Choo-Choo

Here's Samuel enjoying his new Leap Frog train set. He loves to dance to the music & then walk on the tracks to block the train. He likes to do this over and over and over again. :)

Memorial Day Weekend

So, I'm a bit late on posting about our fun weekend with my parents & my niece, Addyson. They drove out from St. Louis over the holiday weekend. Addy was so excited to come to Samuel's house! We all had a great time! We went to a play center at Focus on the Family, The North Pole Amusement Park, Garden of the Gods & the zoo.

Mother's Day

I had a great 2nd Mother's Day! Ben watched Samuel while I headed to Starbuck's for my fav - white chocolate mocha. Later in the afternoon (amidst gray skies & 50 degrees) we went to the zoo. Samuel had a blast as usual. After the zoo we ate at Chili's & stopped by DQ on the way home to get a blizzard. What a great day! Here are some pics...

One crazy boy!

We put out the Wii Fit Yoga Mat today & Samuel began dancing and doing his own exercises...

Random Videos

Here are some random videos of Samuel. The one of him "dancing" was taken about a month ago. I absolutely love the one of him and Beren playing with the balloon from Red Robin's! the zoo one was this past weekend. He likes the giraffes from afar, but not too close!

Washington Trip & Grandma time

We've sure had a busy last few weeks! We went to Washington to visit Ben's family for a long weekend. It was so fun to have Samuel & his cousins, Kyra (5) & Kami (16 months), together and to see Ben's family. The kids were so much fun! Kami & Samuel were non-stop entertainment!! Kami was very interested in Samuel at first but Samuel wasn't as impressed. I think it is because he has 2 little girlfriends at his sitter's house so he's used to girls. By the end of the weekend, though, they were head butting (their way of hugging) and Samuel was generously giving Kami her pacificer.

While there, we went to an Easter Egg Hunt at the local community center. It was Samuel's first Easter Egg Hunt and he really enjoyed it! Of course he called all of the easter eggs "balls". He would put a few in the basket and then start to take a few out. Poor Kami was sick so was unable to come with us so Samuel and Kyra shared some of their "loot" back at the house with her. Kyra enjoyed making bunny ears and participating in some of the games they had for the kids.

We had a great time, but as always, it was good to come home. The best thing about coming home was that when we arrived at the Denver airport my mom was already there! She flew out the same day. (Samuel saw both of his grandmas in the same day!) She came out to watch Samuel for the week while his sitter was on vacation. It is always nice having an extra hand and Samuel enjoyed the extra attention.

Zoo

We bought an annual pass to the Colorado Springs Zoo so we can take Samuel as often as we like and for as long or short as we like. He really loves animals, especially the giraffes. He enjoys the real ones, but his favorite thing to do at the zoo is to touch all of the the giraffe statues.