Alex's Words

Alex still doesn't have a lot of words but he does have some! I just love to sit back and watch him play and talk to himself!!

Here are a few of his words and what some of them actually mean:

"The Doggie"= dog, horse, cat, goat, and just about any other animal
"The Keys"= a set of keys and both Grandma Hall and Grandma Nichols
"The Gulk"= milk
"Ok"
"Stop it!!!"
"Cool"
"DON'T DON'T DON'T DON'T" (this is said very fast and with a scowl look on his face)
"Whoa Whoa"= Hello (usually with a phone or fake phone up to his ear)
Bye!
"That's Grace"= any picture of Grace or picture of someone else until you correct him with there correct name
"The BP"= his pee pee
"The Bus"= school bus
"The Juice"
"Shoes Off"
"The Bobby"=I have no clue what this means.....he just randomly started saying this a few days ago.

Playground Time

Tonight started out as going for a nice walk around the neighborhood before bedtime...then we remembered that the church across the street put in a playground this summer and we hadn't gone over to check it out yet. So off to the playground we went!! Notice no shoes on the kids, but when we left the house we only planned on keeping them in the strollers...oh well no shoes didn't slow them down!!



Gracie LOVES the monkey bars!!

Lucy chilling out at the playground while the kids play!

She is so strong, she can hold herself up all by herself...amazing upper body strength she has! Daddy was pretty much just there to help incase she let go!

My little man doesn't need any help getting up to the slide anymore...bittersweet moment!

Grace feeling the gravel with her feet and hands, she didn't know what to think...

Grace hanging out on the slide steps.

Ready...Set...Go!!!

Alex making his way up the slide steps.
They were not happy when it was time to go home, gets baths and go to bed...

Chicago

Alex has his backpack all packed and is ready to hit the road to Chicago!

Gracie fast asleep on the night time boat tour of Chicago.

Gracie wide awake on the night time boat tour of Chicago after loosing her shoe in the Chicago river....the look on her face say's it all!

We loved Navy Pier! So much to do there that we didn't even get a chance to do 1/2 of it!

The Ferris Wheel at Navy Pier. Did you know that Chicago is known for the 1st ferris wheel, cheez whiz, and brownies? Well, now you do!! :)

Grace hanging out on Navy Pier people watching!

Awww aren't they cute!

Watching Alex's new stuffed doggie "BP" being born at Build a Bear!

This is one happy kid with his new puppy!

Outside the aquarium!

Watching the Sting Ray's.

At the aquarium gift shop! Silly Boy!

Grandma and Grace waiting for the show at the aquarium to start!

Alex riding the Double Decker Bus around Chicago!

Hanging out at the Target sponsored kids tent in Millenium Park!

Scene's being filmed for Transformers 3 in Chicago (About 1 block from our hotel)

Alex's 2nd Birthday!

All the kids got there own cupcake!

The cake Grandma Hall made!!