June

 Spelling names with wooden blocks

 What railroad engineer doesn't wear only underwear and rain boots?

 This was the beginning of Mitch not napping at school, fell asleep in the car and stayed asleep on me once in the house.  I have to say, I didn't hate the snuggling part!

 Went upstairs to wake Charlotte up one day and this is what I found...only her front paws sticking out from under her blanket.  She covers herself up during the night and apparently in the morning it was too bright!

 Train track building with blocks

 Eating lunch on Father's Day at the Grilled Cheese Grill.  They have many variations on grilled cheese and the booths are inside of an old school bus.  They played some pretty rockin' music that Mitch bounced/danced to the whole time he was eating!

 Just some cute pictures of Mitch and Charlotte hanging out

 Mitch and Gillian on the swing before heading out on their tricycles.  Portland has a few Sundays every summer where they close the streets to cars and allow bike traffic only.  The kids rode their bikes to the nearest park and then played for a while before riding home.

 We even got there early enough that we could hang the bikes up!

May

Here are a few pictures of Mitch wearing all of my hair clips at the same time!

Mitch after his haircut with new "spiky" hair

One of Mitch's favorite things to do when I'm about to do his laundry is climb in the basket and have me put all the clothes right on top of him so he's buried!  Then he jumps out and makes a big mess!  (but usually helps to clean it up too.

 Over Memorial Day weekend we took a trip to Lincoln City, at the Oregon Coast.  We stayed in a small house very close to the beach.  The first day was the sunniest and it was still a little chilly but that didn't stop us from exploring the beach.  Here's Mitch standing on the porch.

 Bringing the bucket down to the sand

 Nice sunset

 Running on the beach

 Burying feet

 It's a good age when the boy and his dog are interested in the same things.

 Family photos

One of the more interesting (and stressful) parts of the beach trip was that our car broke down (luckily right in the driveway).  With lots of planning and waiting since it was a holiday weekend and no parts stores were open, we ended up having our car towed all the way back to Portland!  The tow truck driver was very nice and the car seat and Charlotte all fit though as you can see here it was a bit of a tight squeeze!  Mitch was pretty excited about the whole thing!

"The ants go marching" and some of Mitch's rules

Oops...more April pics

Here are some pictures from Easter, reading "Down by the Station" which is one of Mitch's favorite books (actually he's singing it). He was very excited when the Easter Bunny brought it for him!

We had some pretty nice sun coming through the windows that day, thought I should post a picture of one of our other children, Charlotte.

Playing on the play structure in the back yard

Out in the Gorge, looking at waterfalls

Bubbles!

Dying Easter eggs was a pretty big hit though I think I was the only one who actually ate any of them!

Here's Mitch singing "Down by the Station" with a little help from Mom every now and then

Best.Dog.Ever

Almost caught up

A few pictures from last month...making PB&J sandwiches to take to the zoo. Mitch has really been liking helping out in the kitchen lately and is pretty good at it! Not sure it makes things go any faster though...

At least half of the time Mitch goes to the bathroom he asks for "privacy", then calls Mom or Dad to say he's all done. When we walk in the bathroom, this is how we find him, hiding behind the shower curtain.

More Catch up pics

A few months ago we were told about a place in Portland that has all sorts of climbing, slides, etc. that is all indoors. Mitch loved it and we've been 3 or 4 times, it's a great place to go when it's raining. Here are just a few pictures of him playing, it was hard to get good ones because he was moving so fast!

Mitch came home from school one day with this star taped (with packing tape) to his shirt. It says "super helper" and he got it for being the kid who helped the most when cleaning up toys! Now it lives on our refrigerator and we let him wear it when he is being a super helper at home!

That same day, he and Matt picked me up at work. He likes to work on the computers when he comes to visit though I'm not sure what the sly look on the lower picture means!

Sidewalk chalk train!

Just a few cute pictures of everyday stuff

What a ham!