Why My Husband Plays Guitar

...and doesn't dance.

These are the days

These are the days made to enjoy. Those last few end of the summer days...even though we don't have school age kids, we know as soon as school starts the days will be shorter as fall passes by and winter approaches. So many exciting things going on, too. For one, Leif and I planted pumpkins this summer and of the whole packet of seeds, we got three plants. Of those three plants, we got a plethura of blooms and one pumpkin of promise. We're hoping he makes it to October so we can carve him up. If we get two I might even try to do a real homemade pumpkin pie. We'll see. Our other big event is the house, which we also hope will be ready in October. We walk down every night to see the progress. Tonight, we have forms and the concrete has been poured for the walls.

Another big event of the day - Leif rode his bike on our walk. He has been a bit reluctant to try to ride his bike, since on his other bike he could back pedal and this one has breaks. He only took one spill, and after repeating "I think I can, I think I can" (just like the train, as he pointed out) he got the hang of it and actually enjoyed his ride. I still think it's funny that I have ridden a bike since I was about his age, and I only would wear a helmet now so that he will. He, on the other hand, is requested to wear a helmet on his tricycle.

I am also posting a video that Karl took of Leif on our walk last night. His repsonses are kind of hard to hear, but Leif started by asking us why we fell in love, and then turned to him talking about not wanting to get married because "it's too hard" and he doesn't want to kiss anybody. We, or course, couldn't stop laughing and look forward to playing this at his wedding.

The Great Adventures of Leif and Mikko

What would summer be without running through the sprinkler? Leif and I enjoyed an afternoon outside while Mikko napped. I had the sprinkler out to water our garden and lawn, which were pretty thirsty after days and days of sunshine and heat. Leif stripped down to his TMNT (teenage mutant ninja turtle - for any moms of princesses out there) undies and went running. He had fun playing and I had fun taking pics. I didn't get to play photo-mom for too long since he wanted me to play trucks with him.

My little friend Mikko has also been having fun finding his thumb. I did my best to try to interest him in a pacifier, and bought every kind I could find at Target, but he is making his own decisions now (at 4 months), so who am I to interfere. Although I think it's kind of cute now, I know I will be begging other moms for advice in a year or two.

New House

So soon, so very very soon this hole before us will be our basement with a nice, shiney new house sitting on top. Back in May or June...who can remember with a new baby in the house, we decided that it would be a great time to build. I don't know if we really thought that we would go through with it, but one of us never stopped the other, so now we are right in the middle of a building adventure. Actually, we are doing a modular home, so we really can't complain. And, our contractor has become our new BFF as he has spent so much time (many, many, many) hours with us over the summer.

If all continues to go well, we should be in by the end of October. We are looking forward to the move since the new neighborhood has a ton of kids Leif and Mikko's ages, but also since we will have so much more room...and I will finally have my own bathroom.

Here are some pictures of our "hole." We have been our walking to check out the progress. Our new house will be about 6 blocks from the old one. Fun!

Happy Fourth Birthday. At the end of July Leif celebrated his FOURTH birthday. While he is enjoying playing with the many presents he received, I am still trying to get over the fact that I have a four year old son!!! I suppose, though, I will say that every year. He is a typical boy, though. He loves being outside, fishing, chasing frogs, bugs and candy. I love that he is developing his own personality and I am really enjoying spending my time answering the many questions he comes up with. I am also learning that if I really listen to him, he can sure teach me quite a bit.