A day with baba and grandpa

Baba & Grandpa rolled into town last night and offered to spend the day with Sam .... and mom was more than happy to have a day away - win, win! :) Sam had SUCH a fun time playing with them - he didn't even care when mom came home.

In the morning they watched the big trucks tear up the road in front of our place, then they went to a music/story time at our local bookstore, a trip to Safeway, home for lunch, and crashed for a nap! In the afternoon we went to the wading pool in Eau Claire and took baba and grandpa for a tour of Sam's daycare. As we started getting close to the daycare, Sam started yelling "NO NO NO" in the car. We kept explaining that he wasn't staying - then when we got there, he immediately wanted to play in his room. After the wading pool, we came home and played outside - Sam started getting whiney so we brought him in for supper and he kept saying "BAF" "BAF". It was only 6pm, but he was clearly tuckered out and ready for bath and bed....so he got a long bath and lots of playtime and was sleeping before 7. (and if anyone cares - mom had an AMAZING day spoiling herself....haircut, shopping with my mom (which was TOO successful - new makeup, new dress, new bedding) and lunch on the patio.)

watching the trucks with baba

TUCK!

Grandpa tries to go to the washroom .... Sam keeps yelling at him and waits right by the door till he gets out

In the afternoon we went to the wading pool

Cookies! baba is Sam's favorite now :)

playing outside after dinner - pinning grandpa down!

July 14

Sam was back at daycare today and I am really busy at work so don't have time to check the webcam very often but when I had a chance today, I saw that Sam was sitting in the highchair and his bear was on the floor ... then his teacher goes and picks it up and puts it away ..... then Sam's mouth is wide open: I don't need volume to know that he was not very happy! :) But he had a fun day with his trucks and animals and saw geese swimming in the pond.

YEE-HAW! Happy Stampede. checking out mom's cowboy hat, in the morning

let's go for a walk mom, I'm putting my seatbelt on

When we came home, they were demolishing a house behind our place so we went to watch the tractor ... Sam was fascinated - for a couple minutes, then he wanted to run!

Playing in the yard with our neighbor, Ella

July 13: a day at grandma & grandpa's

Grandma & Grandpa were off work this week so Sam got to go spend the day there today instead of daycare. he was so pumped!! he kept yelling GA-PA GA-PA in the car. Poor ama-ama - she is OUT. I wonder how much he recognizes though because I was quite surprised that as we passed the turnoff for downtown and kept going north, he immediately started chatting and laughing in the car...I had already told him that he was going to see grandma & grandpa and it was like he recognized we were not going to daycare - SOOO smart! :)

always has fun outside at G&G's house

playing outside with grandpa after their Tim Horton's run

12:24 I get an email: "won't nap so we're going for a walk"

12:31 I get an email: "fooled us!" :)

Dad is in Whistler

so the rest of you will have to put up with lots of posts that don't have much updates in them while we share pictures with dad in the cheapest way possible! :)

today’s daycare report said “He had fun playing with his animal and everyone else’s animal. He had fun at music time. He also had fun doing art. He had fun outside, saw ducks and geese” (sidebar - they are having jungle theme at daycare this week and they all had to bring an animal in)

eating supper ... and watching cars!

practicing his swimming

need a drink after all that swimming!

all bundled up and ready for bed

Camping

we took Sam on his 2nd camping trip....he loved the outdoors and was a great camper (as long as being a great camper does not mean you need to sleep!)

pics posted on facebook (you have to copy & paste the link below)

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150321612890883.399203.698385882&l=05a7e2099c

wow, look at all the stuff in here...

Dad teaching Sam that the fire is HOT ... (and it worked! Sam would point and say "hot" but not go close)

look how tall the trees are

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Sam the goofball just randomly practicing his vocal cords ... lucky mom! :)

Happy Canada Day!