A Deep Conversation...

I caught Jack having a conversation with his panda bear.

Cooper Lake June 2009

I regret to say we didn't use our camper much this spring and summer. We just couldn't seem to find the time. We did manage to make a trip out to Cooper Lake. We spent most of the time in the water. They've created a beach on the lake, which is really nice. I got to take some great pictures of my guys. Jack really started to get the hang of his floaties during this trip. Here are some pictures and a video of him swimming. (Notice we hadn't cut off his baby curls yet.)

Apology

I have been a horrible blogger the past five months or so. There really are no good excuses. I got extremely wrapped up in my summer masters courses and then got addicted to FaceBook. I am bound and determined to commit more time to Jack's blog from now on. So here's the plan...I will do some catch-up posts letting everyone know what Jack has been up to since June. I better get started. :)

ABCs

Jack was playing with his magnets tonight. If you pay attention, you'll actually see him get some of the letters right. He even sings his version of the ABC song. I love the little dance he does.

The Sandbox!

After much hard work, Jason finished Jack's sandbox. I think he did an awesome job if I do say so myself. The picture I had in my head was so much plainer than what he actually produced. Jack came outside and said "Oh, sand!" It was so funny. He sat on the edge and buried his feet. Jack is very lucky to have such a handy daddy! Here is a picture of them showing off their new toy.

The Zoo!

Jack's daddy took Friday of this week off of work, so we decided to take Jack to the zoo. We also took his cousin. I think it was national field trip day, but we found a few places that weren't completely chaotic.
Here are the boys at the duck pond looking over the bridge.

Here they are looking at the huge koi fish. Jack kept making his fishy face at them.

They had a really neat playground area that the boys enjoyed. Ian liked climbing all the big rocks. They wouldn't sit in the eggs long enough for me to get a cute picture.

They really loved the gorilla. He was over here at first and then....

I promise I'm not making this up. He noticed the boys in the double stroller and came all the way over to sit by them. He just sat there and looked at them, particularly Ian. Maybe he thought they were baby monkeys. I know they can act like monkeys sometimes. :) I said something about him looking sad and Ian kept asking why he was sad. Oops! They boys loved him so much that we bought them little plastic gorilla figurines at the gift shop. They held them all the way home.