Happy Father's Day and other odds and ends...

Happy Father's Day (a few days late) to Dan! Norah is so lucky to have Dan as her Daddy! It's really a lot of fun for me to watch the two of them together- playing in the yard, running around the house, going to the park- it's like Dan gets to be a kid again himself. Norah loves to follow her Daddy around and watch him do his work. She'll sit at the window for ten minutes at a time (which is a super long time for her to be in one place) if Dan is working out in the yard or go running to the garage door when he gets home from work at night. Very cute! I love both of them very much.

Father's Day last year and this year - Norah and Daddy on the hammock

As Norah is getting a little older, she is definitely starting to show her likes and dislikes. For example, getting her face wet at swimming lessons = dislike and being outside = like. She would spend all day outside if she could- playing in the sand box, looking at the flowers, playing in the water, etc., etc., etc. She knows that she needs to wear shoes when she's outside (since our grass is kind of spiky [read dead] in places), so she has started getting her shoes and bringing them to me when she wants to go outside. She is definitely a summer kid!

Playing with the hose and watering Grandma's flowers


Swimming lessons and running through the sprinkler

Hope everyone is having a great summer!

Toddler Adventures

Now that Norah is one, she's having all kinds of adventures! She got a new bike seat for her birthday, so she has enjoyed some nice rides with Dan and I. She doesn't particularly love the helmet (or really any other hat at the moment, either), but she seems to forget about it once she gets going. Now that Dan is done with his classes for the semester (another 4.0- congrats Dan!), and as soon as I get my bike tires fixed, we can start going on some family bike rides in the evenings.

So stylish in her pink helmet...Go faster!

Norah also got a sandbox for her birthday- some assembly (by Dan) required. Norah definitely appreciated her Daddy's efforts, and now she likes to dig and sift the sand from one pile to another. She only tried to eat the sand once- I think she got the idea pretty quickly that it wasn't something she wanted to have in her mouth!

Norah loves her new sandbox!

Last weekend, Dan and I took Norah to the zoo. While she wasn't all the impressed by the elephants or tigers, she did love watching the ducks and prairie dogs. I guess she can relate to the smaller animals better, and they definitely move around a lot more. She also enjoyed having a few bites of the ice cream cone that we bought!

Fun day at the zoo!

Finally, Norah had her first real swim in the pool last night. We had a pretty cool spring, so the pool is just now getting warm enough for a swim. I think she'll like the water even more when it's hotter outside, but she had fun kicking and splashing around in her ring. Those are our updates for now. Hope everyone is having a great start to the summer!

Floating around