Playing chase

The wooden cars my dad made are perfect for driving around and around the first floor of our house.  One of the little cars is a perfect fit for Liam's hand.  He would put it down and roll it back and forth, but then he saw what Karsten was doing.


After watching Karsten a bit, he was getting the hang of rolling the car and crawling at the same time.  He was pretty proud of himself.


My three boys playing cars.




Karsten didn't mind sharing the little car with Liam; however, I think when Liam decides he wants to drive one of the cars that Karsten usually drives, we might have issues.

Wordless Wednesday - Hugs

Happy Labor Day

We had a wonderful weekend - hope you enjoyed yours!

Play ball

For the past week or so, Karsten has wanted to go outside after dinner to play soccer.  It's been so miserably hot that we didn't go outside, so when we had good weather over the weekend, he was so excited to go outside and play with his soccer ball.


No smile, but at least he looked at me!


Later in the afternoon, Karsten showed Liam how to roll a soccer ball to Scott.  Karsten was holding Liam's hand because he didn't want him to try to go down the stairs that were right behind him.  It was so sweet.

Learning

I was looking back at older blog posts and realized I used to be better about sharing milestones and other things that Karsten (and now Liam) were doing.  I'll try to work more of those into posts.

Karsten continues to surprise us with the things he knows and says.  He learns so much during preschool at Gail's - he knows his address, is learning his phone number, knows most of his letters by sight, can tell us what letter some words start with when you say them, can count objects, can identify his left and right (most of the time), can put his shoes on the correct feet, drinks out of a cup without a lid at meals, can hold up three fingers to tell you how old he is, he feeds Madison her dinner, and can put his underwear and pants on himself (albeit painfully slow).

We're so proud of him!

Fun with cousins

Scott's mom was visiting Kelli and family to see their new home, so we went over to visit for the day.  Karsten was so excited to see everyone...especially Trent and Taylor.  The boys all had fun playing together - Trent even helped had Liam help him tickle Karsten.

We went to the marina to get ice to make homemade ice cream and to see the fish.  I told Karsten if he didn't want to hold my hand in the parking lot, he had to hold Papa's hand.  Then Taylor said 'I'll hold his hand too' and off they all went.


The number of fish hanging around was crazy - and when we started dropping food, they swarmed.  I had never seen that many fish jumping around.  They were climbing (or flipping) on top of each other to get to the food.


Look at all of those open mouths!


See all of the fish in the water?


Headed out to see more of the lake.


'The Boys'


Liam got lots of practice pulling up and standing next to Kelli's coffee table.


Liam had another first today - he climbed on top of that first stair.  When we put him back down on the ground, he looked at us like 'what the heck, I was going up the stairs'.  


Did I mention that Karsten had fun playing with Trent and Taylor?  :)  He had some cool moves and sound effects with this sword.


This was their 'tough' pose.


Karsten also learned to do a summersault.


Kelli's house is set up perfectly for a game of hide and seek or chase.




Liam would giggle each time he spotted Linda.


It was a great day - although we had two very tired boys on the way home, neither slept. We had a sing along with a kids music cd - good thing there's not a recording of that!

Pulling up

This week Liam started pulling up to stand!  He had been close for a while, putting his hands on top of the coffee table but not knowing how to get his feet under him.  Once he did it a few times, he started pulling up on everything and seeing the world from a whole new angle.  Watch out - cruising can't be far behind this!

Karsten isn't so sure about what to make of this new development.  He was used to having Liam stay on the floor, which meant that Karsten's toys were safe from Liam if they were off the floor. When Liam could suddenly reach everything that Karsten could, it surprised him.  I think we're going to have lots of discussions about sharing in the coming weeks.