Blue's Clues

Dave recently introduced Alex to Blue's Clues, and it has become his new favorite show. This weekend Dave made a home version.

Here's a video of Alex's finding the third clue.

The first clue

Putting the second clue into the notebook

Sitting in the thinking chair to solve the clues

Merci Beaucoup

Grandma and Grandpa D. just returned from a trip to France and sent us a care package with all sorts of goodies. Of course, Alex thinks his race car was the best thing in the box.

Vroom, vroom!

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!

Let's Go Swimming

Alex had his first swimming lesson this weekend. He loved being in the water and playing all the games. Jumping into the water was a big hit. I think he could have done that all day long.

Click here for a video of one of the games where he has to throw a toy, swim to it, then carry it to the teacher, and put it in the bucket.

Getting into the pool.

Auntiepalooza

Dave and I had a work conference last week, and we were lucky enough to have Aunt Carol come up to stay with Alex. They had lots of fun playing games, reading books, doing puzzles, and more! We couldn't have done it without her, and we just had to share some of the fun they had.

Happy to have my Aunt Carol taking care of me!

Aunt Laura came for a visit too. All three of us worked on the puzzle.

We made a house for birds and animals out of dominoes.

Our chalk masterpiece.

Swinging with Aunt Carol before going to the airport.

Celebrating the Holidays

I just lost an entire post about Passover and Easter that I'd been working on for two days. Sigh.

Here are some pictures of coloring eggs, the easter egg hunt, and what remains of the original post.

He loved his chocolate bunny (Thanks Grandma C.), and we are having to ration it to make sure he doesn't eat it all in one sitting.

Family Fun Weekend

We had a busy weekend. A play date, a birthday party, and Kangaroos class, but the best part was a visit from Aunt Sue and Cousin Maria. It's always great to see them, and we had lots of fun. I have a few videos to share but have been having technical difficulties for the past few days, so here are the pictures, and I'll see what I can do about a work-around for the videos.


Sue brought an Easter basket, and Alex got to hunt for Easter eggs. It was extra fun because the egg hunt we were supposed to do with our friends that morning got rained out.


In addition to the basket, Alex got a crazy Whack-a-Mole card game.




Maria and Alex looking at his seed planters.



Happy pic of Sue and Maria, taken by Alex.



More photography by Alex. We all loved how tall we look when our picture is shot from this angle.



It was colder than expected, but we spent some time playing outside. Alex was showing Maria how he builds dinosaurs from the bones (sticks) he finds.



Flying with Aunt Sue!



We all worked together to finish the puzzle that Dave, Alex, and I have been working on over the past week.



Here's an Alex-eye view of the puzzle. (You never know what you will get when he has the camera.)



Shortly after completing the puzzle Alex decided we needed to take it all apart.

Gardening Season Has Started

Last weekend we planted seeds for parsley, chives, lettuce, and -- because Alex wanted flowers -- Zinnias. We used egg cartons to start the seeds (except for the lettuce) because Alex read about that in one of his Winnie the Pooh books (thanks Grandma and Grandpa C!). We already have one Zinnia sprouting up!

Getting some more potting soil.



The young gardener at work.



Carefully watering the seeds.