Wheat grass

Marek was busy this past month with planting his first pot of wheat grass. He was excited to watch it grow everyday until it became a huge pot of tall grass to be proud of.

He is getting so big and curious. He wants to know how everything works.

I just applied for our new apartment. We'll see if we get it and how he transitions to our own place. He loves it here with Grandma in his big house and yard, so hopefully a small apartment won't be too much of a shocker!









Here is a photo of the end result - tall wheat grass to sit and admire! He still likes to watch it everyday. He feels very proud!


Hope all of our friends and family are doing well.
We miss you all!

We Heart Bikes

Marek loves hanging out in the garage and working on my bike. (He calls it fixing my bike.) This basically means he spins the pedals and watches the gears turn.










He's also a big fan of turning on my lights on my bike. This is serious stuff. He's starting to learn how to pedal on his own bike, but of course mommy's bike is more fascinating.










"Come on guys! Let's go hang out in the garage!" Stop by our house and you'll hear this often.

Can't wait until that day when we start pedaling together!!

Hiking in MacDonald Forest

Friday morning I took Marek hiking in MacDonald Forest. Here he's running toward me at the Oak Creek entrance. He loved crawling under the gate and reading the signs. It was great weather here that day. We didn't hike too far - his little legs still only want to walk (or run) so far before he demands being carried. But it was a nice hike anyway!







He found a dried leaf along the way and fell in love with it. He carried it the rest of the way during our hike. We had to bring it home with us.












Stopping to read a trail closure sign next to the creek. He really wanted to go see the water up close and get off the trails at times. But poison oak would not be a fun side effect of that for him!

Whenever we see a sign, he always demands that we stop and read it. He is learning the scientific names of flowers and plants this way. Not sure he remembers it or has any idea what I'm saying when I read these names, but when he becomes a scientist, I'll take credit for adding to his vocabulary.





Here's our friend, snail. It was pretty big and moving as fast it could. Marek was fascinated and wanted to watch it go across the gravel in front of us. He kept cheering it on, "Have a nice trip snail! See you later!"









Marek posing with the snail and his leaf - the two treasures of the morning.

Sandbox Fun

Marek's showing off his new sandbox that Grandma and I built for him with his friends Isaac, Madeline and Caitlyn.

He loves the sandbox. I wish we'd built it much earlier in the summer!








Marek enjoying the sand and sun in our backyard!

Finished painting the seats...just need to hammer them down.