The boys

Here are the boys at dinner this evening. We went to Blue Koi, a noodles and dumpling place in Leawood.

6 years ago...

Lest we forget... six years ago today, we met our adorable little snuggly girl, Kasey Moe. We went to a Petsmart in Independence, Missouri where we thought we would be looking at two little beagle puppies and we left having adopted the best dog in the history of doggies. It would be three more days before we actually got to take her home. Adopting Kasey was a fantastic decision. We love you Snuggles! (These pictures are from the first week we had Kasey at our old apartment).

Marbleworks

Special thanks to Olivia for sharing this awesome toy with Christopher! Marbleworks is really cool as Christopher announced when he said, "Wow, this is coooooooool!" She also shared another game with us so we were switching between the two the whole afternoon. Very fun stuff!

The new ABC song

So one night, when Grandma and Grandpa were visiting, Christopher decided to serenade us with some music at dinner time. He has been having fun coming up with his own words for things, usually at inappropriate times (such as during grace, as in "God is great, God is choo-choo"). Well, he didn't want to leave out the "ABC song" in this endeavor so please, if you will, sing the following words to yourself with the tune to the "ABC song" in your head or out loud or whatever...

"A, B, C, D, E, F, U,
"H, I, J, K, L, M, N, choo choo..."

Of course we were hysterically laughing after the first line and Chris joined in the laughter after the second line so the song didn't get much further than that. We can only imagine what else is coming our way in future made up songs!

Tree hugger

Here is Christopher looking for the best tree to climb at the park yesterday with Grandma and Grandpa...

We love Franklin Park!

Here is Christopher having some fun in his "spaceship" this morning with Daddy at Franklin Park...

The KC Zoo

We have traveled far and wide, from Oklahoma City to Omaha to San Diego, to see different zoos and now we finally made it to our own local one, the Kansas City Zoo. Grandma Jan and Grandpa Eric arrived from New York yesterday and joined us (and Grammy!) to explore the zoo and check out the animals. The weather could not have been more perfect and in addition, it was Girl Scout day so Chris had lots of ladies to flirt with. In actuality, however, Chris preferred to run from animal to animal to see how fast he could make it through the zoo. And when he wasn't running, he was directing which grandparent was to push the stroller next!

At the end of our visit, we asked Chris which animal he liked the best and he declared that it was the tiger! The tiger gave us a nice close up and Buds was roaring at him...

Christopher rode the carousel with Daddy and Grammy next.

And here he is with Grandma and Grandpa while we were waiting for the tram...

Then later, on the tram ride...

We had a wonderful trip to the zoo and now Chris is zonked out and trying to recover!