Toots

Tonight, Evelyn was running around saying, " Toots". Our friend Tom is an expert in iPhone fart apps. Evy and him had a great time playing with his phone. I don't know who laughed harder.

River Bandits

Tonight we are at the River Bandits game. Beautiful night for baseball.

Too Much Birthday Fun

Dwayne, Nathan, and a Camel

Des Moines Zoo

The kids got to ride a camel today at the zoo.

Iowa Cubs Game

Happy Birthday Lauren and Kristen

We are having a very. Nice time at Lauren and Kristen's birthday party. Great lunch and a lot of fun with kids.

Emma Plays First Base

90!

Happy 90th birthday Big Papa. We had a great pasta meal followed by a Cubs cake. 90 years old is a great accomplishment.

Emma's Dance Party

Check the bottom of this blog for a player featuring the songs of Emma's Dance Party.

Catcher

Tonight Emma is the catcher.

Learning to Ride a Bike

Emma's new thing is to learn how to ride her bike.  She is very comfortable riding the bike with her training wheels on.  This taught her to be confortable sitting and moving on a bike.  Now we have removed the training wheels and pedals.  Emma was buzzing around the block sitting on her bike and gliding on two wheels.  By removing the pedals and training wheels, I was hoping to get Emma to feel for balancing on two wheel and be comfortable with it.  She did a great job and can now glide pretty well on the bike.  She is asking for her pedals on to begin riding, but we're going to have her practice gliding more before that time.  Emma does not want her training wheels on at this point.  When she was gliding, she fell.  Although she cried because it scared her, she was getting up and back on her bike without me asking to.  I was very proud of her.