Strawberry Ice Cream

This afternoon we decided to give Cate a special treat of a strawberry ice cream cone. She sat happily for about 30 minutes just eating it, talking about cars and buses, reminding me that she had a bee in her room the other night and dada got it (not in so many words, of course!), and venturing down the lawn toward the sidewalk. The girl loves her ice cream!

Timmy was about to go to bed, so Cate was trying to make him laugh and give him kisses. They were being so cute but of course, this is the best shot I got. Cate was trying to pick him up to carry him to bed...

If you look closely, you can see his two bottom teeth!

Garbage Buses

Cate is obsessed with buses. At first, she just loved them. Now, she seems to be interested in them although a bit afraid. After we see a bus, she will ask me 100 times, "Bus is bye-bye?" So this morning, Cate stood at the front window to watch the garbage trucks. I tried to tell her that they are really trucks, not buses but she continues to say, "This is a bus?" So finally I just say yes.

Of course, little brother T had to get in on the action and was so delighted to find out that he is now tall enough to peer over the ledge out the window. He just stood there and laughed and babbled. When he tried to grab for the picture frame, Cate issued her usual, "No T, no!" We are still working on the idea that although many people tell her "no, " she is not supposed to boss us or Timmy around. She is not getting the idea...at all.

Summer is Almost Here!

Since we are planning on spending a lot of time outside this summer, I decided to look for some outdoor toys at neighborhood garage sales this weekend. For baby and kid stuff that is going to be kept outside, you can't go wrong! I've been looking for a jumperoo for Timmy because he likes to be on the move, but I need him to be confined somewhere so that I can chase his sister! I found the jumperoo and a few other fun toys for our outdoor collection and while Cate and Timmy slept, we got them cleaned and ready. Cate was very excited to play with her new croquet set and drum full of musical instruments when she woke up. Timmy was happy jumping around for quite awhile. Next on the list: get the patio furniture (for big people) out of the shed!

Tulip Time 2010

Tim and Cate travelled to Pella this past weekend to celebrate Tulip Time. Timmy and I stayed home because I have missed a lot of work lately and needed to be there for a full week. Also, Auntie Jenn is graduating next weekend, so we will all be taking a road trip to Iowa City for that!

Grandma bought Cate her first pair of wooden shoes; I think that they are called, "Klompen" Grandma and Cate participated in a Dutch dance on Sat. morning on the town square. The weather wasn't very nice but they had a good time anyway!

A close up of Cate's hand painted shoes...so pretty!

Cate and Diane during the dance

Cate and Claire, Tim's cousin's daughter.

All of the girls ready for the dance to begin. Diane, Cate, Claire, Marla, Julie and Susan.

A picture with Great-Grandma Zee

Seven Months Old

Our handsome little Timmy is seven months old. Well, he was a few weeks ago, but this is the best I could do. Timmy is loving his vegetables and is starting on fruits. He is much less picky that Cate was and pretty much always finishes everything we offer him. He is very close to crawling, but so far just goes backwards and does a strange one armed push up type move. He has a really great disposition and only fusses when he's tired or hungry. He thinks that Cate is hilarious and it has been so much fun to start to see them interact!

Saturday Mornings

Saturday mornings are the best, aren't they? Of course it used to mean lying around, doing whatever we wanted. Now it means getting up at 6:30 with Cate and Timmy and just hanging out, not having to rush out of the house. Cate loves to go to the playground so here she is waiting for Tim to finish getting ready so that she can go down the slide a million times. She was so impatient to go that she found his shoes for him and ran them over to Tim yelling, "Shoe dada shoe!" Then off they went so that I could finish getting ready while Timmy sleeps. Our big project for today is finding a little picnic table with an umbrella.