Andrew's Vacation

Andrew and I were on vacation this week and kept VERY busy.  I actually took about a million pictures but here is a sample of our week off.

Our first stop was to meet Maddie Unger... Andrew was MUCH more interested in Maddie's dog Sammy however than he was in the baby.

Day 2 started with breakfast with the Malones and then a trip to the playground where Mommy and Betsy used to play a VERY long time ago. Of course it looks nothing like it did back then.

Andrew spent a lot of time in the pool while he was in Reading. He is a big fan of swimming.

Considering helping Grandpa with some gardening....

Only slightly less fun than a swimming pool is a plain old garden hose!

Once back in NJ we met up with Julian and his mom to check out a new playground.

Andrew and I shared his first soft serve ice cream cone. He liked it so much he had another on Sunday ;-)

On Friday we headed to Alstede Farms to feed the animals.

More swimming!

On Sunday.. our LAST day of vacation we headed back to the Lakota wolf preserve to see the wolves with Ethan and Brandon.

4th of July Weekend

Andrew had a very busy 4th of July weekend. Saturday we had a busy day around the house and yard and then Andrew and I went out for dinner while his Dad was working. On Sunday we got a lot more rain than we expected so we had to resort to entertaining ourselves indoors and I think Andrew managed to play with ever single toy in the house. On Monday we had some friends over to celebrate the 4th and luckily the weather cooperated. Andrew and his friends Ethan and Brandon got to use the pool and play on the swing set. It's always a bummer when really fun weekends come to an end but only 4 work/school days and then VACATION!

First dip in the pool.... water was a little cold!

Date night with Mommy

Andrew FINALLY figured out how to get Patch and Elmo in the cozy coupe so they could go along for the ride ;-)

Rainy Day MESS

Cleaning up for the party :-)

 

It's that time again...

Andrew is 21 months old... only 3 months left until his 2nd birthday!!

New cups.. wouldn't put them down!

How do you get this thing open?

Determined to figure out the rock wall

not quite ready for the big swing

Obligatory Cozy Coupe shot ;-)

mmmmmm....

Andrew's first taste of corn on the cob.

Crawfish Festival

On Saturday we headed to the Sussex County Fairgrounds for the Crawfish festival. Our friend Mike's band was one of the performers and Andrew had lots of fun running around, dancing to the music and even trying some jambalaya. Sunday Andrew helped us pick out some new plants for the yard. Now we just need to get him to help with the planting :-)

Enjoying lunch before the fun begins

Brother Joscephus!

With Mike on keyboard

Dancing!

then napping

All rested up and back on the run!

20 Months Old

Andrew was quite a ham tonight so I got some fun 20 month shots.

I should replace his lawn mower with a vacuum cleaner!

LOVES his books

Look at that smile!

Still not sure what made Pizza and Peas so funny :-)

Men, remotes and recliners.. it starts early!

Andrew has reached the "funny faces" phase