Toys!

• The bad part of having a big brother, is that he teaches the little brother all about the toy aisle.
• Isaak now goes down the toy aisle, whimpers and points to everything he wants to play with.

Firefighter's

• They can play in them too!
• I gotta watch that ladder, Isaak wants to put it in his mouth! I ended up taking it away. I feared he'd fall, and it would go down his throat. Not something I want to happen!

Mica the Firefighter

• I found a raincoat for Mica at Costco that was a firefighter.
• Mica was asking where his hat was? I may have to find him a hat one of these days.
• It's really well insulated. Great for cold, rainy fall days.

Isaak the Firefighter

• I got this firefighter raincoat at Target yesterday.
• Notice the back of it. Too cute with the monkey firefighter on his back!

Potatoes

• Travis also grew potatoes this year. He plants some potatoes that grew eyes, and potatoes grew from the eyes.

Watermelon Patch

• We have a watermelon patch that has taken over our compost pile.
• It's kind of neat to see though.

Flying Cars and Motorcycles

• Mica's latest flick is E.T. He never really gets scared, but his cousin Evan does.
• Everytime the movie is on, Mica runs to his room to grab a car or motorcycle to have it fly like E.T. does on his bike with Elliot.

Is it My Birthday Yet?

• Most of the kid birthday's in the family are around Christmas time and spring time.
• Mica's is in Aug. He's been asking for two or three months when it will be his birthday?
• Now that I have his invites sent out, he's asking everyday first thing, "Is it my birthday yet?

www.pbskids.org

• Every once in awhile I play games with Mica on pbs's website. He loves Caillou games (the train one and dino dig)!
• We also played Sid the Science Kid (rolly polly and jar estimation games)!
• I have to admit that it was pretty fun. I even got Travis involved. Isaak likes to watch the train go down the track at the end of the game. He also likes to try and push buttons on my computer, so I have to watch him like a hawk. Mica also gets after Isaak, "No Isaak, don't touch Mommies computer!" He's a toddler, so I don't expect anything different from him.

Teething

• Isaak's cutting more teeth!
• He's been snotty, whinny, sleepy, poopy, and has bitten me! I had to get after him for the biting part.
• He's also been rubbing food in his hair and eyes at meal time. I gave him a shower with me this morning, and I felt like he was dirty by the end of the day.