here she is on her first day. 

This month, she learned to grab her toes.

She has also started to grab for Teddy's toys, thus beginning a lifelong cycle of "this is mine, that is yours." Or as it currently goes in our house, "this is mine and that is mine, too."

Teddy is still testing out all the baby equipment for safety.

We've read some of his books so many times, he's able to "read aloud" to himself from memory. Thor has been in heavy rotation for a few months now. 

Teddy's car/truck/train collection seems to grow larger everyday and trust me, he has a constant inventory in his head of where each one is at all times. Possible locations: in his bed, in the wagon, in the backyard dirt, in Daddy's black car, in the shower, in the trunk of his Batmobile, in the mailbox, in Daddy's pocket.

Still such a happy little bird. 

Morning cartoon watching...