Oh what busy days!

Grandpa Eric arrived yesterday and Christopher has been keeping him very busy! Fortunately, the weather has been nice so we've been able to make a couple trips to our local parks (more on that later). Yesterday morning, Daddy and Mommy took CJ to Little Monkey Bizness for some serious playin'. Chris had fun but he is going through a phase where he doesn't like it when any other kid comes near him on the equipment. It finally got so bad while we were there, that we had to leave after his third tantrum of the morning. I heard this will pass and I hope that is true! This morning, Chris took Grandpa (also known as "Pa") to Cabela's to see the big fish. Here they are looking at the catfish:
After wandering through the store to see the other animal displays, we discovered the boat and ATV section. Chris is a true Kansas boy and found himself a nice (blue, of course) vehicle that he can take on his hunting trips. He is still negotiating on the price though so we didn't actually come home with one today. But little man does look mighty fine driving it, don't you think?

Next we traveled to Fritz's for an early lunch. We were the first ones there! After our experience waiting last weekend, we wanted to make sure we got there before the crowd. At first, we were worried that there wouldn't be enough trains to keep Christopher interested but the place filled up quickly and he enjoyed a nice hour long lunch. All this activity made at least three of us very sleepy (not Daddy though!) and Chris ended up napping for 3 1/2 hours. When he woke up, Grandpa gave him a nice snack to fuel up for some serious playing at the park.

We visited the park next to the train tracks which was great because we saw two freight trains while we were there. Grandpa counted the cars and said that one had 135 cars while the other had 128! Chris was very happy to climb up the stairs (he just walks right up now holding the handle) and go down the slide... until the other kids got there of course! Sigh... Chris decided that he wanted to race us on the trail so we went for quite a walk/run. One day I think I am just going to let him run and see how far he will go on the trail. My guess is at least four miles at a 7:30 pace. Anyway, we had a lovely time playing outside (finally!!!) and came home for some dinner, more playing, and bedtime. Oh and P.S.-- Christopher is saying like 5 new words a day if not more. I can't believe the things he is coming up with! I guess we really need to watch what we say now, don't we?