Birthday Party Fun

Tommy attended his buddy CJ's birthday party over the weekend. Can you tell he's a fan of chocolate cake? He had fun telling CJ "Happy Birthday" two dozen times over the course of a couple of hours. He sure loves a party!

Trashy Tommy Washing the Car

"Hey Daddy, you missed a spot!" Tommy channels his inner trailer park, roaming around in just a diaper while supervising Daddy's weekly car wash extravaganza.

Happy Hiker

Yesterday we packed up the car, the kid and the dog and drove up to Mt. Charleston to escape the heat. The temperature was a mild 90 instead of 108, and though it's cooler at the higher elevation (trailheads at 7,000 feet) there isn’t much to do besides drive up there and turn around. Regardless, Tommy had fun walking a few short trails and throughout the evening he spoke about the “good hiking” for which we had praised him. He must think he's ready to replace his doggy backpack with a Camelbak or something! Kaya had a good time stretching her paws in the wilderness and the brief car ride was a tiny taste of what lies ahead of us on our upcoming road trip. A toddler, a dog and a woman who is nearly 6 months pregnant...James is going to go nuts!

Fourth of July Fun

Tommy had a great 4th of July. We had a few friends over for a barbecue and he chowed on a grilled hot dog and homemade cornbread. Since it was 115 degrees that day, we stayed inside until the sun dropped and then he went for a dip in the pool with Daddy, wearing his adorable American flag swim trunks.He also enjoyed watching Daddy light fireworks in the street in front of our home. He kept saying "Daddy blow out fireworks" while he watched the show, puffing his cheeks as though trying to extinguish birthday candles. Here he sits like such a big boy on our driveway before the fun began.