Touch A Truck

I got to climb onto a firetruck and check out the ladder. I thought about climbing it, but they told me I had to be a real fireman to go up the ladder.

I'm driving the getaway truck.

Police motorcycle

Anna in a small digger. She thought touch-a-truck was an ok activity, but wasn't as interested in climbing in most of the trucks.

Jonah, trying to figure out how to get the fireman's hat off of his head.

I loved the sounds the air brakes made when I pressed the peddle of the dump truck.

We just got back from a touch-a-truck event! As you know, I love transportation related things, so this was right up my alley. There were firetrucks, dump trucks, construction trucks, mobile cranes, ambulances and police related trucks. This event may have helped to confirm for me that I want to be a truck driver when I grow up.

Small Group

The Lohneses, The Gordons, Mummy & daddy, The Lewises and The Sloats

Katie, Grant, Noah, Lauren, Cademon, Sam, Lily, Jonah, me

Jonah was showing off his new crawling skills to the group.

The Murgatroyds are also in our small group but were away for our last small group. Mummy's not good enough at Photoshop to include them in the pictures, but could as least include them on the blog.

In case you haven't heard, we're moving to Chicago in a little over a week. That means that we had our last small group meeting in Boston tonight. I don't think the reality has hit any of us, but we did have the sense to take a few pictures while we were all together.

Latest Tricks

I realized that I haven't done an update on my latest and greatest tricks and there are many. I'm crawling! It's a crawl that needs refinement, but it gets me from one place to another so it counts. I've got 2 teeth that have come in and 3 more on the way and I've started to say "dada". There is question if I mean dada when I say it, but I say it so that counts too. Like I said, I've been busy!

Attacked

As opposed to rescuing me from attack, mummy thought she should take a picture first. Needless to say, I wasn't too happy about the delay in help.

Before my attack a butterfly came to visit. This is when I still thought that butterflies were gentle creatures.

Noah trying to sweet-talk the butterfly into his lap. All of his butterfly encounters were too short to catch on camera.

Butterflies supposedly like light colors, so Anna wore the brightest dress she had. It still wasn't enough to protect her from a butterfly landing. Noah was happier about this visit then Anna.

Here we all are - waiting for the butterflies.......

Today we went to The Butterfly Place with Ida & Mads. As it turns out, Mads is almost as afraid of butterflies as Anna is, which I now understand. All Noah wanted was a butterfly to land on him. He got a few quick visits, but I got attacked by a butterfly! It landed on my face and my bib and my stroller. I kept trying to knock him off, but he'd come right back. I don't think I want to go back to The Butterfly Place, as I do not think that I like butterflies too much either.

Our Family

We have a lovely friend, Kelly Lorenz, who is a photographer. She came and did some photos early last year, and we met up again just a few weeks ago. Mummy and daddy appreciate her ability to capture our special family moments and will cherish the memories these pictures invoke. For us kids, it was just fun to splash in Frog Pond.

Neighbor Love

Jonah and Ida - Jonah is at the phase where he's always wearing a bib which isn't so nice in pictures, but is better for his clothes.

Mads reading a story to me and Noah.

To say that we love our neighbors may not be a strong enough statement. Over the past few years they've come to be like family to us. We love all of them, but especially think that Ida and Mads are super cool. We love to hang out with them, and mummy and Gitte are always talking about pairing me off with Mads. While I doubt the likelihood of their plan, we do look forward to always being friends.

Spinners

Although it may look like this picture is of daddy and Jonah, it's actually our whole semi-pro team.

Cotton candy - our new love. If only we could have it every day!

We didn't figure out why the Lowell Spinners have alligators as their mascots, but they do. I didn't want to meet them but Noah did.

It was Lauren's first baseball experience as well.

Last weekend went to our first semi-pro baseball game! The Lowell Spinners are a local team, and we went to see them play with some friends. The game itself didn't really capture our attention but the atmosphere and treats sure did. We may not be ready for a Red Sox game yet, but I think we're ready for more semi-pro!

Sculpture Park

Me, Jonah, Nathan, Anna, Rebecca and Abigail. These are fun friends because we fall nicely into pairs. Me and Nathan are less then a year apart, Anna and Abigail are about 6 weeks apart and Jonah and Rebecca are just a few months apart.

Pine cone people and pine cones!

Where there's a tree, there's a way to climb it when you're a boy.

Check out this car sculpture. Isn't it cool? It even has TVs in it's windows that you can watch from the outside!

Sometimes you don't find the fun things in your area until you're leaving. Today we went to DeCordova Sculpture Park. It was awesome. There were these really cool sculptures all around, lots of open space to run and play, a "hiking" trail with sculptures in the woods and a rock garden. Although it's unlikely we'll be back soon, I highly recommend it to the locals.