Long Michigan Weekend

Calder and I spent a long weekend in Michigan visiting with lots of family and friends. Calder and Sandhya enjoyed some park playtime and a fruit picnic!

Calder entertaining himself with the gate at Grandpa and Grandma Peggy's house.

20 Months Old!

At 20 months, Calder is obsessed with all things animals. (That's a tiger puzzle piece in his hand.) It started with our trip to the Pittsburgh Zoo a few weeks ago, and gets more intense each day! You can often find him yelling 'zoo!' or 'animals!' as he carts around his plastic animal figurines.
He's also still very much into "helping" mommy and daddy. We painted our bedroom this weekend, and he really wanted to help. Fortunately, he was content to use a roller brush without the paint! (Notice that even while painting, he's still holding onto his little leopard figurine!)







The other big new thing is that he's starting to consistently string two words together. The most impressive occurrence of this was when we pulled up to the library last week. He took one look at the building and said 'New books'! Not only did he string those two words together for the first time, but he recognized where we were! :) And his latest two word combo? "Home Depot". Dave taught him that this morning before their father/son trip to the home improvement mecca.

Little Buddies

Our friends Drew, Aileen and Will came over to hang out for a bit on Saturday. Calder looks like a giant compared to Will in this picture -- but I'm sure Will is going to catch up in no time!

Hey, Drew and Aileen -- you better add a riding toy to that list of new toys to get! It looks like Will is ready to take off!

A trip to the park

We met up with Calder's friend Charlotte and her mommy at a local park on Friday. Calder and Charlotte enjoyed climbing, sliding and swinging as well as a wagon ride by the lake.
The static cling on the slides was insane!

My sweaty boy, once we returned home. It was a beautiful morning, but it was actually a little too hot!

A day for the history books...

Let this day go down in history as the day that Calder's dinner consisted of both meat and vegetables - and he ate it happily (and messily) with a little help from ketchup and mustard! We think it may have been the influence of our friend Mike who was joining us for dinner -- I think we'll have to have him over more often!











Things got a little silly after dinner...

Later, Calder showed Mike his favorite little resting spot.

Mmmm...Sherbert!

Calder ate his dinner really well on Friday, so he got to have a scoop of sherbert for dessert! He picked up the whole scoop with his spoon and went for it!

Isn't he so handsome with his new haircut?

Radio Flyer

Calder enjoyed one of our warm spring days with a relaxing ride in his new wagon.
Later, he let Lucky have a turn! Lucky liked the wagon ride just as much as Calder!