Weekend at the Cabin

The dude is learning that summer weekends at the cabin are awesome. Not only did mommy and daddy get to go on long bike rides and runs with a plethora of fun babysitters available, but there were also enough people for kayak escorts while we went swimming.

Grandpa even let him drive the boat.

Our city had it's annual "big truck" show recently. They put all of the city trucks on display for kids and parents to see. The dude always runs to the windows to see the school buses and garbage trucks when they pass our house, so we thought he would enjoy this event. The kids were allowed to climb all over the huge equipment, even after passing out free ice cream and popcorn. The dude had a fantastic time, but less than fun each time mom and dad had to pull him off the trucks to give other kids a turn. He doesn't quite understand the concept of turn-taking yet!

Lets hope this is the last time the dude sees the back seat of a police car.

Playing at the park

Nolan's favorite pastime is climbing playground equipment that is way too big for him. He also still loves eating rocks. Can you believe we haven't found one in his diaper yet?!

How to play the game

The dude is getting older, so we thought it would be a good idea to start in on involving him in sports. Thanks to a recent outfit given to him, he really looked the part when kicking around the old soccer ball.


Since we were all at the dude's cousin's birthday party, he also got to participate in his very first game of "pin the tail on the donkey", although it did start out as "pin the tail on daddy's camera".

And here is just a taste of the dude's obsession of sticking random crap into his mouth. At least it's too big to be a choking hazard. At least it's not crap.

Hide and Seek

The dude loves to play hide and seek. He's a little better at hiding when the closet actually has a door to conceal his body.


Also, here is the typical reaction to the dude getting cheese with his dinner. Everybody loves cheese!

Dirt Angel

The dude is certainly growing up. At a play group earlier this week, he was climbing up a big-kid sized rock climbing wall attached to a swing set, and today he took it upon himself to do a little gardening with his mom and dad. He still doesn't have any hair though.