Where the Wild Things Are

I took the kids to the zoo on Saturday for "Zoofari" (special activities for the kids and a free ride on the carousel). My friend Shannon and her kids came with us. We hadn't seen them in awhile, so it was even more fun. It was a pretty hot day, but we still managed to have a blast. Even got to see the sea lion show with the trainers.

You can see here, Phin is being his usual cooperative self.

The new baby sea lion.

On the carousel.

Priming

When we got home from the pool, we put Silas down for a (short- lived) nap, and we headed upstairs to begin "painting" Phin's room. Phin's been dying to help with this. How much help he was is debatable.

Don't ask me how he ended up with t and p, but those are just the random letters he chose. We work hard on p's because it starts his name.

Pooling

Went to the pool today as a family and had a BLAST! Hottest day of the summer in P-burgh, so no better place we could think of to be.

(Not actually) Video of Silas's First(ish) steps

So when Silas started walking a few days ago, I didn't have my video camera handy. It's a decent argument for buying a new digital camera (that shoots HD video as well).

Mmmmm... chocolate!

Nothing like chocolate chip banana bread and chocolate teddy grahams to give a kid a messy face!

One fish named Moh

Our good friends, Ryan and Kara, moved to Colorado last week (sad for us), but in the process, Phin inherited their fish, Moh. So far, so good. Thanks, Woodworth's!

Walking

So here are some pictures of Silas's first steps! He hasn't done it consistently since, but still very exciting. Plus, he's stinkin' cute.