Catching Up

Well, here we are ... several months since the last posting. Sorry I haven't kept up with putting pictures and stories on here. Here are a few pictures to help catch you up on the last few months...

This picture was from today. We bought a big bouncy ball at the store and he's not been away from it since. (the whole 2 hours we've owned it) We went outside to play for a bit without the ball, and when he came back inside he said "there's my ball ... I missed you ball ... I love you ball."

Here are the "party hats" Tony and Michael wear when we have pizza for dinner. One night, I told Michael that Daddy was bringing home something special for dinner so he decided he wanted to make some party hats. I had him color the pages and when Tony got home, he figured out how to make the hats. Yes, we still have them around the house ... and yes, he still wears the party hat (and we wear ours!) when we're having a "special" dinner.

This is Michael helping Tony fix the rototiller (however you spell that!) He was so excited to get to "help", but wasn't thrilled about being in the backyard while Tony was using it ... he decided it was too loud.

The rototiller again ...

Here's the problem with waiting too long to post pictures ... I can't remember what he was eating to get his face so dirty ... nor can I remember who he was talking to! I'm sure it was chocolate and one of his Grandmothers! :)

Here he is at the beach over by Bodega Bay. We went to the ranch house for the weekend and he loved getting to go to the beach and play in the sand. We even sat and watched some guys with parachutes float down from the cliffs above to the beach (not sure what that's called ... I'm sure there's some name for the sport!)

Tony is making his own sandcastle because Michael would help make it and then squish it ... so they got sent to their separate corners. I think it ended up turning into who could dig the deepest hole!

Ahh, training the future television technician. The tv didn't work up at the ranch house, so Tony taught Michael the official way of fixing tv's .... you bang on it until you hear it working. Unfortunately, it didn't work. But it was great to spend the weekend WITHOUT cable tv! Only problem is that now Michael thinks you're supposed to hit tv's on a regular basis.

Eating birthday cake on his 2nd birthday in March.

The birthday cake. Notice some of the frosting missing on the side? Well, that was Grandma letting him use his finger to swipe some of the chocolate early!