Helping!

Erik is letting Alex help him put the plant food spikes into the ground.
Whooo! That was exhausting!
Lets pound another one in!
Okay this is a much better angle than sitting. Mom made me put my gloves on so I wouldn't touch the spikes with my bare hands.
I need another rest! Dad's work is hard work

Alex is always wanting to help us with whatever we do. We try to let him when we can so he doesn't lose that enthusiams to want to help.

Lake Elmo!

We went swimming at Lake Elmo! If Alex is any where near water he wants in. We have turned him into a little fish!


He also loves to play in the sand!

We decided it would be fun to bury Alex!

Time to go to the water and wash off!
"Look Mom, I am swimming all by myself!"

After going to Lake Elmo we went to eat at the bon fire!

Christy is telling Alex a secret! He kept grabbing her arm and pulling her over to tell him secrets! It was very cute.

Christy was getting ready to give Olivia a bath and Alex decided he wanted to join her and started to get in with his clothes on. So I took his clothes off and they both got all clean after a long day in the sun at the beach!

Lake Elmo is a fun park where you can camp and fish and go boating. The little tiny lake we were at was man made. It is very clean and has sand in the lake. I think it is chlorinated too, so really it is like a pool but it looks like a lake!

4TH OF JULY!

This is a side of butter that Alex is holding! We went to breakfast with Eriks parents before the parade on the forth of July. We learned on this day that Alex likes butter. . . not on anything just straight from the minnie cute little cup they give you. OOOH!!! It grosses me out just thiniking about him eating that butter.
Before the parade started we went to a little park and let Alex play. This is him going down the slide. There was also a band in the park and some yummy snacky foods. Erik got a snow cone for himself and his dad with the intention of sharing. I think I got to taste it !!!!
Alex waving his flag at the parade being all patriotic!!! He is such a cute little man!
Alex loved the parade. His favorite part was the horses when they went by and the bubble float. There was a float blowing bubbles and I thought I was going to have to join the parade for a minute. He ran out into the street trying to get the bubbles. In the picture above I am collecting cand for Alex (aka: for Erik and Kristina. Alex doesnt actaully like candy....I know wierd little 2 year old)
Alex has figured out that they are throwing candy at him. He decides that the thing to do at a parade is they throw you candy and you throw it back. This is him getting ready to launch a piece of candy back at the parade. Erik and I thought it was pretty funny. He did catch some of the paraders off guard!

Going to the zoo while Rebecca and her kids were visiting us!

Talia and Olivia hanging out at the zoo.
We are watching the dolphin show here.

Sitting next to Rebecca is my friend Christy.

This is over at the farm at the zoo.

Look at that big porker!
Now we just need Monika and Alex to turn around and it is a perfect shot.

Rebecca and the kids came out the 11th through the 25th of June. We did a lot of fun things. The zoo was one of the things we did and I think the kids really liked it. We didnt get to see the whole thing but thats okay it will give us something to look forward to for next time. Becca got a gym membership to my gym so we worked out a few times while the kids played at the gyms child center. I know they loved that because they didnt want to leave when we were done. We also went out on our friends boat a couple of times.

Being Silly!

You are all probably wondering what this little monkey is doing!!! I blew a piece of wadded up string out of my way so he tried to copy. It was so funny watching him try and blow this away. He doesnt quite grasp the concept of blowing. He had it in his mouth several times. I was laughing so hard that I think he realized I thought he was funny. I think part of this was to get mom to laugh.

Taking a break!

This is Alex with his buddy Jackson. He is our friends little boy. His Mom and Dad went to college with Erik out in Utah. His Dad Nathan is from Minnesota and he and Erik have been friends for a long time. His Mom Darlene is from Utah. She is now playing on our volleyball team. It is nice to have her because we can carpool together plus she is pretty good.

Alex and Jackson are taking a break from digging in the dirt. It is such hard work for these little guys. I was digging out shrubs and weeds and things so we could replant. The boys were finding worms and putting them in a pile. Jackson was more excited about them but Alex sure did follow his lead. Jackson will be 3 on the 15th so he is almost a year older than Alex.