Who Is This Guy?

We have no idea.  

We saw his picture on the wall in a shop while in Atlanta.  The title was Copper Miners. Kevin swears he is a distant relative and went around the shop asking everyone if they saw the resemblance.  

Aquarium

Josh has a new fascination with sharks so we decided to have a family day at the Aquarium this Saturday.  As we waited in line for tickets we ran into friends who worked with Kevin a few years back and now have a little girl about the same age as Josh.  What a neat surprise.  We ended up spending our time with them and enjoying lunch together.  While the other kids looked at each exhibit with such curiosity, Josh ran from window to window searching for the sharks.  To actually see the sharks you must take a train into the "shark cave" which was cool but it didn't allow you to spend as much time as you wanted looking.  Needless to say we heard, "choo choo. one more. train. sharks," over and over again.

Yes, Kevin actually rode with Josh.

On the train

Kevin, Josh, Chris and Lindsay

Nice thing about having friends around is we get a family picture. 

 

So Proud

Josh has always loved cars.  They can entertain him for hours, which is really good for both of us. The other day I was in the kitchen while Josh was in the front room playing cars when he ran in VERY enthusiastically saying, "Come, come!".  I followed him quickly and this is what I saw:

He was SO proud.  I asked him if he wanted me to take a picture and he scooted over in front of the piano with this big grin.  (I like how the elephant made the cut)

Simple pleasures.  

Papa Plane

We are headed to our family reunion in July and Josh has been talking about it non-stop since he found out.  Of course it is always more difficult to get him to show off on camera but I think you can get the gist.

Coming Around

Josh has always loved Maggie (adgee) and I think Maggie is beginning to feel the same way. Love may be too strong to describe Maggie feelings but it has definitely moved on from the tolerate stage. This is good.

Josh sat next to Maggie to "sunbathe" and she didn't run away.

Maggie actually sat next to Josh for this one!  You see how happy this makes him!

Blueberry Picking

This morning Granny invited the boys to pick blueberries with her out at an orchard near her house.  Each boy got a white bucket and did a good job picking only the "blue" berries instead of the sour green or purple berries.  This went on nicely for the first few minutes until Granny showed the boys they could eat the blueberries.  Well Josh liked the eating so much more than the picking and saving for later.  Needless to say, he had a good time eating but we ended up with very few berries to actually take home!

Follow Up Appointment

We had a follow up appointment with the Plastic Surgeon to check on Josh's stitches Friday.  All is well and we can officially get his nose wet again!  This of course meant we went straight home to the pool.  They said the most important thing we can do is keep it out of the sun for a year (yeah right) but for now Josh is real great about putting a bandaid over the cut and a hat on his head whenever we go outside.  His Grammo from Alb. sent a sweet care package with cool Elmo and Cookie Monster bandaids which he LOVES.  But he doesn't keep them on his nose for very long because he wants to look at them! Here are some fun shots playing outside and the last picture is Josh "smiling" for the camera so you can actually see the stitches (or what's left of them).