Playtime

It's been busy platime here this summer.  We had a few days where it was too hot to get outside, so we pulled out every toy in the house (at least it seemed that way)! 

 Patrick is probably a few weeks away from walking, but here he's attempting a few steps with the walking toy.

Ryan finishes summer school this week.  Here he is posing wearing a visor he decorated at school.

 To be a Bears Fan or a Packers Fan, we'll let the kids make those decisions on their own.  However, it is not up for debate, they will be Cubs Fans!!!

Dare I say we might be able to retire the John Deere tractor?  Ryan has taken an interest in pushing Patrick in the stroller and for the most part he does a wonderful job - as long as we avoid hills!

Adjust your volume, you may go deaf but here's a 30 second video of me trying to get Patrick to imitate my sneeze. He does first in the beginning and once in the end.

Our next update with be via Patrick's Perspective - afterall, he'll be the big 0-1!!!!

Santa's Village and Ryan's Last Day

We had a fabulous weekend!  The weather allowed us to be outside quite a bit and boy were we ready - especially after the storms on Friday that kept us indoors.  Ryan attended a friend's 4th birthday party on Saturday, complete with petting zoo (that he really enjoyed).  Sunday we decided to cash in a Groupon I had bought for Santa's Village.  I'd never been there and was pleasantly surprised.  It was perfect for Ryan's age group.  Even Patrick was able to enjoy some of the rides.

And we started this week with Ryan's last day of school (until June 11th when summer school starts).  He's wearing the jacket on his first day and the green shirt on his last. 

Little Stoeber boys like . . .

Had some cute pictures to share.  Who am I kidding, I think all the pictures are cute. 


The slide

Patrick's first time down the slide at the park.  It may be a little while longer before he can go down on his own, but for now he doesn't mind a helping hand.


Reading

Ryan has always loved books and now baby brother is following in those footsteps.  I must admit, my heart sings a little bit each time I see either one of them engaged in a book.



The Play Table

Our friend, Joanne, got us this toy when Ryan was littler.  Patrick is now starting to pull up to a stand and is ready for it now.  Unfortunately the hard part is pulling Ryan away from it to allow Patrick playtime (it has lights and music)!


Making this face.

This isn't one of those "snap the camera and see what I got" shots.  Patrick makes this face often during mealtimes.  I'll take this face anyday over the other one he makes at mealtimes, the "raspberry blowing" aka the "I'm showering mommy with the food she just fed me" face.



Journal Time

Ryan's class would write in their journal each day at school.  He has taken to calling the Magna Doodle his journal.  While he usually draws lines or numbers on it, on this day he came to me and told me he drew Ryan.  So I had to take a picture of his first self portrait.  I'm glad to see he didn't give himself the "Lendman nose" but did draw a bit of a smile.