Carrying on the Cookie Tradition

Alex and I made chocolate chip cookies from scratch today for the first time. I can remember doing the same thing with my mom in our house on First Street, and it was really great to carry on that tradition with him. Plus, the cookies were delicious!

A chip for me to eat!

Adding the chips

Bouncy Fun

Saturday was the last day of the annual Rites of May festival at Alex's new school. They invited all the new families to attend. Dave was out of town, but Alex and I went and had lots of fun. There were several inflatables, carnival games (and prizes), and an international festival featuring several different countries. We got to see some African dancing and played a lot. Alex was so worn out that he fell asleep in the car on the way home, and he is not a car sleeper. I wanted to keep driving so he wouldn't stop napping.

Climbing up the wall in the obstacle course

At the top, ready to slide down

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.