Grandma and Grandpa's fun house!

Grandma and grandpa have created a baby-fun-house... complete with pool and pool toys! But wait... there's more!

Wagon rides are great fun!

Ride the bumper-cars!

Play dress up (Kieran is helping Presley with her tiara!)

And last but not least... there's the newest attraction... the ball-tent!

Happy birthday daddy!

Kieran and family celebrated Rick's 32nd birthday this past weekend. We kicked off the celebrations at Chucky E Cheese Friday evening. Kieran wasn't quite sure what to think about the giant, animatronic mouse but he did love the pizza, Barney train and all the shiny, huge TV's!

Kieran enjoyed some daddy time- sitting in the big boy chair and playing with the pillows.

Although the mouse pizza was good, Rick was much more impressed with the delicious meal grandma Sandy made to celebrate his birthday. Kieran loved tormenting Sandy's dogs and eating in her vintage high chair!

Kieran spent Saturday afternoon with Mommy, grandma and auntie Shannon at Runge while daddy helped Joe move into his new house.

Although Kieran won't wear his sunglasses long- he sure does look super cool while they're on!

Last days of May and the beginning of summer vacation!

Kieran is all about his Rhyme Time scoot and go truck these days. I think he has realized that there are other ways to get around besides crawling but he's just not quite ready to walk unassisted yet- enter the super cool plastic wheels! He drives it all over the house- much to the pet's dismay as this makes him even bigger, faster and more of a nuisance! KP's main mode of locomotion is still crawling, but he cruises like a mad man all around what ever he can grab on to, loves to walk holding onto fingers and crab crawls... so I really do think he will be walking soon- hopefully before summer's end! He stands all by himself, very well, for extended periods of time and even will occasionally take a tentative step but then changes his mind and plops down to the old familar crawl instead. I think he's a little unsteady still and not too keen on falling- smart boy ;)

Balls and bubbles... two of Kieran's favorite things these days! We are thinking of investing in small,  soft plastic balls and making our own ball pit- I am thinking this would be a huge hit with the little man. Bubbles make bath time a lot more fun these days- Kieran loves to grab, pop, catch and eat bubbles- the only thing he doesn't like is when they get in his eyes- OUCH!

 A favorite pass time is looking out the window and waving hello to passing people and cars... if only they would wave back!

Kieran is still really into music- listening, making and dancing to. Here the mini-maestro is composing a new piece on a little piano at grandma/grandpa's house.

What's new with Kieran these days??? Well, for starters, he suddenly "gets" books. He doesn't just see them as a plaything or chew toy anymore and even has favorites that he likes for mommy and daddy to read over and over. He loves Good Night Moon (mostly at bed time) and he also really likes this cool bird book we have that gives hints as to what sort of bird is hiding and then you pull a tab and the bird is revealed. The book also has the bird's actual calls- which Kieran loves to dance to. I am loving finally really being able to read to our little one- can't wait for many, many trips to the library this summer!

We officially began our summer vacation Wednesday this week and Kieran had his last day with Sheila on Tuesday. So far we have really been living it up- enjoying all our extra time as a family. On Wednesday we went to Runge and then had Indian for lunch. Yesterday we went to Little Swimmers time at the Arc in Columbia. This was Kieran's second trip to a pool- the last time was at Memorial pool when he was only  a few months old. He wasn't quite sure what to think and was very reserved and clingy. But, after lots of hugging on mommy and sitting on my lap in the shallow area, he started to warm up to the idea and even splashed a little bit! While we were at the pool, we met two other little boys about Kieran's age and their families who invited us to lunch with them at the Mall. We all ate together and then had lots of fun riding the carousel. Kieran was even brave enough to get off the bench and rode a camel this time! Then we went for a drive-nap and ended up at my parent's house. Kieran had lots of fun playing with toys on the sun porch and riding around in his little car outside.



So far today, we have taken a walk downtown and visited the library. KP is napping now and I am finally catching up on this blog! I hope to post more regularly again this summer as I hope to keep us all busy with lots of family-fun activities.

A few early May photos...

The first pic is from the Nifong park in Columbia last weekend. Kieran wasn't too sure about the swing- but it was made bearable with Scout along for the ride ;)
The other two are just photos from breakfast one morning before work... Just thought KP looked too cute in his new "mane man" romper!

Happy mother's day!

This mother's day weekend mommy got a lovely surprise when she opened the diaper bag Saturday morning... a card from Kieran! Sheila made a card with a photo of KP and decorated with his scribbles on the backside. What a lovely thing to find in the diaper bag- much nicer than the usual dirty bottles and poopy diapers!

Kieran spent mother's day 2010 with mommy and daddy at nana and papa's house along with auntie Shannon and cousin Presley. We all enjoyed a yummy grilled meal of steak and trout along with sweet potato salad, butter rolls, baked asparagas, sweet-pea salad and fresh fruit. For dessert there was chocolate pie and homemade coconut cake- mmmmm! We all stuffed ourselves silly!

Kieran enjoyed his first taste of corn on the cob... he loves corn and is even more excited about it when it's still attached to the cob!

Presley and Kieran had great fun playing with all the nana/papa toys... it's virtually a baby-wonderland at this point thanks to nana's hardcore and regular garage-saling! Neither Presley nor Kieran is too great at the whole sharing thing at this point- there is a lot of "he/she has it??" "Well then, I WANT it!" It's cute to see them together anyway though ;)

Later in the afternoon, we all enjoyed a little outside time by the iris's before it was inside for dinner, playtime, bath and bed.