Well, It's Not a Snake, But It's Kinda Close

I found a giant worm as I opened the garage door today, so I pointed it out to Ben. He was totally fascinated. He was poking it, playing with it and asking a lot of questions about it. After we got back from our errands, Ben went outside to play. A few minutes later, he came running up to the door yelling Mommy, Mommy, Come see! He was digging in the dirt of the old tree stump and uncovered another worm. So his snake hunt has now turned into a worm hunt. It will probably be a much more lucrative pursuit as compared to snake hunting in the backyard.

It's a Slide and a Hiding Spot

I Don't Know What to Think Of This...

But I suppose I'll take it. But I am completely prepared for another snow storm or two. I'm a realist. But all the trees started budding this week. The forsythia is starting to turn yellow, the lilac is starting to bud and our neighbors actually cut their grass last weekend. This really is typical May weather. But it is really, really nice!

Dinner via Choo Choo Train

I forgot about this from last week! Last Saturday my friend Susan called to ask us on a kiddie date. She had heard of this place in Haskins (about 7 minutes from our house) where the kid's meals are delivered by train. Herbies (the restaurant) is a very cute small down place and did in fact have a train that delivered the kid's food! It was a really nice place to go with the kids - it wasn't too busy, very family friendly and low key, allowing for a relaxing dinner (or as relaxing as you can get with kids:) This is a video of the food delivery. The adult meals don't fit on the train, so they come the standard method - a waitress with a tray.

Awww, Brotherly Love (I work with what I am given)

Yet Another Game Changer

I am completely SOL once this kid learns how to climb onto the couch. Based on this evening's performance, I have about 16 hours before it becomes a reality. He also figured out how to climb up and stand on Ben's foot stool, so he can now access the counter tops. But then he fell off the foot stool and didn't like that too much, so maybe that scare will deter him for a few days (or I can only hope it does)

Wolny Fight Club

I am going to break the first rule of fight club and talk about fight club. Some of the highlight of this evening's fight club:
- Full body slam
- Head butt
- Open handed slap to bare skin
- Repeated head first dismounts off the couch
- Pow, pow, pow punches to the kidneys
- And the two-fisted, ear-yank body slam, as illustrated below.

And all with the hilarious laughter of two little boys who thought they were just sooooooo funny.

Batting Practice

Playground Fun

We took a walk over to the park this evening. Ben is not quite big enough for all of the equipment yet, but he has grown into some things he's never tried before, including these island jumper things. After I took this video, he did all 6 of them with Adam's help and then he did them a second time with minimal help.

Needs a Bit of Practice

Ben finally got to play with his T-ball set he got for his birthday. However, his technique needs a little work. Adam said he did pretty good batting left-handed using the tee, but he wouldn't use the tee while I was watching.

We'll Just Call It Good at Spring

Fun With Cousins!

Saturday we had fun with cousins! Jenny, Jimmy, Grant and Maddie were in town so we got all the kids together for a play date. It was a lot of babies, all on the go! It was also a lot of blue eyes (and snot as they all had colds) :) And all three somehow have the same hair style. Of course getting them all to sit still for a picture is just crazy talk, so I worked with what I was given. I was just happy all four were in the shot!

Comfy Chair

Nick got a new chair for his birthday. It took a couple of tries to figure out how to sit in it, but after he got past the initial breaking-in, he made himself at home

I'm Not Sure Why I Buy Toys

All these two need is a box.

Words, Part 2

In case you'd like to hear more cute baby words, here is Nick saying tickle, tickle and uh-oh. I think there might be a few hi's, mama and maybe a dada in there too