April part 3

Matt and Mitch downtown

Playing with the music table in pj's

We apparently didn't take many pictures of fun stuff we did this last week, but I didn't want to keep our loyal fans waiting. So, not super exciting, but that's how life is sometimes! More to come (hopefully) next week!

April part 2

Check out the bed head on the side of his hair!

Mitch took a hiatus from the airplane but for the last few days he's been loving it again!

We took another trip to the zoo-this time he got to pet the goats and loved it!

Here we are, another family self-portrait. On the way to the zoo we asked Mitch what animals he wanted to see and he said "jzas" which is Mitch-speak for giraffe. He repeated it over and over and over until we finally got to the section with the giraffes. There are 2 and they were both inside (one because of arthritis) but we watched them for quite some time. Then we moved on and ate a snack and had to go back to see them again! Is this giraffe obsession hereditary (grandma m)? Well, we had a good time but couldn't really get many good pictures of him looking at the giraffes. Maybe next time they'll be outside.

April

Mitch enjoying his first potato chip-BBQ flavor

Mitch and Elliot playing: Elliot was sweeping and Mitch was "vacuuming" with an old paper towel roll (one of his favorite past times).

We went to Pioneer Square last weekend and Mitch really liked watching the water fountains. But, when he got up close with Matt's help he didn't want to touch the water-maybe next time.

Making silly faces in the mirror with Dad after a bath

Mitch also likes to point out birds now and was pretty excited to get close to the pigeons--I don't think they were as excited to meet him!

Fun with Friends

Last Saturday we went to a friend's b-day party. Mitch LOVED the slides and spent a lot of time climbing up and down, playing peek-a-boo and just being silly.

Here you can see a couple of the kids playing basketball and Mitch hammering the t-ball tee with a golf club. Maybe he's develping a new sport?

Mitch consoling Travis who fell and needed some Hello Kitty ice.

Earlier that day we met Elliot (and Brooke and Josh) in the Pearl district for the "Bunny Hop". There were supposed to be lots of kid friendly activities. Mitch didn't want to get his face painted like a bunny but we did stand in a very long line to get super fancy bunny ears (we're talking felt, headbands and hot glue guns) but as you can see, neither Mitch nor Elliot wanted to wear them so Brooke and I were the lucky winners!

Mitch did warm up to the bunny ears and wore them on the ride home and into the house.

Hugging the cat (Maizey). The cats are wonderfully tolerant of Mitch hugging and petting them and occasionally lying all the way on top of them.

Cool pic of a walk to the library on a nice sunny day!

Growing up

Riding on the Max train with dad. Mitch got to sit in his very own seat-he's getting to be such a big boy!

Mitch likes to play peek-a-boo with his bibs after he's done eating

"Cleaning" the paper bags

Drawing with a pencil...it's getting hard to convince Mitch that paper is the best place to draw. He likes to try the refrigerator, the chair, the floor, etc. At least it's just pencil!

He also loves stickers-I'm guessing this fad will last a while!

Hammin' it up

Mitch is a definite ham for the camera as you can see from the first few photos. He still loves to play in cardboard boxes and climb in/on/around things, hiding and playing peek-a-boo!

Singing "Rock-a-bye Baby" after wrapping up Zousha as a baby.

Visiting with friends Josh and Elliot-playing ball...

...eating snacks

Playing at Target-we can make anything a toy!

Outside time

During another trip to the zoo we explored a section that we had never been to before-Mitch was able to get up close to the ducks...

...and enjoyed the waterfalls. Little does he know how many there are in the Gorge!

Here's Mitch trying to help Charlotte get her ball out from under the couch.

Mitch at his friend, Jordan's 2nd birthday party

First time using a baseball bat

We went downtown last weekend since it was sunny and all the cherry blossom trees are blooming. There were a couple of guys throwing bread to the seagulls and we stood for a while just watching. Some of the birds were pretty good at catching pieces mid-air. Then the guys gave us a few pieces so Mitch could throw some (with Mom's help).

There was beautiful green grass to run around on but what does Mitch decide to play on? The inclined rocks. Hopefully as time goes on I'll get less paranoid and more used to his daredevil nature!