The Past Week

Our future Northwestern football player.
LOVES playing in the sand, and with the bucket/shovels he got for Easter.
He's so good at sharing with other kids at the playgrounds & beach.
Enjoys watching Mommy & Daddy fish.
We can't wait to get him his own little pole & tackle box in a couple of years!

Recently started to slide sitting up.

He loves watching the big kids run around the playground.
He's a chick magnet every time we are there- always some cute little girls wanting to play with him.

Still loves swinging. Can't believe how big he looks in the swing this year!

...one day...

Spending quality time with Daddy on one of his days off.
It is so cute how they have the same hair line :)

We had some of our friends over the other evening for dinner.

Their little girl is so sweet. That's her playing with E's toes.

We've been so busy sprucing up the yard.

We planted a flower garden for E.

Started this year's vegetable garden.

These are some of our tomato plants, strawberries, thyme, rosemary, and basil.

We'll be planting beans, cucumbers and more tomatoes in the garden in a couple weeks.
Good Eats!
Hopefully this year we'll actually be able to get a good harvest.

I've been incredibly busy working on E's party decorations for the last couple weeks.

This is one of his banners. Got the idea from an old PBK catalog.

These are his favor bags for the kids coming to the party.

I actually made the bags by hand, used some twine for the handles, and sketched the sailboat.

So cute. Got a couple more still to go.

Not telling what's inside :)

We took a road trip to see the 'Greats' and a state park for one day. E is such a super trooper in the car! We've also had a couple of playdates, and enjoy seeing his buddies at the playgrounds and library. B's been golfing at the country club every day possible- he's getting a nice tan. I've been going for a 4mile workout everyday- and E, at his age, is amazing and will sit calmly in the stroller for an hour. Of course, I let him walk around for about 1/2 hour before hitting the pave. Besides trying to keep 2100sq ft clean, and floors swept everyday (E will put anything in his mouth), and all the party plans/decorations, we are working on the home-improvement projects for this year. Oh, being a home owner is so much fun:) Honestly, sometimes I miss the days of our little city apartment, especially with a baby to keep me busy enough. Thank goodness we have landscapers to handle the mowing and pruning!
One thing we did was to 'decorate' the familyroom window well- it looks like a really cute classroom window with a petite bush and his frog stake. Next week we are going to be installing a wall behind the familyroom tv (keep E out of the cords). That should be bit of a project for us, not to mention all the painting that I still have to do. Fun times!