The Playground

Marie and Sam love playing at the park. A while ago Marie discovered the joys of going down the slide. It didn't take her long to find out she could do it on her own. So here she is going down...

My little man

In digging through some of our old stuff, Arnold found his old glasses. Sam thought it was funny to wear them and so we got this picture. He didn't want to hold still for the taking of the picture though which is why Arnold is pinning him down. I love his little grin and how much he looks like his Dad.
Here he is working away at the computer. Yup, my little computer man. He loves it, although I'm not sure why other than he gets to be like Daddy.
And finally, climbing. I can't have a post about just Sam with out a picture of him climbing. Well, almost. He does it so much and finds so many ways to fill his climbing need that it's pretty easy to include yet another climbing picture. The funny thing about this one is that he slipped and got stuck. :)

Soprano? not Alto for sure...

Well, I guess that's more of a yet. For now, I'm pretty sure there are some things that end up out of the range of hearing. Or atleast I wish they ended up out of the range of hearing.

Father Son time

Arnold has been home since July on what's called Parenting Time here in Germany.  You can take up to 3 years of Parenting Time after a baby is born here.  Pretty crazy!  Anyway, We have been using the free time to do many different things (ex. Arnold has been studying for the Texas bar in Feb :P  That's when the parenting time ends :( Bummer. )  However, I have loved this time with Arnold home since it means that a very bored at work Arnold has been here to have moments like these daily.

Our floor is constantly covered in Choo-choo tracks since Sam has an obsession with trains, particularly Thomas the Tank Engine which can be seen on the track above.  (Oh, Thanks Jen for the book that started it all.  We always know what to get him when we are looking for gifts.) 

I don't know if you can see it but they are listening to music together.  I love how Sam is perched on the chair and they are already bonding over computers.  I think they were there for a good 15 minutes or more which is pretty good for Sam who NEVER holds still.

Playing in the cupboards

Sam loves to play in the cupboards. His favorite thing is to climb in, shut the door and then hide in them. One second he's there and another he's gone. When looking for him I usually hear little giggles from the cupboard. Here he is teaching Marie the joys of hiding in the cupboards.

Excuses...

I know it probably doesn't matter to most of you but I've been trying to do posts ever other day ish. So here's my excuse for the lack of posts lately...

I usually do a post in the evening when the kids are in bed because it's the easiest way to do it. No interruptions that way so it goes a lot faster! Anyway, the last few weeks I've been working on this instead.

Arnold met his boss' wife the other day and instantly found out that they were having a baby in 3 weeks so I started this and almost finished it in time. Just a few days late. Not bad for doing it mostly in the evenings and still doing a LOT of other things at the same time. So hopefully the posts will be a bit more regular again. :) Enjoy!

She's walking

Yup! And I've got a video of it too for your enjoyment. Sunday she decided that it was time to start walking. I'm not sure what happened to make up her mind but she got going and on Monday she was doing pretty good with 3ish feet. Tuesday it was even more and now, well, see for yourself...

Oh, sorry about the noise in the background. That's Sam. He found my first pair of tap shoes and loves them. I'm not sure if he thinks they are fun or if he just likes how noisy they are, but either way it's cute.