Odds and Ends

So I finally got my pictures downloaded.... not a lot actually... but there are few from Del Grosso amusement park- very fun for the little kiddos- there were rides they could go on themselves! A couple pictures from time with Grammie and Papa with Nana and Pa visiting as well...

Making hot milk cake with Grammie

Nana brings her drum :)

Nate wanted to wear Daddy's shoes around.... big shoes to fill! :)

Husking corn with Granddad... I've always said "shucking", but Grandma and Granddad insist that it is "husking"....I googled it and it looks like it can go both ways...what's the correct word for taking the husks off corn?

And finally, I"ll try putting this video up... I don't seem to have luck with this, but will try!

German Nate

I am super slow on the updates lately. We dressed Nate up in lederhosen (circa when Mike was young) and did a photo shoot in our back yard with Momma! Mike had a set of pictures taken of him in this outfit when he was younger... it was time! If we waited any long, Nate would be too big! I wish I had an image of one of the pictures from when Mike was younger....hmmmm.... Enjoy!

Sound of music anyone?

I think Nate looks the most like his daddy in this picture...

I think this is the best "normal" one :)

This one is for Nana- drumming away!

He was so fascinated with looking at himself in the sliding glass door.....

And finally this photoshoot would not have been complete without the bribe picture... yes, we bribed him with a cupcake to take the pictures!! :)

More general updates

Update take 2: there were just too many pictures to share in one post...so take a look at the tall boy!! :) Nate was moved up into the 3 year old room at school- he's growing so fast! He's been there in the room for 2 weeks now and his vocabulary has increased exponentially. He's now stringing several sentences or more together and starting to tell stories! :) How fun!

We altered this shirt the other week when he was a particular pistol in school.... his teachers thought it was funny.....

I really think that Nate looks like Stitch in this picture, but I can't find a good comparison picture.

Isn't he just the little man???

Warrior pose- yes our son does yoga in school!

We visited Lancaster last weekend and Grandma and Granddad took us to the Strasburg Railroad!

This was before the train got going... we were in the open car close to the engine- Nate didn't like the whistle blowing- he thought it was too loud...he kept his hands over his ears the ride out...then the train's engine went to the other end of the train and the ride was quieter and we were able to coax Nate's hands from his ears with some yummy kettle corn!

He loves his popcorn!

This week- hair cut #3! Its time!

Month of May? Gone.....

Two posts in April... none in May... I guess it all evens out, eh? Well, I'm blogging on a spankin' new computer curtousy of my wonderful in-laws who have INSANE luck... here's to hoping its in the genes and it just skipped a generation and Nate got their luck too! HA! Ok, so lots to update on... well, no news specifically, but for sure a couple of inches of Nate. I'm not kidding. The kid lost his budda belly this week and shot up like another inch! Ok, maybe not THAT much, but it sure seems like it! I did kind of a measurment today and conservatively he's 38.5 inches tall now... that's just about 2 inches taller than he was in Nov! It shows, it really does!

First updates: We spent a wonderful weekend south of Pittsburg for Memorial Day weekend visiting the Brown's. We had such a wonderful time, we didn't want to come home to reality! Enjoy the pictures!

Pittsburg zoo

Fun water action shots!

Check out the air on these!

The Brown's bought a slip n slide- the boys wheren't sure what to do with it, so the dad's had to help....

More Pittsburg Zoo- sorry, the move function on here wasn't working that well, so the pictures are a bit disjointed!