Fun

I went on a 2 hour road trip to meet my friend and her husband for lunch. It was so much fun to see them both!  My mom watched Tate for me. He ate well and took a 3 hour nap for her. A little while after I got back this went down:

Tate-I'm sad

Me-Why are you sad

Tate-want my daddy

I finally remembered to get a stamp pad today so we could play with my mom's old stamps. Tate loves them 

Fireworks

Tate did well with fireworks this year.  I took his tricycle with us to give him something to do. For the most part he listened very well. 

Harvest

Tate likes harvest, especially when he gets M&Ms at the elevator. 

Today

Today we played outside all morning. Somehow I even convinced Tate to go for a ride in the bike trailer. I bit off more than I could handle and got quite the workout just trying to make it home against the wind. We also played with Legos a lot. I cooked up a storm in preparation of Chris/Anne/Owen visiting and the next few days of harvest. 

Tate had a tough time going to sleep tonight. I put him back in his bed and told him to go to sleep. He immediately pretended to snore. 

Some fabulous fireworks artwork. 

Park

Tate and I went to town with my mom to help set up tables and chairs for a funeral dinner. My dad's cousin passed away unexpectedly.  We stopped by the park before we went home. This afternoon we played with big kid Legos. Tate loves them. He couldn't put them together or anything but he was extremely fascinated by all of the pieces and liked all of the cars and planes I made for him.  He also loved the snake in a pop up book we read for the first time. 

He said "cooperate" as he was getting his pjs on. Hmmm, what I say sinks in sometimes. 

Doll

Tate was digging through my old toys and was really enjoying a doll. He would pretend she was crying and give her a bottle, feed her with a spoon, or cover her up. At one point I heard, "I went poopy. It is okay baby. It is okay."  Later, Tate would climb into Brett's bed and say goodnight and cover himself up and pretend to snore. Then he would say "I'm awake, good morning!" He got bit at daycare this morning. 

Viola

Here is a picture of my Grandma Viola's family. She was my dad's mother.  I have always loved to look at photos of her when she was younger get because I think she was just beautiful. She is on the bottom right. 

My grandpa was 10 years older than my grandma. I remember someone always saying that my grandpa had to wait for her to grow up before he could marry her.