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Bryant was in a singing mood on the ride home the other day.  I also didn't realize how much he listens to the radio until he started singing his rendition of Exs and Ohs.

We visited with Grandma Susie and Grandpa Jack after their trip to Seattle and Bryant got a new boomerang.

And made Ninja Turtle cookies.

Bryant decided that Garrett needed a helmet to wear when playing the other day.  Garrett is always so happy to play with his brother that he goes along with all his games.

The Bobcat football team had their first football game the other day.  Bryant wanted to watch it, but didn't quite make it through the whole game.

This kid can take a TON of room in the bed!

We went to a Carroll football game and both kids did well and had a lot of fun.

But definitely were exhausted by the end.

Garrett loves his Mocha, but has no concept of gentle.

Over Labor Day weekend, we went and bought a camper.  It rained so much that weekend, but it seemed so perfect to drive it home under this full rainbow.  Bryant was so excited and said it was a super cool camper so I see a lot of fun camping trips in our future.

I'm not sure if it was from watching the band play or what, but Bryant started playing and marching this tune.

Bryant started in the Moose room at preschool on September 6th.  This is the last room before he goes to kindergarten!  He was so talkative on the way home after his first day.  He said he was sad though because his previous room had a slide and this one doesn't have a slide...but it does have a guinea pig!  I asked what the guinea pig's name was and he said Richard...turns out it is Paser.  Bryant adores Paser and it's hard for me to convince him to come home.  The other day, I came at nap time and Bryant had set his bed up in front of Paser's cage.  This was a picture after his first day.  They had materials and could build whatever they wanted...he chose to build a snake and a ball.

This little ninja is 7 months old!  I kept telling everyone lately that he is 6.5 months and I looked at the calendar today and realized that he's more than 7 months!  Time is flying by!

We went to dinner the other day and Garrett always shows an interest in what we are eating, so we let him gnaw on some celery.

With lots of football watching going on, we of course have to play some too.  I think we have a future receiver on our hands!

After watching the Steelers "dance" after his touchdown, Bryant tried his own version.

Garrett is still a jumping fool!

Anything can seriously make this kid laugh!  They even told me at daycare today that they had a fire drill and the babies get wheeled out in cribs.  Apparently Garrett didn't get scared by the noise and thought it was super funny to be wheeled around!

And these brothers love playing together:)

August Activities

I'm finally getting a chance to upload some pictures.  Even though the summer days are longer, it still doesn't feel like enough time in the day to get everything done.  We've been busy the last couple weeks.  First off, we donated some clothes to Goodwill and found a bike there that was a perfect size for Bryant.

He wasn't sure about it, so he kept wanting to ride his smaller pedal bike.

But after a couple minutes of convincing, he tried it out and hasn't stopped since!  He likes to brake hard, so you can see all his skid marks!

We got him a little "computer" for his bike, so it tracks how many miles he rides and how fast he goes.  I think the first day we put it on, he did over 5 miles!

Garrett is still our happy little baby!

After riding for 5 miles, this happened...they both crashed!

Garrett has really started loving solids (as you can see by the small piece still on his face).  He has tried quite a few foods including apples, bananas, pears, peaches, prunes, carrots, squash, avocado, sweet potatoes, peas, green beans.  So far the only things he isn't crazy about are peas and green beans.

There hasn't been very many long periods of sleep in our house lately because both kids usually take over our bed earlier and earlier each night...

The other weekend, we headed to the cabin to meet up with Trav's sister and family.  Of course we had to stop at our usual lunch place in Ennis and ride the toys.

The cousins loved Garrett and he was a lot more mobile than the last time they got to hang out.

We rented up stand up paddle boards for the weekend.  Everyone thought they were a blast!  Travis tried it out Friday night.  You definitely need to start out on your knees until you feel comfortable.

Then the cheers started coming for him to stand up (and then to fall down).

He did really well and only fell once.  I love Garrett's reaction!

The next day everyone got to try them out.  

Bryant even felt comfortable enough to stand at one point!

That night we had a campfire and smores.  I was lucky enough to have two silly four year olds on my lap for a little while:)

The next morning, the kids went on a scavenger hunt

which wore Garrett out.

They play so well with each other!

Apparently those who fell in the lake enough, also found leeches.  You can see "Larry" on Trav's hand that we kept as a pet for a day.

Playing "family".  Madeline was the mom, Olivia the kid, and Bryant the puppy.

Garrett missed having his jumperoo at the cabin and he has been jumping like crazy every since.

It was a little chilly the other night when we went for a bike ride, so we pulled out the hats.  This was the first time Garrett actually enjoyed the stroller ride...yay!

The cousins came up for one last visit before they headed back home.  We happened to have enough bikes and helmets of all different sizes for everyone to have fun!

And the carousel is always a big hit!

Have you ever seen a kiddie scoop that big???

Poor Garrett didn't get to ride the rides or get ice cream, but he still had a ton of fun!  He's also been getting stronger and can sit by himself for pretty long periods of time.

Cousin hugs!

We are so glad they were able to come visit and we are hoping to be able to do our annual trip down there in October.