Twirley

John has a new habit



ahem


OBSESSION.

Hair twirling.
Its constant.
If you pull one hand away the other is immediately on top of his head to keep twirling.
Sometimes he says 'tirl mama's hair'.
Its adorable, really.
So adorable that I had to cut a knot off the top of his head the other day.
I mean, its adorable.
Right?

A visit...

TQ and PopPop got 'permission' a few weekends ago to bring Owen up to the 'real house' with them. So Friday night they drove to Rockford and stayed over night with Jed, Mandy, Owen and Julian. Saturday morning they got up early and made it here at (well, right in the middle of) nap time.
John and Owen had a fabulous weekend together, and truth be told, when Owen was told on Sunday evening that he'd have to go home the next morning he said (and I quote) "No! But I don't wanna go back there! I want to stay at the real house!!!" There were some people (ahem, his parents?) who thought he'd have a hard time being away from home for 2 nights. I get that totally, John has never spent a night away from me and he's past 2, I'm not sure if I would do as well as Mandy and Jed did!!!But Owen was the star, not only did he sleep well and night but he took gasp a NAP!!

We went to Pond Hill Farm and the boys got to play in the tractor!




They painted pumpkins


They played at the beach...



With these two special people watching nearby!


They read books with PopPop


And, they watched "Bee Movie"- which has become the house favorite since then, with both John and Owen imitating parts of the movie!


It was a busy, but amazingly fun weekend with 'Bubby Owen' !!

~Peace

Imp

imp.

-noun
1. a little devil or demon; an evil spirit.
2. a mischievous child.

I don't think John is devil spawned, but mischievous child fits him perfectly :)

Tractor Fun!

A few weeks ago we took John to the Second Annual Mackinac Bridge Tractor Crossing... What a fun day!






Yes, this is a PINK tractor- called the 'pinky' made by John Deere (I think)

A Fathers Love

Some wood and a few tools...












A boy and his Dad.

Let's try this again...

So the morning after we got back online we left for a week 'downstate'... more on that to come. But first let me catch you up on a bunch of pictures (especially since the one I left you with was so bad- John looks high!) Here is a more accurate representation of our weeks away...

We're Back!

After 3 weeks without Internet up here in the woods, we are back! Its been a surprisingly blissful few weeks. John has loved not having the computer to compete with in the evenings (a good wake up call for us, we didn't even realize he was competing!) We were so lucky that the 3 weeks happened to coincide with 'summer' here in Northern Michigan, it got here late but finally got here! The past weeks have been wonderful. Filled with days sailing and spent at the park. These weeks have been important for us as a family as well. Learning (remembering) to stop to smell the flowers. Watching a bald eagle cross the sky at our beach. Realizing just how much pure JOY John has brought to us.