Friends

This was a week full of friends. On Wednesday Tracie hosted 6 kids from Brooke's playgroup. Playgroup is a lot of fun when you are the one dropping your kid off. When you are hosting, it's a little different. Especially when the high for the day is 60 and they can't play outside.

Tracie and the kids did survive, and one thing is for sure. We'll never have 6 kids!

On Thursday, Tracie met Robyn at the zoo. They had a lot of fun on the carousel.

And on the train.

Not so much sharing the front half of the double stroller.

It was a lot of fun, and Brooke always enjoys have companions her own size.

Even Connor was having a lot of fun, can't you tell?

Thursday night, we had our friend Kristin over for dinner. Brooke was getting antsy, so I told her to go look out the front windows to wait for her. This is what it turned into.

Labor Day

To kick of the Labor Day festivities, Troy and I went out on a date to see the 25th Anniversary production of Les Miserables.  We had both seen it before and it was fun to compare the differences.  Regardless of the minor changes, we loved the show.

Over the weekend, we decided to check ou the Denver Parade of Homes.  Specifically to see what $1M+ homes look like.  They were a bit much for more (which I'm sure is music to Troy's ears) but I did like the idea of a vauilted kitchen.

Labor day was spent laboring around the backyard.  We headed over to Home Depot early in the morning and bought some flowers to add some color.  It's my first attempt with annuals I like how they look so maybe it will become an annual thing for me to do.  :)   

  In the afternoon, we had friends over for a not so typical BBQ.  We decided to do Dutch oven dinners complete with chicken and potatoes and to finish it off homemade vanilla ice cream to go with peach cobbler.  It was delicious.


Brooke loved running around with her friends.



And we can't forget Connor who was perfectly content hanging out in the jumper.



Besides the the weekend, we have been up to pretty much the same old thing.  Brooke has taken to be quite the artist.  Hopefully her drawing of the family is not to scale although I'm sure she thinks she's the boss of the house. 

We've started teaching Brooke to ride on a big bike.  At first she was a little apprehensive but she's shown us that she's a pretty quick learner.

 We pulled out the real jumper and I think Connor approves of that decision.

Tummy time is, well, tummy time.  He doesn't love it and he doesn't hate it so I guess that's a good thing.

 This afternoon Brooke was being silly.

 

 If you look closely you'll see something underneath her.

 Lastly, here's a cute pic of Connor in the tub.  He is a lover of the water and loves to kick and splash as much has his sister did at that age.

Connor at 3 1/2 months



Brooke at 5 months.

Just thought you'd like the comparison in size.