Summer Fun, part 1

The day after Liam's birthday party, he was showing off that he'd figured out how to blow out the paper blowout thingy

Two boys in a basket

Here are a pair of pics of Dean and Robin.  Robin is now much, much bigger

Silly squirrel

Liam, drawing a BIG picture

Is it just me, or is four years old too young to be growing facial hair?

Hiding in the narrow alcove by the library

Somebody didn't want to get up in the morning.  (There are some days that I think I see glimpses of what he'll be like as a teenager)

Robin started t-ball this summer.  His best friend C has been playing for a while, and Robin wanted to join his team.  Dean gave a few pointers before the first practice

Trying to cram his toes into his brother's shoes.  He looks like Llama Llama.  (That may even be who he was pretending to be)

Take a picture of me too!!!

A trip to the zoo with a friend

A baby zebra, born the previous evening!

Seeing how tall they all are

Trying on polar bear paws

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Raar!

Sea lions

Exploring the new play area

(And getting our shorts wet)

Touching a tortoise

Happy Father's Day, Dean!  Here come the boys with their gifts

Presenting the hats

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Trying them out

And one with the boys modeling them

Liam got a special treat on Father's Day:  his final birthday gift, a balance bike of his very own, arrived!

When he began, he went very, v-e-r-y slow.  Baby step slow.  But he loved it, and managed to keep it under him.

Posing with Ama and Poppa, who gave him the bike

And here you can see how Poppa made his bike "fly" after he got tired

A pair of boys on a pair of balance bikes (this was about a month before Robin got his new pedal bike.)

You can see Liam's baby steps in this video.  You can also hear (if you turn your speakers way up) Liam saying "brother."  We love the way he pronounces it:  bruh-brrrr.  He probably won't keep saying it this way for much longer, as he occasionally actually says "Robin" now.