Piggy Bank

Here is a video that I hadn't posted yet.  It's a little over a month old.  Emily bought The Dude a piggy bank for him to put these coins in the slot.  He instantly took to it and mastered it very quickly.  This video was taken very soon after he 1st started playing with it.

Gettin' the Hang of this Walking Thing

The Many Faces of The Dude

Happy in the Stroller

 

 

Concentrating Hard on Thomas the Train at the Bookstore

 

 

At Brunch

 

 

Looking Through the Playground Tube

 

 

Owen having fun (even though he looks angry he isn't) on the Browns Chair

 

 

Loves the Water Table

 

 

Owen Sitting Quietly....probably watching Veggie Tales

 

 

I love how he knew instinctively where to put his cup. 

 

 

Ice Cream with Grandma Nance

Racine Zoo

The Dude and I went to a different zoo on one of our Daddy / Dude Days.  The Racine Zoo is a smaller zoo but I was pretty impressed with what they had.  They had a nice petting zoo and pretty exotic animals.  Here are some pics:

The Dude is checking out Meerkat Manor

 

 

Took some time to sit down and look at Lake Michigan

 

 

Rhino upset that we interrupted his drinking time

 

 

Very nice play park in the zoo

 

 

Sharpening his horns

 

 

Looking at a bear through a window

 

 

Owen loved the miniature pigs at the petting zoo

 

 

He liked the orangutan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1st Haircut

Owen got his 1st haircut a week or so ago.  (Just now getting the pics online.....sorry.)

Em found a cute hair salon that specializes in kid's haircuts.  They have little cars that the kids can sit in while they get their hair cut.  You can tell they are good at distracting the little ones enough to do a good job on the hair.  Check out some pics from that day below:

Making myself comfortable in this sweet ride

 

 

So many things to look at

 

 

Back of the head needed a cut badly

 

 

Talking to the stylist about exactly what kind of "do" he wants

 

 

Completing the finishing touches

 

 

A well groomed family is a happy family

 

 

Souvenir

 

 

 

 

 

Staying Busy

Here are several pics of The Dude doing various things this last month:

Reading his book in the library

 

 

Doing some furniture rearranging in the library

 

 

Loves sliding down his slide

 

 

Climbing up the ladder

 

 

So excited after he made it all the way up the stairs

 

 

Sometimes he falls into his toy chest (notice how his feet are not touching the floor).

 

 

Cuteness defined