My Summer So Far!

I know, I know, I've been terrible with blogging lately (what else is new?)  I've just been so busy enjoying summer that I haven't had much time.  Here are a few pictures and a little recap of what I've been up to lately.
I turned two on June 8th, and now I am officially a 'big kid' at Shelli's house.  I even started sleeping in a sleeping bag with the big kids instead of in my crib for naps.....I was SO excited about that!

Opening presents

Opening Presents

My new Micky table, I LOVE it!

A new bike!

Waiting patiently while daddy puts together my bike.

My cousin Alli came to visit me the other weekend.  Daddy, Grandma, Grandpa, Travis, Jenny and my two other cousins Hunter and Brady all went to the Twins game.  Alli and I got to hang out with Mommy for the night, and we all had so much fun!

Come on Ali!  

Ali wanted to do everything I did!

Bath time!

All clean and ready for bed

As I mentioned before, I LOVE being outside.  I have a tantrum almost every day when Mommy and Daddy try to bring me in.  Here I am helping Mommy plant some flowers.  I thought eating the dirt was a good idea, but turns out it wasn't :) 

I am also learning how to play catch with Daddy.  He tells me that I have to get rid of my Nukie before I can be a good player....whatever Daddy. 

That's all for now!  I will try to be a better blogger, but no promises.  I have to take in all of the sunshine while it lasts.  Lata!  

Happy Easter!

This past weekend was Easter, and I enjoyed a great weekend with my mommy and daddy.  Here is a flashback to last year's Easter, I've grown a lot in a year!

Aww, wasn't I cute?!

We made Easter hats at Shelli's on Friday during our party, and I didn't take it off all weekend.  Mommy had to tape it several times because I kept ripping it.

100% Goofball

I got to help Mommy prepare some of Easter dinner on Saturday, and I was so excited to be able to help.  I made a little bit of a mess, but Mommy didn't mind since I was having so much fun.

Adding the potatoes to the pot

Oops, dropped the spice container in the bowl!

Adding the milk

On Sunday, we got up early to head to Easter Sunday church.  Before we got ready though, we headed downstairs and to my surprise, the Easter Bunny came to visit me!  I got a basket full of candy, some clothes, pluto and donald dolls, and a 'popcorn popper' push toy.  I'm pretty sure that toy drives mommy nuts, but I don't care, I love pushing it around over and over.

My Easter basket

So excited that the Easter Bunny came! 

My favorite toy

Mommy and I ready for church

Digging into the candy after church

Daddy helping me open the eggs

Happy Easter everyone!

Vacation without me?

  

Grandpa set up my own coloring station,
and I loved it!
He even colored a few pictures with me.  

Hi Mommy!  

My suspicions were correct, mommy and daddy went on a trip, and didn't bring me along!  Mommy picked me up from daycare on Tuesday and we headed to Grandma's house.  I thought everything was okay, but them Mommy slipped out and I didn't see her again for a whole week!  It was okay though, I had a ton of fun with both of my Grandmas and Grandpas during the week.  I only got homesick the very last day of my stay.  Here are a few pictures from my week.

During my stay, I did a lot of things, including attending Grandma's tea party at her house with all the ladies (I was a very good boy), and helping Grandpa water his plants every day.  

On Friday night, I got to go over to my other Grandma and Grandpa's house for the weekend.  My cousin Hunter also came over and spent the night with me while I was there.  We had so much fun!  Grandma took me to the school to an Easter Egg hunt, and I had a great time.  Hunter and I had a 'sleepover' party on the floor of Grandma and Grandpa's room.  

Looking for Easter Eggs!

Checking out the live baby chicks!

After a fun-filled week at with my Grandmas and Grandpas, I was feeling a little homesick and wanted to go back to see my Mommy and Daddy.  I kept going to get my shoes and coat and saying 'bye bye' but nobody was understanding what I wanted.  On Wednesday, Grandpa Ploeger packed me up in his truck and we headed back to my house.  Uncle Jeff came along too, but I didn't really care for him in the car :)  I was so excited to see my parents!  I acted shy at first, but quickly warmed up and then didn't want them to even leave the room.  They showed me a few pictures from their trip.....this one is my favorite, except, this can't be right because it looks like they are having a great time and I wasn't even there!  How can that be?  

Thanks for a great week Grandmas and Grandpas!  I'm sure glad to be back home in my own crib again though.  I plan on keeping on eye on mommy and daddy so they don't try to sneak off again anytime soon.