A visit to Memphis

In late October, the family packed up and headed to Memphis for a weekend of activity.  Sam has his high school reunion, and there was a 90th birthday party for Sam's Step Grandmother's birthday.

During our time there, Andrew got to go to the zoo and the children's museum.

Scare-Drew

Riding on the carousel with Emily. 

Pandrew.

Playing Tic-Tac-Toe at the Children's Museum.

Shopping at the Children's Museum.

Not sure what's up with the volume.

Andrew with with grandparents.

Andrew coloring with Jaja.

Again, volume is bad.

Andrew got ahold of a birthday balloon.  It was just about
the best thing ever for 30 seconds!

Best Playdate EVER!

My friend is demolishing her house and rebuilding on the same lot.  They've moved all of their stuff out, so they invited all of the kids to come and destroy the house.  They had paint, crayons, and markers.  The kids could color on the walls, floors, windows, wherever they wanted to.  Nothing was off limits.  Some of the older kids lost interest after a while, but Andrew was in heaven!  He stayed and colored on the walls, inside and outside, for two hours.  He would have stayed all day and night, but we needed to get home so he could have dinner and a bath before bedtime.

It's a shame that circumstances like this don't happen more often.

Uh oh!

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November already?

Time flies when you're having fun, I guess. Sam has our nice camera in Philadelphia, and it has all of our good photos on it. While we wait for him to upload some of them here, I'll post some pictures from my phone to tide you over.

For Halloween, Andrew went as a 1950's greaser, and I was his pink lady. I even put flames on the little push car he rode around our neighborhood in.



We had a lazy day yesterday. Andrew was being awfully sweet and snugly. Every once in a while, everybody needs to spend a day in their pajamas. If they're footie jammies, even better.



Making faces after bath time.



And coloring a picture for Sam. I might have helped him a bit. Andrew LOVES to color lately. He'd do it all day long if we'd let him.


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Playing at the gym

At the beginning of every gym class, there are warm up exercises and songs.  Normally, the kids sit in their parents laps while the parents help them with the motions.  Andrew has decided that he doesn't need the help.  He sits right in the middle of the circle and insists on doing everything by himself.  Here's a video of him from this morning, showing off his skills.

Mid-October Update

Just uploading some photos from the past week.



Andrew got another haircut this week. Every time he does, I get really sad because it makes him look so much older.



Andrew playing with the dog his grandpa got him.



Andrew loves to pretend to drive and hops into the driver's seat every time he sees a video game like this.



Andrew has been working very hard on his coloring skills lately. At this point, we're proud any time he doesn't eat the crayons.



This picture was taken when we were rolling around in a bouncy house together. Andrew loves to be "tackled" while we're playing.

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October 1st Photo Dump

We've been horrible about updating lately.  Sorry about that.  Sam's been busy with work and I've been busy with Andrew.  Things have been going well in these parts.  There's not too much new to report.

Andrew kicking his feet up and relaxing after a long,
hard day of being one.  

He emptied all of the blankets out of the baskets in his
dresser so that he could sit in one and read.

We're at the playground almost every day.  The weather is
so nice out, it seems a shame to stay inside.  

These pictures are from Andrew's favorite park.  The "Toy Park"
is filled with all sorts of plastic toys that families have donated.
Andrew felt the need to pick up every pinecone in the park and
put them in the pretend washing machine.  Then he hopped up
on the play structure so he could drive it around.